MCPS Graduation Season Starts May 29

Olympic gold medalist Haley Skarupa, bestselling author Nora Roberts, and Kathryn Sullivan, who was the first woman to walk in space, are among the speakers who will address the graduating class of 2018 this year. Washington Post journalist Dana Milbank, Congressman Jamie Raskin, award-winning TV producer Andrew Och, and ESPN sportscaster Bram Weinstein will also speak.

The high school commencement season is set to begin Tuesday, May 29, and will end Friday, June 8. 

Eighteen graduation ceremonies will be held at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington D.C. Those ceremonies can be viewed live on the DAR Constitution Hall’s website. Ceremonies will also be held at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, MD., the Xfinity Center at University of Maryland in College Park, and at individual school or program locations.

In total, 25 high schools and 7 programs will have graduation ceremonies this spring.

Damascus high school is the only traditional high school to graduate with a ceremony on their athletic field in the county. The graduation is held rain or shine.

May 29

Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School | Tuesday, May 29 | 10 a.m | DAR | Kathryn D. Sullivan, Ph.D., Former NASA Astronaut

Paint Branch High School | Tuesday, May 29 | 2:30 p.m | DAR  | Kimberly Feher, Math Teacher/Staff Development Teacher

May 30

Quince Orchard High School | Wednesday, May 30 | 10 a.m. | DAR | Ken Niumatalolo, head football coach at US Naval Academy

Thomas S. Wootton High School | Wednesday, May 30 | 2:30 p.m. | DAR | Haley Skarupa, 2018 Olympic gold medalist

May 31

Rockville High School | Thursday, May 31 | 10 a.m. | DAR | Mr. Andrew Och, award winning television producer, author, public speaker

Stephen Knolls School | Thursday, May 31  | 10 a.m. | Home | Dr. LaVerne G. Kimball, Associate Superintendent of Elementary Schools

Sherwood High School | Thursday, May 31 | 2:30 p.m. | DAR | Karen Rose, retired AP

June 1

Damascus High School | Friday, June 1 | 9 a.m. | Home | No guest speaker

Wheaton High School | Friday, June 1 | 10 a.m. | DAR | Staff Speaker: Kolawole Marville, Teacher. Student Speaker: Olivia Marquis

Col. Zadok Magruder High School | Friday, June 1 | 2:30 p.m. | DAR | Jason Kravitz, American actor, comedian

June 4

Clarksburg High School | Monday, June 4 | 10 a.m. | Mt. St. Mary’s University | Sydney Montgomery, Clarksburg High School Class of 2011

Seneca Valley High School | Monday, June 4 | 10 a.m. | DAR | Charles Burrall,  classroom teacher

Gaithersburg High School | Monday, June 4 | 2:30 p.m. | DAR | Alan Stein, Jr., motivational speaker

RICA | Monday, June 4 | 2:30 p.m. | Home | Brian Coester, CEO Coester Valuation Management Services

June 5

Montgomery Blair High School | Tuesday, June 5 | 9 a.m. | Xfinity Center | Nora Roberts, author

Alternative Education Programs | Tuesday, June 5 | 10 a.m. | James Hubert Blake HS | Dr. Lamarr Shields, motivational speaker

Springbrook High School | Tuesday, June 5 | 10 a.m. | DAR | Bram Weinstein, radio host/anchor

Walter Johnson High School | Tuesday, June 5 | 1:30 p.m. | Xfinity Center | Jeffrey Sean Lehman, American scholar, lawyer and academic administrator

Albert Einstein High School | Tuesday, June 5 | 2:30 p.m. | DAR | Congressman Jamie Raskin

June 6

Richard Montgomery High School | Wednesday, June 6 | 9:00 a.m. | Xfinity Center | Clint Smith, III, writer, teacher and researcher

Northwood High School | Wednesday, June 6 | 10 a.m. | DAR | Student Speakers:  Claudia Aguilar, Miriam Misket, Gisselle Flores

Northwest High School | Wednesday, June 6 | 1:30 p.m. | Xfinity Center | Ryan Acosta-Fox, classroom teacher

Winston Churchill High School | Wednesday, June 6 | 2:30 p.m. | DAR | Dr. Jonathan Holloway, provost of Northwestern University

June 7

John F. Kennedy High School | Thursday, June 7 |10 a.m. | DAR | Brian Frosh, Attorney General of Maryland

James Hubert Blake High School | Thursday, June 7 | 2 p.m. | DAR | Chad Sanders, writer

June 8

Longview School | Friday, June 8 | 10:00 a.m. | Home | No guest speaker

Poolesville High School | Friday, June 8 | 10 a.m. | Mt. St. Mary’s University | Leslie Gum, classroom teacher

Rock Terrace School | Friday, June 8 | 10 a.m. | Home | Dr. Faustina Quist, former AP at Rock Terrace

Walt Whitman High School | Friday, June 8 | 2 p.m. | DAR | Dana Milbank, Washington Post journalist

Watkins Mill High School | Friday, June 8 | 10 a.m. | DAR | Matt Johnson, classroom teacher

TBD

Model Learning Center | TBD | TBD | Clarksburg Correctional Facility | No guest speaker

Summer School | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD