Riverside Preparatory Academy

Commencement Ceremony

McLendon Quadrangle
May 12:  The Corps Parade celebrating Commencement weekend will be held at 7:00 pm on Maginnis Field. Attendance is mandatory for all cadets.
 
May 12:  Silver Taps Ceremony required for all cadets at 8:30 pm. This event is part of the weekend of Commencement activities.
 
May 13:  Commencement Ceremony required for all cadets at 10:00 am.
 
May 13:  Underclassmen can leave at 4:00 pm if they have grades of A in all of their core academic courses for spring semester (the average of Quarter 3 and Quarter 4).


Weather permitting, this ceremony will be conducted on McLendon Quadrangle with Lanier Hall serving again as a backdrop. Tickets are not needed for this or any other event or ceremony described here, and graduates are not limited as to the number of guests they may invite. This ceremony will be livestreamed and recorded. All graduates are expected to depart campus by 1 p.m. absent special permission from the Commandant of Cadets as is sometimes necessitated by international flights. Final sign-outs will be conducted in Curtis Hall where seniors will have pre-positioned their luggage. All seniors’ medications will be ready for sign-out after the graduation ceremony, and Infirmary staff will be located near the sign-out tables in Curtis Hall. If medication is not signed-out at the time of departure, it will be disposed of within three (3) days according to policy. The Business Office, in Lanier Hall, will be open before the ceremony from 9:00 – 9:45 a.m., and a representative will be on hand in Curtis Hall after the ceremony for those who still need to settle accounts. 

Following the Commencement Ceremony, graduates and their families will check out at Curtis Hall. All items belonging to graduates will be staged in this area, so there will be no need to return to the Barracks. Cadets accounts must be clear in order to receive the graduates’ diploma and transcripts. Any existing balances can be paid onsite at Curtis Hall. The diplomas and transcripts will be staged at Curtis Hall as well. Graduates must exit campus no later than 1:00 pm.
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