GCPS Makeup, Graduation Dates Announced

Updated 1:15 p.m., March 15, 2011.

Suwanee's three high schools now know their 2011 graduation dates, and two of them are on weekends. This is to go along with the final two snow makeup days from January's storm.

commencement ceremonies will be Saturday, May 28, 3:30 p.m.; event will be Sunday, May 29, 2 p.m.; and will be Monday, May 30 (Memorial Day), 8 p.m. All the ceremonies will be at the Gwinnett Center.

Gwinnett County's school system announced Monday that the school year got one day longer, closing the book on makeup days.

Friday, April 22 (Good Friday) and Friday, May 27 will be school days for students. This means that some graduation schedules have been adjusted. May 27 becomes the last day of school for students.

Makeup days previously announced by the Suwanee-based district were Feb. 21, March 14 and May 26.

Jan. 10-14 were the days cancelled because of the inches of snow and ice that shut down virtually all of Gwinnett County and other parts of the Atlanta area.

Also, teachers will be required to report Tuesday, May 31 for a post-planning day. GCPS plans to give teachers flexibility on how to make up the two outstanding staff development/planning days, asking that they work with their principals between now and June 2.

For a list of new graduation schedules, visit the school district’s website: www.gwinnett.k12.ga.us. (The list will be posted on Tuesday, March 15.)