SOTA @ CGHS
Newsletter - Sept. 29, 2023
Dear SOTA @ CGHS Families,
Don't forget SOTA spirit night at tonight's football game! The theme is "Knight in Shining Armor" so come dressed as your favorite super hero! Join us on the practice field at 6PM and hang out with us as we cheer on our Black Knights football team and Marching Black Knight band!
The first concert of the year presented by the Vocal Music Department is Tuesday!
Best of luck to all of the teams participating in the Art Throw Down next Wednesday!
Next week is FALL BREAK.; No school on Thursday, Oct. 5, Friday, Oct. 6, or Monday. Oct. 9.
Please look for important info from the Office of Curriculum & Instruction concerning the upcoming Oct. 12 Parent/Teacher Conference Knight.
Thanks for the 2023 Best of Gwinnett nomination! Please vote for us below!
SOTA Faculty & Staff
Once again we've been nominated for a BEST OF GWINNETT award in the Specialty Schools category. We're so proud of our plaque for the 22-23 school year! Please vote for us! You may vote once every 24 hours.

Coming soon:
Sept. 29, Football Game "Knight in Shining Armor" tailgate
Oct. 2, Band Competition
Oct. 3, Voice Dept. Fall Concert "Humanity"
Oct. 4, Art Throw Down
Oct. 5-9, Fall Break
Oct. 12, Parent/Teacher Conference Knight
Oct. 14, Band Competition
Oct. 20-21, Honor Chorus
Oct. 19-21, One-Act Musical, Head Over Heels
Oct. 21, Band Competition
Oct. 27, One-Act Competition

Get community service hours by ushering at SOTA events!
We are looking for students to join the 23-24 SOTA Ambassadors. Please read the application carefully. It is due by Nov. 3.

Here's a folder where I will be sharing all info pertaining to our trip to NYC this March.

TEAM SOTA Career Week 2023 Guest Form
Date Change for Fiddler!


Click to donate to the 2023 SOTA Theatre Capital Campaign!

Vendors wanted for the Dec. 2 Holiday Market. Please share with family and friends!
Click the button for the newest Band Newsletter!


SENIORS - Looking to pay Senior Dues?




Attendance Procedures
- Attendance is important! The bell for class to start is at 7:10AM - please be on time!
- The Attendance desk is right inside the SOTA entrance at the round desk with the red counter top.
- Excused absence forms can be found at the Attendance desk.
- If your student is returning from an illness or other excused absence, they can pick up a form from the desk when they return.
- Parents/guardians should sign the form and the student can return it the next day.
- Your student's absence will then be updated in our system.
- Forms can also be found on the CGHS website.
- No excuse form is necessary if your student brings in a doctor's note to the Attendance desk.
- When coming to check-out your student, ID must be shown to the Attendance clerk.
SOTA Counselor
This document explains the three ways students may experience the arts at SOTA @ CGHS. Whether you want to take an arts elective or complete an arts pathway or study at a rigorous Conservatory level - we have something for you here!
SOTA @ CGHS 4-Core Overview
Fine Arts Diploma Seal
Ordering a letter jacket? Scholastic Images is at our school many times throughout the school year to take orders. SOTA patches are available for purchase. You must email meagan@scholasticimages.com to order a SOTA patch. SOTA patches are $25/piece.

We are one community...we are Black Knights!
Click here for all of the current SOTA Links! Instagram for each program, Booster Club websites, Facebook, YouTube sites - find them all here on our SOTA Linktree.
Click here to find the full CGHS/SOTA calendar of events! This calendar is constantly being updated, so keep checking back!
Take a look at what's happening at Central Gwinnett High School by visiting the CGHS website.
This is a wonderful newsletter prepared by our Parent Resource Coordinator, Cassie Milligan. Please read!
School of the Arts Information
For up-to-date district news, visit the GCPS website.
Click here for past SOTA Newsletters!