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Welcome to the Road to
2025 NATIONAL COMMENCEMENT!

Early preparation and planning will make your journey on the road to National Commencement more enjoyable. Please take a moment to attend to the tasks below.

 

Complete all four steps before February 28, 2025:

1. Complete the Graduate Questionnaire
2. Write and upload your Graduate Bio
3. Upload graduate and candid photos
4. Order your graduation package


1. Fill out Graduate Questionnaire Submission Form.

  • Contact information for parent and student
  • Interest in speaking opportunity during the commencement ceremony
  • Graduate’s T-shirt size

2. Fill out Graduate Bio Submission Form.

  • Write your Graduate Bio before filling out the form.
  • Copy and paste your Graduate Bio into the indicated field on the form.
    • The biography can be written by the graduate, the parent(s), or jointly.
    • Use first-person perspective.
    • The biography should consist of no more than 130 words.
    • Be creative, expressive, and personal
    • You might consider including the following:
      • Future educational and career plans
      • Expressing a heart of thankfulness to the Lord and your parents for providing you the opportunity to be homeschooled
      • Favorite pastimes or hobbies

    *Classical Conversations reserves the right to edit biographies that do not align with CC’s CORE VALUES.

 

EXAMPLES

Gracen Loraine Aldaya
Edinburg, Texas

Writing is my passion, books my lifeblood, and music my escape. I see life as a scavenger hunt for deep truths, wisdom, and beauty. Loyalty, sincerity, and ambition are my highest ideals. My dream is to write novels, speeches, movie scripts, Bible studies, and anything else I can dream up. Above all, I want my life to matter. I have been blessed beyond description by faith, family, and friends, much more than I know or deserve. I have been accepted and plan to attend Hillsdale College, MI. I will reside in a log cabin deep in the woods in the company of twenty cats.


Abigail Jennifer Collinsworth
Charleston, South Carolina

Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can’t build on it, and it’s only good for wallowing in. —Katherine Mansfield

I am the daughter of Debra and Jeffrey Collinsworth and have one brother. I volunteer regularly at church and love sports, debate, and baking. My favorite CC memory is meeting one of my best friends in Challenge A. I plan to study biology at Clemson University in the fall to prepare for medical school.


3. Upload graduate photo.

  • Sr.Pic_Ballard, Corbin-1Color or black/white
  • JPG, PNG, or PDF format
  • 300 DPI
  • 1500 x 2100 px (5" x 7") minimum
  • The photo should feature the graduate only—no pets, siblings, parents, friends, etc. Be advised that the photo will be cropped to feature the graduate from the shoulders up.
  • Graduates may optionally upload three candid photos that will be incorporated into the slideshow.


4. Each grad will need to purchase a cap, gown, diploma case, and tassel. Order your graduation package from Homeschool Diploma by January 31, and receive a 30% discount! The package includes the following:

  • 8.5" x 11" diploma and navy cover
  • Matte navy cap and gown
  • Navy and silver tassel
Cost without discount: $76.17


I loved the special touches for the graduation and the way each student had prewritten a letter to their parents.”

 

Alaina

Classical Conversations Commencement Attendee