Seniors: Class of 2025
Senior year is a major milestone for our Patriot families and, for many, an opportunity to make one more year’s worth of lasting memories with their friends and teachers at Stevenson. Find out more about your senior yearbook photos and portrait options, cap and gown order details, graduation, and other events/celebrations in the tabs below.
Important Dates
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Prom - April 26, 2025
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Senior Sunrise - May 1, 2025
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Senior Class Party - May 22, 2025
- Commencement Graduation Ceremony - May 23, 2025
Senior Service Recognition
Senior Service Recognition
A Community Service Graduation Honor For Seniors
The Senior Service Recognition was conceived to showcase outstanding community service efforts by Stevenson students. The application process is designed to capture service stories and then share them back to the school community to inspire other students. If you've been committed to community service throughout your high school career, please consider applying and share your most meaningful stories with us!
Seniors only may apply for this honor if they have completed 4-10 significant, long-term community service experiences during their four years in high school. These experiences may be completed anywhere.
A “significant, long-term” experience is defined as:
- Multiple days in duration (not just a one-time event)
- Equal to or greater than a full work week total over the course of an entire high school career (40 hours minimum)
- Related to a personal goal of the student and tied to at least one United Nations global goal (discussed in a student reflection when submitting the application)
Recognized seniors will receive a special tassel to be worn at their graduation ceremony.
Service Experience Qualifying Criteria
In order for service experiences to be verified in the application process, they must meet the following criteria and be approved by a non-family member adult:
- Service activities are done on behalf of others (not including immediate family members).
- The primary intent of the activity is to aid and assist others for the good of the community.
- No compensation (grade, class credit, monetary or other) has been given.
- Service activities must be done outside the school day or during unscheduled time.
- The acts of service must promote the values incorporated in the Stevenson High School Vision and Values Statement.
How to Maintain a Service Portfolio
Stevenson High School uses an online community service registration and verification program called InnerView (my.innerview.org). Every student in the school receives a login and password through his or her Stevenson email account. (If you did not receive this email or forgot your password, please go to my.innerview.org, go to login and click on "forgot password.” Type in your Stevenson email address and InnerView will email you the password.)
InnerView allows students to record their own community service experiences, documenting them with written reflections and photos. InnerView also allows students to sign up for some community service experiences directly through the platform. While maintaining a portfolio on InnerView, it is critical to document the work and record adult sponsor information (emails and phone numbers). Students will also want to have conversations with these adult sponsors to inform them that they will be using them as contacts for later service verification, so that the adults will be prepared.
Students will use information compiled in their InnerView accounts to complete applications for NHS, Senior Service Recognition, Inspiring Service Awards, and many other opportunities.
Application Process
Online applications are due for seniors on Monday, April 14, 2025.
The application process will require:
- Service and adult contact information that has been collected from InnerView and other sources.
- A 30-second video explaining why community service is personally important to the student.
- Written reflections in response to prompts.
A committee of teachers and school officials will call or email all adult contacts to verify service work.
For more information on senior service recognition, contact Ms. Zabrin at 847-415-4184 or czabrin@d125.org.
Senior Events
Prom
Prom
April 26, 2025
Dinner at 7 p.m.
Hyatt Regency O'Hare Chicago | Rosemont, IL
QUICK LINKS
- Guest Forms (now available until April 4)
- Tickets (​starting March 10)
- Table Reservations -- coming soon!
Senior Sunrise
Senior Sunrise
May 1, 2025
7:30 - 8:25 a.m.
Stevenson High School | The Sportscenter
Celebrate new beginnings at Senior Sunrise! If you're attending college, feel free to wear your school gear. There will be light breakfast snacks and music. You can also pick up your cap and gown for graduation! Students should bring their ID to be able to pick up their caps and gowns. Ultimately, it will be a great time to hang out with your friends and remember good times from high school at Stevenson!
Senior Class Party
Commencement
Graduation Rehearsal & Ceremony
Commencement Ceremony Rehearsal
May 23, 2025
7:30 a.m.
Stevenson High School | Field House
On the morning of the ceremony, Friday, May 23, seniors will attend a mandatory rehearsal ceremony for students here on campus. Check-in begins at 7:30 a.m. with your counselor in the Field House. Breakfast will be served from 7:30 - 8:00 a.m. After rehearsal, you will report back to your counselor to receive and sign out your eight graduation tickets.
Class of 2025 Commencement Ceremony
May 23, 2025
5 p.m.
NOW Arena (5333 Prairie Stone Pkwy, Hoffman Estates, IL 60192)
- Doors open to the public: 3:30 p.m.
- Graduates report to NOW Arena: No later than 4 p.m.
- Commencement begins: 5 p.m.
Guests will enter the arena through the main entrance. All graduates will enter the arena through Door 11 when they arrive. At this entrance, graduates will walk through metal detectors. Please have your gown unzipped to expedite the screening process. The actual graduation ceremony will begin promptly at 5:00 pm.
The ceremony will be live-streamed and can be accessed here: https://www.youtube.com/stevensonhs
Parking at NOW Arena
- NOW Arena is allowing families to arrive in two cars maximum.
More Information
More Information
Please read below for more relevant information about the commencement ceremony.
Event Photos
Photos of this year's graduation ceremony will be taken by Visual Image Photography (VIP). All images will be posted online for view and order about a week after graduation. You will receive an email when they are ready to view and order, or you can visit www.vipis.com. Please contact VIP at support@vipis.com with any questions.
Safety
NOW Arena has also implemented a “clear bag policy,” which limits the size of bags entering the arena and requires the majority of bags to be clear to streamline the security screening process and avoid unnecessary wait times to enter the venue. Exceptions will be made for medical, family, or childcare bags or small clutches no larger than 4.5” x 6.5”. No outside food or beverages are allowed with the exception of water and snacks for young children and babies.
Accessibility for Guest with Disabilities
Accessible parking and seating will be available; however, wheelchair escorts and wheelchairs will not be available for guests.
Caps and Gowns
Please press and hang the gown for a sufficient period prior to commencement in order to minimize the number of wrinkles. Tassels are to be worn on the right side of the cap before the diploma is handed out and shifted to the left when the diploma is received. Students may keep their cap, gown, and tassel. Caps are not allowed to be decorated.
Conduct
It is our hope that the commencement ceremony will honor the Class of 2024. We believe that the ceremony should reflect the high standards which characterize the class and Stevenson High School. Accordingly, we expect that all graduates and their guests will conduct themselves in a dignified and solemn manner which reflects the significance of the occasion. The NOW Arena staff will confiscate items causing disruption to the ceremony including air horns, balloons, beach balls, etc.
Appropriate Dress
Students are expected to dress formally and in a manner appropriate to graduation, the culminating experience of a high school career. With respect to dressing for the occasion: Shorts, jeans, and purses will not be allowed into the arena. With respect to what shoes to wear: While students are highly encouraged to dress in formal shoes, we understand that for many of our students, this may include clean sneakers that they are proud to wear.
Diplomas
All diplomas will be mailed home after the commencement ceremony. In order to receive your diploma in a timely manner, please be sure any fees outstanding on your student account are paid. Fees are assessed on an ongoing basis and are available in the fees section of Infinite Campus at any time. Any outstanding end-of-year fees like textbooks will be assessed after the last week of school. If you are planning on moving before the middle of June, please email your new mailing address to residency@d125.org. This will ensure that the diplomas will be received timely.
Transcripts and More
As a quick note to our senior families: Starting next week, school counselors will visit with senior Communications Arts classes to guide them through a number of important tasts related to graduation, including the senior survey, ordering final transcripts through Parchment and the transfer of digital files from Stevenson-related accounts.
With commencement quickly approaching, we will keep in close touch. Please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions, comments and/or concerns. We are looking forward to celebrating the Adlai E. Stevenson High School graduating Class of 2025!
Caps and Gowns
Caps and Gowns
Jostens 2024-25 Schedule for Stevenson
- Graduation Announcements orders available for pick up at Patriot School Store on March 18, 2025
- Cap and gown orders available for pick up at Senior Sunrise - May 1, 2025
- Last chance opportunity to pick up caps and gowns at Commencement Rehearsal - TBA
Helpful Links
Contact
Brian Walter
Jostens Sales Representative
walteroffice@jostens.com | 847-818-8419 (call or text)