School Days are Numbered in the CSRA
School days are numbered for students throughout the CSRA now that we’re well into May. Students and teachers are no doubt counting the days, hours and minutes until they can close the books for the summer.
End-of-School dates vary, based on the county.
May 21: McDuffie County–students have early release
May 22: Columbia County–early dismissal
May 22: Richmond County–early dismissal
May 22: Lincoln County–early dismissal
May 24: Burke County–early dismissal
May 28: Aiken County–1/2 day
May 29 & May 30: Aiken and Edgefield: 1/2 day
May 30: Last day in Aiken and Edgefield
Graduation Ceremony Schedules in Columbia, Richmond and Aiken Counties
Columbia County:
- Greenbrier High School: Wednesday, May 22, at 6:30 pm
- Harlem High School: Thursday, May 23, at 9:30 am
- Grovetown High School: Thursday, May 23, at 6:30 pm
- Lakeside High School: Friday, May 24, at 9:30 am
- Evans High School: Friday, May 24, at 6:30 pm
All Columbia County graduations will be held at Evans Towne Center Park
Richmond County:
- Hephzibah High School: Wednesday, May 22, at 3 pm
- Butler High School: Wednesday, May 22, at 6 pm
- Cross Creek High School: Thursday, May 23, at 8 am
- Westside High School: Thursday, May 23, at 11 am
- Lucy C. Laney High School: Thursday, May 23, at 2 pm
- Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School: Thursday, May 23, at 4:30 pm
- T.W. Josey High School: Thursday, May 23, at 7 pm
- A.R. Johnson Health Science and Engineering Magnet School: Friday, May 24, at 8 am
- Glenn Hills High School: Friday, May 24, at 11 am
- John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School: Friday, May 24, 2 pm
- Academy of Richmond County: Friday, May 24, at 5 pm
All Richmond County graduation ceremonies will be held at the James Brown Arena
Aiken County:
- Silver Bluff High School: Thursday, May 30, at 2 pm
- Wagener-Salley High School: Thursday, May 30, at 5 pm
- South Aiken High School: Thursday, May 30, 8 pm
- Aiken High School: Friday, May 31, at 9 am
- Aiken Scholars Academy: Friday, May 31, at 12 pm
- North Augusta High School: Friday, May 31, at 3 pm
- Midland Valley High School: Friday, May 31, at 6 pm
Augusta University:
- Augusta University: Thursday, May 9, at 6 pm. Hooding ceremony
- Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony 1: Friday, May 10, at 10 am (celebrating all undergraduate students from the College of Allied Health Sciences, College of Education and Human Development, Hull College of Business, and Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.
- Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony 2: Friday, May 10, at 2 pm (celebrating all undergraduate students from the College of Nursing, College of Science and Mathematics, and School of Computer and Cyber Sciences.
All ceremonies will be held at the Augusta Marriott at the Convention Center. All guests will need a ticket to enter. Graduates will be allotted 6 guest tickets.
- Those without tickets can watch the ceremony live online. https://www.augusta.edu/stream
Augusta Technical College:
- Augusta Tech: Friday, May 31, at 6 pm.
- Ceremony will be held at the James Brown Arena
Paine College:
- Paine College: Sunday, May 12, at 9 am
- Ceremony will be held at Gilbert-Lambuth Memorial Chapel