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Graduation FAQ (Update 5/20)

All the important information about graduation can be found in this FAQ document. You can also check Dekalb's website for information and live streaming links for people who will be unable to attend the ceremony.

https://www.dekalbschoolsga.org/graduation/

Here are some highlights:

High-heels (spikes) are not allowed on the stadium field (artificial turf).

Students need to be at Hallford Stadium by noon.

Bus-riders need to be at the school by 11:15 (a separate message will be sent to those who requested transportation)

Masks are required for the entire ceremony (and masks go OVER the nose!)

• Cap decoration requirements again:
  GRADUATION CAP AND GOWN GUIDELINES (Request additional caps/gowns) from the vendor). Please take into consideration the following rules when communicating decorating guidelines with students. Graduation caps and gowns will be reviewed and approved prior to the ceremony. Failure to follow the rules listed below may result in the removal of the cap/gown before the ceremony. Students are not allowed to participate in the ceremony without a cap and gown.

• ·Decorations must be flat on the top surface of the mortarboard. 3-D creations are prohibited.
  ·Decorations must not denote an affiliation with gangs, advocate drug use, violence, illegal activity, or disruptive behavior, which is detrimental to the safety and welfare of other students or attendees. This includes numbers, letters, etc.
  ·Feathers or items that light up are not permitted.
  ·Items hanging down from the sides of the cap or gown.
  ·Display must not be obscene, profane, vulgar, or lewd.
  ·Threatens the safety and welfare of any person.
  ·Must not contain any advertisement, symbols, abbreviations, initials, words, slogans, patches, or pictures that refer to drugs or controlled substances, tobacco, alcohol, or weapons or be of a sexual nature.
  ·Other inappropriate displays as determined by school principals/administration.

Graduation Tickets (Update 5/20)

Grad tickets are available for pickup in the main office during school hours. You can only pickup tickets for yourself. You get 8. Do not lose them. We gave at least half of them out at graduation rehearsal on Wednesday, 5/19

Bus Riders to Graduation (Update 5/20)

This is the list of students confirmed to ride the bus to the graduation ceremony.

If your name is in RED and says Confirm RT next to it you

did not indicated if you were riding the bus back to school or leaving with your parents.

If your name is in RED - DM me and tell me how you are leaving the cermony.

Usually everyone leaves with their loved ones and nobody rides the bus back.

The bus back to school leaves immediately after the ceremony and there is no time to hug and take pictures. Also we don't want to leave you stranded @Hallford.

If you are no longer riding the bus at all let me know too by DM.

Also no new names can be added to the list (deadline was March 31).

Departure time from the school on 5/27 is 11:45 am. The bus will leave immediately after the ceremony, so again, be sure to confirm your way home.

Senior Exams Update

New Exam Days

May 17th and 18th

New Graduation Rehearsal Date

Wednesday, May 19th

DeKalb County yesterday put out a senior schedule for all schools to follow - so we have to adjust our dates.

The good news is you now have until May 24 to pass all of your

classes in order to graduate. So you have gained 2 weeks on that. Begin communicating with your teachers now so that you

can raise your grades.

Senior Dues

Senior Dues are now being collected.

You MUST pay your senior dues using the online payment system. No physical cash or checks will be accepted due to COVID.

No Caps and Gowns will be distributed until dues are paid.

Dues cover - cap and gown, diploma, diploma cover, shirts, and sign

Go here to pay dues https://webstores.activenetwork.com/school-software/druid_hills_high_sch/

The only students allowed to use the $40 payment option are those who paid Junior Dues in full or won an Instagram Contest. Their names are listed below. Everyone else must use the $90 option.

There is a convenience fee for paying dues online - I have already calculated this into the dues and that is why the cost is not $100.

Dues must be paid by May 7th.

Students who may use the $40 option.

Ackermann, Charlotte

Adams, Ezra

Austin, Emily

Baldwin, Lauren

Bjorgan, Kaitlin

Bouie, Jacob

Bowens, Sydney

Bradley, Demarcus

Bryant, Taylor

Christopher, Vivien

Copeland, Avery

Curry, Tyemek

Darby, Gwen

Davis, Eric

Douglas, Jaydn

Ellison, Logan

Elrod, Amalia

Elrod, Sawyer

Figueroa,Meaghan Finley, Mariah

Flemons, Takoiya

Floyd, Lily

Garriga, Catherine - FREE NO DUES NEEDED

Green, Abigail - FREE NO DUES NEEDED

Gutierrez, Lisbeth

Hagley, Cassia

Hayes, Jordan

Hicks, Teran

Higgins, John

Hiley, Ella

Hollatz, Lily

Hughes, Elizabeth

Hughes, Isabella

Jacobs, Ethan

Jordan, Elizabeth (Lily)

Kearney-Pelsey, Keith

Kumari, Vedangna - FREE NO DUES NEEDED

Latimore, Emmanuel

Lesser Isaac

Lynch, Sam

McQuiston, Jessica

Mekonnen, Theodros

Monger, Anneliese

Muhammad, Idris

Oliver, Meleah

Osborne, Amelia

Parish, Jaliya

Park, Alexander

Patrick, Brett

Patrick, Gray

Patrick, Ivey

Phillips, Josephine

Rathur, Reese

Rudra, Suharta

Saia Bennett

Sima, Oliver

Singh, Javier

Singh, Karina - FREE NO DUES NEEDED

Spainhou, Samantha

Sprinkle, Dean

Thompson, Alyssa

Thorpe, Ethan

Tizazu, Bazawite

Ventura, Alejandro

Visser, Dayton

Wainwright, William

Wassign, Julia

Weingartner, Joseph

West, Kennedy

Westwood, Bella

White, Devin

Winkfield, Robyn

Tickets to Graduation

Dekalb County has announced all students will receive 8 tickets to graduation. They are supposed to be distributed a week before the event. We have not received the tickets yet at Druid Hills. I hope to pass them out May 12th but I do not know if they will be in hand by then.

Graduation Announcements

Graduation announcements were not ordered for the students this year because of all the uncertainty regarding graduation and other senior events.

I am told that as of 4/13 Jostens.com can supply digital announcements and photo announcements in time for graduation but not the traditional paper announcements.

You may also elect to go to a private printer like Kinkos or a website like Shutterfly.

Prom

DeKalb county has announced that no school dances or proms will occur.

May 19th - Graduation Practice/Field Day

All graduates will need to be present on Wednesday, May 19th.

Plan to arrive at the school at 9:00 AM and leave around 2:30 PM

This is the one day that you will be able to

Return your textbooks

Return your Chromebooks

Return your Hotspots

Return Library Books

Return Athletic Uniforms

Clear Fines

Receive your Cap and Gown

Receive your Yearbook

Receive your yard sign and senior t-shirts if you still need them.

Practice the graduation ceremony

Sign Yearbooks

Have a catered Lunch

Participate in a socially distant Field Day (pending DeKalb County Approval)

Graduation

Where: Hallford Stadium

When: Thursday, May 27th @1PM

Students will be required to arrive 2 hours before hand.

Tickets: We assume there will be tickets and that guests will be limited to a small number per graduate. DeKalb County has not given us any information on how many people will be able to attend graduation.