The 56th Commencement Ceremony for Henry County High School is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 23rd, at Patriot Stadium in Paris.
For those who cannot make it in person, our station will provide a livestream of the ceremony available through HenryCountyNow.com website and Facebook page. The links are http://HenryCountyNow.com/graduation and http://facebook.com/henrycountynow
THINGS TO KNOW:
GUESTS ON THE DAY OF GRADUATION:
Guest Arrival:
**Guests may arrive no earlier than 5:30 pm.
**To make parking easier, guests should arrive in one vehicle if possible.
**No one will be allowed on campus to place or reserve seats, etc., prior to 3:30 pm. If anyone puts anything down to reserve seats prior to 3:30 pm, it will be removed.
**Entrance gates will be available at the main football ticket booth and behind the stadium. Due to current construction, other entrances by the soccer field and football practice field will be unavailable.
**Areas available for parking: tennis court parking lot, the “strip” parking lot between the fieldhouse and band building, behind the stadium, the soccer/baseball/softball lot.
**A golf cart shuttle will run from the soccer/tennis court/”strip” parking lots for those who need assistance into the stadium.
Guest Seating:
**Seating will be available on the home and visitor sides of the stadium. Attendees may bring lawn chairs (no pointed bottoms) and sit in perimeter areas that are not blocked off. When claiming seating (whether in bleachers or in chairs), please keep your group as close together as possible to allow room for others.
Guests During the Ceremony:
**Restrooms will be available behind the stadium.
**All guests are to be seated before the ceremony begins at 7:30 p.m.
**To allow for maximum visibility by all, guests are asked to remain at their seats during the ceremony unless going to/from the restroom. Children should not be allowed to roam freely.
**During the ceremony, please be mindful of noise levels so all may enjoy the ceremony and their graduate being recognized. Though held outside, the graduation ceremony is a formal event and should be attended in such a manner. We are excited to celebrate your child’s graduation with you, but everyone wants to hear their graduate’s name called. Please refrain from cheering until a time is given at the end of the ceremony to do so.
**NOTE: In the event of inclement weather, we would be more likely to delay the ceremony rather than move inside. Should the event need to be moved indoors, a limited number of tickets will be given to each eligible graduate.
Photo: Grads celebrate at the 2024 HCHS graduation.