Raider Nation News

Mon: April 28 - 2, RT, 4, 6 Yearbook, All Sports 10:00, Choir @ FoCAL 6:30

Tues: April 29 - 1, 3, 5, 7 -Open

Wed: April 30 - 7, 3, 5, 1 -Open

Thurs: May 1 - 6, RT, 4, 2 - Hero App Lunch, Finding Nemo 6:30

Fri: May 2 - 7 pd day, Finding Nemo 6:30

Sat: May 3 - Track Sectionals @ Westlake, Finding Nemo 2:30/6:30

Paul Marks, Jr. won the Bassmaster Elite series tournament at Lake Hartwell. He is a NFHS alumni and the son of Mrs Marks, Math teacher. Congratulations Paul!

Counselors are working on individual meetings helping students solidify their class selections for next school year and beyond.

Counseling page: https://ga01000373.schoolwires.net/Page/40274

Registration: https://ga01000373.schoolwires.net/Page/55706

Scholarships/Financial Aid: https://ga01000373.schoolwires.net/Page/49910

Senior Class News: https://ga01000373.schoolwires.net/domain/440

Senior Letters - All letters are due by April 25th in order for us to have time to sort the letters into folders. Letters can be mailed to the school or dropped off in the counseling/front office. Please share this with your student's family, friends, former teachers, and coaches!

Graduation Announcements - There is still time to order graduation announcements via 3rd Ascent. Once ordered, they should arrive in 7-10 business days. Order today to send to family and friends to announce your student's achievement!

Senior Sunset (May 8th) - Join us at the conclusion of senior finals to celebrate one last night in Raider Valley starting at 7PM. We will have music, drinks, ice cream, and pass out your senior letter folders. All senior students will have a senior letter packet for pick-up. Please feel free to bring comfy seating and/or activities for you and your friends! If students are unable to pick up their senior letter packet, they will be available for pick-up at Senior Breakfast.

Senior Breakfast (May 14th) - Senior Breakfast will be served at 8:30AM on Wednesday, May 14th in the NFHS Cafeteria. We will serve Chick-fil-A biscuits for all students and have coffee/waters available too. This meeting is MANDATORY for all seniors as we will be discussing all things regarding graduation expectations. In addition, students will pick up their graduation packets, which contains: 14 graduation tickets (unless additional were requested), two commemorative programs, a student parking pass, regalia, and important information! The meeting will last no later than 10AM. If you need additional graduation tickets, please request those here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfL37gROcxLSAoqgSR0BAkGa6fHrSjpVTNITsU1UCIKfe7NdA/viewform

Senior Awards Night (May 14th) - This is an invitation-only event. Students must receive an invitation to attend. We will be celebrating academic scholarships awarded to students and other school-based awards. It will be held in the PAC starting at 6:30PM. To report scholarships, please submit this form by May 2nd: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd67es4Alx6roflB2Sglpm1McfH4UuKzqvXaGbMaAaBfwfaKA/viewform

Baccalaureate (May 15th) - This traditional event is held at First Baptist Cumming. It is a Christian non-denominational graduation celebration. It is not required to attend, but the invitations extend to each graduating senior. The event will start at 6:30. Students are asked to wear their graduation gown and regalia. No hat is required. Drinks and light refreshments will be served.

Graduation (May 20th) - Our last event is graduation on Tuesday, May 20th at 7PM. It will be held at Gas South Arena in Duluth. Students will be expected to arrive by 5PM. They will have their own parking pass and park in Deck #3 on levels 4, 5, and 6. Check-in will be on Level 3. Students will be walking A LOT. Please make sure you wear comfy shoes. Family and friends will need to purchase a parking pass for the event. Please do so here: https://www.ticketmaster.com/north-forsyth-high-school-graduation-parking-duluth-georgia-05-20-2025/event/0E006259B69C3EBC?brand=gassouthdistrict If families would like to drive together, parents will have to wait until 6PM to enter the arena through the main entrance. Graduation lasts approximately 2 hours. Graduation will be live streamed if family/friends are unable to attend. Students will only be permitted to bring their keys into the arena. They cannot bring phones or other items to distract from this joyous celebration. Students will be dismissed out the front of the arena to meet their family members. There will be flags flying with letters, so students can meet their family under the letter that corresponds to their last name.

Please let me know if you have any questions! You can email me at etsmith@forsyth.k12.ga.us

Thanks so much!

Theater News:

Finding Nemo - May 1 at 6:30, May 2nd at 6:30 and May 3rd at 3:30 and 6:30 pm. May 9th at 6:30 and May 10th at 1 PM (time for that show still TBD)

We are wrapping up the season with a family musical presented by our Advanced Musical Theatre Class, FINDING NEMO! This musical will feature spectacular puppets, scenery and of course incredible performances by our talented NoFo Stage Students. This hour-long musical is perfect for audiences of all ages!

FCS Faculty and Staff receive 2 complimentary tickets by ordering with their school email at www.nofostage.org . We do offer special pricing for students 12 and under for this show AND a special Meet and Greet on Saturday, May 3rd! We hope you can join us.

Best regards,

Colleen Martin

Spring One Acts for 1st and 4th period - May 8th at 7 pm

Shuler Awards, Thursday, April 17th

Band

Apr 24th - Spring Band Concert 6:30 PAC

Chorus

Spring Concert and Awards Ceremony Monday, April 28th at 6:30, FoCAL Center.

After 3 days of events and even more lightning delays, the North Forsyth Track and Field team represented themselves well at the Region 6A-6 meet. The girls team finished 6th while the boys finished 8th. There were several personal bests set at the meet along with 3 school records. Congratulations to the athletes below who qualified for the sectional meet next weekend (top 4), and/or broke a school record:

Adelyn Thomas: 3rd 800m (2:19 school record)

Anna Mason: 3rd High Jump (5' tied school record)

Girls 4x800m: 6th Alyssa Vaught, Kamila Zurita, Aishlinn Vinson, Adelyn Thomas (10:32 school record)

Camdyn O'Shields: REGION CHAMP Shot Put: 34-4, REGION CHAMP Discus 120-1

Adriana Smith: 2nd Shot Put 33-5.5

Boys 4x200m: 5th Braydon Watts, Marco Troncolli, Boubacar Sow, Zach Alvarez (1:31 school record)

Braydon Watts: 2nd Long Jump 21-5.5, 3rd Tripple Jump 42-0.5

Patrick Carnes: REGION CHAMP Discus 151-7

Adriel Rojas: 4th Shot Put 47-10

The bolded athletes above will travel to Westlake High School on Saturday May 3rd to compete in the GHSA 6A Sectional A meet in an attempt to qualify for the GHSA State Meet.