Thousands of high school graduates from the Class of 2022 will be celebrated starting this week and continuing into early June.
Here are details and about when and where graduations will be held in the Jackson metro area. The graduations are listed in order of when they are scheduled and by school district.
Rankin County Public Schools
Florence High School: May 13, 7 p.m., Mississippi Coliseum, 1207 Mississippi St., Jackson
Pisgah High School: May 13, 7 p.m., Clyde Muse Center, 515 County Place Parkway, Pearl
Richland High School: May 16, 6 p.m., Clyde Muse Center, 515 County Place Parkway, Pearl
Puckett High School: May 17, 7 p.m., Clyde Muse Center, 515 County Place Parkway, Pearl
Northwest Rankin High School: May 17, 6:30 p.m., Mississippi Coliseum, 1207 Mississippi St., Jackson
Brandon High School: May 17, 7 p.m., Bulldog Stadium, 3090 Highway 18, Brandon
McLaurin High School: May 18, 6 p.m., Clyde Muse Center, 515 County Place Parkway, Pearl
Learning Center: May 19, 6:30 p.m., Family Resource Center, 200 School Road, Brandon
Pelahatchie High School: May 19, 7 p.m., Clyde Muse Center, 515 County Place Parkway, Pearl
GED: May 24, 6:30 p.m., Brandon High School multipurpose room, 3090 Highway 18, Brandon
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Hinds County Public Schools
Raymond High School: May 24, 2 p.m., Mississippi Coliseum, 1207 Mississippi St., Jackson
Terry High School: May 24, 4 p.m., Mississippi Coliseum, 1207 Mississippi St., Jackson
Students from the Main Street Restart Center, the school district’s alternative school, can participate in one graduation ceremonies if they meet graduation requirements, said Superintendent Delesicia Martin.
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Madison County Public Schools
Velma Jackson High: May 20, 7 p.m., VJHS football stadium, 200 Loring Road, Camden
Madison Central High School: May 21, 9 a.m., Mississippi Coliseum, 1207 Mississippi St., Jackson
Ridgeland High School: May 21, 2 p.m., Mississippi Coliseum, 1207 Mississippi St., Jackson
Germantown High School: May 21, 6 p.m., Mississippi Coliseum, 1207 Mississippi St., Jackson
Jackson Public Schools
Murrah High School: May 31, 1 p.m., Mississippi Coliseum, 1207 Mississippi St., Jackson
Provine High School: May 31, 2:30 p.m., Mississippi Coliseum, 1207 Mississippi St., Jackson
Jim Hill High School: May 31, 4 p.m., Mississippi Coliseum, 1207 Mississippi St., Jackson
Callaway High School: June 1, 1:30 p.m., Mississippi Coliseum, 1207 Mississippi St., Jackson
Forest Hill High School: June 1, 3 p.m., Mississippi Coliseum, 1207 Mississippi St., Jackson
Wingfield High School: June 1, 4:30 p.m., Mississippi Coliseum, 1207 Mississippi St., Jackson
Lanier High School: June 1, 6 p.m., Mississippi Coliseum, 1207 Mississippi St., Jackson
Students from the Capital City Alternative School, the district’s alternative school, can participate their home school’s graduation ceremony if they meet graduation requirements, said Sherwin Johnson, a spokesman for Jackson Public Schools.
Twenty-two students from the inaugural class of the JPS-Tougaloo Early College High School graduated May 1 with their Associate of Arts Degree and college credits from Tougaloo College.
Johnson said the early college students can also attend the ceremonies on May 31 and June 1.
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