SENIOR CLASS BULLETIN

April 30 

Graduation is a solemn ceremony steeped in tradition.
Appropriate dress and actions are required for your participation.
Dress and behave with dignity!

PLEASE READ THIS BULLETIN CAREFULLY . If you have questions regarding senior activities, check with Ms. Hixon. Information regarding other end of school activities will be communicated to you in classes. This bulletin can also be found on the PHS website.

Wednesday, April 30 –9:30 amSENIOR ASSEMBLY will be held in the main gym during AIM. The senior class photo will be taken and there will be a brief meeting on graduation and the events surrounding the final days of school for seniors.

Thursday, MAY 8– YEARBOOKS distributed period 8 and after school in Publication Lab.

Friday, MAY 16 - CHECKOUT SHEETS will be distributed in the student commons starting at 7:15 a.m. If you are finals exempt, today you will begin to check out of each class, clear with the media center, athletics, and have all fines paid to the cashier, Mrs. Bates. You must have signatures from all teachers, the media center, and Mrs. Bates before your checkout sheet will be accepted and before you can pick up your cap and gown. Do not lose your immunization record; it will be needed for college!

Monday, MAY 19 - 7:00-9:00 am SCHOLARSHIP BREAKFAST in the Main Gym. Please report all scholarship offers to Counseling.  

Monday, MAY 19 - If you are finals exempt, your CAP and GOWN may be picked up at the concession stand on May 19 from 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. To be able to collect your cap and gown your checkout sheets must be STAMPED and all fines and fees paid. This is your last day if you are finals exempt. If you are not finals exempt, you must pick up your cap and gown at the concession stand after your finals on May 20 or May 21. See Ms. Hixon with any questions or concerns. Check with the Guidance Office for early checkout and procedures.

MAY 20 and 21 - FINALS will be given on Tuesday, May 20 (Per. 1, 3, 5, 7) and Wednesday, May 21 (Per. 2, 4, 6, 8) using the finals schedule with classes beginning at 8:00 am. There will be NOAIM this week. Senior finals will be 75-minute periods.

MAY 21 - 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE CONVOCATION CEREMONY - Auditorium

MAY 22 - 7:30 a.m. AWARD CONVOCATION PRACTICE in the main gym.

May 22 – 9:30-11:00 AWARD CONVOCATION At 9:10, line up in your marching group wearing your cap and gown. Left side graduates will line up in the hallway by the wrestling room. Right side graduates will line up in the athletic hallway. Your place in the lineup will be on the lists that will be posted in the hallways. You must wear your cap and gown for the Convocation. Senior picnic immediately following the convocation.  

MAY 22 –7:00 pm BACCALAUREATE in the PHS Auditorium.

FRIDAY, MAY 23 - GRADUATION PRACTICE at CSU Moby Gym at 1:45 p.m. SHARP. ALL SENIORS MUST BE PRESENT AND ON TIME! Check the marching order/seating chart posted in the glass display case by the Counseling Office so you will know your row and seat number. Attendance at practice is REQUIRED!!! Roll will be taken. If you do not show up, your name will be removed from the graduation/marching list (i.e. you will NOT MARCH on FRIDAY EVENING!) See Ms. Hixon if you absolutely cannot attend practice.  

**PARKING AT GRADUATION PRACTICE: Please carpool! You may park in the Moby parking lot (west of Moby) as long as you are not in the “A” section. Parking rules and signs must be obeyed or you will be ticketed. Arrive at Moby gym and be on the floor by 1:45 p.m., on Friday, May 23. IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE ON TIME!  

***Friday, May 23 - COMMENCEMENT:C.S.U. - Moby gym, 6:30 p.m. Please arrive by 5:45 p.m., in your cap and gown and prepared to march.Please be lined up in the lower halls by 6:00 pm. At 6:00, the faculty sponsor of your marching group will take roll. Missing graduates' diplomas will be pulled!!! Students arriving after roll is taken will not be allowed to participate in the commencement ceremony!   

SEATING ASSIGNMENTS - The seating assignments for convocation, graduation practice, and the graduation ceremony are all the same. These assignments will be posted in the hallway across from the Guidance Office by no later than mid-May. You need to carefully check this posting for your name, side, row, seat location, and other important instructions. The way we determine seating assignments has been published in the newsletter and is currently posted in this hallway. Sorry, parents and students cannot request where a graduate is seated.  

CAPS AND GOWNS - You are required to wear a cap and gown at Commencement. They will be handed out on May 19 at the concession stand from 12:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. After May 19 caps and gowns may be picked up in the concession stand during posted hours. You will need your STAMPED checkout sheet in order to get your cap and gown. Remember, you keep the cap, tassel and the gown. The Tassel - The tassel is to be worn over the left temple. Tassels should never be pinned or sewed; they should be permitted to hang naturally. The Gown - If you need to press the gown, do so with a warm iron, not a hot one!  

WHAT TO WEAR UNDER THE GOWN: All graduation gowns will be blue. Ladies should wear a dress with no collar or dress pants with a collarless top and dress shoes. Gentlemen need not wear a jacket, but they should wear a shirt, a tie, dress slacks and dress shoes. Dress boots are appropriate, if they are polished. No flowers, ornaments, or any other decorations are to be worn with caps & gowns. Faculty will check your manner of dress, your caps, and your gowns before you march. This dress code is required! There will be no place to change or leave any garments at C.S.U. on Saturday.

PHOTOGRAPHS - There will be press and yearbook photographers on the floor during graduation. We are not allowing any parents, friends, or relatives to photograph on the gym floor during commencement! Because we have had difficulties with friends and relatives of graduates interrupting the flow of graduates going to and from the stage, as well as disconnecting wires of the sound systems, a professional photographer will take a picture of you receiving your diploma. A proof, that you may keep for no charge, will be sent to you through the mail so that you may order as many prints as you wish.

HANDICAPPED SEATING - Handicapped seating is provided in the first two rows on the North and South sides of the gym. A sign-language interpreter will be stationed in Section N on the South side of the gym.

REPORT CARDS - Report cards will be mailed to you in mid June. 

COLLEGE APPLICATIONS - All students who have processed a college application must complete a request for a final transcript to be sent to the college of their choice. These forms may be picked up at the time you pick up your checkout sheet on May 16. Place your name and the name of your chosen college on the form and leave it at the checkout table.

VALEDICTORIANS and SALUTATORIAN – The final valedictorian and salutatorian recipients are determined at the end of fourth quarter, which ends on May 23. Final exams for seniors will be May 20 and 21 with final grades due to counseling on May 23. The official valedictorian and salutatorian list will be decided on May 23.