Class of 2026
Class of 2026 Graduation Ceremony June 6, 2026
Location: Memorial Auditorium
Ceremony Time: 3pm - 5pm
Rehearsal Time: 10:30am - Students will remain on site after rehearsal until conclusion of ceremony
All graduating students receive 5 tickets to the ceremony.
*EXTRA GRADUATION TICKETS MUST BE REQUESTED BY THE STUDENT. STUDENT'S MUST BE LOGGED IN TO THEIR SAN JUAN STUDENT ACCOUNT FOR THE LINK TO WORK*
Important Dates!
- Senior Parent Information Meeting - September 11, 2025 before Back to School Night 5pm
- Homecoming Hallway Decorating - October 2, 2025
- Homecoming Rally & Football Game - October 3, 2025
- Homecoming Dance - October 4, 2025
- Senior Portrait Deadlines
- Photograph by December 15, 2025
- Select Pose for Yearbook by January 2, 2026
- Yearbook Ad Deadline - TBD
- Spring Senior Meeting - TBD
- Senior Ball - May 9, 2026
- Senior Awards Night - May 20, 2026
- Senior Finals Week: May 29-June 2, 2026
- Senior Sunset - May 29, 2026
- Senior Checkout - June 3, 2026 - Checkout Form
Planning an in Person College Visit?
Please follow these steps in order to excuse your absence from Rio:
- Email your vice principal in advance with your plans- date and destination
- Enjoy your tour
- Upon return, bring a letter/email from the college tour to the attendance office. Thank you!
Applying for College?
Counselor Letter of Recommendation - Class of 2026
Parent Brag Sheet for Letter of Recommendation
Senior Portraits - Prestige by Lifetouch
https://local.prestigeportraits.com/ca/citrus-heights/7916-alta-sunrise-lane.html
Graduation Cap and Gown order will be through Jostens'
Click HERE and Select Rio Americano
*NOTE- All tassels, caps, and gowns will be delivered in your custom school colors. Cap and Gowns will be delivered to the school in the spring closer to graduation. Other items will mail directly to you
Yearbook Ads - On Sale Now
Senior ads are for sale at ybpay.lifetouch.com This website will allow for parents to buy and then build the ad themselves before it gets sent to our yearbook team for approval.
Quarter page ads are $85 each, a half page ad is $150, a full page ad costs $250.
Purchase of an ad DOES NOT come with a yearbook. Yearboooks can be bought through Lifetouch's page, but if your student has an ASB card, they can get $5 off of the yearbook by gonig through Rio's MySchoolBucks page.
Below are some updates and important information about the upcoming college application season.
- Available HERE is a general College and Post Secondary Guide. This guide gives general information and deadlines for students who are applying to any college (4-year, 2-year) or trade school.
- HERE you will find a Letter of Recommendation Packet. Letters of recommendation are only needed for certain private college applications. Please reference the specific college website to determine if a letter is needed. Instructions for requesting a letter are on the document. The "Brag Sheet" can be found HERE.
- Personal Insight Questions Flier can be found HERE
- During October and November we will hold lunchtime workshops to assist students with application questions. More details to come.
- The updated FAFSA application will be released in December 2024, details to come as we learn more about it.
- Meetings and application workshops for students interested in attending American River College will be held in the spring of 2026. Details will be provided as we get closer to those dates.