GRADUATION CEREMONY - July 19, 11am at CC Stadium
July 15, 2020
Dear Class of 2020 Parents/Guardians,
Congratulations on the many accomplishments of your Mercy 2020 graduate! We are pleased to share in this celebration with you and hope you received your parent letter and tickets for the Sunday, July 19 Class of 2020 graduation ceremony.
Although attendance is restricted due to our compliance with Governor Whitmer's Executive Orders concerning large gatherings, this celebration will be virtually live-streamed for family and friends to join in via the Mercy website here.
In order to provide a safe and enjoyable experience for all, please be aware of the following procedures for graduation:
- Senior Moderators emailed your daughter important graduate directions and details for the day which can be found here. This includes dress code, arrival, procession and more. Please be sure they check their Mercy email for these instructions.
- Graduates can begin arriving at 10:00am and must be present by 10:30am. The location is Catholic Central High School Fr. Richard Elmer Stadium (27225 Wixom Rd, Novi, MI 48374) and will open for parent/guardian seating at 10:30am. Click here for field overview and layout.
- Please place a card with your graduate's name on your dashboard to assist as we check in cars upon arrival.
- All graduates should be dropped off at Door 9, which will be clearly labeled. Students will enter the gym for the line-up, and must wear a mask prior to entering the building.
- Visitor parking is available in any lot.
- Guests will enter the stadium via the south entrance gate ONLY. Staff volunteers will collect the admission tickets. Masks are mandatory for all guests for entry.
- Separate directions were sent to families who bid on box seats at the Auction.
- Graduates will be supplied with water, but you are welcome and encouraged to bring your own water bottle.
Once you have entered the stadium, all spectators are welcome to sit on either set of the bleachers. Shamrock markers will indicate spaced seating for each household at the appropriate social distancing standards. For the safety of all guests, please adhere to these seating arrangements.
Thank you for your part in making this ceremony special and beautiful for our graduates.
With many prayers for your daughter's continued success,
Mercy Administration & Senior Class Moderators
TRANSCRIPT REQUESTS
Counselors will begin sending final transcripts to the college indicated on Naviance on Thursday, May 27. Counselors will continue to process final transcripts until June 20. After June 20, please submit a transcript request through online form here. Keep in mind colleges usually require the official transcript be sent directly from the high school.
MERCY GOOGLE ACCOUNT
Please be aware that on August 1, 2020 your Mercy Google account will be deactivated. This means all email and any files you have uploaded to your Mercy Google drive will be no longer be accessible. If you wish to transfer any of your content here is a link to Google Takeout which will allow you to download a copy of most of your content and upload it to a personal Google account.
Also, please be aware that if you have created any accounts on other sites or cloud based services (Dropbox, Box, Apple etc.) using your Mercy email address you will have to change those accounts to use a personal email address instead before August 1st, 2019.
SANP
COMMUNICATIONS
July 15: Graduation Event Details
June 22: Graduation Ceremony & Prom Notification
June 18: Save the Date Senior Item Pick Up
May 28 Message RE: Mass Instructions & Info
May 18 Message RE: Baccalaureate Mass
May 6 Message RE: EVENT UPDATES
May 8 Message RE: Senior Blessing Video
May 6 Message RE: Senior Parade Event
April 6 - Message from Mrs. Tarplin and Senior Moderators
March 25 - Message from Dr. Kreger to the Senior Class
MARCH 15 MESSAGE FROM SENIOR CLASS MODERATORS
IMPORTANT DATES
Administration has put much effort into preserving as much of your senior end of the year experiences as we could, in some way. When it comes to prom, it is complicated. Prom is indoors, there would be 300+ of you in one facility, and it is impossible to social distance in that space. We changed the date to July 1 hoping that would buy us time. We even waited as long as we could to make a decision on whether that date would be viable, knowing it is up to the governor. Although Gov. Whitmer has moved southeast Michigan to Phase 4, we would need to be at Phase 6 by July 1 for prom to occur.
As you may know, a survey went out to the Class of 2020 about rescheduling Prom to August. Thank you to the 117 students who responded. Your responses were closely split in half between yes and no. We need to guarantee a minimum of 300 people at the Roostertail, so based on those results, Mercy will not host a Prom this year.
We really wanted to give one last opportunity to have a school sponsored Prom, however, it is not feasible with less than half of the Class interested. Thank you for your understanding and support.
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*GRADUATES & PARENTS ONLY*Sunday, July 19, 202011:00amCatholic Central High SchoolFr. Richard Elmer Stadium27225 Wixom Rd, Novi, MI 48374
We look forward to celebrating with the entire Class of 2020! All students are asked to please use Mercy email address and complete RSVP Google form here by June 30th.
Graduates should plan to arrive at 10:00am and the Stadium will open for parent/guardian seating at 10:30am. As previously mentioned, Seniors will have the option of wearing a traditional white dress or the Mercy maroon cap and gown. Should graduates decide to wear a white dress, please continue to send a picture to Dr. Cheryl Kreger at cdkreger@mhsmi.org for approval.
Faces masks will be required. Further health and safety guidelines as well as seating and event instructions are forthcoming.
- Graduation Gown Requirements
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Contact Info Emails