Senior Info & Commencement Details

Class of 2026 Commencement!

Senior Mass & Homecoming Assembly: Oct 3, 2025

Senior Mass & Homecoming Assembly is our first senior-focused event of the year! This event begins at 8:15am and parents are invited!

The day begins with seniors gathered in Gym for Mass, which is followed by the Homecoming Assembly. This is a half-day for seniors only.

Attire:

Seniors are asked to wear business attire; a suit, or jacket and tie for the gentlemen and an appropriate outfit for the ladies, slacks, skirts, or dresses.

Homecoming Prayer for the Class of 2026

- Grace Glaser '26

Good and gracious God, today we come to you in faith but also in gratitude. To thank you for the beautiful community present here today, and the gift of joy being shared. We ask you to lead us to set aside our differences so that we may come to realize the gift of the friendships, and the homecoming spirit you have created in our midst.

Help us to walk through the hallways and anticipate seeing you in our neighbor. Help us to run out on the fields, and lift up our teammates by reminding them to find their strength in YOU.
Help us to gather as one body in Christ, celebrating Jesus who wants us to be one flock under one shepherd.

One of the gifts you have given to us is our family of faith, built upon the rock of the church. This gift extends to our community here, our family at St. Joes is always present no matter the day, no matter the weather, no matter the time, and so we can always come back home to Joe. We express this pride in loving you, oh God, above all things and our neighbor before ourselves.

Consequently, we will lift each other through faith so that we may achieve our greatest victories.

This special bond within our community makes this chapter of our life held together forever in our hearts.

Assist us to make a home in our heart, for you oh Lord and we ask all these things through Christ our Lord, Amen.
Saint Joseph our Patron…
Pray for us

Class Day Assembly (Mandatory): May 28, 2026

Class Day is a St. Joes tradition that celebrates our Seniors as they earn their academic awards and scholarships.

Seniors are required to attend.
Seniors must arrive no later than 7:55AM to the school wearing gowns, no caps.
Parents are invited to join us for this event. This event begins at 8:30am.

Baccalaureate Mass (Mandatory): May 28, 2026

St. Joe's Baccalaureate Mass is offered in thanksgiving for the blessings God has bestowed upon our graduates and their families. Memorial Scholarships are also awarded.

Seniors are required to attend.
Seniors should arrive no later than 6:30PM wearing their gowns but no caps.
Parents are welcome to join us. This event begins at 7:00pm.
Location: St Theresa's Church, 5301 Main Street, Trumbull, CT

Commencement (Mandatory): May 30, 2026

Commencement is scheduled to be held on Saturday, May 30, 2026 at 10:00AM on the lower turf field. Seniors should arrive no later than 9:00AM. Seniors are required to attend in caps, academic gowns, honor cords, and Top 10 Scholar Medals. No adornments of any kind are allowed on caps or gowns.

As long as commencement is outdoors, there are no admission limitations. We will have a JumboTron, so that everyone can see their senior receive their diploma. There will be additional bleacher seating inside the lower field fencing for guests. This event will also be live-streamed for the viewing pleasure of loved ones who cannot join our on-campus festivities.

In the event of inclement weather, graduation will be held in the gym and each graduate will be limited to only four guests.

Attendance:

Attendance is required at all graduation practices and major events.

Behavior / Decorum:

The St. Joseph High School diploma is not exclusively an indication of the successful completion of academic requirements. Since we educate the whole person, we expect and require each student to exhibit, by his or her own behavior, an appreciation for and acceptance of the values and ideals on which the school was founded and which we continue to teach, as a prerequisite for the awarding of a St Joseph High School diploma. We expect our students to conduct themselves with characteristic poise and class.

Dress Code

It is required that seniors adhere to the grooming and dress code regulations of St Joseph High School. Even though the special events require that academic gowns to be worn, boys are to be clean-shaven and appropriately dressed: shirt and tie, slacks, dress shoes (no sandals/sneakers), no earrings. Girls are expected to wear dresses, skirts (of modest length) or pants, and dress shoes, business attire. No shorts are permitted.
NO ADORNMENTS OF ANY KIND ARE ALLOWED ON CAPS OR GOWNS.

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