7:00pm -- Graduation 

9:00pm – 9:30pm -- Cap toss, family time, change into comfortable clothing

9:30pm -- Check-in at buses outside Miller Auditorium

9:45pm -- Depart Miller Auditorium

5:30am -- Arrive Mattawan High School Parking lot  (arrival time is currently an estimate)

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A venue waiver form and registration are required to attend this event. 

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Immediately following the graduation ceremony at Miller Auditorium on Thursday, May 21, 2026, the graduates head outside for the traditional cap toss, family gathering, photos, etc.

 

Students should bring a change of clothes to graduation (socks, gym shoes/rubbed soled shoes, comfortable school-appropriate clothing like tshirts, sweatshirts, shorts or sweatpants/leggings, etc.) and will change at Miller Auditorium before boarding the buses.

 

All items (graduation clothing, phones, wallets, purses, car keys, etc.) are to be sent home with their parents/guardians. Everything else they need will be provided, including personal hygiene items in the bathrooms. Substantial food will be available to students throughout the night.

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NO CELL PHONES will be allowed at Grad Bash. Vaping or the use of tobacco products will be an automatic dismissal from the event. 

 

Students will check in at the buses outside Miller Auditorium at 9:30pm. Students will be bussed to the secret Grad Bash location. Photographs and videos may be taken during the event and displayed on the Mattawan High School Grad Bash Facebook page. For all students not wishing to be photographed, please email mhsgradbash@gmail.com stating your wishes. Graduates will be bussed back to the Mattawan High School parking lot for pick up between 5:30-5:45am on Friday, May 22, 2026. 

 

If any student needs to leave early from the celebration, we must have written permission from a parent/guardian before the event. An email to mhsgradbash@gmail.com with the parent/guardian’s name and contact cell phone number is required. The pick-up location will be texted to the parent/guardian on the evening of the Grad Bash. Persons picking up the graduate must come inside the venue and sign out your student.