CELEBRATING THE CLASS OF 2024

Special class schedule:  

• 8 – 8:50 a.m. - D Block
• 9 – 10:15 a.m. - E Block
• 10:20 – 11:15 a.m. - G Block
• 11:20 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. - F Block

4 – 6 p.m.: Pre-Prom: (Families and friends welcome) Photo opportunities and light refreshments (sponsored by the PPA) Center Campus Tent

6 – 11 p.m.: Prom: Attendees will be transported by bus to and from prom. No students are permitted to drive.

Post-Prom pick-up: Parents will receive details on pick-up via email. No day or boarding student may drive themselves from campus after prom. The Walter and Leonore Annenberg Science Center

Please Note: This is an on-campus weekend. All boarding students (including graduates) are expected to stay in their dorms this weekend. 

5 p.m.: Senior and PG boarders must return to campus

7 p.m.: Class of 2024 Dinner (Seniors and PGs only) Caspersen Campus Center, Dining Hall

8 – 10:55 a.m. Classes for all underclassmen – special schedule

11 a.m.: Moving Up Chapel (required attendance for all students; students and employees only), Ayer Memorial Chapel

11:30 a.m.: Commencement Rehearsal and Lunch (required attendance for seniors and PGs, immediately after Moving Up Chapel), Ayer Memorial Chapel

12 – 2 p.m.: International Family Lunch, Swetland House

5 p.m.: Students' Cookout (all students including graduates and their siblings), In front of Avery

5 p.m.: Baccalaureate Dinner (senior parents/guardians only; register here), Caspersen Campus Center, Dining Hall

7:50 p.m.: Academic Procession, graduates and faculty line up in Annenberg Hall

8 p.m.: Baccalaureate Service (graduates and family members), Center Campus Tent Livestream

*Note – This is an on-campus evening; all boarding students in grades 9-12 and PGs are expected to stay on campus.

Parking for Baccalaureate Dinner and Baccalaureate can be accessed at the main campus entrance (139 East Ward St. Hightstown, NJ 08520).

Please Note: Tickets are not required.

7:30 a.m.: Breakfast for graduates, guests and students, Caspersen Campus Center, Dining Hall

9 a.m.: Class of 2024 Picture/Planting of the Ivy Annenberg Hall steps

10:15 a.m.: Academic Procession Seniors, PGs and faculty line up outside the Peddie Arts Center

10:30 a.m.: Commencement (all students required to attend), Center Campus Tent Livestream

12 p.m.: Lunch for graduates, guests and students Caspersen Campus Center, Dining Hall

*Note: All boarding seniors and PGs must be moved out of their dorms by 5 p.m.

Parking for Commencement is at the Ian H. Graham ’50 Athletic Center entrance off Etra Road (155 Etra Rd, Hightstown, NJ 08520); shuttle buses to center campus will be available.

Passengers may be dropped off through the main entrance off Ward Street before proceeding to Athletic Center parking.