Fall Senior Class Updates: Class of 2025

It has been a great beginning of the year for our Senior Class of 2025!  

Graduation will be held on Tuesday, June 3 at 10:00 a.m. at DAR Constitution Hall.  There is much more information to come in the winter about end-of-year events including graduation. For planning purposes, we anticipate each graduate will receive five tickets to graduation with an option to request a sixth ticket based on availability.

Senior Dues

Senior dues for the Class of 2025 are $100 and searchable and payable through the MySchoolBucks (MSB) school store.  Select “School Store” and then “Browse all items”.  Senior Dues should be the first item. You can also search “Senior Dues”.   Senior dues provide for graduation expenses, programs for graduation, cap and gown, diploma, diploma cover, senior picnic, senior breakfasts, a senior class t-shirt, and additional expenses associated with the senior year.  If you are not sure if you paid senior dues, contact Linda Szabo at @email.

Senior Portraits

We will be hosting our FINAL SESSION for senior portraits at Madison High School on November 18 & November 19, 2024. 

The attire for the school’s yearbook pose will be in the traditional tuxedos and drapes provided by Victor O’Neill. In addition to the yearbook session, they will also offer sessions that include casual/personality portraits as well as cap and gown portraits.  Please follow this link to choose your session type and appointment time. 

If you student is unable to make it to the FINAL SESSION they will be able to do so using the same link they would use to schedule at the school. If they scroll down the page, the second half of the page is where they will be able to find the studio sittings.

Please note that you must have your senior’s photo taken by December 20 to be included in the Yearbook.  To choose your senior’s yearbook photo, login to your gallery and click on the red button in the bottom left-hand corner that says “yearbook.”  Once you do so, click on the image that you would like to use and click the save button.  This must be completed by January 6, or an image will be automatically selected for your senior.

Senior Baby Ads

If you would like to purchase a Senior Baby Ad for the 2025 Yearbook, please go to www.yearbookordercenter.com, enter 5307, and then select “Start Your Ad.” You may choose a half, quarter, eighth, or sixteenth-page ad.  The deadline is November 15, 2024.

The yearbook editors request that you please adhere to the following standards:

• Type your senior’s name in the large font so that it is the “centerpiece” of the ad
• Feel free to include a message in the smaller available font (check for spelling)
• If your message does not fill the entire space (if there is white space left over), please choose a different template
• Choose baby photos that are clothed, please!

Senior Post-Secondary Planning 

School counselors have met with each of their seniors to discuss post-secondary plans, including college applications.  If your senior has not met with their school counselor, they should contact them directly to schedule an appointment.  

College Visits

Seniors have the opportunity to meet with college admission representatives at Madison during the fall months. Students can view the list and register to attend in Naviance > Colleges > College Visits.  Parents are able to view the list in Naviance.  Take a look in the JMHS College Quick Guide, College Visits section, for details about how students sign up. 

Service Learning Hours

Seniors who have completed 40 hours of service learning throughout high school, and would like to earn a service learning cord to wear at graduation, must have their hours logged in x2Vol (Naviance > Careers > x2Vol) no later than April 25, 2025 to receive credit and get the black service learning cord to wear at graduation. Additional information about service learning is available on pages 17-19 in the JMHS College Quick Guide.

FCPS Look to the Future Events (October 20 to 22)

FCPS will host their annual College Fair at Eagle Bank Arena on October 20 from 4:00pm to 6:30pm. Registration is expected and allows students to create a barcode that can be scanned by college representatives to add students to their mailing lists. FCPS will also host Virtual Events on October 21 and 22 on a variety of topics. Sessions will be offered at 5pm, 6pm and 7pm each night. More details will be posted here soon. 

Cap and Gown

Gown measurements will be collected in school this fall.   Jostens is our graduation vendor for graduation announcements and other senior items. You can click here to order your Madison Graduation Announcements & Products.

Additional senior information will be available on the Senior Class website in the coming weeks.