Congratulations, Class of 2022!
Let’s just put it out there – this has been a difficult and confusing academic year, and likely not what you expected when you enrolled in classes. Many of the traditions and celebrations you planned have had to change or be canceled, and the most important day of your university career – graduation – has become a virtual ceremony.
Fortunately, your institution has partnered with StageClip for your virtual ceremony! StageClip has helped over 1,000 colleges and universities put on more than 1,400 ceremonies, and we’re proud to be the number one provider of virtual graduations in the world.
What to expect
We’ll be sending you plenty of information to walk you through the process leading up to your ceremony this Fall, but we wanted to give you a simple outline of what to expect from your ceremony, and more importantly, how to prepare for your special day.
StageClip Virtual Graduations include a ceremony website, a full procession, and individual graduate recognition.
• Virtual ceremony website – Your institution’s graduation will live on this page, along with a video player, live chat, social media sharing, and content from your institution and your classmates. See an example.
• Procession – Similar to an in-person ceremony, your school may provide speakers and special messages, as well as recognition of graduate honors. See an example.
• Individual Recognition – You’ll receive the personalized, individual recognition you’ve earned with a unique clip featuring your name, degree, and a personal message you can upload before the ceremony.
Now that you know what to expect, here are five ways to prepare for your virtual ceremony:
Upload your individual message
StageClip ceremonies allow you to upload a special message to your school’s ceremony. Make sure to upload before the deadline!
Need some help thinking of a message? Try these prompts:
• Thank family, friends, and faculty who helped you arrive at graduation
• Share big life moments (new job, grad school, big moves, first generation to graduate, etc)
• What will you miss most about your campus or your classmates?
Here's a Sample:
Set up a watch party for out-of-town guests
• Take a look at the program in advance to know when your time is coming up
• Make a playlist for before and after the ceremony
• Invite family and friends to give special commencement addresses to the group
• Make sure you’ve got the correct hashtag for your ceremony and post your photos
Get into the spirit with your graduation cap and gown!
Make the most of your special day. Even though you’re not on campus, celebrate your big moment at home!
• Decorate your cap to celebrate your achievement
• Stand up when you or your class are recognized
Personalize your celebration!
How often will you be able to graduate at home with family? Take advantage of your individual celebration!
• Make your favorite food for the celebration and share a meal with your loved ones
• Decorate your watch space with balloons, streamers, signs – get creative!
• Save your graduation cards and gifts and open them all at once with your guests
• Have a special family member or friend hand you a diploma when you’re recognized on screen.
• Adapt a school tradition for your celebration (throw your cap, light fireworks outdoors, sing the alma mater, etc)
Check your technology before the ceremony
You don’t want to spend the ceremony trying to get your TV to work or walking your family member across the country through the troubleshooting process.
• Whether your casting or connecting your devices to a TV or projector, make sure your technology works in advance
Bonus Tip!
Share your Individual StageClip!
Why StageClip?
StageClip is the world’s #1 provider of virtual graduation ceremonies. Our virtual graduations are easy to implement. Our ceremonies are affordable, and the return on investment is outstanding –over 1 million clips have been gifted to graduates from their institutions, resulting in over 225,000 hours of footage being viewed by graduates, families, and friends.
Get ready to throw your grad cap in the air and toss your tassel to the side — graduation season is in full swing, marking one of the most monumental milestones in a person’s life. So now is the ideal time to spread some love to the graduate in your life and make them feel extra special. Ahead, we've found the best "conGRADulations graduate" messages and wishes that are perfect to write on a graduation card.
There are so many circumstances that call for these types of well-wishes and cards, including moving-up ceremonies that occur in preschool or junior high. But of course, most people think of the full pomp and circumstance that is associated with the commencement from high school or college. No matter what stage or grade, the act of graduation is an accomplishment that deserves recognition and encouragement.
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It can be hard to put into words *just* how proud you are of a friend or relative who has achieved such a high honor — but we've curated a list of graduation wishes that are so good, that you'll think about heading back to school just so you can receive these kind words in a card.
We've supplied heartfelt messages for close friends and funny graduation quips for the self-proclaimed joker of the fam. You can even pick, choose, and reorder pieces of phrases from our list to create an even more personalized message. Here are our best wishes, phrases, and messages to write on a graduation card:
Short Messages
• Congratulations!
• ConGRADulations!
• You did it — congrats!
• Caps off to you, graduate!
• What a proud day! We just couldn’t be happier for you.
• Happy Graduation Day!
• Prayers and blessings on your graduation and for your future.
• Warm congratulations on your graduation.
• Best wishes for your next adventure!
• Great results come from hard work — well done!
• Be glad you're a grad!
• The tassel was worth the hassle!
• Keep reaching for the stars!
• Best of luck with your new beginnings.
• This calls for a celebration!
• Many dream, some try, but only a few achieve. You have achieved!
• Best of luck!
• This is only the beginning.
• Take pictures. Take your time celebrating. Take it easy for a while. Then get ready to take on the world!
• May you always dare to do great things with your life.
• I'm so proud of you!
• May all your dreams come true, graduate.
• You're a star, graduate — keep shining!
Funny Messages
• Good looks, brains, heart, and now a diploma too? You’ve really got it all!
• My deepest condolences on the end of your college life.
• Did you ever think this day would come? Neither did we!
• All that hard work for a piece of paper? Congratulations on getting your piece of paper.
• Happy graduation. Now welcome to the real world!
• Here’s to the end of eating Top Ramen for the last four years. Kudos!
• How does it feel to be only one degree wiser?
• Now that you’ve graduated, maybe you’re smart enough to figure out how to pay back your student loans.
• Why did the graduate cross the stage? To move back in with their parents.
Heartfelt Wishes
• Today is just the start of all the wonderful things that life has in store for you.
• Graduation isn’t the end of a tough journey. It is the beginning of a beautiful one. Start each day believing in yourself and watch the magic happen.
• School may be over, but life's lessons are still to be learned. Keep an open heart and mind.
• Keep on growing. Keep adding to the goodness and beauty in the world. Keep developing those unique dreams and talents that make you who you are!
• Always allow your challenges to build your character, and your accomplishments to make you proud. This is such an important moment!
• You did it! Your journey is only just beginning. It’s time to use your brilliant mind to pave your personal path to success.
• You have always been the captain of your own ship. On this exciting day, feel proud that you’ve steered it toward victory.
• May you take every chance that comes your way with boldness and excitement! Enjoy what the future has to offer; you’ve earned it.
• There is no such thing as an easy path. Every path presents challenges; what matters is how you deal with them. You have proven that your strength and character are built for success.
• On this day, you have made everyone in your life proud of your achievement and all the effort it took to get here. It’s time to celebrate your success!
• May all the warm memories of your school years accompany you on your journey to success; there are many more to come!
• Now that you’re a graduate, it’s time to be courageous. Life is full of lessons that will challenge you all along the way.
Messages for Friends
• Your brilliance has been made unmistakably clear through your many achievements. I am so proud to call you my friend.
• You are strong, intelligent, bold, and kind. Your rock-solid character will carry you to new heights in the future, and I’ll always be there by your side on the journey!
• Your perseverance never went unnoticed. You are an inspiration and example to me and everyone else alike.
• Every giggle, every tear, every joke, and every secret we’ve shared has warmed my heart and lifted my spirit. What a journey!
• I am so proud of your journey so far, and so excited for your future! May we face it together with laughter and joy.
• My dear friend, you can achieve anything you want in life. Believe in yourself the same way we believe in you.
Messages for When You Can't Be There
• Looking forward to getting together soon to celebrate your achievement!
• I wish I could see you in your cap and gown but know that I am so very proud of you.
• Sharing our pride and love from afar.
• Sending our joy and happiness through the mail. Congrats graduate!
• I would have popped confetti in person, but this will have to do!
• Save a slice of the celebratory cake for me! So proud of you.
• There beside you emotionally, but not physically. Congratulations on graduating!
• *Redeem this card for a free celebratory dinner when we see each other again*
• Broke out the stamps for you — this achievement just couldn't go unnoticed!
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High School Graduation Wishes : Graduation is an important day for the graduate and his friends and family. When your brother, sister, or friend graduates, you should congratulate them by sending a beautiful message that motivates them for their future life. The sweet gesture shows you care and love them, and this automatically makes their day better. Show them how proud you are. Your simple words will encourage the graduate to do even better in the future. Make him feel special and make his day more significant through your wishes and blessings for them.
High School Graduation Wishes
Celebrate your success on your graduation from high school! Wishing you to achieve your goals and have a great career.
Congratulations on your grand high school graduation success. I wish you all the luck and hope you to maintain the high success all throughout your educational career for better opportunities of job in life.
We are so very proud of your accomplishments. We wish you every happiness and success always. With all our love!
Dear, with your grand high school graduation success, I send you love and best wishes for your brighter future. I wish heartiest congratulations on your grand success.
My dear son, I can never express my happiness through words that you have made me today. I wish you nothing but the best. You have made us proud. Congratulations son!
You have worked hard, and that's why you have succeeded. This day will inspire you in the next step of your life. We are so proud of you, daughter. Best wishes and blessings to you.
My dear friend, I am so happy for your graduation. You have achieved your goal and fulfill your dream. But remember, this is just the beginning. Lots of love and best wishes.
I feel so happy for you on your graduation and hope for the best for your career. Enjoy your success.
Finally, your dream came true, and you have achieved your goal. Never stop dreaming and never lose this spirit.
Congratulations on your graduation! Completing your high school education is certainly an achievement that you should be proud of. More great journeys on your college life.
We are so proud of you. Never stop this hard work and patience for your study. May you achieve more in the future.
Finally you are finished with high school. All your hard work has paid off. You’re graduating now. When your ceremony is through, let’s celebrate and hit the town!
School may be over but life's lessons are yet to be learned. Keep an open heart and mind. Happy Graduation Best of luck for the future.
I hope you bring more success. Today is just a reflection of your hard work. Keep this up!
Make the most out of the knowledge you learned from school. As you graduate, keep working hard. Thrive to success. You’ll soon reap the fruits of your efforts and hard work. Happy graduation!
You have not only graduated from high school. You have graduated into adulthood. Wishing you the best things in your future to come. Congratulations graduate.
Blessings and best wishes to you for your big achievement. I hope this success will continue.
Congratulations on scripting the first chapter of your success story. Keep writing bigger, brighter things.
We are proud of you and your accomplishments. We’re confident that you will continue with even more successes. Good luck in your next adventures. Congratulations graduate!
High School Graduation Messages
Waking up early to go to school, resting your head in the bed so late after you finish your assignments, stressed by projects and reports, I witness them all. And now that you are graduating, I feel so proud. Enjoy the fruit of your hard work. Congrats!
Graduation is a big achievement. Congratulations to you, and remember that you still have a long way to go.
It is because of your hard work and patience that you can achieve this big success. Congratulations!
A school is over! Congratulations you are an official graduate! For every ending – there is a new beginning, for every memory – there is a dream ahead. I wish you the best of luck in your college years.
High school is tough but life does not end there. You have to move on to what the world will give you as your next challenge.
Time flies so fast! I just can’t believe you have grown up and today, you are about to graduate from high school. Wow! Enjoy life my friend and I will always pray for your success in your college life. Congratulations dear!
Your first day of school, your first best friend, your first crush, your first relationship, the first time you bunked class, studying one day before your exam, midnight snacks, and midnight calls; the past few years will be the best ones you've had in your entire life. All the best for your future! Happy Graduation.
Your serious efforts have paid off and you deserve every bit of it. Today begins a whole new chapter in your life. I guess the high school diploma will help you to make your dreams come true.
You've taken on the most incredible, amazing journey of becoming a high school graduate. Continue to climb and aspire to excellence. With love and pride, we send you sincere congratulations!
Your future is an unwritten symphony just awaiting your creative, daring and unique talent to make it a masterpiece.
Here’s to your impressive student career. Now that you’re graduating, you’re at the beginning of a brand new journey. So here’s to your success and to your brand new life. Congratulations graduate.
The high school days you leave behind you never will forget, but may the days that lie ahead be even better yet! Best wishes for your success!
Get a grip on to that diploma with a high chin on your posture. Have a grin that ever shows one’s eagerness as you have conquered the stage of being a high school student.
Sending you a day full of sunshine, a heaven filled with rainbows, and a pocket full of dreams. May the future ahead of you be as wonderful as you are.
You studied hard in high school to get into a good college. You toiled through your semesters to come out as a fine young graduate, ready to take on the world. Let your life so far be an example, that hard work always pays. Congratulations.
We send loads of heartiest congratulations on your grand high school graduation success and also send best wishes for a better future as you soon will enter college life for further education.
Today is the day that you stand up high and proud in front of the audience to show them how fierce you were in rising above the challenges of high school.
We remember your first day in high school. Take a moment to look back on your achievements. Realize all that you’ve accomplished and the footprints that you’ve laid. Each step has been a building block for your life. Congratulations on your graduation. We couldn’t be prouder.
The evidence of your performance in high school will be shown through your passion towards college and in life later on.
Good results are always an outcome of hard work. Your hard work gave you amazing results. Congrats because you are now a graduate. So, be a little wise! Stay blessed in life!
High School Graduation Wish for Son
I knew you could achieve your goal. I have enjoyed every success of yours, but today is different from the rest. Your success means my success, and you made me proud, son.
My little son graduated today. You are no longer a little kid. You have grown up, and you are making us proud. I pray for even greater success in the future.
I can’t believe you’re so grown up. You have grown and learned so much. You have come a long way. Here’s to your amazing achievement. Let’s celebrate. Congratulations, dear son!
We made sure that you went into a good school because we believed in you. But you graduated because you believed in yourself. Congratulations on your graduation my son!
High School Graduation Wishes for Daughter
Congratulations, dear. It seems I took you to school that day. My little angel graduated today. I cannot express how happy I am today. All the best for the days to come.
We are very proud of your big success. You have always said that you can. This confidence helped you to achieve your goal. Never stop believing in yourself. Congrats, daughter!
Go forth in life to achieve your dreams, but don’t forget the reasons and the people who make the journey worth the trouble. Congratulations dear.
Chase your dreams, burst out at the seams. Never stop trying, never stop learning. Live life to the fullest, give it nothing but your best. Congratulations my daughter!
High School Graduation Wishes for Friend
Finally, you have reached your goal. Congratulations! Your hard work is the main reason for this big achievement. We are proud of your brilliant success. Best of luck for your future friend.
Congratulations on your high school graduation. This is not the end. There is a long way to go, and I am sure you will succeed in every phase of your life. Best wishes to you.
Nothing in life can take away the lessons you have learned while walking along the road to success. Congratulations on graduating dear best friend.
My warm and thoughtful words cannot compare to the hardship you have overcome over the years of being a high school student. Congratulations and Happy Graduation!
Graduation Wishes for Nephew and Niece
Officially you are graduated now. I am so happy and proud of you. Graduating is not an easy task, but you have done it so effectively. Keep working hard, and you can achieve a lot in the future.
Let this graduation fuel your passion for greater things. You have grown up, and you should set clear goals. Believe that you can achieve these goals just like your high school graduation.
Congratulations on your brilliant success. It's only the beginning of the many achievements you are going to make. You still have a lot to achieve, and I know you are capable of doing this.
Your high school is over! But remember, this is not the end. This is the start of a new chapter. I hope your dreams come true. Best of luck for the future.
High School Graduation Quotes
Education is a remarkable tool – It enables you to do wonderful things that can catapult you to great success. Congratulations on your graduation and all the best for the future.
Knowledge and education can’t be stolen from you. But the wisdom from the Lord will help you decide which paths to walk through after you earned your diploma. Keep walking by faith for God has great plans for you. Congratulations!
The high school life is tough but you can appreciate everything ones you graduate because you can already apply the good learning that you have acquired during your high school times.
Nothing can prepare you for the real world, not even college – just like how nothing could prepare you for college, not even school. Congratulations.
You have walked a long way toward this goal but you have successfully managed. Best wishes to you on your graduation from high school! An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
Going out from high school may be tough but growing is a part of life and you have to be a string for the next waves that will come upon you.
Education is about understanding the possibilities that the world has to offer. Being successful in life is about understanding the possibilities that you can create by yourself. Good luck.
Going through the adversity and getting triumph overall is the most exciting part of graduating from high school.
Graduation is a time to celebrate your achievements, prepare for a future of opportunities and embrace a world of infinite possibilities.
Good results are attained through hard work. There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. We are so proud that your dedication has enabled you to accomplish great things. Congratulations on getting your high school graduation!
All of the things you have learned in high school will be needed for your future life. Appreciate the grind of how hard it is because it prepares you for something much bigger than anything that you have seen.
Graduation day is a very important day in anyone's life, and you can make this day more special by sending your near and dear ones a sweet, inspiring message. Never miss the chance of congratulating them on their special achievements. You can make them feel special by sending them graduation wishes as gifts. This simple gesture of love makes their day more special and significant. It helps them achieve more and inspires them for the next phase of life. If you are looking for the perfect graduation messages for your loved ones, pick our beautiful, inspiring congratulation wishes and send one that is fit for your recipient. Copy them or re-write them and to make your graduate feel special.