Jaguar Bytes
Seckinger High School Newsletter
August 26, 2022
Announcements and Reminders
Save the Date: Homecoming Dance on Saturday, September 24
Homecoming Tickets are now on sale on Gofan.co
Early Bird (Now - 9/2): $25
Regular Price (9/3 - 9/18): $35
We will have a Pep Rally on 9/23, and the Homecoming Dance at SKG will be on 9/24 from 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM. More details coming next week!
Free & Reduced Price Meals Program
The Free and Reduced Price Application for SY22-23 is currently available. A new application must be submitted each school year since the previous year's application will not work. The online application is available in English and Spanish. It's a very quick and easy process.
Gwinnett County Public Schools offers healthy meals every school day. Breakfast costs $1.50; lunch costs $2.25 for elementary and $2.50 at middle and high schools. Your children may qualify for free meals or for reduced-price meals. The reduced price is $.30 for breakfast and $.40 for lunch. The GCPS web site contains an application for free or reduced-price meal benefits and a set of detailed instructions: https://www.gcpsk12.org/Page/29759
Senior Updates
Senior Portraits
Attention Seckinger Senior Families: It is not too late to schedule your Senior portraits through Cady. Please go to cady.com/schedule.
Counseling Canopy
Announcements from the Counseling Canopy
Need to make an appointment with your counselor? Here's how: Scan the QR code for your counselor below (based on last name) and enter in your student email and why you need to see them. Your counselor will then email you your appointment time and date. Please show your appointment confirmation email to your teacher before coming to the Counseling Canopy.
Senior Conferences Coming Soon!
Counselors will begin meeting with Seniors the week of Monday, August 29 to discuss graduation status, postsecondary options, and scholarship opportunities. Please plan to attend and bring questions.
11th Graders: Sign Up to Take the PSAT
11th graders, you may now sign up to take the PSAT! There is no charge! Practice is great to prepare you for the SAT. Improving your score helps to earn scholarships to go to college. Go to My Payments Plus to register. Registration is open 08/29/2022-09/02/2022.
PROBE College Tour
Register to attend a Probe College Tour near you!
Probe is an annual program of college fairs and guidance counselor workshops that are held throughout the state of Georgia. The program is managed by the Georgia Education Articulation Committee (GEAC), whose sole mission is to disseminate information and stimulate interest in post-secondary education for students in Georgia. Hundreds of colleges from across the nation attend Probe each year to reach thousands of Georgia high school juniors and seniors.
Georgia College & State University Visiting
Georgia College & State University will be on campus Friday, September 2nd. Please be sure to stop by the table during your lunch to meet with the admission representative.
Attendance Office
Attendance Office Procedures
- For attendance questions please email: seckingerattendance@gcpsk12.org.
- All check-ins and check-outs will happen in the Attendance Office at the back of the school in T102. Please do not enter the front of the building.
- Due to end-of-the-day procedures and traffic patterns, there will be no check-outs after 1:30 PM each day.
- All excused absences notes will need to be written and signed by a parent/guardian or a medical/dental excuse and delivered to the Attendance Office.
- We are not able to accommodate phone check-outs for safety and security purposes.
SKG Athletics
Updates From Coach Poff
- All elementary and middle school students must be accompanied by an adult at all sporting events.
- Please click here to access the head coach's directory and email the coach for more information. You can also view all workouts on the Google student calendar. **Remember you must create a rank one account, upload your current physical, and complete all forms prior to participating. Click here for instructions on setting up rank one.
- GoFan is now live Tickets to all Jaguar athletic events will be available for purchase at this time. See information below and visit the GoFan web site here: https://gofan.co/
- All-Sports Passes for students are now available for purchase on GoFan.
Boys Soccer Interest Meeting
If you are interested in trying out for SKG Soccer there will be an interest meeting on Thursday September 1st from 6:45am-7:05am in the 4th floor Lecture Hall T412.
SKG Clubs and Activities
In the News
Check out the three Fox5 features below from last week's game.
Communication
Connect with Us
To support your child’s individual needs and interests, we are offering multiple ways to connect with your family to address questions.
- Phones – Our main line is 678-288-0800.
- Email – You may email Administration with your child’s name, questions, and a preferred method of contact, email or phone. Administration Directory
- Social Media - Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. See details below.
Please forward the Jaguar Bytes to your child, as we are not able to email students directly with external communication tools.