12th Grade Information

Please check out their website for all available products!

 Jostens website

Bemidji Area Schools graduates need a Cap, Gown, & Tassel. Here are your options:

1. Order a cap, gown, and tassel from Jostens.

*Link to select:  Cap, Gown, & Tassel (scroll down to select individual items)

2. Borrow a cap and gown from a recent graduate and just order a tassel. 

*We have gowns and caps available to borrow upon request.  (email lu_schussman@isd31.net)

(Please take your height into consideration … the gown should rest about 2 to 3 inches below the knee.)  

Our Jostens Representative is Lucas Pickle and can be reached at 218-656-7523 or via email at pickle.office@jostens.com.

SchooLinks is a modern, college and career readiness platform to prepare students for what comes after graduation. SchooLinks helps students discover their interests and strengths, explore colleges and careers, and create a personal graduation plan that best reflects their post-secondary goals. SchooLinks at Bemidji High School is currently accessible for 12th grade students and their parents, and will be available to 9-11th grade students later this fall!

All of the SchooLinks features are designed with students in mind to help them become career, college, and life ready. SchooLinks features are incredibly user-friendly and content can be easily comprehended by high school students. 

Using SchooLinks, high school students and parents can:

• Access career interest, strength and mindset surveys
• Build & review a personal learning plan
• Explore 2-year and 4-year colleges
• Create course plans based on career pathways
• Take virtual reality college campus tours
• Search for scholarships
• Learn about financial aid
• Find internship and volunteer opportunities
• Explore traditional, emerging and military career fields
• Create digital portfolios / resumes
• Communicate with counselors

Using SchooLinks, 12th graders will now use SchooLinks to:

• Track college applications and request transcripts
• Request Letters of Recommendation

Students will login to SchooLinks by linking their Google profile at app.schoolinks.com.

Guardian/Parents Login will be available soon!

If you want to learn more about SchooLinks please visit schoolinks.com.

Early in the fall, set yourself up for success and set up an appointment with Ana in the Career Center to use SchooLinks explore options for continuing education after high school graduation and for information regarding scholarships that are available for college.  Begin checking the Career Center website for post-secondary options, deadlines, and scholarships. Some scholarship deadlines start as early as October and many are due by the end of March.

Take care of all outstanding fees so that your transcript shows the accurate grade earned for all classes. Please reach out to your classroom teacher if you have any questions. They may be paid in the main office or online: Shop Fees

Diplomas are mailed to graduates in late July.

Date: Saturday, May 23rd, 2026

Time: 10:00 a.m.  

Place: Sanford Center  

Live Stream Provided  Bemidji Area Schools Broadcasting 2025 Graduation Ceremony

Graduation Cap Decorating Guidelines

To graduate from Bemidji High School in 2026, a student needs a total of 33 credits.  

33 Credits required for graduation:

• 4 credits in English

• 4 credits in Math

• 4 credits in Science

• 4 credits in Social Studies

• 1 credit in Arts (visual arts, music, and performing arts & media arts)

• 1 credit in Physical Education

• 1/2 credit in Health      

• Remaining credits in electives

Please pay attention to your credits.  It doesn’t take much to fall behind!  If you fail a core class, please see your academic dean of students as soon as possible to discuss your options.

As the year comes to an end, you may be wondering what happens to the remaining balances on your food accounts. For all food service inquiries, please contact the Food Service Office at 218-333-3100 ext. 31141 or 31142 or Fax: 218-333-3164

Class of 2026 t-shirts will be available for purchase in the Activities office for $10 cash the week before home coming. Watch the bulletin for more information. 

For current BHS students who are requesting a transcript for a college, all requests will go through your SchooLinks account. Click here for more information.

All alumni and non-college transcript requests may be requested by filling out a Transcript Request . For questions, please contact Sara Beldo, BHS Registrar, at 218-444-1600 ext. 63117.

TRANSCRIPT REQUEST

Please note: All Final Transcripts must be requested by the student before they can be mailed to colleges in late June. This occurs after all grades have been entered and credits verified. 

Important Graduation Day Information: 

8:30am Main Doors of the Sanford Center Open

9:15am Graduates Report to the Ballroom-DO NOT forget your gold name card!

*Please note: Please see the following Sanford Center Safety Protocols that will be in place. Please plan accordingly. No outside food or beverages will be allowed. There will be a concession area open for your convenience.

Bags, Backpacks & Purses

All bags brought into The Sanford Center are subject to be searched. The Sanford Center will not hold any bags during an event, bags must be returned to the guest’s vehicle. Guests are permitted to bring in only (1) bag. A clear, stadium bag that is no larger than 12″x6″x12″. Clutch bags (5″x9″ or smaller) that have a single over the shoulder or cross body strap made of canvas, nylon or leather materials are permitted. Diaper and medical bags are allowed and are subject to inspection by Sanford Center Staff or Security when entering the Sanford Center or at any time while inside the facility. Bag policy subject to change based on event.

Prohibited Items

 The Sanford Center prohibits entry with the following items:

• Backpacks, bags & purses (Diaper bags permitted, but subject to search)

• Weapons, guns, knives, sticks, poles (any dangerous items as determined by the Sanford Center staff)

• Alcohol

• Glass Containers

• Outside food & beverage

• Recording devices

• Aerosol spray canisters of any kind

• Laser pointers

• Studded jewelry

• Unauthorized signs

• Bicycles, roller blades, skateboards, hover-boards

• Fireworks

• Cameras – policy varies by event

• Non-Service animals dead or alive (this excludes licensed service animals)

• Other items may be prohibited for specific events. Such changes will be indicated to patrons on an event-by-event basis.

 Cameras & Video Equipment

 Handheld point-and-shoot still cameras are permitted in the Sanford Center on an event-by-event basis. Cameras with large detachable lenses are not permitted. Flashes are not permitted for any event.

Thinking of representing your class and speaking at the Graduation Ceremony? We hope so! Interested students can contact Ms. Christiansen at  Chris_Christiansen@isd31.net. 

Sign Up: April 7th-27th 

Auditions:  April 30th

Graduation Ticket Information: 

• Tickets must be ordered through the 2025 Graduation Ticket Form using your  LUNCH NUMBER  for ordering and picking up of tickets. No phone ordering. **Graduation Ticket Form completion emails are not confirmation for the number of tickets you will receive. 

• Graduates do not need a ticket. Tickets will be required for everyone over the age of 2 years.

• All tickets will be paper and picked up at the Sanford Center Ticket Office May 19th-23rd.

• Additional tickets are not guaranteed and will not be assessed until after May 5th. Please indicate on the google form if you are interested in additional tickets. 

• Bemidji High School and the Sanford Center are not responsible for any tickets that are unclaimed, lost, or stolen.

Any inquiries please email:

 Lu Schussman lu_schussman@isd31.net

Congratulations!

Seniors, here is a wonderful opportunity to be recognized for your accomplishments. DeLaHunt Media has provided a form; please complete it and return it to Lu Schussman in the main office, or by email lu_schussman@isd31.net  

DeLaHunt Media Senior Recognition Form

Please return form by May 9th

All BHS seniors who have received a scholarship from a college, university, organization, foundation, school or business every year are recognized at the Senior Awards Night on May 15th, 2025.

Please email your name (as it should appear on the program), college or university attending, scholarship or award name, source of scholarship or award, and the amount (this will not be printed in the program to AnaCecilia_CunhaDePaola@isd31.net by April 21st, 2025.

senior Party Information

Senior Party Registration Form

Yearbook Baby Ad Information

Please make sure to have your senior photo turned into Ms. Kemp jessica_kemp@isd31.net for the 2025 Yearbook by October 25, 2024.

Submit to: Yearbook Google Classroom "Seniors 2025 Yearbook Information-Turn In Your Senior Photos Here"

Code: 3lvgcqg 

Label picture: last name, first name  

File type: jpeg