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January 27, 2021-2022

Issue 11

Important Dates

Q3 Midpoint: February 9

Winter Break: February 17-21

CURRICULUM OFFICE

Updated Transcripts

A student's most up to date transcripts can be found in ParentVue and StudentVue under documents. If any changes have been made, it will be show as an amended transcript.

GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

PTSA Volunteers Needed

Our PTSA is seeking volunteers! Are you interested in volunteering to support our local unit for the 2022-2023 school year? If so please join in for the February 23rd meeting via zoom. For more information please email peachtreeridgeptsa@gmail.com for more details

Tutor.com

How to Access Tutor.com

How to Use Tutor.com

Digital Citizenship Resources

Follow the GCPS Pinterest board for Digital Citizenship for a collection of cyber-savvy sites and resources broken down by topic and age on topics like Cyberbullying, your child’s Digital Footprint, Online Safety and Security, and Sensitive Topics

Driver's Education Classes

We have two upcoming Driver's Ed classes!

February 2022 Driver's Ed Class

Dates and times:

Tuesdays: 2/1, 2/8, 2/15 and 2/22 from 3 to 8 PM

Thursdays: 2/3 and 2/10 from 3 to 8 PM

Students must be present for ALL the classes listed above.

March 2022 Driver's Ed Class

Dates and times:

Tuesdays: 3/1, 3/8 and 3/15 from 3 to 8 PM

Thursdays: 3/3, 3/10 and 3/17 from 3 to 8 PM

Students must be present for ALL the classes listed above.

Cost: $345.00

Info: 30 hours of face-to-face learning and 6 hours of behind the wheel training. Driving sessions will be scheduled after the completion of the classroom portion by the driving instructor. We strive to help our students complete their driving time within 120 days of passing their final exam. Students must have their learner's permit upon enrollment and have logged at least 20 hours of driving time with a parent/guardian.

Contact: sunshine.her@gcpsk12.org or call 678-512-6041

No Deliveries to School

Students may not receive any fast food deliveries from a third party (parents, friends, outside vendors, restaurants, etc.) at any time during the school day, including breakfast & lunchtime. Students can only bring packed lunches (no fast food). The cafeteria offers breakfast and lunch for all students at no charge.

We do not interrupt classes for student messages or for the delivery of forgotten items such as lunches, money, keys, books, homework, book bags, etc. Students are encouraged to remember to bring needed items with them to school. In addition, we do not deliver flowers, gifts, or fast food to classrooms.

Scholastic Images on Campus

Scholastic Images will be on campus:

Monday, February 7 during all lunches for Letter Jacket orders

Monday, March 7 during all lunches for Jersey/Letter Jacket Orders

Tuesday, April 12 during all lunches for Cap & Gown Delivery and Letter Jacket orders

Monday, May 16 during all lunches for Senior Jersey Delivery

Their website is www.scholasticimages.com and is always available for students to place orders online!

Yearbook

Yearbooks are currently $95. They can be purchased on MyPaymentsPlus

COUNSELING CORNER

Weekly Counseling Newsletter

Be sure to check out the PRHS Counseling Office eCLASS page. It is students' 24/7/365 resource for all things academic, career, and social/emotional related!

SPORTS

Ridge Sports News

Events on GOFAN

GOFAN.COM for Event Tickets

Sports tickets can only be purchased via gofan.com with a credit or debit card to home sporting events. To purchase a home ticket for games please click here. Many other schools are also going touch-less for tickets as well. If they are using GoFan, those tickets will also be available under Peachtree Ridge.

Swim & Dive

Please congratulate the Boys Swim and Dive Team for a 4th place showing at this weekend's County Championship Meet.

200 Medley Relay (Schroeder, Tu, Conn, Pulliam) - 2^nd Place - New School Record

Charles Tu - 1^st in the 200 IM

Tyler Schroeder -1^st in the 50 Free - New School Record

Max Pulliam - 2^nd in the 50 Free

Hayden Shelton - 4^th in the 11 Dive - New School Record

Tyler Schroeder - 1^st in the 100 Fly

Charles Tu - 4^th in the 500 Free

200 Free Relay (Pulliam, Sukirya, Conn, Schroeder)- 2^nd Place - New School Record

The boys 200 Medley and 200 Free relays also qualified to All-America Consideration! All these young men had a great meet and are now focusing on the State Meet at Georgia Tech starting with Diving on Thursday, Feb. 3rd.

Please also congratulate the Girls Swim Team on their county meet. They had 3 relay teams and 5 individual finals qualifiers and still placed 8th in the county.

Jessica Allibone: 5^th in 200 IM, 8^th in 100 fly, 6^th in 200 free relay, 5^th in 400 free relay

Nikoletta Holt: 6^th in 200 IM, 10^th in 100 back, 6^th in 200 free relay, 5^th in 400 free relay

Catherine Streeter: 10^th in 50 free, 16^th in 100 fly, 6^th in 200 free relay, 5^th in 400 free relay

Baylyn Dyer: 14^th in 100 fly, 15^th in 100 back, 6^th in 200 free relay, 5^th in 400 free relay

Libby Gowen: 26^th in 100 free, 23^rd in 100 back

200 medley relay (12^th place): Carly Castro, Libby, Jessica Torres, Lauren Pak

Varsity Soccer

For the second year in a row PR Boys Soccer had TWO players selected to the Gwinnett Daily Post Super Six preseason watch list! Congratulations to Seniors Rio Onwumere

and Stephane Shongo on their selection. In addition, the varsity girls also had Senior Addison Neal selected on the girls side.

2022 Gwinnett Daily Post Super Six Soccer

2022 Varsity Baseball Schedule

CLUBS and ACTIVITIES

News Around the Ridge

Readers Rally Volunteers Needed

We are in need of 80 volunteers for the Readers Rally Competition on February 26th from 7:15-12:15. Students will receive 6 volunteer hours for working this event. Sign up here.

PRHS CLASS OF

Senior Page

Remind

Using the Remind App, join the Class of 2022 Remind for important updates and announcements for Seniors!

Join Class of 2022 Remind

Graduation Date

Peachtree Ridge Graduation is Monday, May 30th at 2:00 PM at Gas South Arena (formerly Infinite Energy Arena). More information will be provided closer to the event.

Senior Dues

Senior Dues can be purchased through MyPaymentsPlus for $135.

Senior dues pay for:

Cap & Gown
Diploma
Printing Fees for Diploma
Diploma Cover
Printing of Graduation Tickets
Rental of Arena for Graduation
Printing Programs for Graduation
Honor Graduate Stoles
Class Lanyards
1 Senior Yard Sign from Ridge Prints
Senior Picnic in May
Senior Gifts

PTSA

Your Donations and Membership Help PRHS PTSA

Go to PTSA Store to purchase a membership.

COMMUNITY SCHOOL

Do you have a Question about:

Driver's Education?

SAT/ACT Prep Classes?

Defensive Driving?

ESOL?

Summer PE/Health?

Credit Recovery?

End Zone after-school tutoring?

Facility Rental?

PRHS COMMUNITY SCHOOL

Need Student Documents?

Check out the homepage of the Peachtree Ridge Website for more information from the front office at www.PeachtreeRidge.org about certificates of enrollment, drivers license documents, and transcript requests.

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1555 Old Peachtree Rd. Suwanee, GA 30024

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