In our attempt to accommodate all graduation requests and due to our overwhelming growth in recent years, we will have two graduation ceremonies for the Class of 2025 -  a Winter Graduation and a Spring Graduation. Both will be full graduation ceremonies with caps and gowns, keynote speakers, etc. The deadlines are different for each, so please pay attention to the deadlines below. 

Deadlines

September 16, 2024 ~ Senior Meeting 
 MARK YOUR CALENDAR. This is a mandatory meeting that all graduating seniors and their parents/guardians must attend. If you cannot attend, make arrangements prior to Sept 16 with the main office to come in and go over the information for graduation. Light refreshments will be served. 
​Please contact the main office for time and location.
Update 9/17/2024: If you missed this meeting and have a senior that wants to walk in graduation, we can possibly have a Zoom meeting this Friday, 9/20/2024 at 1pm. Send an email to Patti Hunt to request an invite for that meeting. 

January 7, 2025 ~ Hike at Davy Crockett State Park
More details will be coming soon.


Winter Graduation
Dec 1 ~ Honor cord forms are due.
Dec 1 ~ Growing up pictures for the slide show are due today
January 3, 2025 ~ Final grades are due for those walking in Winter graduation
Jan 3 ~ Payment for extra graduation tickets is due
January 7 ~ Bowling at Tullahoma Lanes - 1pm; $6 includes shoe rental and 3 hours of bowling. If you are a senior who is walking in January graduation, you get to come for free. 
January 9 ~ Senior Recognition Night at 6pm ~ This is for seniors walking in graduation on January 11 and is where we hand out cords and honors for graduation.
January 11, 2025 ~ Winter Graduation 
10am at The Rock Fayetteville Campus, 2626 Huntsville Hwy, Fayetteville, TN 
Backup date of Jan 18 in the event of inclement weather.
May 1 ~ Yearbook ads due

Spring Graduation
February 1~ Graduation fees and ceremony form due for those wishing to walk in the Spring graduation.
March 1 ~ Honor cord forms are due.
April 1 ~ Growing up pictures for the slide show are due today
May 1 ~ Yearbook ads due
May 1 ~ Final grades are due for those walking in graduation
May 1 ~ Payment for extra graduation tickets is due 

Details concerning both ceremonies will be covered at the Senior Meeting on Sept 16. 

Important Links

Early Graduation

At Chestnut Ridge Academy, we do NOT encourage early graduation or graduation before student's anticipated senior years supposed to start. We feel early graduation can not only limit opportunities, but may eliminate some altogether. If a child wishes to graduate early, the parent and student must seriously consider the possible consequences for making such a move. 
We feel the only reasons a student should graduate early are the following:
  • The student has been accepted to college or tech school and is ready to start immediately upon graduation
  • The student is planning to go into the military (Student must be 17 years old)
  • The student has the opportunity to go into the work force full time and needs his or her diploma
Early graduation must be approved. If you wish to graduate early, please click on this link and fill out the form giving as much detail as possible. The office may contact you for an interview to discuss early graduation before approval.