Mars Area High School will hold its Class of 2025 Commencement Ceremony & Walk at 6 p.m. on Friday, June 6, at Mars Area High School Auditorium. (Doors open at 4:45 p.m.)

Note: The ceremony was originally scheduled on June 5 at Mars Athletic Complex; but was postponed because of inclement weather.

HANDICAPPED PARKING — Handicapped parking will be available in the Auditorium parking lot at Mars Area High School. All vehicles must display a handicapped placard to gain entry to the High School campus.

PARKING/SHUTTLE BUSES — Parking at Mars Area High School is reserved for graduating seniors and for handicapped parking (placard required). Parking for parents/guardians and other graduation attendees will be available at Mars Area Middle School, where shuttle buses to and from Mars Area High School Auditorium will be provided from 4:30 to 8 p.m. In addition, please note that individuals may not be dropped off on the High School campus. We ask that anyone parking at the Middle School please use the provided shuttle buses and refrain from walking across Route 228. In the event, that the parking lots at Mars Area Middle School become filled, overflow parking/shuttle buses will be available at Mars Area Primary Center.

HANDICAPPED SEATING IN AUDITORIUM — There is no reserved handicapped seating at Mars Area High School Auditorium, which is handicapped accessible. All seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Speeches will be offered by Dr. Mark Gross, superintendent; Lindsay Rosswog, principal; Aiden Kuremsky, student speaker*; Sean Brennan, student-selected speaker*; and Eva Fratto, Class of 2025 president. Other Class of 2025 officers are Lily Javor, vice president; Reagan Connelly, secretary; and Madalynn Balfour, treasurer.

* Mars Area High School does not announce its valedictorian and salutatorian until after the last day of school when all final grades have been tabulated. Therefore, those students who are invited to speak at graduation may not be the valedictorian and salutatorian.

LIVE-STREAM — For anyone who is not be able to attend graduation in person, the Commencement Ceremony will be live-streamed via Mars Area School District’s YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di4KUxZY17o or directly at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di4KUxZY17o. The link will go live a few minutes before the 6 p.m. start time of graduation.

For more information, visit call (724) 625-1518.