April 15, 2020
Below are updates to senior related items that are scheduled to occur both during the current school closure and beyond. As the COVID-19 situation remains very fluid, so does our response to postponements and cancellations. Please refer to this document for the most up to date information available for senior related items for the class of 2020.
1. Prom--Being an extra curricular experience, the prom scheduled for April 18 at the Macon City
Auditorium is indefinitely suspended until further notice by Governor Bryan Kemp's order. We are in discussion with the Macon City Auditorium about possibly rescheduling on July 25, 2020. Stay tuned for further developments.
2. Graduation
--In person instruction has been cancelled for the remainder of the school year.
a. If public health standards are relaxed, then graduation can occur at 8pm on May 22, 2020 in the stadium (makeup date- May 23). We will move forward with this date for now. If we must postpone graduation scheduled for May 22nd, we will communicate this information with stakeholders by April 30th.
b. If we are unable to host graduation on May 22nd, Friday, July 31st at 8pm in Dan Pitts Stadium will be our new graduation date with a makeup date on Saturday, August 1st at 10am. This date seems to work best for several reasons. It gives an ample amount of time for the COVID safety guidelines to pass, avoids most vacation dates because this date is close to school restarting on Monday, August 3rd. Additionally, the Mary Persons faculty is scheduled to be back on contract on Tuesday, July 28th.
c. If for some reason July 31st does not work, we will schedule a time later in the fall to host a traditional graduation for our seniors. We are committed to providing this honor to our seniors, whenever the safety conditions allow it.
3. Honors night-- For now, only senior honors will be recognized and will include: naming of the
Valedictorian and Salutatorian, top 5% of the graduating class, honor graduates, & community scholarship winners. A special edition of the Bulldog Beat would be used to announce these senior honors. If anything changes with this format, we will communicate with stakeholders by April 30, 2020.
4. Cap and gown distribution
--There has been no update on this situation. With the current shelter-in-
place, there is no scheduled pickup. Please standby for further updates on cap/gown distribution. Best-case scenario is we have a drive through pickup service for caps/gowns after April 30. Worst-case scenario is we distribute cap/gowns during graduation practice.
5. Cords
--Cords should be ordered within the next week. Cords will be distributed the same as in the
past. Cord distribution will occur during cap/gown distribution or during the week of graduation practice.
6. Senior group picture
--Was scheduled for April 21, 2020. This is being postponed until further
notice. The senior picture may be taken during graduation practice week.
7. Yearbook distribution
-- Once yearbooks arrive we will await the Governor's announcement about
future shelter-in-place plans. We anticipate this announcement to be on or around April 30. Once that has been determined, we can devise a plan to distribute yearbooks to students who purchased one. Best case scenario is we have a drive through pickup service for yearbooks.
