Graduation Information

Overview

Baccalaureate and Graduation Information
Celebrating the Class of 2025!

We will update this page with Class of 2025 Graduation Information as we know more. We ask that families check their email regularly, as that will be our first method of communicating updates with you. Parents, If you need to update your information, please do so here.

Baccalaureate & Graduation Events Timeline

Senior Sequester Graduates Only
Wednesday, April 16 at 11:15am
Following the End of Year Rally
Location: St. Francis Gym

Art Recognition Ceremony Recognized Graduates & Invited Guests
Date TBD
Location: SFHS Theatre

Senior Ball Seniors Only
Saturday, April 12 at 7:00pm
Location: The Pavilion at Haggin Oaks

Awards Ceremony Student Body & Senior Families
Wednesday, April 30 at 10:00am
Location: SFHS Gym
Please note we will send a direct notification to those parents/guardians whose Senior will be receiving an award at the ceremony in the coming days.

Senior Family Reception Graduates & Family
Wednesday, May 7 at 5:00pm
Love Locks Ceremony: 6:30pm
Location: St. Francis Serra Court

Baccalaureate Mass & Graduation Practice Graduates Only
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 1:30pm
Location: St. Francis Gym

Senior Sunset Graduates Only
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 
Location: St. Francis Soccer Field

Baccalaureate Mass Graduates & Invited Guests (5 per family, not including the graduate)
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Location: St. Francis Gym
Doors Open 4:30pm
Preludes to the Mass: Seniors performing musical pieces beginning at 4:45pm
Mass will begin 5:30pm
*Graduation Tickets to be passed out at the end of mass. ONLY Students can pick up tickets.

Graduation Practice Graduates Only
Thursday, May 22, 2025
Location: Memorial Auditorium
Arrive by TBD to check-in
Practice will begin at TBD

Graduation Ceremony Graduates & Invited Guests
Thursday, May 22, 2025 (3:00-5:00pm)
Location: Memorial Auditorium
Doors open at 1:30pm and front entrance doors will close at 2:30pm for Procession. Doors will reopen once all Graduates have processed in.

Safe and Sober Grad Night 2025 Graduates Only
May 22, 2025
10:00pm – Check in at SFHS Rec Room
10:30pm – Party begins!!! Load your Ziplock bags with water and snacks for the bus (all provided)
11:00pm – Load buses for Disneyland
May 23, 2025
8:00am – Arrive at Downtown Disney; unload buses
9:00am – Enter Disneyland Park -Attendees will have a Park Hopper Pass to go between Disneyland and California Adventure
11:00pm – Load buses; leave Disneyland
May 24, 2025
6:00am – Buses return to SFHS; Dads’ Club providing “DADS and GRADS” grab and go breakfast upon return; Attendees met by parents/family.

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Final Transcript Information

As we near the end of the school year, we want to share some important details regarding the final transcripts for graduating seniors.

During the week of June 16th, the Counseling Office will send out final transcripts to the colleges listed on each student’s Senior College Plans form. If your student has not submitted this form yet, there is still time to do so! Blank copies are available in the Counseling Office.

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Textbook Buyback
in the Rec Room

If you have any questions about the book buyback process, please reach out to Mrs. Van Houten in the front office.

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Graduation Information

May 22nd, 2025 from 3:00-5:00pm
Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
1515 J St. Sacramento, CA 95814

Doors open at 1:30pm. Doors will close temporarily at 2:30pm for the Processional Line Up. Doors will reopen after all Graduates have processed in.

Guests will not be let into the building during this 2:30-3:15pm break.

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2024-25 Kairos Registration

Retreat registration is now open for the 2024-25 academic year. Alums often see Kairos as one of the most memorable and influential experiences at SFHS. Kairos explores the roles of spirituality, religion, relationships, and God in one’s life. This international retreat program is based on Ignatian Spirituality and meets each retreatant where they are in their unique faith journey.

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PowerSchool

Parents should check PowerSchool to review your daughter’s name as it appears in the system. Her full legal name should be what appears in PowerSchool. This is especially important for graduation! 

If you need to make a change in PowerSchool so that her full legal name is reflected, please bring in a copy of your daughter’s birth certificate or driver’s license to the front office or email a picture of either document and send to Sarah Cornell.

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Graduation

School hasn’t even started yet, but we all know that you are looking forward to Graduation 2025. Please continue to check the website for information and mark your calendars for Thursday, May 22, 2025. Regular Senior newsletters with detailed information will begin in the second semester.

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Senior Portraits

Please book your senior portraits with Bill Smith Photography at either the Sacramento or Roseville locations. You can book your session here. These portraits are required for the yearbook and the graduation ceremony. Senior portraits must be taken prior to November 8, 2024.

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Senior Sequester VIDEO

Senior Sequester VIDEO

We officially welcomed our Vanellopes into our beloved community of more than 12,000 alumnae! We loved taking a look back at some of our favorite memories from the Class of 2025!  If you missed the video, or just want to see it again, you can watch it here.

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Graduation Day Schedule
Timeline of arrivals + events

Graduation tickets will be given to the Graduates after the Baccalaureate Mass. Each Graduate will been given 10 tickets. Only the Graduate can pick up the tickets and can not pick up for a friend.

  • Graduates Arrival: 10:00am (Please note: You will not be able to leave the auditorium. Please bring all your belongings as Memorial Auditorium will not allow drop-offs of any kind.)
  • Orchestra Arrival/Practice: 10:30am
  • Choir Arrival/Practice: 10:30am
  • Speeches Arrival/Practice: 10:30am
  • Final Graduation Rehearsal: 11:00am – 1:00pm
  • Doors Open: 1:30pm
  • Doors temporarily closed for procession line up: 2:30pm - 3:15pm
  • Graduation Ceremony: 3:00-5:00pm
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Locker Clean-out

All lockers must be cleaned out by May 13.

Anything left in lockers will be thrown away or donated back to the school.

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Chromebooks & Email Instructions

Upon graduation, seniors can keep their school-issued Chromebook. If they do not wish to keep the device, they may return it to Technology beginning on May 13. Instructions on how to move school files to a personal Gmail account and remove the school’s management will be sent out on May 21. School email addresses will remain active until August 31. After that date, student email and Drive data will no longer be accessible. If your daughter has questions, she should reach out to SFTech@stfrancishs.org.

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Final Transcript & College Plan Form

Seniors received a Final Transcript & College Plan Form in homeroom on Tuesday, April 15th. If they were not on campus, blank forms are available in the counseling office.

 This form asks seniors to share the admission decision for each college to which they applied, and asks them to indicate their college of attendance. Information from these forms will dictate where final transcripts are sent in July. The form is due to the Counseling & College Center by May 2nd.

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ADA Seating Request
Baccalaureate Mass & Graduation Ceremony

We are happy to provide special accommodations for our families who may need ADA seating during the Baccalaureate Mass and Graduation Ceremony. Please note that at the graduation ceremony, one adult will be invited to accompany the individual requesting seating accommodations. (If one person needs special seating, they will be invited to have a family member sit with them.) This option is available for our Senior families who can’t walk up and down stairs, utilize a mobility device, or any other mobility assistance. All you have to do is fill out this form and be sure to state your needs for one or both events.