Congratulations Graduates FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) What does the virtual graduation ceremony include? DeKalb County School District partnered with Herff Jones and their affiliates, MarchingOrder and StageClip, to manage and broadcast the school district’s first virtual graduation ceremonies for twenty-four schools, scheduled to air June 15-20, 2020. The ceremony will include speeches from the Valedictorian, Salutatorian and Principal of each school. Board members will share words of encouragement with students. Superintendent Tyson will certify that graduation requirements have been met, and Members of the Board will accept the certification authorizing students to be graduates. Student pictures will be shown during the ceremony while the names of graduates are announced. Where can I find the links to view the ceremonies? The DeKalb County School District’s Grad Central website listed below will broadcast each ceremony according to the dates and times on the graduation schedule. You may select from one of the following platforms on Grad Central to view the ceremonies: DeKalb Schools TV, YouTube, or Facebook Live. You may also visit the Grad Central website to find individual school links to all virtual ceremonies closer to the start date of each ceremony. Links are not active until the actual ceremony date and time for each school. https://www.dekalbschoolsga.org/graduation/watch-live/ Are recordings of the graduation ceremonies available following the broadcast? Yes. Links to download graduation ceremonies will be shared on Grad Central once the ceremony dates have passed. You may also view all ceremonies on DSTV during the week of June 27, 2020. What additional information can you share? Students who uploaded individual recognition clips are able to obtain permanent copies of these clips from the graduation website established for each school. Additional information will be placed on the Grad Central website following the ceremonies. Closed Caption/Language Selections. Please see the information below from StageClip. YouTube is constantly improving its speech recognition technology. Automatic captions are generated by machine-learning algorithms, so the quality of the captions may vary. StageClip has found that the majority of ceremonies so far have been captioned; however, captions may not work every time. StageClip aims to put videos up with enough time for the algorithms to work. As backup, select the appropriate language and closed caption options on your video viewing devices. 2 0 2 0 V I R T U A L GRADUATION SCHEDULE JUNE 15-20, 2020 Date School Time Cross Keys High School 9 AM Arabia Mountain High School 1 PM Monday June 15, 2020 Miller Grove High School 5 PM Chamblee High School 8 PM Stephenson High School 9 AM Clarkston High School 1 PM Tuesday June 16, 2020 Redan High School 5 PM Dunwoody High School 8 PM Martin Luther King, Jr High School 9 AM Cedar Grove High School 1 PM Wednesday June 17, 2020 Lithonia High School 5 PM Stone Mountain High School 8 PM Elizabeth Andrews High School 9 AM McNair High School 1 PM Thursday June 18, 2020 Columbia High School 5 PM DeKalb School of the Arts 8 PM Southwest DeKalb High School 9 AM Druid Hills High School 1 PM Friday June 19, 2020 Tapestry Charter School 5 PM Lakeside High School 8 PM Towers High School 9 AM Saturday Tucker High School 1 PM June 20, 2020 DeKalb Early College Academy 5 PM Margaret Harris Comprehensive School 8 PM .