8th Grade Family News
It's an exciting year for our 8th grade students and their families! This is where you can find important information just for you about the transition to high school, end-of-year celebrations and 8th grade graduation.
Key Dates
Friday, May 29: 8th Grade Trip
- Morning: Encore Classes
- 9:15am - 2:50pm: Action Territory
Monday, June 1: Last Day of Classes / Graduation Rehearsal
- Turn in devices
- Graduation rehearsal
- Graduation photos taken with Stuart Rogers - class and individual photos will be available for purchase
- Graduation gown and graduation tickets distributed
Tuesday, June 2: Graduation Day (Half/Last/Best Day)!
- 8:00am: Meet in the gym for final graduation practice and awards
- 10:00am: Dismissal (bus available for transportation home if needed)
- 5:00pm: Graduation schedule begins
Tickets
Seating is limited in the auditorium at Deerfield High School. As such, each family will receive four tickets for the graduation ceremony (this does not include your child(ren) graduating). Tickets are required to enter the auditorium and will be collected.
Tickets will be sent home with students after our graduation practice on Monday, June 1, along with their graduation gowns.
Graduation Schedule: Tuesday, June 2, 2025
Deerfield High School Auditorium; 1959 Waukegan Rd, Deerfield, IL 60015
- Students should arrive between 4:50-5:00pm. Come to the Deerfield High School lobby; they will be directed to a meeting room.
- Doors will open at 5:00pm. Every person must have a ticket to attend; tickets will be collected as you enter.
- The ceremony begins at 5:30pm and will last approximately one hour.
- The PTSO will host a family celebration in the Deerfield High School cafeteria beginning around 6:30pm. Tickets will be available on the PTSO website.
There will be plenty of parking available; graduation is the only event of the night!
Graduation Gowns & What to Wear
Students should dress appropriately for this special occasion:
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Dress pants and shirt/blouse and skirt/dress
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Dress shoes (students will be walking up stairs to risers so choose heel height that is comfortable for climbing)
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Gown provided by the school
When graduation gowns come home on Monday, June 1, it is important to keep them hung up to keep them in tip-top shape! They could even benefit from a quick steam prior to our graduation ceremony.
Final Report Cards & Drivers' Education
We know it seems too soon to talk about Drivers' Ed, but you know time speeds by!
When report cards are posted on Friday, June 5, please download a copy of your child's final report card (and any other report cards you wish to save) from Family Access. When our systems roll over to the new school year in July, your child will no longer appear in your Family Access account; if this is your youngest child, you will no longer have a Family Access account. You will need that report card if your child will be taking a private driver's education course before he or she receives a report card from high school.