Graduation
Graduation – Class of 2025
Watch the recap video of the Class of 2025’s 59th Commencement Exercises at the historic and beautiful Sacramento Memorial Auditorium. Congratulations, Class of 2025!
Graduation Update June, 2025
Diploma pickup details, the recap video, photo links
Don’t forget you can donate your gently used JHS polos, sweatshirts, jackets, and gear back to the Clothing Exchange. Drop off your clean items in the Business Office over the summer from 8:00am – 2:00pm, Monday through Friday.
Graduation Update May 15, 2025
Dear Parents of Graduating Seniors:
This message contains critical information for both Baccalaureate and Graduation ceremonies. Please read closely for details on ticketing, arrival, seating, attire, and photography. You may also refer to the Graduation-Class of 2025 webpage.
Senior Scholarship Reporting – Class of 2025
Seniors and Senior Parents - Report your awarded scholarships!
Jesuit High School encourages you and your family to report all awarded scholarships for college.
It is our expectation that all students/families report ALL of their awarded scholarships, whether you plan to use the awarded scholarship or not. This includes scholarships to all institutions, private scholarships, essay contests, etc. Please enter the full amount of the award, and note if it is a multi-year award or a one-year annual amount. Dollar amounts are used only for internal reporting purposes.
Senior Ball 2026
Dress Attire Required
Join your fellow seniors from 7:00 – 10:30 pm for Ball
125 I St
Sacramento, CA 95814
Graduation Rehearsal, Pano Picture & BBQ
MANDATORY event for Class of 2026
Graduation Rehearsal takes place Thursday at 9:00 am in Barry Gym. Attendance is taken. Caps, gowns, and “Graduate” tickets required for Memorial Auditorium are distributed. Don’t lose these tickets!
(4-5-Mass-6-7) Our Lady of Guadalupe Advent Mass
Dress Attire Required, Mass at 10:45am
- 8:20 – 9:25 | Period 4
- 9:30 – 10:35 | Period 5
- 10:45 – 11:50 | Mass
- 11:50 – 12:35 | Lunch
- 12:40 – 1:50 | Examen + Period 6
- 1:55 – 3:00 | Period 7
Families and alumni are welcome to attend our school-wide Mass in the gym
This feast day celebrates the miraculous appearance of Mary to St. Juan Diego in 1531 just outside Mexico City. Tradition holds that Mary spoke to Juan, a member of the Chichimeca people in modern day Mexico, in his native language and asked him to implore the local bishop to build a chapel in the place where she appeared. To help Juan convince the local bishop, Our Lady of Guadalupe instructed Juan to gather roses from the hill where the chapel was to be built. This was miraculous because roses were not in season at the time. She also miraculously imprinted Juan’s cloak with her now famous image. Our Lady of Guadalupe’s message of comfort and the significance of her message of God’s solidarity with those who were marginalized in Latin America has immense cultural and religious significance for Catholics in the Americas. For this reason, Our Lady of Guadalupe has been designated by the Church as the Patroness of the Americas. Jesuit High School will be celebrating her feast day in December with an all-school Mass in the Barry Gym beginning at 10:45 am.
Baccalaureate Mass
Baccalaureate Eucharistic Liturgy on JHS Campus
This is a mandatory event in the JHS Fr. Barry Gymnasium
- 5:30 pm: Graduates must arrive for check in at Grace Court
- 5:45 pm: Doors open for guest seating
- 6:25 pm: Doors close. Late guests seated after procession.
- 6:30 pm: Mass begins
- 10:00 pm: Parking lots close and gates lock. Do not leave cars overnight.
- Carpooling highly encouraged
- No tickets required
Awards Convocation 2026
(Dress Attire Required) Celebrating and recognizing the achievement of our students
The Student Award Convocation will occur on Thursday at 10:25 am in the Fr. Barry Gymnasium.
Parents/guardians are invited to attend.
Graduation Ceremony, Class of 2026
60th Commencement at Memorial Auditorium
Schedule
- 10:00 am: Graduates must arrive before 10:00 and present their “Graduate” ticket for entry at reserved metal detector on far-left. Report to basement.
- 9:30 am: Doors open for guest seating
- 10:55 am: Doors close. Late guests seated after procession.
- 11:00 am: Commencement Exercises begin
- All seating at Memorial Auditorium is OPEN seating, aside from reserved seating signs you may see. Ignore specific seating information printed on tickets.
- Ceremony is also LIVESTREAMED on our YouTube channel.
See the Dress Rehearsal, Baccalaureate, and Graduation Dress Code
Tickets
Tickets required to attend Graduation. Each graduate is provided 10 complimentary tickets (not available for purchase). Pick-up by student only, with student ID, only for student whose name is on packet, after Exit Interviews. Parents may not pick up tickets. Lawn signs also available.
Venue Info
Please check Memorial Auditorium’s website for current requirements for all guests entering events. Currently, Memorial Auditorium has the following requirements in place for all guests entering the events:
Please note: Air horns, balloons, signs/banners, beach balls, etc., are not allowed at either ceremony (Baccalaureate or Graduation) and will be permanently confiscated. There have been issues with these items in the past, so please talk with your son and your guests about respecting the ceremony. Thank you!
Photography
Bill Smith Photography takes photos of graduates on stage with diplomas (available for purchase). Additionally, each family has access to a complimentary photo album of candid photos from the event, live stream recording and playback, and a short Graduation recap video. Jesuit Marketing & Communication and cinematographer Kyle Barr ’12 provides these special “gifts” to our Marauders.
(4-5-Mass-6-7) Farewell Mass 2026
Dress Attire Required, Mass at 10:35am
Special Bell Schedule
- 8:20 – 9:20 | Period 4
- 9:25 – 10:25 | Period 5
- 10:35 – 11:50 | Mass
- 11:50 – 12:45 | Lunch
- 12:50 – 1:55 | Examen + Period 6
- 2:00 – 3:00 | Period 7
Families are welcome to attend our school-wide Mass in the gym
We will be celebrating the Farewell Mass as a school community in the Barry Gym. This Mass is an opportunity for our campus community to gather together to give thanks for the blessings of the past school year and pray for each grade level as they look toward the year to come. We will especially pray for our senior class as we say goodbye and they look toward graduation and life beyond Jesuit High School. A special ritual at this Mass is the Passing of Colors Ceremony. This involves each class receiving their next class color ribbon. The ribbon will be wrapped around the class candle that accompanies each class on retreats and at class Masses throughout their four year Jesuit journey. Senior class representatives will lead this ritual, which symbolically represents how they entrust each up and coming class to care for our community and hold tight to our traditions. Parents and family members of current students as well as alumni are invited to attend.
Grad Night, Class of 2026
A fun-filled evening at Golfland Sunsplash with classmates.
Earn the Arts Graduation Cord
Recognized Artists: St. Catherine of Bologna Program
A new program celebrating Arts achievement with a cord worn at commencement
The Recognized Artists Program at Jesuit High School, named for St. Catherine of Bologna, the Patron Saint of the Arts, honors students who demonstrate dedication and excellence in the arts. Recognized Artists are students who go above and beyond Jesuit High School’s curricular requirements and strive for greater artistic depth as they cultivate their God-given talents. Our Recognized Artists demonstrate the magis by using their gifts out of gratitude for God’s creation and in service to the Jesuit High School community.
Requirements to earn your Arts cord
(4-5-Mass-6-7) Prayer of Thanksgiving, Inter-Faith
Dress Attire Required, Prayer Service at 10:45am
- 8:20 – 9:25 | Period 4
- 9:30 – 10:35 | Period 5
- 10:45 – 11:50 | Prayer Service
- 11:50 – 12:35 | Lunch
- 12:40 – 1:50 | Examen + Period 6
- 1:55 – 3:00 | Period 7
About the Thanksgiving Interfaith Prayer Service
On Friday, November 21, the day before we leave for Thanksgiving Break, we will gather as a community to pause and give thanks for God’s many blessings; including the blessing of our wonderfully diverse world of language, culture, and ways we honor God in our various faith traditions. In the spirit of the Jesuit tradition of “finding God in all things,” we will celebrate the richness of that diversity, understanding it as a blessing rather than a barrier; as Pope Francis himself has charged us “to create a culture of encounter, which encourages individuals and groups to share the richness of their traditions and experiences, to break down walls and to build bridges.” Parents, families, and alumni are welcome to gather and give thanks through prayer with the student body beginning at 10:45 am in the Barry Gym. Please note: while this is not a Mass, students should be in formal dress attire.
Class of 2025 Diploma Pickup
In the Main Office starting June 10
Diplomas are available for pick-up in the Main Office starting Tuesday, June 10, 2025. Parents may come pick-up for their son(s). All diplomas must be signed for.
- Monday-Friday from 8:00 am–2:00 pm
Transcripts will be sent automatically to the college that students indicated they will be attending.
If you need additional transcripts, please order them under Academics in Transcripts & Forms
Godspeed Mass
Classes of 2022 - 2025
Mass and BBQ
Come together as summer ends, and your next adventure begins.
Sunday, July 27, 2025 | 4:00 pm Phelan Chapel of the North American Martyrs
Our newest alums and their families are invited to join us for the Godspeed Mass & BBQ. Enjoy this end-of-summer celebration of the brotherhood before heading off to school. Alums from Classes of 2022 through 2025 are invited.
Graduation Announcement Orders (Seniors)
Order Packets in Main Office / Order online
Jostens Graduation Announcement packets are available in the Main Office! You can also order online through the Jostens website. Order soon to ensure arrival before Graduation in May! Jostens recommends getting orders in by the end of February to ensure a spring delivery.