Graduation 2025

@ Brentwood College School - Campbell Commons - under the Big Tent

The Closing and Graduation Ceremonies will take place at Brentwood College School on Campbell Common. This is an outdoor venue with a tent. Grad families are warmly invited to attend the Closing Day Ceremony, Lunch, and the Graduation Ceremony.

Closing Day Ceremony - 9:30 am PT

This includes the Head of School’s address, presenting subject prizes to all grades, major awards for academics and citizenship, the Passing of the Torch, and the Valedictorian’s Farewell.

Lunch in Art and Mary Jane Crooks Hall - 11:30 am - 12:00 pm PT

All grad families are invited to attend a buffet lunch in Crooks Hall.

Graduation Ceremony - 1:15 pm PT (please be seated by 1:00 pm PT)

This ceremony highlights the individual introductions of the graduates and the presentation of their diplomas.

Families are responsible for their child(ren) from lunchtime onward for Grades 8-11 and from 4:00 pm PT onward for Grade 12s, Friday, June 13—including throughout the Graduation Dinner and Dance in Victoria on Saturday, June 14, 2024.

Both Closing and Graduation Ceremonies will be livestreamed for those unable to attend.

@ Victoria Conference Centre

The Graduation Dinner and Dance is a chance for family and Brentwood staff to recognize our senior students at the end of their high school careers. Each graduate can invite up to four guests (a total group size of five people), with the possibility of extra tickets by request.

The event will start at 6:00 pm PT at the Victoria Conference Centre with a reception in the Ballroom Foyer, followed by a dinner and dance, and concluding at midnight. 

A ticket $195/person will be charged to your student account.

House & Class Photos

Families, please note the schedule for house group photos. They will occur in a studio across from the ballroom during the early evening, and Mr. Sullivan will call them out by their house. They will begin after the graduates enter the ballroom. This process will only take a few minutes per house.

Grads will gather for a whole-class photo at 6:30 p.m. PDT while guests move from the reception to the ballroom at 6:15 p.m.

Graduation 2025 Program

• 6:15 pm - Doors will open to the hall: Parents & guests of grads are to be seated

• 6:30 - Grad Class Photo outside with Mr. Fletcher

• 6:45 pm - Opening remarks, Deputy Head - Student Life, Liam Sullivan

• 7:00 pm - Graduates enter the ballroom

• 7:20 pm - Gratitude - 

• Mr. Sullivan will call for the first house photo

• 7:30 pm - Dinner is served

• 9:15 pm - Grad cabaret

• 9:45 pm - Toast to the Graduates -  

• 10:00 pm - Grad class President - Youto Imai

• 10:15 pm - Dancing, first dance for graduates & parents

• 11:30 pm - Grad video

• 11:45 pm - Final comments from Mr. Liam Sullivan, after which all graduates will be in the care of their parents

Graduation Dinner and Dance 2025 RSVP

Graduation Dinner and Dance Venue

Victoria Conference Centre
720 Douglas St
Victoria, BC
V8W 3M7
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Nearby Arrival and Departure Centres

• Victoria International Airport - 30-minute drive or taxi ride

• YYJ Airport shuttle drops off and picks up at the Empress Hotel attached to the Conference Centre. 

• Helijet - 15-minute walk 

• Victoria Clipper/Blackball Ferry - MV Coho terminals - 5-minute walk 

• Seaplane terminals for Harbour Air and Kenmore Air - 3-minute walk 

• Pacific Coach Lines - 1-minute walk 

• BC Transit Victoria - 1-minute walk 

• Yellow Cab Taxi - located in the Empress Hotel's driveway 

Please keep in mind that all travel times and distances are estimated based on average travel time and are not guaranteed.

Family Portraits

Paul Fletcher will offer private family portraits at the Victoria Convention Centre in the afternoon leading up to the event. Mr. Fletcher will contact Brentwood families directly with details in the months ahead should they wish to purchase portraits.  

Tuxedo Rental

Graduating students can choose and be sized for a tuxedo rental from Capital City Tuxedo. Capital City will be on campus for selection and measurements on April 16, with fittings in June. Payments must be made at this time with a valid credit card. Families will return rented tuxedos to Capital City on Monday, located in Victoria, or the storage room beside Carson Hall.