High School & Graduation Info & Forms

Pathways Academy

Class of 2024

Graduation Information

 2024 Graduation Ceremony: 

May 18, 2024

@ 2pm

Church at Wills Creek

2730 Wills Creek Rd. Gadsden AL. 35904

All forms and due dates are available on this page.

If you have any questions, please call 256-494-1600 or email Kathy at pathwaysacademy@hotmail.com

All Graduates are held to these requirements.

Failure to turn in forms or meet deadlines may result in your child not participating in the Graduation ceremony.

2024 Graduation Deadlines

September 15, 2023 

Intent to Graduate form due (you may email to

pathwaysacademy@hotmail.com)       

October 3rd or 5th, 2023 (Only one meeting is required)

Mandatory Graduation Meeting (Only chance to get $25 discount)

$75 due at meeting

 Pay Partial or Full Fees Here

Parent/Guardian and Graduating Senior must be present. We will be taking a photo of each senior that night.

January 18, 2024

1.Updated DEW required

2. Update Homeschool Reporting (Grades and Attendance)

3. Cap, Gown, and Tassel order deadline (If walking at graduation)

4. All Stoles & Cords order deadline (If walking at graduation)

April 4, 2024 

Graduation Exam must be on file

Remainder of graduation fee due

Slideshow photos due- ( If walking at graduation)

Graduate Information form due-( If walking at graduation)

May 2, 2024

All final grades and attendance due

Final DEW due

Diploma Request Form due

Final transcript request form due (This is to be sent to the college you have chosen to attend.)

May 21 and 23, 2024 

Non- Walking graduates may pick up their diploma or diploma will be mailed for an additional $15

Last day to request transcripts until July 11th

June 2024

Office closed; no forms sent out

 

2024 High School  Forms

High School Handbook

Diploma Evaluation Worksheet

Attendance at graduation rehearsal is mandatory to walk in the ceremony.

Rehearsal begins at 10am the morning of graduation. It will be in the sanctuary at The Church at Wills Creek. The purpose of rehearsal is to stage graduation and familiarize our graduates with the layout and what will be expected of them.

Please bring your graduation apparel to rehearsal, you will leave it there when you leave from rehearsal. You may come dressed casual for the rehearsal.

 Rehearsal lasts about 1 hour, and we will start promptly at 10am. Seniors will be allowed to leave after rehearsal but will be required to return by 1pm to get dressed for the ceremony. Once they return, they will not be allowed to leave their staging area before the ceremony. Parents and friends will not be allowed into the senior’s staging area.

Graduation Day Dress Code

We ask that graduates dress comfortably in business casual style attire. NO SHORTS! No blue jeans. Guys should wear collared shirts. Exposed tattoos are not allowed and only one small facial piercing is allowed. Please do not wear any clothing that will be embarrassing to your family or Pathways Academy administration when your gown is removed. Please wear shoes you can comfortably stand in for prolonged periods of time and climb stairs while wearing. Most importantly, no tennis shoes, flip flops, athletic slides or beach sandals are allowed.

Please consider wearing a hairstyle that will allow for wearing a graduate cap. (Grad caps will be worn flat on the head, not sticking up.) Hair pins are not recommended for use because graduates toss their caps at the end of the ceremony.