Pathways Academy
Class of 2025
Graduation Information
2025 Graduation Ceremony:
Date: May 17, 2025
Time: 2pm
Location: Tabernacle Church
1301 South 11th St
Gadsden, Al 35904
All forms and due dates are available on this page.
If you have any questions, please call 256-494-1600 or email Kathy at pathwaysacademy@hotmail.com
All Graduates are held to these requirements.
Failure to turn in forms or meet deadlines may result in your child not graduating.
2025 Graduation Deadlines
August 15, 2024
Intent to Graduate form due (you may email to
pathwaysacademy@hotmail.com)
September 5th or 10th 6pm (Only one meeting is required)
Mandatory Graduation Meeting (Only chance to get $25 discount)
$75 due at meeting
Parent/Guardian and Graduating Senior must be present. We will be taking a photo of each senior that night.
If you did not attend the meeting and did not give me prior notice that you would not make it, you must pay $175 for walking at Graduation or $150 for not walking at Graduation.
If Walking at Graduation the following are your deadlines:
December 31st– Last day to turn in grades and attendance for first semester. Must email me your DEW. pathwaysacademy@hotmail.com
January 31st – Deadline to order cap, gown and tassel.
April – Attend final graduation meeting, choose one date, April 8th or 10th at 6pm. Must have grad exam on file, second payment for Graduation due, Slideshow photos are due, Graduate Info form and Diploma Request form due.
May 1st – Final Grades and Attendance are due, along with final DEW. Final transcript request due, if needed for college or military.
May 17th – Graduation Ceremony, must attend practice to walk
May 22nd – Last day to request transcript until July 11th.
If not walking at Graduation, the following are your deadlines:
December 31st– Last day to turn in grades and attendance for first semester. Must email me your DEW. pathwaysacademy@hotmail.com
April – Attend final graduation meeting, choose one date, April 8th or 10th at 6pm. Must have grad exam on file, second payment for Graduation due, Diploma Request form due.
May 1st – Final Grades and Attendance are due, along with final DEW. Final transcript request due, if needed for college or military.
May 22nd – Last day to pick up diploma or request transcript until July 11th.
2024-2025 High School Forms
Diploma Evaluation Worksheet 9-11 Grade
Graduate Info Form For Grad Ceremony
Graduation Slide Show Add Photos
Attendance at graduation rehearsal is mandatory to walk in the ceremony.
Rehearsal begins at 10am the morning of graduation. It will be in the sanctuary at Tabernacle Church. The purpose of rehearsal is to stage graduation and familiarize our graduates with the layout and what will be expected of them.
Please bring your graduation apparel to rehearsal, you will leave it there when you leave from rehearsal. You may come dressed casual for the rehearsal.
Rehearsal lasts about 1 hour, and we will start promptly at 10am. Seniors will be allowed to leave after rehearsal but will be required to return by 1pm to get dressed for the ceremony. Once they return, they will not be allowed to leave their staging area before the ceremony. Parents and friends will not be allowed into the senior’s staging area.
Graduation Day Dress Code
We ask that graduates dress comfortably in business casual style attire. NO SHORTS! No blue jeans. Guys should wear collared shirts. Exposed tattoos are not allowed and only one small facial piercing is allowed. Please do not wear any clothing that will be embarrassing to your family or Pathways Academy administration when your gown is removed. Please wear shoes you can comfortably stand in for prolonged periods of time and climb stairs while wearing. Most importantly, no tennis shoes, flip flops, athletic slides or beach sandals are allowed.
Please consider wearing a hairstyle that will allow for wearing a graduate cap. (Grad caps will be worn flat on the head, not sticking up.) Hair pins are not recommended for use because graduates toss their caps at the end of the ceremony.