Alta Vista Combined School conferred diplomas to members of the Class of 2025 during commencement exercises, naming Emma Faye Stone valedictorian and Connor William Maddox salutatorian and awarding an honorary diploma to the late student Zion Benjamin Hardy.

The ceremony included formal certification that graduates met district and state requirements and a pronouncement of graduation by a school official. A moment of silence was observed for Zion Benjamin Hardy; school officials asked Hardy’s family to receive his honorary diploma after the ceremony.

The ceremony program also recognized the top 10 students by grade-point average and listed honored graduates. School officials announced: "I have reviewed the credentials of the students of the class of 2025 of Alta Vista High School, and I certify they have met all the requirements of high school graduates as set forth by Campbell County Public Schools and the Virginia Department of Education." Graduates were then instructed to turn their tassels and a school official said, "By the power vested in me by the Commonwealth of Virginia, the State Department of Education, and the Campbell County School Board, I now pronounce you graduates of Alta Vista High School."

The ceremony included a roll call of graduates as names were called and diplomas distributed. Administrators recognized senior honors such as National Honor Society officers and students with highest GPAs; names of honored students and a full list of graduates were read aloud and printed in the program.

No votes or policy changes were taken during the commencement; the actions at the event were ceremonial and administrative: certification that diploma requirements were met and the formal conferral of diplomas.