(Updated at 3:30 p.m.) Summer vacation starts tomorrow for high schoolers in Arlington Public Schools, and that means it’s officially graduation season.
The rest of the county’s schools aren’t far behind; middle schools will let out for the summer next Tuesday (June 19) and elementary school students will have their last day Wednesday (June 20).
Graduation and promotion ceremonies for APS are scheduled as follows:
Thursday, June 14 (today): Comprehensive high schools at DAR Constitution Hall
- 10 a.m. — Washington-Lee
- 2:30 p.m. — Yorktown
- 8 p.m. — Wakefield
Friday, June 15:
- 5 p.m. — H-B Woodlawn Potluck and Graduation Celebration (H-B Woodlawn students receive diplomas from their home schools)
Monday, June 18: Middle school promotion ceremonies, multiple locations
- 8:30 a.m. — Gunston, Williamsburg, Kenmore and Swanson
- 9 a.m. — Jefferson
Tuesday, June 19: Alternative programs in Washington-Lee cafeteria
- 9:30 a.m. — Arlington Community High School (formerly Arlington Mill)
- 1 p.m. — Langston High School Continuation Program
Bishop O’Connell, a Catholic school in Arlington, held its graduation ceremony May 31. Today is the last day of school for non-seniors.
New Directions, an alternative APS program, held its graduation yesterday (June 13) in the Arlington Central Library.
The first day of the 2018-19 school year for all K-12 students in Arlington Public Schools is Tuesday, Sept. 4.
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