Senior Headquarters
Senior Events
Senior Day!
Location: Carmel High School - Lower Courtyard
Date: Monday, June 16, 2025
Time: 10:00 am – 1:50 pm
Calling all seniors!!! As in years past, this is a special day for our seniors to celebrate their accomplishments, sign their yearbook pages, enjoy food, play lawn games, and spend their last day of school together.
We are very thankful to the Carmel High School Parent Association & our community members for generously offering to help us fund the Class of 2025 Senior Day!
Elementary Walk-Throughs
Location: Elementary Schools
Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Time: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
We are excited for our Elementary Walk-throughs. Each Class of 2025 graduate is welcome to “walk through” their former elementary school promptly at 2:00 pm. Please note only the student is allowed to attend and enter their former elementary school. Seniors are invited to wear shirts that represent their “next step”: college, military service, training, or career.
Cap and Gown Pick Up
Location: Carmel High School – Casey Hall
Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Time: 7:00 am – 2:00 pm
Please make sure your graduate has returned all missing items before pick-up. Please contact Anne Marie Young at ayoung@carmelschools.org, if your child has missing items and has not yet returned them. (Please note that school buildings are closed on June 19, 2025).
Graduation Rehearsal
Location: Carmel High School – Turf Field
Date: Friday, June 20, 2025 (rain date: 6/21/25)
Time: 11:30 am
Details about Graduation Rehearsal and Graduation, including ticket details, will be sent in a separate communication during May.
Commencement Ceremony
Location: Carmel High School – Turf Field
Date: Friday, June 20, 2025 (rain date: 6/21/25)
Time: 6:00 pm
All graduates must report back to the CHS Athletic Turf Field by 5:00pm for one more walk-through before our Commencement Ceremony.
Diploma Pick Up
This information will also be inside your graduate's blue diploma cover that they receive at the graduation ceremony.
Your diploma may be picked up in the Carmel High School main office as follows:
- Wednesday, July 2nd & Thursday, July 3rd between the hours of 8:00 am and 2:00 pm
- Monday, July 7th – Thursday, July 10th between the hours of 9:00 am -12:00 pm
ID is required by students and parents/guardians who are picking up diplomas.
If you are unable to make this time, please call the main office at 845-225-8441 ext. 402
or email at lferraro@carmelschools.org to schedule an appointment.
We are so excited to celebrate the Class of 2025, and we look forward to seeing you at all of our Senior Events!
Graduation 2025
May 8, 2025
Dear Class of 2025 Students and Parents/Guardians:
It is hard to believe, but we are only one month away from Graduation Day for the outstanding students of the Class of 2025!
We are looking forward to celebrating the graduation of the Class of 2025 with all of you at the 95th Annual Carmel High School Commencement Ceremony on Friday, June 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM at Carmel High School!
Please read below for important information about our upcoming Carmel High School Graduation Ceremony.
95th Annual Carmel High School Commencement Ceremony
The Carmel High School Commencement Ceremony celebrating the Class of 2025 will be held at Carmel High School on the Turf Field on Friday, June 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM.
Cap and Gown Pick Up
Class of 2025 Graduates may pick up their Cap & Gown on Wednesday, June 18, 2025 between the hours of 7:00 AM to 2:00 PM in Casey Hall. In order to pick their Cap & Gown, graduates must have already turned in their CCSD issued laptop computer. Information about CCSD laptop return will be sent in a separate communication to students and parents.
Mandatory Graduation Rehearsal
Mandatory Graduation Rehearsal will be held at Carmel High School on Friday, June 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM on the Carmel High School Turf Field. Attendance is mandatory of Graduation Rehearsal. Any student who does not attend Graduation Rehearsal will not be able to participate in the Graduation Ceremony.
Tickets
Each family will be provided five (5) tickets per graduate. We have a few extra tickets available for larger immediate families. If you would like to request 1-2 additional tickets, please e-mail Anne Marie Young at ayoung@carmelschools.org and include your student’s name and how many tickets you are requesting. If you have already e-mailed and requested tickets, please e-mail again to confirm. Tickets will be collected upon arrival, so please make sure that every member of your party (except the graduate) has a ticket. Seniors will be given the tickets when they pick up their Cap & Gown on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.
Rain Date Information
In the event of inclement weather, the ceremony will take place on the scheduled rain date of Saturday, June 21, 2025, at 6 p.m. If inclement weather prevents the ceremony from being held outdoors on the scheduled rain date, the ceremony will be moved indoors to the Carmel High School Gymnasium. Moving to an indoor ceremony would require us to reduce our attendance to two (2) tickets per graduate. Within the 5 tickets that your child receives at rehearsal, two (2) of the tickets have “RD” printed on the bottom of them. These are the only 2 tickets that will grant you access into the gymnasium on the rain date. Please note that no family will be given additional tickets if the ceremony is in the gymnasium.
Parking
Please see the parking options for CHS Graduation listed below:
Carmel High School Parking Lots:
There is limited parking in the large lot (near Library) and on the other side of the building (near the county buildings). Handicap Parking is available in the large lot (Library) along the sidewalk and in the bus spots along the fence. Handicap parking is also available behind the music building. Parking is labeled and there will be parking attendants to help. There is also parking in the Senior Lot, on Vink Drive and 301.
County Lot:
Parking is available in the Putnam County Lots, but only after 4:30pm. This is not Handicap accessible and it is about a 5-10 minute walk to the Turf Field.
St. James Parking Lot:
Parking is available after 4:30pm and is about a 10-minute walk to the Turf Field. There is no handicap accessible parking.
George Fischer Middle School:
Parking is available at GFMS. There will be School Bus Shuttles that will take you to and from the High School. The shuttles will begin at 4:30 pm.
Reservation of Seats
Please know that we cannot reserve seats for families. However, families are able to access the Carmel High School turf and stands starting at 4:30pm on the day of graduation to reserve their seats. If you choose to watch the ceremony from the hill, please remember to bring a chair. There are folding chairs on the turf which are also for families. Handicap seating is available, it will be roped off and marked.
Cooling Stations and Indoor Seating
We will have firetrucks and ambulances to serve as cooling stations on property if needed. We will also have the ceremony streaming live in the high school gymnasium in order to provide shade.
Concession Stand
Our High School Booster Club will be selling snacks and refreshments during the ceremony. Please, no food on the athletic turf field.
Photography and Videography
We will have photographers and a videographer at graduation. They will take a picture of the graduates receiving their diplomas as well as candid photos. We will also have our backdrop set up on the field so graduates and families can take pictures before and after the ceremony.
Local Live Streaming
As we get closer to the event, we will email a link to our local live site where our Carmel High School Commencement Ceremony can be viewed in real time. If the ceremony ends up taking place in the gymnasium due to weather, the event will also be live streamed.
Graduation is the culmination of years of dedication, sacrifice, and hard work by both students and their parents. This is a special moment for our students, families, school and community. We hope that it’s memory that will be cherished for years to come.
Sincerely,
Brian Piazza
Principal
Carmel High School
