PRHS Ridge News Issue 8

November 17, 2023-2024

Issue #8

November 20-24: Thanksgiving Break

November 28 - December 12: End of Course Test (EOCs)

December 13 & 15: Q2/S1 Final Exams

December 18 - January 3: Winter Break

January 4: Q3/S2 Begins

GCPS Calendar

The end of our quarter is fast approaching! Please check grades frequently! We will have our Final Exams on both 12/14 (1st & 2nd blocks) and 12/15 (3rd & 4th blocks). Let's start working now on finishing the quarter strong! Second Semester begins 1/4.

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Registration for the 2024-2025 school year will begin in January. Please start to visit the PRHS Curriculum & Instruction eCLASS page (students must log into the portal to access). Information is being updated daily! Please discuss elective choices with your children, as they will determine our master schedule for the upcoming school year.

The Peachtree Ridge Class of 2024 Graduation Ceremony will be Thursday, May 23 at 8:30 AM at Gas South Arena. 2024 Graduations Calendars can be found on the GCPS Calendar Webpage.

Peachtree Ridge High School is asking all parents to complete the Georgia Parent Survey. The Georgia Parent Survey is designed to give parents an opportunity to share input with the Georgia Department of Education. It contains 24 questions. Parents may complete the survey using a personal computer, smartphone, or tablet. Parents that do not have access to the Internet, should contact their child’s school to arrange to complete the survey at the school. The data parents provide by completing this survey will be used as part of the calculation of the School Climate Star Rating. Survey responses are anonymous and will be submitted directly to the Georgia Department of Education for analysis. Individual data results from the Georgia Parent Survey will not be available to system or school personnel or the public and will not be posted online.

Please provide your voice for Gwinnett County Public Schools by clicking CLICK HERE and completing the survey.

Tray Leslie from Georgia Power joined us by serving as our Principal for a Day on Wednesday, November 15th. This is a great tradition GCPS offers to community members to learn more about schools.

The Peachtree Ridge High School Fine Arts department will be hosting our annual Fine Arts Holiday Showcase on December 7th & 8th. Each night will feature students from throughout the Fine Arts department, including Dance, Chorus, Band, Orchestra, Guitar, Theatre, and Visual Arts. There will be 2 different shows each night, with the first starting at 6:30PM and the next at 8:00PM. Tickets will be $6 on GoFan and will go directly to supporting our Fine Arts Department.

This past Monday, Peachtree Ridge Chorus hosted our annual Peachtree Ridge Cluster Chorus concert at North Metro Baptist Church in Lawrenceville. The concert featured choirs from Burnette Elementary, Jackson Elementary, Mason Elementary, Hull Middle, Northbrook Middle, and Peachtree Ridge High. The concert ended with a combined piece in which all of the choirs performed together. One Ridge!

Junior and Senior Parents!

Starting Monday, November 6th, Prom Tickets can be purchased on GoFan. Every attendee must have a ticket to enter. Student's first and last name are required and the code is the STUDENT ID. Two tickets max can be purchased under one ID number. Prices will increase again on January 1st. Please know, these tickets are non-transferrable.

Please tell students to follow @ridge.hp on Instagram to get all the prom updates for this year!

Looking forward to a great time at the Georgia Aquarium on Saturday, April 13, 2024.

Yearbooks are for sale online at https://www.yearbookordercenter.com/ use school code 25659 for Peachtree Ridge High School and choose Order a Yearbook.

ATTENTION SENIOR PARENTS- The Yearbook Senior Ad Deadline has been extended until November 20, 2023. The ad must be purchased and built by this date or it will not appear in the book. There will not be a second extension. Instructions are included in the attached handout or can be purchased at herffjones.com.

You should keep your child at home if he/she might spread an illness to other children. Children

who are sick have a difficult time participating in class and learning. Please use the document below to learn more.

www.scholasticimages.com as the website for your custom Class Rings, Letter Jackets, Senior Packages, and Personalized Announcement orders!

Scholastic Images will be on campus during all lunches on the dates below. The next date is Thursday, Nov. 9th.

Be sure to check out the PRHS Counseling Office eCLASS page. It is students' 24/7/365 resource for all things academic, career, and social/emotional related!

Sports tickets can only be purchased via GoFan with a credit or debit card to home sporting events. To purchase a home ticket for games please click on PRHS GOFAN. Many other schools are also going touch-less for tickets as well. If they are using GoFan, those tickets will also be available under Peachtree Ridge.

September Lions of the Month
Aida Edwards - Volleyball

Myles Abernathy - Football

Coach Davis - Cheerleading

Peachtree Ridge Football (9-1) is moving on to round 2 of the GHSA State Playoffs, on November 17th at Mill Creek High School. They’ve had an amazing season as Co-Region Champions and look to continue this run in the playoffs. Please come on out to Mill Creek and support our Lions! Tickets can be purchased on GoFan.

Soccer pre-season conditioning begins Tuesday, November 28th after school from 2:30-3:30pm on the stadium track (Boys & Girls). You must be cleared in Rank One to participate.

Track and Field Interest Form

Off-Season Conditioning starts after Thanksgiving Break.

• Must have all required documents uploaded to Rank One.

• Tuesdays, & Thursdays - from 2:30 - 4pm.
• Dates are: Nov. 28th, Nov. 30th, Dec. 5th, Dec 7th, Dec, 12th, & Dec 14th

If you have any questions you can email: matthew.brick@gcpsk12.org or bill.boroff@gcpsk12.org

Over the last month our Orchestra students have been hard at work taking auditions and performing in small ensembles, honor orchestras, and youth orchestras.

Earned Superior rating at GMEA Solo & Ensemble Performance Evaluation

• Violin Duet: Namrata D. & Ashwika S.
• String Quartet: Jacob D., Bonnie D., Leona J., & Aiden P.

GMEA District 13 Honor Orchestra members

Gwinnett County Youth Symphony members (concert tomorrow at 7pm at Duluth HS!)

Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra members

Jocelyne A, Rebekah K., & Eric S.

Emory Symphony Youth Orchestra members

Metropolitan Youth Symphony Orchestra members

Advancing to GMEA All-State Orchestra statewide audition

Senior dues will be collected through Scholastic Images. they can be paid online or when Scholastic is on campus (see dates in general announcements section).They accept cash, credit cards and checks/money orders. We ask every student to purchase Package A.

The Yearbook Senior Ad Deadline has been extended until November 20, 2023. The ad must be purchased and built by this date or it will not appear in the book. There will not be a second extension. Instructions are included in the attached handout or can be purchased at herffjones.com.

Senior Yard Signs are not part of senior dues and can be purchased on MyPaymentsPlus for $25.

Definition: Google Workspace for Education is a set of Google tools and services that are tailored for schools and homeschools to collaborate, streamline instruction, and keep learning safe. For safety, GCPS students CANNOT share or email outside of our domain. This google account drives student Chormebook applications.

Students can use their google account to log into StudentSquare. Teachers and Peachtree Ridge will also send emails, progress reports, and other important communication to students through their school Gmail account.

Many websites will let you sign in with Google, but you are agreeing to sharing your data when you use this button. Use caution when using this option to log in as GCPS blocks many of these websites in order to keep student data private.

Follow the GCPS 1:1 Resource Playlist for Tech Tips for more information about student Chromebooks. We will highlighted different videos below.

The video below is about Google Drive Tips and Tricks.

Go to PTSA Store to purchase a membership for $10. This is a new PTSA webstore.

Driver's Education?

SAT/ACT Prep Classes?

Defensive Driving?

ESOL?

Summer PE/Health?

Credit Recovery?

End Zone after-school tutoring?

Facility Rental?

Contact the Community School

The End Zone offers after school study space and peer tutoring. You can learn more about the End Zone on the PRHS website.

Need tutoring? Use this link to sign up for tutoring in the End Zone.

Check out the homepage of the Peachtree Ridge Website for more information from the front office at www.PeachtreeRidge.org about certificates of enrollment, drivers license documents, and transcript requests.