Transportation and Parking: Charter Buses will take ALL Senior Students from Chamblee High School to Hallford Stadium. Students MUST ride the charter bus to Hallford Stadium. Charter Buses will return Senior Students to Chamblee High School following the Graduation Ceremony. Students may leave Hallford Stadium with their parents. There will be a check-out process. The day of graduation is a regular school day for grade 9 - 11 students, so the parking lot rules apply.
Thursday, May 19 - Graduation Practice
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Graduation Rehearsal 9 - 12 in gym ALL teachers and administrators attending graduation.
Blue & Gold Envelopes
12:15 PM - PTSA Ice cream social
Friday, May 20 - Graduation Day
7:45 AM - Seniors may be dropped off at Chamblee High School.
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Seniors assemble in the Gymnasium. Eat your breakfast, use the restroom, organize yourself with cap & gown, then sit and wait in your same seats as graduation practice the day before.
8:45 - 9:15 AM Seniors will load charter buses.
9:15 AM - Charter Buses depart (leave) Chamblee High School. ALL SENIORS MUST RIDE THE CHARTER BUSSES TO HALLFORD STADIUM. Students not on the charter buses leaving Chamblee High School WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO WALK ACROSS THE STAGE. We know this seems harsh, but there is no way to insert or hold places for late arrivals.
10:30 AM Seniors on charter buses arrive at Hallford Stadium on the Charter Buses. Seniors will NOT be able to visit with parents, guardians, family, or friends before commencement. Seniors will move into their double lines in the assembly area. Seniors will keep up with their name-calling cards. Restrooms, last-minute gown or cap fixes by Herff Jones will happen in the double-lines. Wait in your double lines next to your walking partner.
11:30 AM - 12:20 PM Procession --> Graduation --> Recession
12:30 PM - Students riding home with parents or guardians may connect with their parents or guardians AFTER the recession is completed. Students returning to Chamblee High School will load the charter buses as directed.
~ 1:30 PM Traffic will dictate the precise return to campus. Charter busses return to Chamblee High School bus lanes. Parents, Family, & Rides please DO NOT BLOCK THE BUS LANE. Please wait in your cars in a way that does not block thru traffic. Depending on traffic, we will potentially have two sets of buses needing to use the bus lanes.