Panther Weekly

You are invited to our 50th celebration.

On Saturday, February 21, 2026 we will be celebrating Parkview High School's 50th Anniversary. Please join us at 3:00PM in the theater for a short program featuring speakers from Parkview's past, present and future. The program will be followed by student led tours of our campus.

Out of thousands of applications this year, 300 high school students are honored as 2026 NCWIT Aspirations in Computing (AiC) High School Award national recipients. The NCWIT AiC High School Award is sponsored by Apple, Bank of America, Jane Street, and Microsoft, and National Honorable Mentions receive a gift from Bank of America at the regional affiliate ceremony.

Awardees from Parkview mentioned on the national website include:

Left to right:

Sophia Yuan: 2026 Georgia Winner | 2026 National Honorable Mention

Layla Harris: 2026 Georgia Winner | 2026 Georgia Winner | 2025 National Honorable Mention

Elena Reed: 2026 Georgia Honorable Mention

Congratulations to the girls' and boys' swim and dive teams for an outstanding performance at the state meet!

The girls finished in 3rd place and the boys finished 5th.

Top finishes for the girls included:

3rd place - Medley Relay - Kate Breiding, Elsie Wethington-Mercer, Lillie Robinson, and Quynh Ann Diep

2nd place - 200 Free Relay - Emily Hardy, Lillie Robinson, Izzie Carlton, and Quynh Ann Diep

5th place - 400 Free Relay - Emily Hardy, Zara Boyer, Cate Joyce, and Kate Breiding

Emily Hardy - STATE CHAMP in the 100 freestyle and 2nd place in 50 freestyle

Quynh Ann Diep - 5th place in 50 freestyle and 6th place in 100 freestyle

Kate Breiding - 4th place in 100 backstroke

Top finishes for the boys included:

Tadd Duffield - 2nd place in the 100 freestyle with a school record time and 5th place in 200 freestyle

Cameron Jones - 7th place in the 100 backstroke

4th place - Medley Relay - Cameron Jones, Alan Nguyen, Will Leonard, Logan Mercer

7th place - 200 Free Relay - Tadd Duffield, Cameron Jones, Logan Mercer, Will Leonard

4th place - 400 Free Relay - Tadd Duffield, Liam Ellison, Will Leonard, Nathaniel Beeney

Congratulations to our Mock Trial Team for earning 4th place in regional competition!

We also want to recognize our individual award winners:

Casey Turner & Deepali Patel – Won for Best Witness
Hasad Lee – Won Best Attorney

These students represented our school with professionalism, preparation, and heart. We are proud of their hard work and dedication - congratulations to the entire team!

Parkview wrestling had 6 individuals punch their ticket to state this weekend(2/6 - 2/7)! These individuals will be competing at the State tournament this Friday and Saturday. Please join in congratulating these individuals for all of their hard work and dedication: Bryce Jenkins - Ronnie Horn - Nicholas Ramirez - Joseph Cox - Calyssa Griffin

Sectional Champion: Adam Cox

Congratulations to the Varsity rifle team for finishing 5th in the Area Tournament on Saturday(2/7). The team was let by Tabassum Fatima, who shot a personal best 270 points.

The Varsity girls and boys' tennis team swept the Collins Hill eagles winning all matches 5-0. Winning for the Panthers at singles- Trace Wood, Dominik Hroneck, Nathaniel White, Kush Prejavara, Lora Cohen, and Absra Demissie. Winning at doubles- Nico Williams, Jahwid Haque, Jacksonn Synder, Briaan Nguyen, Juliana Tao,Coco Boatin, Anabel Li, and Sophia Lin. Congratulations to these players for a great season opener.

BIG SHOUT OUT to Coach Howard and the Varsity Boys Basketball Team on their impressive victory against North Gwinnett! The final score was 73-60. Huge props to the top scorers of the night: El Dunbar – 18 points - Brandon Pemberton – 16 points - Jason Brown – 13 points Nate Pemberton – 12 points. This win secures their 4th place position in the region! Keep up the great work, Go Panthers!

Girls soccer defeated GAC 3-2. Freshman Jael Coryell led the way with a goal and 2 assists. Senior Christine Ngulefac had a goal. Freshman Haley Siljestrom scored a goal and played extremely well on the back line, and also drew a penalty. Haley Kener picked up the win in goal off 5 saves. Parkview improves to 1-0-0 on the season.

The boys soccer team beat GAC in a close 1-0 match. Hassan Muhammad scored the only goal of the game, earning him man of the match recognition. Your panthers take on Mill Creek next Tuesday at home.

As Muslim families in Gwinnett and around the world prepare for Ramadan, we want to share important information to support your students during this time.

If your student is fasting and does not want to be in the cafeteria during their scheduled lunch, they are welcome to spend their lunch time in the Media Center. Students will need to sign in to the Media Center for attendance purposes.

Students who wish to pray during the day can contact their Administrators Office to request a space for daily prayer. The school will provide a quiet, private space to accommodate these requests.

Please contact the school if you have any questions.

Save the Date for Lilburn Women's Club 4th annual Taste of Lilburn! Proceeds, combined with those from Lilburn Daze last October, go back into the community in the form of service projects such as scholarships, care team support, dictionaries for 3rd graders, Constitutions for 8th graders in addition to visits from the Bookmobile and many other community service programs. We sincerely appreciate your support and look forward to seeing you and your students at this family oriented event. Come sample foods from around the world just around the corner!

Taste of Lilburn

March 7, 2026

4-7PM

Parkview High School Cafeteria

Click here for Tickets: https://www.tasteoflilburn.org/

Family Survey:

The EES Family Survey asks questions about families’ experiences with research-based characteristics of high-performing schools including: collaboration, communication, goals, leadership, standards, environment, teaching and learning, and involvement. Each year, to help improve our schools, Gwinnett County Public Schools collects feedback from our families and staff members about their school experience. The district will once again give the Educational Effectiveness Surveys (EES) to get feedback on nine Characteristics of High-Performing schools.

Families will receive a ParentSquare message with the anonymous link. Please complete the survey during the month of February.

🎉 We’re Almost There! Help Us Reach Our PTSA Membership Goal 🎉

The Parkview PTSA is delighted to present this opportunity for teachers to apply for a grant to assist with student organizations or classroom needs (maximum of $250.00) funded by the Parkview High School PTSA.

The goals of the grant awards are to promote academic enrichment, growth, and excellence for the Parkview High School student organizations. We support educational and enrichment opportunities that may not be funded through usual resources.

Selection of grant recipients is based on overall quality, development, and value/ benefit to the students. As you complete your request, please consider the following: innovation, benefit to the students, benefit to Parkview High School, and benefit to the Parkview community.

Please complete and submit your application via the google form found here: https://forms.gle/Ln3zNDZKKxH65mLK8 by the grant deadline of March 06, 2026. You will receive a confirmation email that your application has been received. Grants will be awarded on or about March 31, 2026 and promptly distributed. You may reapply during the next grant cycle if you are not awarded a grant on the first submission. For questions, please contact Hulu Berhanu via email at huluberhanu@gmail.com

Thank you and good luck!

Hulu Berhanu

Grant Program

Parkview PTSA Treasure

Photo of an open yearbook with a yellow banner including text "Our Time to Shine"

This is your last chance to guarantee a copy of the 2025-2026 Parkview yearbook!

Pre-order online through Jostens.com or MyPaymentsPlus by February 24 to secure your copy.

Want to see your work in print? Parkview’s Literary Magazine is now accepting submissions! Whether it’s poetry, pictures of your artwork, short stories, or anything in between – we want to showcase your creativity!

Send in your best pieces to the literary magazine submission via the QR codes around the school and the announcements in the cafeteria, or bring them to Mr. Westbrook’s room, 10.109. Don't miss your chance to be part of the next issue!

The deadline is no later than the end of February, so get your submissions in soon!

Parkview Prom 2026 - The Golden Gala - April 18, 2026

Venue Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center,

800 Spring Street, N.W.,

Atlanta, Ga 30308

Time: 7:30-11:00 PM

Tickets: Tickets must be purchased from GoFan.co beginning Jan 15, 2026

Ticket cost February 15th until March 31st = $85
Ticket cost April 1st until April 18th= $100
The deadline to purchase a prom ticket or guest ticket is 5pm Saturday, April 18th

Parkview juniors and seniors can purchase ONE guest ticket.

The guest must be in high school or 20 years of age or younger.
The guest must arrive and leave at the same time as the Parkview High School student.
The guest must follow all GCPS / Parkview High School rules.
The guest must show a picture ID (drivers license / student ID or StudentVue app is acceptable).

Please email Dr. Hamilton @ carla.hamilton@gcpsk12.org with any questions concerning prom.

Office location: H-Building Room 4.223

Purchase Tickets Here

Parkview HS will be offering semester 1 credit recovery courses created by our teachers during Super Saturday Sessions. The first session will occur in February and March.

Session 1 Super Saturdays Credit Recovery Dates:
Saturday, February 21st from 8-12
Saturday, February 28th from 8-12
Saturday, March 7th from 8-12

Session 1 Super Saturday Courses Available:
Semester 1 Courses Available: Lit & Comp I - American Literature - British Literature - Multicultural Literature - Geometry - Advanced Algebra - Chemistry - Physics - World History - Economics - American Government

**Students needing to take the first semester of an EOC course (Algebra, Biology, Lit & Comp II, or US History) must complete Credit Recovery via Parkview through Georgia Virtual School. (Contact Daniel Romero at PHS for more information — daniel.romero@gcpsk12.org) Students needing Semester 2 courses must also use GVS until we can offer these in Super Saturday.

Registration for Super Saturday Session 1 will close on Tuesday, February 17th at 11:59 pm.

Guidelines:

Students must attend all three scheduled Saturdays for Session 1 and satisfy the seat time requirements (12 hours) along with passing the final exam to earn credit for the credit recovery course.
Students will be registered for the Credit Recovery course in Synergy once they have completed the Super Saturday registration form and confirmation of eligibility for the course has been confirmed.
The student may only complete one course in a Super Saturdays Session. After Session 1, plans are being made to offer additional sessions during second semester.
If a student misses a Saturday or does not meet seat requirements, they will be removed from the credit recovery course and not receive credit.
Students/Parents must complete this form to register for Session 1. Once registered, more information will be sent to registered students and parents.
As are reminder, credit recovery is not recognized by the NCAA clearinghouse, so this is not an option for students planning to participate in college athletics.

REGISTRATION LINK: Parkview HS Local Credit Recovery -- Super Saturday Session 1 – Fill out form

We are preparing for District Assessment Interim season. Students enrolled in the courses below will take a District Assessment Interim (midterm) as part of their grade.

District Assessments are developed to align to the Academic, Knowledge, and Skills (AKS) and GCPS instructional calendars in the areas of language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. These assessments allow students to demonstrate what they know, understand, and are able to do and help teachers determine whether students are performing as expected or need additional support to be successful.

District Assessment Interim Testing Schedule:

Tuesday, March 3rd: World History, U.S. History Section 1, and Biology Section 1
Wednesday, March 4th: U.S. History Section 2, Biology Section 2, Chemistry, and Physics
Thursday, March 5th: 10th Language Arts Section 1, 11th grade Language Arts, AP Seminar, AP English Language and Composition, and Algebra Section 1
Friday, March 6th: 10th Language Arts Section 2, Algebra Section 2, Geometry, Accelerated Geometry, and Advanced Algebra

The District Assessment Interims will be given online. Student must bring their GCPS issued Chromebook (charged) and a charger.

We ask that you speak to your student about the importance of Academic Honesty. We want to ensure that students complete their assessments with integrity by not using unauthorized technology or resources.

Please be sure to attend school for these testing days.

Over the past semester, we have seen a noticeable increase in late arrivals. To address this concern and to better support students, we are implementing a new procedure for managing late arrivals to school. Beginning January 2026, an unexcused check-in will be counted as an unexcused tardy to school, and students will receive consequences based on their total number of accumulated tardies (both tardy to class and tardy to school combined):

1-10 Tardies – Warning

12th, 14th, 16th Tardy – 1 Day of Reflective Lunch

18th, 20th, 22nd Tardy – 1 Hour After School Enrichment

24th Tardy – 1 Day In-School Suspension

26th+ Tardy – Administrator Discretion / Loss of Student Parking Privileges

Tardy to School Procedure (formally known as Check-in and Review/CIR)

Students arriving after the 7:15 a.m. tardy bell must enter through the main building entrance to go through the Evolv security system. Students will receive a tardy slip, which is required for admission to class.

Excused Check-Ins

We understand that students may occasionally arrive late to school for excused reasons, such as a morning doctor’s appointment. To be considered for an excused check-in, the student must check in with a parent present or provide official documentation upon arrival, which may include—but is not limited to—medical or legal documentation. For a complete list of approved reasons, please refer to the school or district website. Students arriving late without proper documentation or a parent will receive an unexcused tardy.

Note: Parents/Guardians will continue to submit absence notes for full day absences only via ParentVUE.

If you missed the virtual parent meeting on February 5th, check check with your students counselor for a pdf of the slideshow.

Juniors will need to meet (sometime during 2nd semester) with their counselors to review their credits. (Counselors will call them in or they can schedule an appointment.) If a parent wants to join their student in this meeting, then they may schedule an appointment to meet with the counselor and their student. Parental participation is optional. To make an appt, parents should email their student’s counselor (preferred) or call the Counseling Office at 770-806-3795. Parents can start booking appts AFTER Feb. 17th.

Parkview's Class of 2026 will be the 50th graduating class! It is easy to keep up with all of the important senior detail if you follow the steps below. Have a great Senior Year!

Please check the Parkview website throughout the year for Senior updates.
If you are on social media, follow the senior account on Instagram @parkview.hs.seniors
If you want to be included in the yearbook, make an appointment at Cady.com to schedule your senior portraits. The deadline to be included in the yearbook is November 25, 2025.

Letter to the Class of 2026 Students and Families

Attention Seniors

If you need a Mid-Year report (first semester grades) sent to a college you must inform your assigned School Counselor. This is not automatically sent. Please contact your assigned counselor for questions.

Common App and SchooLinks

Seniors applying to colleges through Common App will need to connect their Common App account and their SchooLinks account. Click here for more information.

College School Reports and Recommendations

If you need a counselor recommendation for any college application, you will need to submit your "Counselor Recommendation Request Form” along with your Senior Resume/Brag Sheet at least 2 weeks before the due date.

Forms are available in the counseling office and on the counseling website.

Click here to watch the video.

Senior Dues can be paid through Scholastic Images. Scholastic Images will be on campus once a month starting August 18th for orders and questions.

Scholastic Images will be on campus to meet with Seniors on September 8th at their class meeting.

Graduation will be here before you know it. It’s time to celebrate your hard work and share the big news with friends and family. This year’s official announcements feature the Parkview school crest and custom personalization—just like collegiate announcements.

🎓 How to Order:

Order Online Now: www.scholasticimages.com
Digital Flyer: Check out the attached flyer for package details.
QR Code: Use the QR code on the flyer to jump straight to the shop.

📦 Key Details:

Customization: Announcements are personalized with your full name.
Convenience: Order packages are pre-built for easy shopping, or you can add individual items.
Shipping: All orders ship directly to your home with tracking provided.

Don't wait—order today to ensure your announcements arrive in plenty of time for graduation season. We are so proud of you, Class of 2026!

Thank you very much and have a wonderful day!

We Appreciate You,

Meagan Castillo, Todd Sims, Carlos Castillo & the entire Scholastic Images Family

Scholastic Images | Co-Owner

Herff Jones Independent Sales Partner

www.scholasticimages.com | Google Profile | O: 770-614-9353

Juniors & Seniors — Don’t Miss These Opportunities!

Parkview will be hosting several college representatives this month. These visits are a great way to learn about college options, admissions, and campus life.

⚡ Metro Power Career Visit

🗓 Date: Tuesday, February 24

⏰ Time: 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM
📍 Location: Theater Lobby
👥 Who: Open to ALL students interested in the power industry

Interested in career opportunities with a leading power company? Meet with a representative from Metro Power to learn about exciting careers in the energy field.
🔗 For more info on Metro Power, click here: Metro Power.
Sign up through your advisement class or QR code. Remember, the sign-up closes 24 hours before the event!

Click here to register.

Career & Job Training Day!

Who: Juniors & Seniors
📅 2/25/26
📍 JROTC Classroom
⏰ During ALL lunch periods
Come explore career paths and job training opportunities with College & Career and JROTC!

AECA – Atlanta Electrical Contractors Association
Alta Language Services – Interpreting Certification
Aviation Institute of Maintenance
Education & Career Resources
Georgia Futures – Financial Aid, HOPE, and Zell Miller
Gwinnett College and Institute
Gwinnett Technical College
IEC – Independent Electrical Contractors
McCloud Law Firm – Legal Assistant, Paralegal, Attorney Opportunities
Millennium Beauty Institute
USA Beauty & Barber
Air Force
Marines

Sign up here

🏫 Gwinnett Technical College Application Support Session

🗓 Tuesday, March 3

🕒 10:15 AM - 1:15 PM
📍 Parkview High School, Building B - Room 11.116 (Ms. Reyes' Room)
SENIORS ONLY
This is a hands-on application support session — not an Instant Decision visit. Get personalized help completing your Gwinnett Tech application!
Transcripts will be provided. Bring your questions and get assistance with your application!

Click here to register.

🏫 Georgia State University Instant Decision Day

🗓 Wednesday, March 4

🕒 ALL Advisement Periods
📍 Parkview High School, Building B - Room 11.116 (Ms. Reyes' Room)
SENIORS ONLY
Meet with Georgia State representatives for an Instant Decision! Receive an on-the-spot admissions decision.
Bring your transcript and any questions you have about GSU’s application process!

Click here to register.

🏫 Georgia Gwinnett College Instant Decision Day

🗓 Wednesday, March 18

🕒 10:15 AM - 1:15 PM
📍 Parkview High School, Building B - Room 11.116 (Ms. Reyes' Room)
SENIORS ONLY
Get an Instant Decision for admission to Georgia Gwinnett College!
Transcripts will be provided, so bring your questions and complete your application with assistance from GGC staff.

Click here to register.

🏫 Kennesaw State University Instant Decision Day

🗓 Tuesday, March 24

🕒 ALL Advisement Periods
📍 Parkview High School, Building B - Room 11.116 (Ms. Reyes' Room)
SENIORS ONLY
Kennesaw State University representatives will be available for Instant Decisions!
Don’t forget to bring your transcript and any questions about KSU’s admissions process.

Click here to register.

If you are in need of tutoring click here for a list of Academic Resources!

*Please note that times and dates of athletic events are subject to change. Please check the Parkview Athletics calendar on the Parkview website for updates. Students, please check with your club sponsor with questions about meeting times and locations or check the club calendar.

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