The following are some scholarships with May deadlines: 

• QuestBridge College Prep Scholars (for JUNIORS) – No application deadline
• Buster Bynum Education Scholarship – Application Deadline: 05/19/2017
• Why My Teacher Makes Me Smile Flax Scholarship – Application Deadline: 05/29/2017
• CoilLaw LLC Scholarship – Application Deadline: 05/31/2017
• First In Family Scholarship – Application Deadline: 05/31/2017
• SCW DREAMers Scholarship – Application Deadline: 05/31/2017
• Sessions Law Firm College Scholarship – Application Deadline: 05/31/2017
• Thomas, Webb & Willis Academic Achiever Scholarship – Application Deadline: 05/31/2017
• Tuite Law DUI Accident Scholarship – Application Deadline: 05/31/2017
• Links to all of these scholarships and more are on the GHS scholarship page at https://sites.google.com/a/gilmerschools.com/ghs-scholarship-page/home. Please check this site on a weekly basis throughout the spring semester, and fill out those applications!

 

This Week’s Feature: Graduation Information

 

2017 Graduation Information

• Decorum letter must be signed by parent and student and turned in to your advisor or the front office by Friday, May 19^th! No signed letter, no participation in graduation ceremony.

• Ladies, bring or wear shoes you intend to wear during graduation to practice; better to have a trial run! 

REQUIRED GRADUATION PRACTICES

• Thursday, May 25^TH, 8:30-11:30 a.m., report to concession stand area at Huff Mosley Stadium; park in the stadium’s upper parking lot, not at GMS or field house. Bring your cap and gown; after practice, you will need to stay for a “parade” in your graduation regalia, so plan to stay longer than 11:30.
• Friday, MAY 26^TH, AT 8:30 a.m. until we nail it. Same place, same procedures as Thursday. 
• You must attend both practices in their entirety in order to participate in the graduation ceremony, so arrange your work schedule in advance.

GRADUATION EVENING

• Graduating seniors, be at GMS gymnasium at 5:30 p.m. and should park behind GMS.
• Family/Friends, be at GHS starting at 6:00 p.m.; park at GHS or MVE parking lot and use shuttle services
• Handicapped parking must be requested in advance; call GHS

DIPLOMAS

• Available for pick-up for 45 minutes after graduation ceremony OR starting Tuesday after graduation from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.

HOPE SCHOLARSHIP

• You must apply for HOPE scholarship before your last day of high school.  

• Do not wait until the last minute—gafutures.org may bog down and applications not submit.

• Two ways to apply for HOPE:  1) Complete the FAFSA, OR 2) Complete the HOPE scholarship application through GSFAPPS on gafutures.org.

• You must have an active account on gafutures.org that includes your full name, DBO, SSN, and GTID.
• Full instructions on how to complete the HOPE application through gafutures are on the guidance website.

FINAL TRANSCRIPTS

• You MUST request a final transcript or your college will not offer you full acceptance.  You may do so on or after May 15^th.  Any transcript requested by a senior on or after May 15^th will be held until spring semester grades are entered. 
• Request through your gafutures.org account if you are planning to attend college in Georgia; if you are going to college out of state, please request through Parchment and click “hold for grades” (county or GHS website, the blue button that says, “Order My Transcript”). 
• It is a VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW for GHS to release your transcript without an official request.  An email is not an official request.