Grad 2025 - UPDATED May 28th
May 28, 2025
Please see links below in regards to Grad 2025.
Grad Ceremony
Location: RBC Convention Center - 375 York Ave
Date: June 26, 2025 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Closing Exercises at RBC Convention Centre, Thursday June 26, 2025 | |
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Rehearsal | Grads must attend a rehearsal Monday June 23, 2025 at 10:00 am at Collège Churchill High School in the Library. |
Cap & Gown | Pick up your cap and gown after the rehearsal. Write your name inside the cap, as this will be yours to keep. Wear the short part of the stole (white) in front. The cap should be worn straight across the head with the tassel over the front right edge. Please take photos prior to the ceremony, as academic dress must be returned after the ceremony before you exit the room. Wear suitable shoes and clothing under the gown. No food, drink, gum or cell phones are permitted. |
Time | The Closing Exercises Ceremony begins at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 26. Grads must be at the RBC Convention Center in correct academic dress no later than 12:30 p.m. and are to assemble in room Hall D on the second floor of the south side. The doors will open at 1:00 p.m. |
Ceremony | Parents and family members are encouraged to proceed to Hall C (City View room) which is located across the bridge on the second floor. The convention center has asked that NO HELIUM BALLOONS be brought into Hall C. IF you plan to bring them to the convention center, the balloons will be taken and kept at the security desk. Please remember that seating is unassigned, and the building is wheelchair accessible. |
Security | Please arrange to leave your valuables and jackets with your guests as the school is not responsible for lost or stolen articles. |
Parking | Parking is available underground in the convention center's parkade. There is also parking on the street surrounding the Convention Center. If you have any questions please contact Mrs. Dent. |
Grand March
Grand March | The traditional Grand March will take place at Collège Churchill High School at 4:45 p.m. Graduates and their guests will participate in this annual Churchill graduation ritual. Friends and family are invited to watch. Bring cameras! |
Safe Grad Dinner & Dance
Location: RBC Convention Center - 375 York Ave
Date: June 24, 2025 6:00pm - 11:00pm
Doors open at 6:00pm and Dinner starts at 7:00pm
Cost | Tickets will cost $95.00 each for the grad and their guest(s). They will be on sale from June 5 to June 13. The price includes dinner/dance and the Safe Grad activities throughout the evening (casino). Tickets for parents/guardians/family or graduates who are not going to the safe grad are $80.00 each for dinner only (includes tax and gratuity). Payment of tickets may be made in cash, cheque or etransfer. Cheques can be made out to Churchill High School (NO POST-DATED CHEQUES ALLOWED!) To etransfer the email address is churchill@wsd1.org please add a note that this is for grad tickets, and the students name. Mrs. Dent will sell tickets. They can be purchased before school ( starting 8:00 a.m. and at lunchtime. ) |
Forms | To receive your grad tickets the following forms must be completed and received by Mrs. Dent, the google dietary restriction form and the Safe Grad Permission Form. If you need help filling out the forms please see Mrs. Dent. Click Here for Permission Forms |
Seating | Seating is arranged in tables of 8 only. |
Time | RBC Convention Centre, North Side, Floor 2E-2H Reception: 6:15 pm |
| Dinner: 7:00 pm | |
| Program: 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm | |
| Dance: 10:00 pm - 3:00 am | |
Transportation | Drivers picking up grads/guests MUST be 19 years of age with a valid driver's license. NO ONE attending the event (grads/guests) may drive home from Safe Grad. Once grads/guests have been picked up they should be driven home as they will have been up all night and may have been drinking. Parents/guardians/drivers must come into the convention Centre to "sign out" grads/guests. Third-party pick-ups (ex: Taxi service) are not allowed. |
Smoking | This Safe Grad event will be NON-SMOKING. |
Additional Information | Medical parent volunteers will be available throughout the evening. The RBC Convention Centre is wheelchair accessible. Safe Grad is supported by Manitoba Safe Grad/TADD committee, the Winnipeg Police, Manitoba Liquor Control Commission, Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation, and the Manitoba Association of School Trustees. The RBC Convention Centre will be responsible for the sale of alcoholic beverages. |
