Better get the Slip ‘N Slide out of storage, because this year’s Alexandria City High School seniors are getting their diplomas a week early.
The commencement ceremony will be held on Wednesday, May 28, at George Mason University’s EagleBank Arena, instead of on the first Saturday in June. Here’s why.
Alexandria City Public Schools staff said that graduation won’t be held Saturday, June 7, because that’s also the date of the Islamic holiday Eid al-Adha.
“Historically, the ACHS commencement exercise has been held on the first Saturday in June,” ACPS staff said in a memo going to the school board this week.
A closer look revealed that the “historically” ACHS refers to goes back as far as three years. Otherwise, graduation has been held in mid-June, making this year’s the earliest graduation in a generation.
Below are ACHS graduation dates going back to 2011:
- Saturday, June 1, 2024
- Saturday, June 3, 2023
- Saturday, June 4, 2022
- Saturday, June 12, 2021
- Saturday, June 13, 2020
- Saturday, June 15, 2019
- Saturday, June 16, 2018
- Saturday, June 17, 2017
- Saturday, June 9, 2016
- Saturday, June 15, 2015
- Saturday, June 14, 2014
- Saturday, June 15, 2013
- Saturday, June 16, 2012
- Saturday, June 18, 2011
