Welcome to the Web Page for our Grad 2019 class
Information will be shared via REMIND, scrolling TV announcements, and via the Grad Bulletin board outside of the Foods Room. Important announcements also come to your parent's email, so please make sure that address is up to date with the school.
The Grad Ceremony is organized by Highwood Staff and will be held in George Lane Park (High River) on Friday, June 28, 2019 at Noon. Please do not arrive before 10:00 am. Ceremony rehearsal is June 26 at 2:00 pm. Attendance is MANDATORY.
The Grad Banquet will be held at the Memorial Centre on June 28, it is organized by parents and students.
Mustangs Rule!!
Mr. Oxtoby,
Off Campus & Grad Coordinator
oxtobyp@fsd38.ab.ca
The next Parent/ Grad meeting will be on April 8 at 6:00 pm.
I will be ordering grad gowns next week. If I do not have the grad's height by then (see the survey) I will assume they are not attending and no gown will be ordered for them.
Purdys fundraiser is ongoing, see Mr. Oxtoby for the forms- it is all online.
At the March meeting we voted to have Toasts to the Grads/Parents/Staff. We will be asking for volunteers and then voting on those who volunteer.
We have about 526 requests for banquet tickets so far. We will do our best to honour requests of all of those who submitted their request by the deadline of March 7 (the survey), however we would like to provide at least four tickets per grad, so will see how the numbers shake out. Please monitor your email for further developments. Banquet tickets won't on sale until May.
Contact Mr. O if you would like a Grad picture retake on April 17.
Baby Pictures...Please send your scanned baby pictures to : Shayla.kolt@gm.fsd38.ab.ca
We would appreciate 3 pictures from you to become part of the presentation – a baby picture, a grade school picture (for example, maybe the first day of school) and a picture to show the “real” person (e.g. Funny picture, doing their favourite activity, with a special pet – at any age). All pictures need to clearly marked with the graduate’s name (first and last).
Please pick up your Grad Package from Mrs. D in the Learning Commons ASAP. They will be there as of Feb 28.
Check your gm account for the grad survey (released on Feb 28) and complete it for March 7 in order to attend the Ceremony and Banquet.
Grad Quotes:
Please use the link below- keep them appropriate. Link will be live until early March. Quote will go in the yearbook and be read as you cross the stage in George Lane Park. You will need to be logged in to your google account FIRST! Use your school email.
https://goo.gl/forms/qDzARc8BtV0CrW0p1
The next Parent/Grad Banquet meeting will be on March 11 at 6:00 pm
As a result of the vote by Grads, our MCs for the banquet will be Mr. Deurbrouck and Ms. Dwernychuk
Ceremony rehearsal is June 26 at 2:00 pm. Attendance is MANDATORY.
How to continue receiving messages on Remind If you have a wireless plan with an unsupported carrier and currently only receive Remind messages by text, you can avoid disrupting your Remind service by enabling notifications on your smartphone or computer.
If your Remind class participants receive text messages on an unsupported wireless network, make sure they don’t miss any of your messages by asking them to enable notifications with one of the options below.
On your phone: Turn on smartphone app notifications (RECOMMENDED)Download the free Remind app on the iOS App Store, on Google Play, or at rmd.me/a. If you don’t already have a Remind account, create one using the phone number where you receive Remind texts. Make sure to enable push notifications from Remind on your phone.
On your computer: Turn on email notifications or log in to your account online Go to Remind.com on any computer. As above, if you don’t already have a Remind account, create one using the phone number where you receive Remind texts. We recommend turning on email notifications for your account so you don’t miss any messages.
There is a GRAD bottle drive on Saturday Jan 12. meet at HHS at 9;30 am
The next Grad and Parent meeting is Feb 11 , 2019 at 6:00 pm in the HHS Library.
The Grad fee for the Ceremony in the park will be $35 and will be added to your school fees on Maplewood.
Grad photos will happen over the exam break. Check out the bulletin board for details.
A Note about the Grad Valedictorian:
The Valedictorian will be the last speaker at the ceremony in the park. By Highwood tradition, the Valedictorian is chosen as follows. The top 3 academic students (who are interested) based on Core classes will be asked to give a speech in front of the grads and the staff at Highwood. The grads and staff will then vote on who they would like to be their valedictorian. In the case that some of the top 3 do not want to be Valedictorian, we will go down the list of top academic students until we have 3 who will speak.
Book your GRAD photos online...see bulletin board for details.
The banquet menu is posted on the bulletin board.
Jostens will be at HHS in Centre Court on October 23 for Grad rings and jewelry.
We now have a bank account!: Highwood High Grad 2019
Grozone forms for the Poinsetta fundraiser are in the office. Bring one cheque to cover all your orders to the office by the November 16 deadline. Make cheque payable to:
Highwood High Grad 2019
If you missed the Jostens Grad ring order, check out the bulletin board to get information.
