This year ICA will host three regional graduation ceremonies. Ceremonies will be held in Dallas, Texas on May 4; Sioux Center, Iowa on May 25; and in Orlando, Florida on June 1. Each event will be a traditional cap and gown ceremony and will include a special welcome, a challenging address to the graduates, and presentation of diplomas followed by a social time with fellow graduates and their families and friends.
The festivities this year also include an option for graduates who are unable to travel to one of these three locations. The ceremony in Sioux Center, Iowa will be broadcasted live online, allowing any of the graduates to participate just as if they were there. Graduates participating from home will be included with the other graduates in the ceremony including the address to the graduates and presentation of diplomas. In addition, any family and friends of the graduates participating who are not able to travel to the ceremony will be able to watch the ceremony live online.
The morning of each ceremony will also include an optional outing for the graduates called the Day Away. This is an opportunity for the graduates to do something fun together as they celebrate their accomplishments. The outing will take place the morning of each graduation. Students and parents will have the opportunity to give suggestions and vote on the Day Away location in an online classroom in March. To attend the Day Away, each graduate must be accompanied by an adult chaperone. Families are welcome. Graduates and chaperones will be responsible for their own admission costs, if applicable.
To sign up for one of the three graduation ceremonies, contact your academy services representative or academic advisor. The deadline to sign up for graduation is March 16, 2012. To be eligible to participate, each graduate must have fewer than 30 units remaining in his courses by March 16. The cost to participate in a live ceremony is $150 per graduate, and the cost to participate virtually from home in the Sioux Center ceremony is $50 per graduate. All graduates will receive their cap, gown, and senior T-shirt to keep.
Any Alpha Omega family who does not have a student graduating this year but would like to attend one of the graduation ceremonies is more than welcome. If you are interested in attending, please notify your academy services representative.
For more information please contact your academy services representative at 800-682-7396.