Class Announcements
Lots of information will be shared with students at AHS!
Please use the tabs below to find and click your grade level for some announcements or general information.
SENIORS 🎓
Class of 2025 Countdown to Graduation!
Graduation Updates
2025 Grad Fee Update
Class of 2025 and guardians,
The mandatory graduation fee is currently $225. Beginning March 17, a $20 ship to home fee will be added bringing it to $245. Seniors who paid the graduation fee before March 17 will be able to pick up their cap and gown on March 26 in the gym during both lunches. Orders placed March 17 or later will be shipped directly to your home. Seniors who cannot pick up their cap and gown on March 26 can pick it up from Kelly Talele in suite 1255.
The graduation fee includes:
- venue (Ameris Amphitheatre)
- tickets (10 per senior)
- cap, gown, & tassel
- diploma cover
- class pin
- program
ACTION: Visit www.3rdascent.com to pay the fee online. For step-by-step instructions on how to pay, click HERE.
Please note: the graduation fee is separate from the PTSA Senior Events dues and does NOT include the class yard sign and t-shirt. To pay that fee please visit the PTSA website: Alpharetta High School PTSA - Senior Events 2025 (membershiptoolkit.com).
Counseling Updates
Getting Ahead
During the next couple of weeks, we encourage seniors to use SuperMatch to conduct a college search and start building your “Colleges I’m Thinking About” and “Colleges I’m Applying To lists.” Additionally, seniors can start researching a database of Scholarships and begin creating a list of scholarships they will apply for. Seniors can use the following guides to get started:
- Research Colleges w/Naviance
- Build Your College List w/ Naviance
- Researching Careers w/Naviance
- Creating Your Scholarship List
We hope the provided resources are helpful. Seniors should contact their school counseling department at the start of the school year regarding questions about Naviance Student and or the college application process.
College Application Process
Applying to College is Easy as 1, 2, 3! Currently all students, grades 9-12, have access to Naviance, an online college and career readiness platform that helps students find their best-fit path after high school.
Naviance Student allows you to:
- Get involved in the planning and advising process – Build a resume, complete online surveys, and manage timelines and deadlines for making decisions about colleges and careers
- Research colleges – Compare GPA, standardized test scores, and other statistics to actual historical data from our school for students who have applied and been admitted in the past
- Research careers – Research hundreds of careers and career clusters, and take career assessments
- Create plans for the future – Create goals and to-dos, and complete tasks assigned to you by the school to better prepare yourself for your future college and career goals
Applying to College
While Naviance will continue to be used to research and plan for college, for the 2023-2024 school year, students will apply to college using the following platforms:
- Common Application
- Coalition
- GaFutures
- Common Black College Application
- Individual College Application Portal (visit school’s admissions website)
Requesting Transcripts
Many of the abovementioned college application platforms will allow school counselor to upload high school transcript. Therefore, students will not have to request transcripts outside of the application platform. However, if/when needed, students can request transcripts here via ScribOrder.
Senior Advisement Presentation
Hello Class of 2025!
We are so excited to kick off your senior year. Please watch the video in it’s entirety as there is a lot of information.
- Please watch the Senior Presentation https://youtu.be/w1YQSydlg50
- Review your transcript in IC and email your counselor if you have concerns. Transcripts will be loaded to GA Futures (HOPE scholarship) in September. IMPORTANT: To be eligible for the HOPE Scholarship in Georgia, students must be a U.S. citizen or an eligible non-citizen
- Schedule your Senior Advisement Meeting with your Counselor. Use the appropriate link below:
JUNIORS
- Class of 2026 Class Meeting
- College Application Portals
- Research Colleges, Tech/Trade Schools, & Scholarships
- Check HOPE/Zell Miller Scholarship Eligibility
- Counselor Letters of Recommendation
- Personal Fitness Waiver Deadline is May 15, 2025
- College Matching Programs
Class of 2026 Class Meeting
College Application Portals
Most college application portals will not open until August 1, 2025. Please visit https://www.commonapp.org/blog/announcing-2025-2026-common-app-essay-prompts to view the 2025-2026 essay prompts.
- Students should NOT create an account prior to August 1, 2025, as your information will be lost
- Student must use their PERSONAL email when creating the account
- Counselors will not begin processing applications until September 2, 2025
- More information to come at the Senior Meeting in August.
Research Colleges, Tech/Trade Schools, & Scholarships
- Student Naviance account via Classlink
- US New and world Report College Admissions Calculator https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/admissions-calculator
- Big Future https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/
- https://www.scholarships.com/
- https://www.fastweb.com/
- https://www.niche.com/
- https://www.gafutures.org/career-exploration/georgia-s-career-clusters-and-pathways/
- Plan in-person college tours
Check HOPE/Zell Miller Scholarship Eligibility
Login to www.gafutures.org mid-June to check HOPE/Zell Miller Schoarship and research the HOPE/Zell Grant https://www.gafutures.org/hope-state-aid-programs/hope-zell-miller-scholarships/how-to-track-your-hope-academic-eligibility/my-college-hope-profile/
Counselor Letters of Recommendation
Students will be asked to complete the College Bound Information survey in Naviance. We use information from this survey when writing counselor letters of recommendation. The district has not assigned it to the class of 2026 yet. We will send an email when it becomes available. For students who want to work on their survey responses over the summer:
- Total # of AP and/or IB and/or Dual Enrollment courses you will complete by time of graduation (all 4 years):
- Major activities sponsored by High School:
- Leadership roles in High School sponsored organizations:
- Major activities outside school (during high school years):
- Leadership roles outside of school (during high school years):
- Ways you spend your summers:
- Describe yourself:
- Ways you are unique:
Personal Fitness Waiver Deadline is May 15, 2025
This is a reminder to complete the Fulton County Personal Fitness Waiver if you are eligible. Juniors who are eligible for the Personal Fitness waiver must submit the application by May 15, 2025. Any class of 2026 senior who has not completed the Personal Fitness course or received the waiver by August 1, 2025, will be scheduled for a in-person Personal Fitness class at Alpharetta. Personal Fitness (36.0510001) is a course required for graduation and is different from General PE (36.0110001) or Health (17.0110001). To verify that you received the Personal Fitness Waiver, check your transcript for 36.0510009 PerFitness Waived CR 0.0000 0
To waive the Personal Fitness requirement, you must have completed one of the following:
- 1 Season of a GHSA sport*
- 1 Season of a Non-GHSA sport**
- 1 Season of Marching Band
- .5 credit of Dance, Cirque or Physical Education electives
- 3 credits of JROTC
If you meet one of the above requirements and would like to waive the Personal Fitness graduation requirement, please make sure to complete the waiver below by May 15, 2025. The waiver application must be completed on a school issued device or while on the school Wifi.
Resources:
College Matching Programs
Quest Bridge National College Match Program
Quest Bridge National College Match Program is a college admission and scholarship process through which high-achieving, low-income students can be admitted early with full four-year scholarships to QuestBridge college partners. The application process for the class of 2025 will likely open August 1, 2025. For more information visit https://www.questbridge.org/high-school-students
Posse Foundation
The Posse Foundation identifies, recruits and trains individuals with extraordinary leadership potential. Posse Scholars receive full-tuition leadership scholarships from Posse’s partner colleges and universities
Requirements
To be eligible, a high school senior must:
- Be nominated by their high school or a community-based organization
- Be in the first term of their senior year in high school
- Demonstrate leadership within their high school, community, or family
- Demonstrate academic potential
- Apply on time; depending on the Posse city or program, nominations are accepted in the spring and summer before senior year begins (contact your local Posse office for specific deadlines)
The Posse Scholarship is neither a minority nor a need-based scholarship. It is open to students of all backgrounds. If you would like to be nominated, please email Ms. Proksa with your Full Name, Personal Email, and Personal Phone Number. For more information visit https://www.possefoundation.org/sites/atlanta.
For more information or if you have specific questions, please contact your assigned School Counselor or visit https://alpharettahs.fultonschools.org/academics/school-counseling/junior-advisement. This information will be posted to the AHS Counseling Website in June.
SOPHOMORES
FRESHMEN
What's coming up?
Bridge Bill - 2/19/2025-2/25/2025 in Science Classes
- The BRIDGE (Building Resourceful Individuals to Develop Georgia’s Economy) Act, House Bill 400, was signed into law in May 2010 to create an atmosphere motivating middle- and high-school students to learn because they see the relevance of education to their dreams and future plans.
- The implementation of the BRIDGE Act provides middle- and high-school students with career counseling and regularly scheduled advisement to choose a focused plan of study.