Cambridge Newsletter

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Congratulations to our top three nominations for our 2024-2025 Teacher of the Year!

• Ms. Diane Bunting - Science
• Ms. Natalie Hudson - Fine Arts
• Mr. Cory Kelley - Theater
  

Thank you to everyone who took the time to nominate a teacher for this great honor.

Our Professional of the Year Nominees are:

• Mr. Gregory Shepard - Campus Security Associate
• Coach Lesley Broadwell - Athletic Director
• Ms. Beth Puckett (not pictured) - Registrar

Congratulations to Alexia Yiannovits and Viswaa Vallambar, who received the “Outstanding Position Paper Award” while attending the extremely competitive Georgia State University’s Model United Nations conference representing the CHS MUN team. Both students are the presidents of CHS MUN! This is the first award for CHS MUN in the last three years.

Thank you to our student volunteers and fantastic staff for making this year's Holiday Extravaganza a fun family and community event!

Mark your calendars! 3rd Ascent will return to Cambridge on Thursday, December 5, for Letter Jacket and Class Ring orders.

Letter Jacket Reminders:

• Bring your Cambridge Varsity Award Letter
• Seniors are required to pay in full at the time of order
• 9th, 10th & 11th graders are recommended to pay in full but can order with a $150.00 deposit.
• Bring any extra patches you want added to your jacket.

Class Ring Reminders:

• Seniors are required to pay in full
• 9th, 10th, and 11th graders are recommended to pay in full, but they can order with a $100.00 deposit for Ultrium and $200.00 for Precious Metals.
• You can also design & order your ring online at 3RDASCENT.com
• CHECK OUT THE MASCOT SPECIAL!

Seniors applying to colleges using the Common Application with a January 1, 2025, deadline must send the application link to their Counselors and teachers by December 8, 2024. Counselors and teachers require ten school days to process requests for transcripts, school reports, and letters of recommendation. No requests will be processed during the winter break. All staff will return to work on January 6, 2025, and any pending application requests will be reviewed at that time.

If you are applying to non-Common App Colleges and they require a transcript, please request the transcript as soon as possible through Scriborder.

If you have questions, please visit Bridge West or see your counselor.

From an email sent to the community on Thursday, November 21, from Principal Agans

Late Work

Teachers are overwhelmed in December by students who have not turned in work (some from August and September). It is not fair to our teachers for students and parents to expect a quick turnaround on grades that students had the opportunity to complete and/or turn in months earlier. Please do not ask teachers to update grades minutes after turning something in. Late work is not the priority as we are still teaching until the end of the semester. A reminder that late work can incur a 25% penalty. Please be kind and thoughtful to our teachers in the last weeks of school. Students, please make up work ASAP so that you can concentrate on ending the semester in a good place.

End of the Semester

Every class gives a Final Assessment in the last few days of school. Students will take Final Assessments for periods 1, 2, and 3 on December 18, 2024, on a half-day bell schedule. Final Assessments for periods 4 or 5, 6, and 7 will be on December 19, 2024, on a half-day bell schedule. On Friday, December 20, 2024, we will run a half-day schedule for recovery of the last unit assessments (only the last unit assessments as all other recovery should be completed before Final Assessments are given). Students who are off campus for virtual or dual enrollment classes are not required to come into the building during the period that corresponds to their virtual/dual enrollment period. They only come into the building for face-to-face classes. No Final Assessments will be given early. Please see the schedule below and on our website at Bell Schedules.

Pre-approved Absences

We do not accept pre-approved absences in the last two weeks of school (December 9 – 20, 2024). Students are expected to be at school on the last three days of school. Only exception to this is for students who do not have a recovery from the last unit of work may stay home on Friday, December 20, 2024. Students who do need recovery but do not come in on December 20 have forfeited their ability to recover the grade from the last unit. Recovery will not take place in January for First Semester grades. No Final Assessments will be given early.

School calendars are posted a year in advance. Every day of instruction is important. Please do not ask teachers to do something for your child that they cannot do for all. Everyone follows the school calendar and is in school until December 20th. Thank you for your understanding. We look forward to a strong finish to the fall semester!

The Cambridge Academic Curriculum Guide for the 2025-2026 school year is available at Academics > 2025-2026 Academic Curriculum Guide. Course request verification begins February 4 for returning students and February 10 for rising 9th-grade students at their home middle school. For more information, and as additional resources become available, they will be found at Academics > Course Selection and Resources (2025-2026.)

Rising 9th-grade resources, including information on 9th-grade electives and course selection timelines, can be found at Rising 9th Timeline and Events.

Are you in need of holiday assistance this season? If so, please get in touch with our school social worker, Kaitlyn Lynch, by Wednesday, December 4. You can reach Ms. Lynch at:

Lynchk2@fultonschools.org

470-254-2515 - office

678-815-3088 - cell

Principal Agans has created a new Cambridge Alumni Group through LinkedIn. Please spread the word to all alums and invite them and their friends to join. The group will be a forum to invite alums to future Cambridge events and a location for them to connect. For easy access, alums can connect with Ms. Agans (search Ashley Agans) on LinkedIn, and she will invite them into the group. This is a private group to prevent spamming and unwanted content.

The Science National Honor Society is offering peer tutoring for all science classes. Cambridge students can sign up on the form below.

Peer Tutoring Request

Graduation Packages

Please note that the deadline to order graduation packages, including caps and gowns, has passed. If you have not ordered your seniors package, a rush charge has been added to the fee to ensure it arrives in time. If unsure if you have ordered, send your senior's name to Carol Bybee at bybeec@fultonschools.org for verification. For more information and to order, visit the Senior Activity and Graduation Package.

Class of 2025 Commencement Exercises

Traditionally, we announce our graduation date and time in early February once Ameris Bank Ampitheater confirms all graduation dates held at their venue. Once we receive this information, we will announce it through student announcements (Cambridge Headlines), our weekly newsletter, and the Seniors and Graduation page on www.cambridgehs.org.

The latest Senior News and Information is available at www.cambridgehs.org > Students & Families > Seniors & Graduation.

The 2025–26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) form will be available to the public on or before December 1, 2024. Prepare now so you can complete the 2025–26 FAFSA form as soon as it is available. Here are some ways you can get ready:

• Create a StudentAid.gov account (if you don’t already have one).
• Learn about the documents you may need to complete the FAFSA form.
• Determine your dependency status and whether your parent(s) or spouse will be required to contribute information on your FAFSA form.
• If you’re a dependent student, use the Who’s My FAFSA Parent? wizard to identify which parent(s) will be a required contributor to your form.

Stay informed about 2025–26 FAFSA changes and receive up-to-date notifications and information by following Federal Student Aid on social media for resources and announcements.

• Twitter
• Instagram
• Facebook
• YouTube (informational videos)
• YouTube (educational webinars)

Visit www.cambridgehs.org > Students & Families > Seniors and Graduation for the latest information for seniors and graduation.

Pay PTSA Senior Celebration Dues

Family First Credit Union is awarding $10,000 in Scholarships for hard working students in our community! Please click here to review the complete eligibility criteria and scholarship submission requirements and to access the online application. Application packets may also be picked up from any branch office. Scholarship applications will be accepted through March 31, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. ET. No extensions will be provided.

Please note, unless submitted directly online, all downloaded and printed applications must be turned into the Marketing Department personally at either branch or emailed/faxed to:

Holly Clardy
ffcumarket@gmail.com
Fax: (404) 768-5496

Rho Epsilon Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated provides assistance to outstanding female African American high school students who reside in Cobb, Cherokee, and North Fulton counties. To access the application for the scholarship, please scan the QR code. The deadline for submission is January 31, 2025. If you have any questions about the scholarship, you may rhoepisilonzeta@gmail.com

Thank you to all families that have joined PTSA to support our school. If you have not joined, please do so at PTSA Membership. If you have a Senior, please also pay the “PTSA Senior Celebration” dues of $60 per senior. These special “Senior Only” events/ Senior SWAG/ Senior T-shirts, etc. are 100% funded by senior families.