Saturday, June 7, 2025

12:00 pm

Delmar Fieldhouse

2020 Mangum Road 

Houston, Texas 77092

Seniors will receive tickets once they submit competed "Senior Checkout Form"  (after all final exams)

Each senior will receive 19 tickets. 

Student Arrival
Graduates are encouraged to arrive at the venue one and half hours (1.5) before the ceremony time to check-in with campus personnel and line up in alphabetical order to be ready to enter the venue on time.

Graduates participating in the spring graduation ceremony are expected to exhibit the highest level of discipline and decorum when assembling, during the processional, when walking across the stage, and during the recessional. Exemplary conduct throughout the graduation ceremony will make this event a most memorable occasion for everyone. 

• Graduates will dress in appropriate attire under their academic regalia and must have their cap and gown upon entrance to the venue. Graduates may want to consider wearing heels of modest height as they will be walking up steps and steep ramps to access/exit the stage. Campuses will contact parents of graduating seniors to provide more information on ordering their cap and gown.

  Graduates are allowed to wear:

  • academic medals and/or athletic achievement they have earned throughout their high school journey,
  • honor cords representing various achievement (such as honor societies, clubs, or academic excellence, 
  • HISD ribbons denoting a specific accomplishment, 
  • graduation stoles symbolizing their academic journey or other stoles with the approval of the campus principal/designee,
  • decorated and/or personalized graduation cap with the approval of the principal/designee. 

  No electronic devices including cellular phones will be allowed onto the venue floor by the graduates.

Poses, flips, dances, pranks, or hand gestures are prohibited other than a handshake while accepting the diploma.

Guest Arrival
Seating for all ceremonies will begin one hour before the assigned ceremony start time. No guests are allowed in the graduate staging area or on the event floor at any time.

Please be respectful of other graduates’ names after their name is called. ALL families/friends want to hear their graduate’s name called. Clapping and respectful cheering is allowed. Please refrain from yelling, screaming, and lengthy cheering. Excessive yelling and screaming is disrespectful to the other guests and graduates.

Be respectful of other guests by staying in your seat before until those on the Commencement platform exit during the recessional.

Cell phones are permitted, but out of courtesy for other guests and students, please silence your phone. Do not speak on a cell phone or carry on a conversation during the formal speaking portions of the ceremony and while graduates receive their diploma on stage.

For your safety and the safety of others, please do not toss any objects in the air during the ceremony.

In keeping with HISD’s core value of student safety, all graduates and guests will be screened using metal detectors and/or security wands. To expedite movement of guests through the lines to enter the facilities, we strongly encourage guests not to bring any bags, however, if needed then consider a bag that is clear (size recommendation no larger than 12” x 6” x12”) or carry a small clutch purse (size recommendation 4.5” x 6.5”) approximately the size of a hand. All bags are subject to search.

No guests are allowed in the graduate staging area or on the event floor at any time.

Prohibited Items

• Please note that failure to comply with guidelines may result in denial of entry and/or ejection from the venue.

  • Disorderly conduct
  • Smoking/Vaping
  • Use and/or possession of alcohol or drugs is strictly prohibited
  • Firearms, explosives or weapons of any kind are not allowed
  • Laser pointers
  • Littering
  • Noisemakers, air horns, cowbells, whistles
  • Flowers/bouquets
  • Use of drones
  • Balloons, confetti, powder, large posters, signs, and streamers
  • Outside food (clear water bottle is permissible as applicable for health needs)
  • Glitter (thrown)
  • Wandering away from the designated areas or into restricted areas
  • Any item deemed inappropriate for the event by Houston ISD staff

Exiting After the Event
Guests are asked to remain seated until all graduates have exited via the recessional. Graduates will meet up with their families and guests outside the building/venue.