Seniors

Information for Seniors

Page is being updated as information is received.

Lincoln Graduation June 2025

The 2025 graduation date is Friday, June 13, 2025 at 5:00PM in Memorial Stadium, 401 5th Avenue North. All students will be issued 6 tickets for the event with an opportunity to request additional tickets near the graduation date.

Important Senior Dates

Will post date timeline once finalized.

Please check back often to the page for all the important events, deadlines, and requirements that seniors and their families need to know about before graduation.

Cap and Gown

Cap and gown orders are now open and are ordered directly from the graduation vendor, National Achiever, using the site Lincoln-lynx.com or the following link. If you have questions about any of the items on that page, please call National Achiever directly at 425-357-1338. No payment for graduation items is made to Lincoln; it is all handled by National Achiever. To pay by check, please send payment and order form to address noted on the bottom of the order form.

Order Cap and Gown

Each graduate is responsible for purchasing the cap and gown package titled “Lincoln High School Cap and Gown Unit,” or if you or someone you know has a black cap and gown that will fit you, you will only need to purchase the tassel and stole for the year your graduating class (titled “20XX LHS Class Stole Only + Tassel only”). To see these items, scroll down towards the bottom of the page linked above.

Beyond the basic cap and gown package, all purchases are optional. Swag items will be shipped to the school before winter break for distribution, but caps and gowns will be distributed at school in late April.

If you need financial assistance for the cap and gown purchase, please reach out to your counselor as soon as possible. We do have a limited supply of donated gowns of various sizes to borrow.

SPREE

Parent organized – info coming soon or contact the PTSA

Order Senior Spree Ticket

Final Transcripts

All Seniors MUST designate their college/university to receive a final transcript on Naviance. Not only is this step necessary for routing your final transcript to your designated college, but completing the college designation in Naviance is one of the steps to be cleared for graduation. A PDF with instructions is available on the Counseling Schoology page in the “Class of 2025” folder. If the college/university is not available in Naviance, email the registrar before your last day of school: lamiller@seattleschools.org.

Once transcripts are available, they will be submitted as soon as possible on behalf of all Seniors through Naviance.

Colleges may “require” final transcripts as early as July 1 which typically cannot be accommodated due to our academic and grades submissions calendar. A letter explaining this delay has been prepared by the counseling team and can be found on the Counseling Schoology page in the senior section. Download and email the “Final Transcript Delay” letter to send to your college if you are concerned about transcript deadlines.

Final transcripts will be sent to colleges during the week of July 7^th -July 11^th.

Recommendation Letters for College Applications

The process for students requesting letters of recommendation from LHS staff members is presented in the Spring of a student’s 11^th grade year, and again in the Fall of their 12^th grade year during Mentorship class meetings. Seniors need to only request letters IF the institution(s) they are applying to requires them. Not all institutions or programs require letters of recommendation, so please visit their respective websites to find out if you need one. If you do need one, students must request them in writing to their staff member at least 3 weeks in advance of the due date.

Please email your teacher your request. In the email include the name of the institutions you are applying to that require letters, and please include the application deadline. In return, the LHS staff member will reply back students with a link to an online form that students must complete.

Parents and families: Please help us support the college application process by encouraging your student to reach out to their desired recommenders in a kind and professional manner to receive the online letter of recommendation request form. Counselors presented the process to request a letter of recommendation from teachers and staff in their 11^th and 12^th grade year. The whole staff is following the same process and students are welcome to ask any teacher or counselor if they have any questions about that. We appreciate your partnership.

FAQs about the College Application Process

This is solely dependent on the student and their specific applications – there is no one size fits all college application timeline, only a general idea or overview. Here are some general things to keep in mind:

Narrow your college list focus: 3 6 is the goal
Determine how the colleges receive applications
Use your Naviance account to apply.
Feeling unsure about your options next year? Make an appointment with your counselor!

1). Student requests, via email, a letter of recommendation from an LHS staff member.

2). Student adds recommending adult to their application portal (CommonApp, Coalition, etc.)

3). Teacher will share Recommendation Letter Request Form link via email.

4). Teachers will generally be able to write and upload letter to the application portal within about 3 school weeks (could take more time depending on how many requests they’ve received) – letters are not shared with students.

Information about colleges can be found on each college’s website. If your student has a specific question for a college, they can call or email any admissions office and ask them questions.

Great resources include Naviance which has a college search, as well as College Board, Big Future, etc. If a student feels stuck in what they’re looking for, they can make an appointment with their counselor to talk it through.

Our first graduating class was in 2022. We have alumni who are currently attending various institutions. If you would like to chat with an alumni, ask your counselor and they can try to connect with you one.

More information will be available on the Counselor Schoology pages so that they can be accessed by students. If after reviewing all of the information as a family your student needs more support or has more questions, please have them make an appointment with their counselor to expand on the information that has already been given. Making an appointment can be done through the counselor’s Schoology page starting Friday, September 23. Students should check their school email frequently to make sure they do not miss any responses from their counselor.