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Graduation season is just around the corner
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With literally just a handful of days left in the 2024-25 school year, officials with the Oakdale Joint Unified School District are gearing up for a busy graduation season.

It’s that special time of year when you can sense that summer break is right around the corner and for many students and their families, this time is particularly heartfelt, as students are closing one chapter of their lives and beginning a new one. Before the end of the month, they will graduate from one educational institution and move forward to the next chapter in their lives, wherever and whatever that might be.

Oakdale Charter School students lead the way, with their graduation ceremony scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21 in the Cloverland School Multipurpose Room/Amphitheater, at 201 Johnson Ave., in Oakdale.

East Stanislaus High School and Valley Oak Online Learning Academy will celebrate their graduates at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21 in the Oakdale High School Gymnasium.

Oakdale Junior High School will honor its eighth grade Ram graduates at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 22 in the Oakdale High School football stadium, The Corral.

Rounding out the week of graduation ceremonies will be the Oakdale High School Graduation for the Class of 2025, the seniors donning their caps and gowns for the 7 p.m. ceremony in the Corral on Friday, May 23.

Oakdale High School is at 739 W. G St.

OHS Vice Principal Shannon Kettering also offered information on a special time for the senior class members, who will take their ‘grad walks’ next week.

“These are the times when this year’s grads go to their previous elementary schools and walk the halls in their caps and gowns,” Kettering explained.

All four Oakdale elementary schools will welcome this year’s seniors.

Magnolia and Sierra View are hosting their graduates at their respective sites on Monday, May 19 at 1:30 p.m., said Kettering, with Cloverland and Fair Oaks hosting graduates at their sites on Tuesday, May 20 at 1:30 p.m.

For more information regarding any of the upcoming graduation ceremonies, call the Oakdale Joint Unified School District Office at 209-848-4884 or visit https://www.ojusd.org/