CLASS OF 2025
Keep up to date on Senior activities during the 2024-25 school year!
If you have any questions about graduation, please contact Starr Gray, Director of Student Activities.
Commencement
May 31, 2025
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We are excited to welcome graduates and their families to campus for this year's commencement!
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Each graduate will receive 10 tickets for their family and friends. More information about parking, photography, and graduation regalia will be communicated soon.
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Senior Ads
Celebrate your senior's graduation by purchasing a senior ad in the O'Dowd yearbook! Senior ads are an optional way to commemorate your child's high school experience in the yearbook and they help defray the cost of the publication so that everyone on campus can get a yearbook for free!
On sale until January 10, 2025. Space is Limited.
Design and pay online at yearbookforever.com
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See Senior Newsletter emails for more information.
College Counseling Reminders
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If you haven't completed your Senior Questionnaire, please do so ASAP so your counselor can schedule your Senior College Meeting.
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Remember to sign up for college visits on Naviance.
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Drop-in application support during flex periods is happening!
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Make sure to have your UC and CSU applications checked by your counselor before submitting them. Make sure to submit well before the November 30/December 2 deadline.
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Keep an eye out for the FAFSA to be released on December 1.
Senior Class Gift
Join us in honoring and celebrating O’Dowd teachers!
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The Senior Class Gift supports the Fund for Faculty Excellence, which provides professional development and assists in continuing to recruit and retain talented teachers. Please join us in this meaningful way of showing appreciation and support for our faculty.
We have a fantastic head start, with a $50,000 match from a committed group of senior parents and grandparents. Your gift will be doubled - help us reach our goal of 100% participation from senior families and achieve the full match.
Caps, Gowns, & Announcements
Information to come.
Senior Ball
May 16, 2025, 6:00 - 10:00pm
This year's Senior Ball took place at xyz. The evening included dinner and dancing. This year's theme is xyz.
Senior Sunset and BBQ
May 21, 2025
Celebrate the sun setting on your senior year at O'Dowd with your class. Come enjoy food, music and each other on the CES Patio. Bring your yearbooks and pens!​
Grad Night
May 22 - 23, 2025.
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Graduation Rehearsal
Information to come.
Baccalaureate Mass
All graduates and their families are invited to the Baccalaureate Mass on May 30, 2025.
Past Events
Senior Sunrise
October 30, 2024, 7:15 - 8:30am
Sunrise is at 7:33am
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Grab a warm sweater, and a sleeping bag or blanket and head to our Lower Field on Wednesday, October 30 for one of our special traditions: Senior Sunrise!
Senior-Parent/Guardian Mass
October 10, 2024, 6:00 - 7:30pm, Knauss Family Gymnasium.
This special Mass was a beautiful celebration honoring our seniors' final year at O'Dowd, and for some, their final year at home. Photos here.
Mark Your Calendars
October 2024
10 Senior Parent-Guardian Mass
30 Senior Sunrise
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November
6 Senior Portrait makeups/retakes. Sign Up
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January 2025
10 Senior Ad Deadline
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February
tbd Confirm Diploma Name (email will be sent to Seniors)
March
tbd FAFSA Priority Deadline
tbd Submit Gown Size Through Achievers Website
April
tbd Senior Class Meeting
tbd Senior Contract due to Ms. Donahue
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May
tbd Senior Award Ceremony
tbd Supporting Your 12th Grader's Transition to College
16 Senior Ball
21 Senior Sunset & BBQ
22-23 Grad Nite
tbd Graduation Practice (1:30 - 3:15pm)
30 Baccalaureate Mass
31 Commencement Ceremony, Lower Field at 9:00am (graduates arrive 8:15am)
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June
tbd Diplomas Available in Main Office
tbd Complete the Alumni Exit Survey