Class of 2025, the time has arrived! It's your year, make the most of it; get involved, take pictures, enjoy school events, and study hard. The future you have been dreaming of is a few short months away and we cannot wait to see what you achieve!

All scheduled events are listed below and are subject to change.

May 19: Winn Holt Elementary Walk (1:15pm) *sign up required

May 20: Lawrenceville Elementary Walk (9:15am) *sign up required

May 20: Simonton Elementary Walk (2:00pm) *sign up required

May 20: Jenkins Elementary Walk (2:30pm) *sign up required

May 21: Senior Sunrise (6:45am), Graduation Practice (7:30am), Graduation!

Please note that we have a clear bag policy for those attending graduation. Please see the picture to the right for more details.

All guests are subject to security screenings. Please refrain from concealing unauthorized items in your clothing.

Each graduate will receive 8 graduation tickets at graduation practice Wednesday, May 21st at 7:30am. Any senior with outstanding fees will not receive tickets until their fees are taken care of.

Tickets are required for anyone over the age of 2. If a child under the age of 2 is in a carrier that will be placed in a seat or plans to sit in a seat, they will require a ticket.

• Caps should be placed on the head so that the mortarboard is level. The front of the cap is indicated on the inside of the crown. Caps are never worn on the back of the head. For graduation, caps are worn parallel to the ground with the point in the center of the forehead. Caps should be held in place with bobby pins. At the beginning of the ceremony, tassels are positioned ON THE RIGHT.

• Students should not arrive with purses, bookbags, fanny packs, etc. as these items will also be collected by the administration.

• Graduates may only wear cords, stoles, or medals that represent a school-awarded achievement. These could include achievements such as honor grad status, honor societies, service hours, athletics as well as Boy/Girl Scout honors or military honors. Any garb that does not represent any of the above achievements will not be allowed into the ceremony. Any items not meeting the requirements outlined above will be confiscated and can be picked up from the front office the day after graduation.
  You are encouraged to wear and/or practice any traditions you may have before or after the ceremony for pictures, parties, etc.

• Graduation is a formal ceremony, so we ask that you abide by the following guidelines:

• Dresses and skirts should be lightweight (for your comfort) and follow the school dress code (no backless or strapless dresses or halter tops). Be sure the skirt or dress is not too full or longer than the graduation gown.

• Dress pants should be worn with a collared dress shirt and a dark colored tie.

• Shoes should be a neutral color.

Items not allowed

• No jeans are allowed

• No heels (wedges are fine), casual sandals, or flip flops are allowed.

• No decorating of caps allowed.

• Graduates are NOT permitted to have bags of any kind. This includes, but is not limited to, purses, backpacks, book bags, waist bags, tote bags, fanny packs, etc.

Cell Phones

• Graduates NOT allowed to have a cell phone during graduation. This rule will be strictly enforced. Any student found with a phone will have that device confiscated.

Please remember, parents and seniors, this is a formal ceremony, so seniors should be dressed in a way that expresses this occasion. The outline above follows the dress code for CGHS.

There is NO parking on campus.

Seniors: If you are driving you will park at the GCPS Facility Planning offices right behind the stadium on Gwinnett Drive (see map for details). If you are getting dropped off you will be dropped at the Castle gate entrance of the school by the gyms.

Parents and guests: You will park in the parking deck at 75 Langley Drive. There will be buses shuttling from the parking deck to the stadium. See attached map for details.

Handicap parking is available on campus with a Handicap Placard. You MUST have a placard to use handicap parking.

Students may only wear regalia issued by GCPS and CGHS for graduation from the following organizations:

AASA

American Sign Language Club

Beta Club

Black Student Union

CGLT

CTAE Pathway

FBLA

French Honor Society

German Honor Society

Governor's Honors Program

GSLT

HOSA

HOPE

International Thespian Society

Journalism

Key Club

Lawrenceville Legacy Leaders (stole)

Maxwell

Mu Alpha Theta

National Art Honor Society

National Honor Society (collar)

National Honor Society of Dance Arts

Peer Leaders

SOTA

Spanish Honor Society

Student Council

Attention Graduating Seniors:

Since you are NOT returning to a Gwinnett County Public School next year, then you will want to complete the following process to keep any important files/data that you have created in your GCPS Google Drive BEFORE the last day of school. The preferred method to save/download your files/data from your GCPS Google account is through Google Takeout.

Once you graduate you won't be able to download your files/data from your GCPS Google account and they will be permanently deleted by the district.

Basic directions on how to use Google Takeout to download your Google files/data.

• Make sure that you are logged into your GCPS Google Workspace for Education account.
• Open a new browser, go to the Google Takeout, follow the prompts, and check all the services that you want to save data from. You won’t need to select every data option. Probably the most important one to select are the files stored in your GCPS Google Drive but be sure to select any other data option that you want to save.

There are many online tutorials and videos on how to use Google Takeout that can give you more detailed directions.

In the rare-case this applies to you, we also have Instructions to save Adobe or OneDrive/M365 files.

ALL colleges will require a final transcript!!! If you already know where you are going and it is OUT OF STATE, you can go ahead and fill out the form on this message:

As the year is winding down, if you are going to college, the college will need your FINAL transcript in order for you to register for classes. Below are your options for doing so:

1. In-state transcripts will be requested by you through gafutures.org. Do not request until after June 2nd. (If you request any earlier, it won't be your FINAL transcript). REPEAT: the student must request it.

2. Out-of-state transcripts (a two-step process) will be sent through Naviance (if you used Common App). You will request through Naviance following the instructions on the attachment. You MUST ALSO request those here: Send through Common App/Naviance

3. Out-of-state NOT through Common App: If you did not apply through Common App, you will have to mail your transcript. You will receive ONE free copy of your transcript to pick up from the school after June 2nd. **If you need more than one, there is a $5 fee per additional copy, to be paid on mypaymentsplus.

**Please note that counselors do not work during the summer. If these instructions are not followed, you run the risk of not having your final transcript sent to your college on time***

Seniors, we are continuing to hold senior meetings. Please do not panic if we have not gotten to you.

If you are in need of a course to meet graduation requirements and have not spoken with your Counselor, please report to your Counselor's office.

Check your email DAILY. 4. If you need documents submitted for college/scholarship, please contact your Counselor to make sure he/she is aware of the deadline.

Counselors are prohibited by GCPS from sending transcripts via email unless it is encrypted. However, the process of encrypting the document is a tedious one so we would much rather upload the document for them. If a school is on CommonApp, we will send the transcripts through Naviance. If the school is NOT on CommonApp but it is a school in the state of Georgia, they can send their own transcript through GAFutures (IF we have their SSN on file). If the school is NOT on CommonApp and is out of state, we need them to find out from the school which secure portal we can use to upload their transcript.