GRADUATION 2026
THE EUGENE IHS GRADUATION CEREMONY FOR THE CLASS OF 2026 WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY, JUNE 5TH AT 7:00PM AT THE HULT CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS.
BELOW IS IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS.
Click here to read the recent letter sent to all parents with information for tickets, seating, parking at the Hult Center, and more!
Click here for the flyer with Hult Center information to request special seating accommodations, arriving and parking at the Hult Center.
GRADUATION REHEARSAL AND FAREWELL ASSEMBLY TIMELINE AND INFO:
- MANDATORY REHEARSAL/SOUND CHECK FOR FAREWELL ASSEMBLY PERFORMERS - Sunday, May 31, 3:30-5:00pm - South Eugene High School auditorium!! All performers for the Farewell Assembly must be there with all costumes, music, and props.
- SENIOR MANDATORY GRADUATION REHEARSAL - Wednesday, June 3, 8:30am - all seniors report to the South Eugene High School auditorium!! This is a mandatory rehearsal for the Eugene IHS graduation ceremony and we need all seniors to arrive on time! Seniors must get your own transportation to South Eugene High School by 8:30am. If you need to ride a bus back to Churchill or Sheldon please let the Eugene IHS secretary know so they can tell you which bus you can ride. Be on time. You can park in the South parking lot if there’s space.
- ALL-SCHOOL FAREWELL ASSEMBLY - Wednesday, June 3, 9:30-10:45am - seniors will stay for this assembly where we will celebrate them. Seniors will join juniors, sophomores, and freshmen to participate in our all-school Eugene IHS Farewell Assembly. At this assembly, we will recognize the achievements of students in grades 9 through 12. Seniors will be excused from periods 1 and 2, but will need to attend their period 3 and 4 classes. Seniors need to transport themselves to South for the graduation rehearsal. If your senior student will need transportation on a school bus back to Sheldon or Churchill after the assembly please let the Eugene IHS office know by May 22.
GRADUATION DAY TIMELINE AND INFO – Friday, June 5, 2026:
- All Eugene IHS offices will be closed in the afternoon on Friday, June 5 for graduation setup and activities. Plan to pick up your graduation tickets before the day of graduation.
- 3:00-5:00pm Performer sound check at Hult Center -- Performers only: All student performers for the Eugene IHS graduation must come to back stage of the Hult Center through the backstage door in the ally for a sound check. Please be there as close to 3:00 as you can. You can leave once you get sound-checked. It won’t go past 5:00pm. Parking is free for the first hour in the parking garage on 7th and Willamette across from the Hult Center. Or you can park in the ally by backstage if there is a spot open.
- 6:00pm ALL graduates arrive at the Hult Center for the class photo -- Report to the stairs between the Hult Center and the Graduate Hotel for Class of 2026 photo. Information about obtaining a copy of the photo will be sent out soon.
- 6:30pm Students walk from class photo to backstage seating – Students walk fromt he class photo area through the studio to backstage to take your place on stage for the graduation ceremony.
- 7:00pm Graduation ceremony begins! Parents may create your own visual records by taking photographs, with or without flash, and videotape the ceremony.
GRADUATION ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Eugene IHS graduation announcement inserts are available at no cost in the Eugene IHS offices, to add to your host school graduation announcements. These will be available mid-April.
TICKETS:
Eugene IHS Graduation tickets will be available at no cost to students. Each student has been allocated six tickets, which can be picked up in the Eugene IHS offices at each campus May 11 through May 22. Beginning May 26, students may pick up additional tickets on a first-come-first-served basis in the Eugene IHS offices.
SEATING:
- All tickets for graduation are general admission seating and audience members will not be able to save blocks of seats.
- If you need ADA accessible seating or special accommodations for the graduation ceremony please click on the Hult Center information flyer at the top of this page and follow directions to request accommodations.
PARKING:
Hult Center personnel have asked us to remind you that parking in their over-park is $10.00. The Hult Center lobby will open at 6:00pm and the concert hall around 6:15 p.m. for seating. For more information click on the Hult Center information flyer at the top of this page
STUDENT ATTIRE:
Graduates should dress up nicely like they would for a nice dinner or event--IHS GRADUATES DO NOT WEAR CAPS AND GOWNS! Since we have graduates from three different high schools, we ask that they just wear nice clothes. We encourage students to wear their IB stoles and any other honor cords they have earned. Students should leave all belongings with their family members or will need to be responsible for them if they bring them on stage.
TRANSLATION SERVICES:
If you or anyone in your group will need a translator for graduation, please let the IHS secretary on your campus know at the time of ticket pick up or call one of our Eugene IHS offices by May 22.
FRENCH AND SPANISH IMMERSION CEREMONIES:
There are also separate French immersion and Spanish immersion graduation ceremonies, usually held at Charlemagne and Buena Vista, respectively. These events are not organized by IHS, but instead are coordinated by FI/SI parents of the graduating senior class.