Seniors Graduation and General Information
Class of 2025!
Graduation will be held on the evening of Thursday, May 29th, 2025, 7:00pm.
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Cap and Gown orders:
You can look at all the products and order online at Josten's Website <<<at this link.
Cap & gown PICK UP will be during lunch blocks on APRIL 23, 2025
Not sure what to do with your robes after graduation is over? Donate them for future student use! Grayslake North will be accepting your graduation robes in the main office. Drop them off any day following graduation.
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Graduation Tickets
Students will be given 7 tickets for guests during the mandatory rehearsal on 5/28/25. Students can ask fellow students for extras that they will not need. Any extras will be given first-come-first-served at the end of rehearsal. Each guest must have a ticket to enter graduation. (Rehearsal is 5/28 at 1:30 after the senior luncheon at 12:30)
Senior Lunch May 28th
The Class of 2025 Senior Lunch will be held on May 28, 2025, at 12:30 PM. The Senior lunch is a variety of grab-and-go food for the seniors before the mandatory graduation practice. We need your help!
A Sign Up Genius will be shared out soon for volunteers to sign up, and if you would like to donate monetarily, link to come in the spring. Thanks in advance for your help celebrating our senior class!
Amy Fitzgerald - Senior Class Sponsor
afitzgerald@d127.org
Seniors & Parents: Fill out (form to come) to share photos of your childhood self and friends! These will be displayed during the senior lunch!
Senior Portraits:
Our contracted school photographer is Vincent Zanzucchi and his team at Total Image Photographics. Your senior has two options for capturing their Yearbook Portrait Photo:
1. All seniors have the option to sit for their headshot on their assigned picture day at school.
2. You may schedule a free sitting with a photographer at their studio in Grayslake. Phone # (847) 223-5900
Graduation Photos:
Total Image Photographics will be taking pictures at the graduation ceremony as the Class of 2025 receives their diplomas! Photos will be available for purchase one week later at www.totalimagephotographics.com. Question? Please call 847-223-5900
The Commencement Group is vendor that will provide beautiful products at graduation that you can pre-order. Flowers, t-shirts, bears, etc. All pre-orders will close the night before graduation, and will be available for purchase at the graduation ceremony. Click on their website to order: thecommencementgroup.com/grayslake/
UPCOMING EVENTS:
5/10/25 Great America Grad Night - Sign up in the Bookstore
5/14/25 Senior Honors & Awards Night
5/21/25 Senior Athletic Banquet is May 21st, 2025, 6pm
5/23/25 Last day for FAFSA HELP 11am-3pm
5/28/25 Senior Lunch and Mandatory rehearsal is May 28th, starting at 12:30 after classes are released
5/29/25 Graduation is May 29th, 2025, 7:00pm
Seniors, we’re looking for a class speaker for graduation! This is a cherished tradition, and we are excited to see who will step forward to represent the Class of 2025! How to Apply: ✅ Submit this Google form by April 30 at 8am ✅ Write a speech (no more than 4 minutes) and send your final draft to Ms. Schwartz (cschwartz@d127.org) by April 30 at 8 AM
The park opens at 9:30pm. You will need to be at North by 8:30pm so we can load the buses and arrive on time to enter the park at 9:30pm. Once the event is over, we will head back to North and should arrive back at North by 3:30am.
Celebrate your graduate with a customized lawn sign! Many designs to choose from! LINK FOR CLASS OF 2025
Senior Banners in Downtown Grayslake
Please use this link for Grayslake North students! The banners will go up around May 15th, and stay up for approximately 3-4 weeks. The banner placement will be designated by the Village of Grayslake.
The Class of 2025 Street Light Banners are being offered by James W. Smith Printing Company to hang in downtown Grayslake.
If you are purchasing a banner and have already had a senior portrait taken by Total Image, either at school or in studio, there is no need to have another one taken. If you have not been photographed and are purchasing a banner, please call Total Image at 847-223-5900 as soon as possible to make an appointment. The deadline for submitting an order for a banner is Friday, April 18, 2025. This is offered on a first come, first serve basis with a limit of 35 banners (140 pictures). Please act soon!
Senior Tribute Ad in the Yearbook
Senior Dedications are a popular feature in the senior class section of the GNHS yearbook. This is an opportunity for parents of seniors to submit a baby, childhood, or early high school picture of their child, reflect upon the past, and convey some words of advice for the future. Order your Senior Tribute Ad Here.
APPLY FOR THE CUM LAUDE PROGRAM
CUM LAUDE INFORMATION
The application for 2025 is now CLOSED. You should be keeping track of all of your activities and volunteer work on your own throughout the year to add to this application.
LOOKING FOR SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITES? Log in to your SchooLinks account.
HOW TO GET YOUR TRANSCRIPTS << click here
College and Career Resources <<<
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Location College & Career Center
NEED 1:1 FAFSA HELP, BOOK AN APPT!
5/23/25 - FAFSA application help, 11:00-3:00pm. (bring social security number)
College Rep Visits: Please see your Schoology page for updates!
Click here for Resources for Seniors from the College and Career Center!
FINDING YOUR FIT << click here
Your counselors, as well as the College and Career Resource Center (CCRC), are here to give you as many resources as possible to be able to research and figure out what's best for you!
Teacher Rec Letters
** If you apply to more schools that require a teacher letter of rec. Don't forget to add the teacher's name in SchooLinks. You will need to do this every time a teacher letter is required and it is a new school you are applying to.
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