Family and friends of the East Aurora High School Class of 2017 will be able to watch the graduation ceremony live if they are unable to attend the event.
The live stream broadcast of the graduation ceremony will be found at www.tv.d131.org, according to a press release from the school district.
The high school’s graduation ceremony is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Friday in the Northern Illinois University Convocation Center, 1525 W. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb.
Only visitors with graduation tickets will be allowed into the Convocation Center, according to the release. Students will receive tickets at Thursday’s mandatory graduation rehearsal.
It is mandatory that all East Aurora High School graduates ride buses to Northern Illinois University together, district officials said. Graduates must report to Door 1 of East Aurora High School for the bus. The bus will depart at 5 p.m. Friday.
Students will have the option of riding back to the high school on buses or with their families. Any student who wants to return on the bus needs to register for the return trip, according to the release.
There are no more friends and family bus tickets available. Every person who is going to ride the family bus needed to purchase a ticket, district officials said. Those tickets are good for a round trip to and from the Convocation Center. The friends and family buses will pull away from Door 15 at the high school at 5:30 p.m. Friday.
Free busing will be provided for all band, chorus, and NJROTC cadets who are part of the graduation ceremony.
Graduates must attend a graduation rehearsal on Thursday at 4 p.m. Graduates are asked to arrive for rehearsal Thursday by 3:45 p.m., district officials said.
