RSVP for Graduation Ceremony:

In addition to submitting your graduation petition, it is essential that you also complete the RSVP form for the graduation ceremony. This step is crucial for several reasons:

1. Confirming Your Participation: Your RSVP ensures your participation in the ceremony is accounted for.
2. Receiving Essential Graduation Information: By submitting your RSVP, you will receive all the necessary information leading up to the event, including details about the ceremony itself and information for your guests.
3. Graduation Pictures and Additional Details: The information collected, through the RSVP process, helps us provide you with information regarding graduation pictures, accommodations, cap/gown purchases, and any other updates.

Click here to access the RSVP form

We understand this is a BIG day for you and your family.  We ask that you limit your guest list to 4-6.  We roughly have about 700 participants. Thank you for your understanding.  

Tickets are not required! Guests, family, and friends are welcome to attend. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. We ask that you limit your guest list to 4 - 6 guests.  Please inform your guests of the following:

• Guest with balloons will be asked to return them to their vehicles.
• Please do not bring noise makers, poppers, umbrellas, and confetti.  They are great to celebrate but can be a hazard to some of our guests. Thank you for your cooperation.
• Saving of seats will not be permitted.
• Taking pictures in the aisles or in front of the stage will not be permitted.

Yes you can participate. Make sure you submit your graduation petition. 

1. Confirming Your Participation: Your RSVP ensures your participation in the ceremony is accounted for.
2. Receiving Essential Graduation Information: By submitting your RSVP, you will receive all the necessary information leading up to the event, including details about the ceremony itself and information for your guests.
3. Graduation Pictures and Additional Details: The information collected, through the RSVP process, helps us provide you with information regarding graduation pictures, accommodations, cap/gown purchases, and any other updates.

Click here to access the RSVP form

Purchase in-person or online Seahawk Shop (Bookstore). Visit their website for their business hours of operation.  Cap and Gowns will arrive and be on sale the beginning of April 2024.

Graduation Rehearsal will take place on Monday, June 3 at 3 pm in the gymnasium. Not Mandatory but highly encouraged!  Watch Social Media for a video - stay tuned!
Campus Directions and Map

Free parking is available on Lots 6, 7, 8, and West Parking Structure. Please do not park in Staff Parking which is Lots 9, 9A, and 10. Handicap Parking can be found on Lot 5.

The following options are available:

• FREE parking at LA Harbor College - See Campus Map
• Metro Expo Line (see metro.net for Information)´

Tickets are not required! Guests, family, and friends are welcome to attend. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Please inform your guests of the following:

• Guest with balloons will be asked to return them to their vehicles.
• Please do not bring noise makers, poppers, umbrellas, and confetti.  They are great to celebrate but can be a hazard to some of our guests. Thank you for your cooperation.
• Saving of seats will not be permitted.
• Taking pictures in the aisles or in front of the stage will not be permitted.

There will be designated areas for persons with disabilities. More information to come.  Should a student need accommodations, please contact the DSPS Office. - 310.233.4620 or dsps@lahc.edu

Due to Fire Safety Regulations, strollers will not be allowed in the general audience seating. We apologize for the inconvenience. 

Professional photographers from Grad Images will be taking your picture as you enter and walk across the stage to receive your diploma. Make sure to follow the instructions below to ensure your special moment is captured and memorialized for perpetuity:

• Start at the Check-in table where you will receive your name card.
• Fill our both sides of the card.
• Hand your card to the Grad Images to the announcer as you walk on stage.
• The backside of the card has the phonetic spelling of your name, which will be used to announce your name.
• Grad Images will then use the name card information to communicate with you directly. Make sure to fill in your complete information. PRINT CLEARLY, so that your name and address can be read easily.

Yes, our bookstore will have refreshments, snacks, and Harbor swag for sale.

• Iron your gown to take out the wrinkles from the packaging
• Practice putting on the white-collar. It is not an easy thing to do by yourself.
• Wear sunscreen and dress for the warm weather.
• Graduation is not a day to break in new shoes. Please wear comfortable shoes with a flat, solid, thick, or wedge heel. We do not want to damage the astroturf.
• There is no area to store any personal items, so limit what you bring with you.
• Provide your guests with the map (copies available on the rehearsal table).
• There are no strollers, umbrellas, or balloons allowed in the stadium.