CCR Update: Senior FYI

The Senior Send Off Celebration is scheduled for Friday, 5/1/2026. Wear your college, trade, career, or military shirt and bring your Chromebook. Seniors will go to the Auditorium Foyer with their English class to meet with their counselors to complete the Senior Year-End Activity in SchooLinks. This survey is used to send final transcripts to all colleges/universities, military branches, and future employers. Final transcripts cannot be sent until these surveys are completed and will not be available until mid-June.

Navigate to Student To Do’s (top middle of homepage)
Scroll down to Show Remaining To Do’s and click the button
Click on Senior Year-End Activity
Click Go To Feature (green button)

Make sure to complete this very important step so we can send your transcripts to the proper destination!
When senior grades are final in mid-June, all final transcript requests will be processed and sent.

Please reach out to your counselor with any questions!

P. A. 101-180 requires all Illinois public high school students to complete either the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or the Alternative Application for Illinois Financial Aid (Alternative Application) as a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma. Additionally, high schools are expected to provide students and their families with any support or guidance necessary to comply with the requirement.

For students who choose not to file an application, a waiver may be completed by their parent. The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) makes available through their website a FAFSA Nonparticipation Form (English and Spanish) for this purpose. Check out our FAFSA Update for more information.

Your Grad Group Meetings are scheduled for Tuesday, May 12th @ 2:20 p.m. You will pick up your graduation programs and review important details about the ceremony. Click this link for your room assignment. Attendance is mandatory. If you are unable to attend, you must schedule a makeup meeting with Mrs. Gomez. Please stop by the CCR with questions!

Graduates will pick up their caps and gowns in the Main Foyer on Thursday, May 7th during lunch hours. Graduates keep their gowns after the ceremony.

Caps are to be properly placed on the top of the head with the tassel on the right before graduation and the tassel on the left after graduation.

Prior to the ceremony, students will be given ribbon medallions to wear. NO other personal items or decorations should appear on the cap and gown, including medals, awards or decorations.

The only authorized exceptions are the gold and blue NHS tassels and the gold, white, and silver honor cords awarded at Honors Night.

**Seniors should complete this form if they are requesting an exception to the uniform graduation attire expectations for religious, cultural, or military reasons.**

Join us for Senior Movie Night on Saturday, May 9th at 7:00 PM!

The cost is $15 per student and the movie is Monsters University, which will be projected in the parking lot!

Enter the North lot with other cars in your group to set up your viewing experience (camping chairs, tailgate pillows, etc.). Please be sure to bring your School ID, as cars will be checked at entry. Outside food is allowed, but must be sealed at entry. We will also have food trucks on site! Can't wait to see you there!

You're invited to the Senior BBQ on Tuesday, May 14, 2026 from 5:00-7:30 PM in the Courtyard. The cost is $15 and includes your meal (burgers, hot dogs, veggie burgers, cookies, chips, pop/water) and your Senior Supplement! Senior t-shirts will be sold separately through a link on the Senior website.

At the BBQ, we will award the Senior Notables and view the Class of 2026 Film. We all wear our post-graduate apparel! The RSVP form will be available on the Senior Schoology and the Senior Events Website, and tickets will be available for purchase through Omella.

All Chromebooks, textbooks and novels currently being used for second semester must be returned by Friday, May 15, 2026. Seniors must also pay their overdue financial obligations by Friday, May 15, 2026.

Did you know your Google accounts will be deleted after you graduate? If you would like a copy of the work you have done in your high school career, you will need to follow the Google Transfer/Takeout process by July 23, 2026. After July 23, your account will be permanently deleted.

Please click the Google Transfer/Takeout link for directions on how to go about transferring or downloading your work. If you have questions, please contact Mrs. Tanis Simoncelli for assistance.