Graduates of 2021

Spartans of Battle High School

Good evening, Battle Grads!

Returning items

If you still have your laptop or books from the Media Center, please return them this week

Graduation is THIS Saturday!

Where & When

Place: Mizzou Arena (1 Champions Drive, Columbia, MO)

Date: May 22, 2021

Time:

3:30pm for Hybrid Group 1
6:45pm for Hybrid Group 2

Doors open one hour prior to each ceremony. Graduates should plan to arrive no later than 30 minutes before the ceremony begins. This allows time to be checked in and pre-seated.

Graduation Walk-through Video (click here)

Regalia for graduation

All participating graduates must wear a cap with tassel and gown in order to walk.

If you DO NOT have a cap/gown yet, please let Ms. Hyler know ASAP.

If you are NOT planning on participating in graduation ceremony, please let Ms. Hyler know.

If you have ordered your cap/gown - most likely it is @ Battle. Check with Ms. Hyler.

Guests & Tickets for Graduation

Each graduate will receive 6 tickets for their ceremony, and all guests must have a ticket.

(There are NO extra tickets given out)

Guests 3 years of age and older will require a ticket. Under 3 is considered a lap child.

Note: Graduates and guests must wear face coverings at all times and follow Show Me Renewal guidelines.

Each ticket will be printed with the date, time, location, name of ceremony, section, row and seat number. The tickets for a graduate’s guests correlate with a specific pod (a group of six assigned seats). Pods will be socially distanced throughout event arenas.

Guests will sit in their assigned seats within the pod. If a graduate does not fill all of the seats in their pod, the additional seats will be left empty. Tickets may not be shared.

If you have NOT picked up your tickets from Ms. Hyler @ Battle, please do so by Friday.

Where to Park

Free parking is available for commencement guests.

Mizzou Arena

Guests can park in the Hearnes Center parking lots as well as the lots to the south and east of Mizzou Arena. From the south: Take Providence Road to Mick Deaver Drive and turn left into Lot P (south of Mizzou Arena). From the east: Take Stadium Boulevard to Champions Drive. From the north or west: Take Providence Road to Mick Deaver Memorial Drive and turn left into Lot P (south of Mizzou Arena) or take Stadium to Mick Deaver Memorial Drive and turn on Champions Drive.

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Livestreaming

Every ceremony will be livestreamed and recorded for guests and family members who are not able to attend. This will be on CPS-TV and the link is on the CPS website.

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Face coverings and social distancing requirements

Face coverings are required for all guests age 10 and older and must be worn during the entire event. Face coverings must be made of cloth or other permeable material, and must cover both the mouth and nose. Face shields and face masks with vents/exhalation valves do not meet Show Me Renewal face covering requirements. All guest pods are required to remain at least 6 feet apart from other pods during the event.

COVID considerations

Much thought and planning has been dedicated to offer safe in-person commencement ceremonies. Graduates and their guests must wear face coverings at all times and remain socially distant from other parties. Here are a few additional safety measures you can expect:

Events will not exceed 75 minutes in order to allow time for disinfecting graduate seating areas between ceremonies.
Guests may pickup sanitizing wipes at the entrance of the building to disinfect their seats.
No stage will be used in order to allow social distancing among the platform party.
There will be no processional — graduates will enter and go to their assigned seat, which will be socially distanced.
There will be no hooding ceremonies.
Graduates may not approach the platform party to shake hands or otherwise receive congratulations.
If there are materials for graduates to receive (such as a diploma cover), students will pick them up from a table.
There will be no “roaming” during the ceremony — all guests and members of the media must stay in their assigned seat at all times.

For more information, visit commencement.missouri.edu.