Below you will find important upcoming dates and reminders:

February 28th: Last day to pay $165 for senior dues. Dues will increase to $185 after this date. Dues cover cap, gown, tassel, graduation (rental of the arena), diploma, diploma cover, senior t-shirt, majority of cost for senior dinner/picnic (students must pay $5 reservation fee), senior breakfasts, and other senior events. Please pay dues on the Scholastic website.

March 16th and March 22nd: On Thursday, March 16th Magic Moment Photography will be at school in the afternoon and again Wednesday, March 22nd in the afternoon to allow students to have optional Cap and Gown pictures taken. These are optional and students can sign up for a time through Magic Moments – more details to come. Payment is due at the time of the sitting. Packages run from $35 to $299. Magic Moment will send home a flier with more information.

April 10th: Last day to purchase a cap and gown and have it delivered to the school for pick up on April 19th. Any packages ordered after this date will be shipped directly to the student’s home (shipping fees will apply).

April 19th: Cap and gown pick up at Grayson High School during all lunches.

April 22nd: Prom is at Fernbank Museum of Natural History this year. Senior dues do NOT cover prom. Prom tickets are $75 each. Tickets will be available on MyPaymentsPlus beginning March 1st – April 16th. April 16th is the LAST day to purchase tickets. Tickets must be purchased through mypaymentsplus. Visit https://www.gcpsk12.org/domain/10837 for more information. Please email Joanna Root (Joanna.Root@gcpsk12.org) or Cheryl Miles (Cheryl.Miles@gcpsk12.org) for any additional prom questions.

May 7th: Baccalaureate service at Grayson United Methodist Church at 3:00pm. This is an optional ceremony for graduating seniors to celebrate with their families. Seniors should arrive at the church by 2:30 and should dress in their cap and gowns. Due to size, please RSVP to JLF727@msn.com and the church asks each senior to bring a limit of 2 guests.

May 10th: Senior picnic/dinner on football field at 6pm. You must purchase a $5 ticket on mypaymentsplus.com by May 2nd to attend. The catered dinner is casual dress and for seniors only. There are GREAT door prizes and if you purchased a yearbook they will be distributed at this event. We will have music and games as well. Parent volunteers are needed for this event. If you can volunteer, please email Jenny.Beck@gcpsk12.org

May 23rd: Graduation practice will be held on this day at Grayson High School. Seniors who are participating in graduation are REQUIRED to attend practice. Students should wear normal school clothes to practice (NOT their cap and gown). The exact time has not been determined, but seniors need to plan on clearing their day from 9 am – 4 pm. The exact time of practice will be announced closer to the date, but practice usually runs about 3 hours so it’s best for seniors to plan to not work that day and to leave the day open.

May 25th: Graduation at Gas South Arena at 8:30 AM. Seniors will need to arrive at 6 :30AM (yep that’s early) and doors will open to family and friends at 7:30 AM. This is a ticketed event and guests must have a ticket to enter. Each senior will receive 10 tickets. More information will be coming out as we get closer to the date.

Other important Information:

• Senior Letters: This is simply an idea we wish to share with you that you can do with your family and friends. Senior letters are when you ask family, friends, and any other significant people in the child’s life to write them a letter about how proud they are of them, etc. The number of letters does not matter. You will gather the letters via mail or email and can give to your senior at the end of the year to celebrate. Some families make a scrapbook of the letters, some just give them to the senior, and some families choose not to start this tradition in their home and do not collect letters.
• Yearbooks: Yearbooks are still available - they are $80 until March 1st when they go up to $90 then in May they go up to $100. You can find information on yearbooks on our school website under student life, then yearbook.
• Tickets: We will give each senior (who has paid dues and met all graduation requirements) the same amount of graduation tickets. We will give each senior 10 tickets. Tickets will be given out at practice in May. Seniors will need to show a photo ID and sign for their tickets. The school does not have any additional tickets.
• Notes for seniors about graduation: Be aware of traffic and how it will affect your travel time. The only items seniors may bring into the arena are cap, gown, stoles/cords and one car key. If other items are brought in they will be will be collected and can be picked up at the school the day after graduation, this includes cell phones. We recommend leaving all other belongings at home or in your car to save you the time of having to retrieve them from school later.
• After cap and gown pick up, you should remove your cap and gown and hang it up (most of the wrinkles will fall out). Only use a cool iron if necessary. The students’ attire at graduation is very important. All gowns will be green. They must have on appropriate shoes- we ask no sneakers or flip flops. We strongly recommend comfortable dress shoes as you will be standing in the tunnels of the Arena for over an hour and having to walk around quite a bit. We request no blue jeans or shorts under the gown. All students will walk into the Arena with cap and gown in hand so that clothing can be checked. Students will walk through a metal detector and phones, etc will be collected. Students will recess out of the back of the arena. It is strongly recommended that families arrange a meeting place outside the arena for after graduation. This will save a tremendous amount of time in trying to find each other. If there is an issue with behavior during the ceremony from students are attendees, then they will be escorted out of the arena. Also, remember to write your name inside your graduation cap. Caps can NOT be decorated for the ceremony. If a cap is decorated, the cap will be collected. Cords and stoles must be from an approved school organization. Any cords, stoles or extra paraphernalia that are not from a school organization will be taken away

** This information is only for seniors who are on track to graduate in May of 2023.

Graduation will be on Thursday, May 25^th at 8:30 AM at the Gas South Arena. Each senior who has purchased a cap and gown (paid senior dues) will receive 10 tickets for the graduation ceremony. 

Congratulations Grayson class of 2023! We cannot believe how quickly the year has gone by and before you know it, you will be walking across the stage at graduation! Make sure everyone knows how hard you have worked to achieve one of the best moments of your life and announce your graduation with class. Check out the attached digital flyer to see your Grayson packages!  You can use the QR code to get to the ordering site or below is the direct link to order your Official Grayson Graduation Announcements, so don’t wait.

Graduation Product by Herff Jones

Not only will your announcements have your official school crest, but they will also be personalized with your name in the text just like collegiate announcements. We also created packages to make ordering even easier, but you can always add more to them, so no one is left out. Orders will begin to ship directly to your house, and you will receive tracking information once the order ships out. 

We are so proud of you and honored to celebrate this milestone with you!

Thank you,

Your Herff Jones Team

Sean Smith, Rebecca Vinke, Carlos Castillo, Ben Johnson, and Team

Office- (770) 594-8155

Alpharetta, GA 30004

On May 7th, there will be a Baccalaureate service at Grayson United Methodist Church at 3:00 pm. This is an optional ceremony for graduating seniors to celebrate with their families. Seniors should arrive at the church by 2:30 and should dress in their cap and gowns. Due to size, please RSVP to JLF727@msn.com. The church asks each senior to bring a limit of 2 guests.  Grayson High School does not host/sponsor this event. 

Graduation practice will be held on May 23rd at Grayson High School. Seniors who are participating in graduation are REQUIRED to attend practice. Students should wear normal school clothes to practice (NOT their cap and gown). The exact time has not been determined, but seniors need to plan on clearing their day from 9 am – 4 pm. The exact time of practice will be announced closer to the date, but practice usually runs about 3 hours so it’s best for seniors to plan to not work that day and to leave the day open.  

Sign up for senior notifications.

Senior Notifications - Directions for Signing Up

Senior dues are $185. Dues do not include a yearbook or prom.

Visit the Scholastic Images website to pay senior dues online.  Senior dues cover the cost of your cap and gown, plus all additional costs.  You must purchase a cap and gown to participate in the graduation ceremony.  The price will increase in March. If you need a payment plan, then please see/email Mrs. Beck (Jenny.Beck@gcpsk12.org) as soon as possible to set up a plan. Dues paid after December are not guaranteed the correct size t-shirt. Dues paid after March 1^st will not receive a yard sign.

This is simply an idea we wish to share with you that you can do with your family and friends. Senior letters are when you ask family, friends, and any other significant people in the child’s life to write them a letter about how proud they are of them, etc. The number of letters does not matter. You will gather the letters via mail or email and can give to your senior at the end of the year to celebrate. Some families make a scrapbook of the letters, some just give them to the senior, and some families choose not to start this tradition in their home and do not collect letters. 

DVD of Graduation Ceremony

Handshake Photos

Jenny.Beck@gcpsk12.org
Room 1.300

Stacy.Kenyon@gcpsk12.org
Room 1.529