[header] How to wear your tassel for a high school graduation [title] Move tassels from right to left in a traditional ceremony. [step] In most traditional graduation ceremonies, all students begin with their tassel on the right side of the cap. After the student receives a diploma, he or she moves the tassel onto the left side. 
[substeps] Many schools ask the students to move the tassels in unison, so everyone shares in the moment. In other ceremonies, each student moves his own tassel after accepting the diploma.