SSHS Graduation Date - June 5, 2020!!!
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Welcome to South Stokes Class of 2020 Webpage
**Your virtual graduation video will be aired on Friday evening, June 5, at 7:00 pm. A link to the ceremony will be available on our school website Friday and we hope you will make plans to view it with your families!
Many of you are wondering about the August 1st graduation plan. We will not have details until later this summer, possibly as late as July as we wait to learn more about mass gathering and social distancing guidelines from local and state officials. As soon as we have information about a live ceremony, practices, and other details, we will be sure to forward those to you.
Diplomas, transcripts, report cards and other records will be available for pick-up later this week. You will receive an email and phone message when these materials are ready.
Be sure to check out the Talent Show, Awards Day and theatre production all scheduled for release this week as we celebrate the end of the 2019-2020 school year with you!
Class Song - Six Feet Apart - Luke Combs
Class Flower - Sunflower
Class Motto - Class of 2020, The Quarantined Seniors!
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Updated Honors Recognition for Seniors
-With the new 10 point grading scale, we will no longer have a valedictorian and salutatorian; therefore, the county has updated the Honors Recognition policy to the following standards:
Cum Laude 4.0-4.199 weighted OR 3.8 unweighted
Magna Cum Laude 4.15-4.299
Summa Cum Laude 4.25 or higher
**Those seniors qualifying as Magna and Summa Cum Laude will vote, from that pool of graduates, on our two graduation speakers.
**All levels of honor graduates will be recognized with stoles at graduation.
-With the new 10 point grading scale, we will no longer have a valedictorian and salutatorian; therefore, the county has updated the Honors Recognition policy to the following standards:
Cum Laude 4.0-4.199 weighted OR 3.8 unweighted
Magna Cum Laude 4.15-4.299
Summa Cum Laude 4.25 or higher
**Those seniors qualifying as Magna and Summa Cum Laude will vote, from that pool of graduates, on our two graduation speakers.
**All levels of honor graduates will be recognized with stoles at graduation.
Dates to Remember:
August 30, 2019 - Elect Senior Council Reps in Homeroom
September 2019 - Senior Council Meeting 3:30 in F4
Pick out senior tee shirts and hoodies
September 2019 - Senior Council Meeting 3:30 in E2
Pick out announcements
October 8 , 2019 - Jostens cap/gown info session
**Jostens will be here at 9:00 to meet with all seniors concerning ordering cap/gown and announcements.
**Students should take info packets home
October 15, 2019 -Cap/gown and announcement order day!!
**Jostens will be here during all lunches to take orders for graduation supplies.
** All seniors must order a cap and gown in order to participate in the commencement exercises (basic package - about $70.00)
**A minimum payment of $50 is required with the balance due upon delivery.
**Seniors not planning on participating in graduation must still pay $35 for their diploma and diploma cover.
November - Money and pictures due for Senior Yearbook Ads
April 15, 2020- cap/gown and announcement delivery
**Pay before delivery with credit card by calling 1-855-314-8395
** Payment on March 20 by CASH OR MONEY ORDER ONLY!
April 17, 2020 - Cap and Gown pictures - Picture Schedule
**Click HERE for list of picture packages
**Students must wear proper attire for pictures - see below
May 2020 - Prom @ The Event Center
**All fees must be paid to buy prom tickets
**Tickets on sale April 23-May 3 (before or after school in F1)
May 2020 - Saura Seniors Serve / Senior Picnic
**All Seniors will return to their elementary school for a service project, then we will go to Horizons Park for the Senior Picnic
May 2020 - Awards Day
**Seniors will wear gowns(no caps) and line up by homeroom.
They can wear casual clothes under their gowns.
June 3, 2020 - Graduation Practice - 1:30-4:00 (inside)
June 4, 2020 - Graduation Practice - 10:00-12:30 (outside)
June 5, 2020 - GRADUATION!!!! 7:00PM
**Details on virtual graduation ceremony will be posted on the main school website!
PARTICIPATION POLICY FOR GRADUATION: All graduating Seniors must attend both mandatory sessions of Graduation Practice in order to participate in the Graduation Ceremony. Seniors who choose to miss either of these mandatory practice sessions will automatically be dismissed from Graduation. The only exception to this policy will be in the case of serious extenuating circumstances, and will only be approved beforehand by South Stokes High School Administrators. Students who fail to notify the Administration of serious extenuating circumstances will automatically be dismissed from graduation.
**Cap and Gown Dress Code: (needed for pictures and graduation day)
Gentlemen – Dark dress pants (no jeans), white dress shirt with collar, tie, dark dress shoes (no tennis shoes)
Ladies – Dark dress shoes (no flip flops and silver is not a dark color, wedges can have light wedge with dark top), dress or a skirt (needs to be shorter than your gown), nothing showing at the neckline of your gown, if it does, it needs to be white.
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