Seniors | A. N. McCallum High School

Know of other important dates or events not listed here? Please contact Bonnie Baker at bonnie.baker@austinisd.org with your suggestions.

Attention Seniors! $1000 PTSA Scholarship Applications Now Open!

2024 – 2025 PTSA Scholarships for Class of '25 Seniors
*All applications must be received by Friday, March 14, 2025.*

Each year, the McCallum High School PTSA awards two (2) $1000 scholarships to graduating seniors. One (1) $1000 scholarship is awarded to a college/university-bound student and one (1) $1000 scholarship is awarded to a student who will pursue vocational/technical/trade/or an alternative path upon graduation.

To be considered a student must:
- Be a senior in the graduating class of 2024 – 2025
- Have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher
- Be (or become) a McCallum PTSA member

Check out the PTSA website for more information and a link to the application: https://mccallumptsa.org/about/ptsa/ptsa-scholarships/

Did you attend Barton Hills Elementary School for at least two years? If so, you are eligible to apply for a $1000 or $500 scholarship! Applications are due April 11, 2025 (and two teacher recommendations are required). Here's the link to apply: https://tinyurl.com/bhescholarship2025

Grad Walks:

HIGHLAND PARK ALUMNI GRAD WALK - MON MAY 19 @ 7:45am

Calling all former HP Scotties who graduate May '25! Come walk the halls one more time to the cheers of adoring elementary students, caregivers and staff!

WHO: Highland Park Elementary Alumni who are graduating from high school this school year
WHAT: Graduation walk! Students will line up and walk the school in your gap year/college merch or cap/gown to the cheers of current HP students and teachers lining the halls.
WHEN: Monday May 19th
WHERE: HP Cafe. Check in at Front Office and BRING I.D.! Please carpool if you can and park in neighborhood side streets.
Parade ends at Perry Playground picnic tables and a group pic on the playscape!
TIME: Please arrive by 7:45am to receive instructions. We will have oversized paper for you to write your name w/ your current high school in BIG LETTERS so that all your former teachers can recognize you as you pass. Walk will commence at 8 am SHARP.
RSVP: Students, kindly RSVP via this Google Form: https://forms.gle/cBHSCJAstohFybq3A
QUESTIONS? Email cari.land@austinisd.org
SPREAD THE WORD! ❤️

Seniors Finals Schedule:

Tuesday, May 20- Seventh & Eighth (seniors only)

Wednesday, May 21- Third & Fourth (seniors only)

Thursday, May 22- Fifth & Sixth (seniors only)

Friday, May 23- all grade levels take First & Second period final

Senior Dates:

Please note: this is not an all-inclusive list of senior dates & deadlines. As dates are submitted to the website, we will add them.

Dec. 1- deadline to order caps and gowns
Dec. 1- FAFSA application process opens
Dec. 17- CADY in library from noon until 6 pm to take yearbook photos for seniors (by appt.). Mr. Webster will be reaching out to seniors with more details. In the meantime, please contact j.frank.webster@austinisd.org if you have questions.
Dec. 31- Senior Yearbook Ads increase to a higher price
March 1 - deadline to complete the FAFSA or Opt-Out Form
April 26- Prom @ Brazos Hall, 204 E 4th St., Austin 78701.
Tickets will be on sale during lunch in Ms. O'Neal's room (126) from 4/1-4/25. Prom will be at Brazos Hall on Saturday 4/28 at 8pm and no tickets will be sold at the door.
May 19- Senior Grad Walks at Elementary Schools
May 23- Senior Breakfast in the Library
May 28- Senior Carnival (1:30 pm- 3:30 pm @ McCallum)
May 29 @ 10 am- Mandatory graduation practice in the MAC
May 29- Baccalaureate @ Covenant Presbyterian Church, 3003 Northland Dr., Austin 78757- 7 pm
May 30- Graduation Ceremony- 10 am @ Burger Center (indoors)

Wristbands and tickets are not required to attend graduation. Guests are limited to six per graduate (honor system).

Graduation Event Preparation

AISD Graduation Schedule
Graduation Frequently Asked Questions
Herff Jones Website (Cap & gown orders/graduation products)
Project Graduation. ((DONATE to Sponsor a Senior today!)

McCallum Project Graduation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit run by parent volunteers that serves the mission of providing fun and inclusive drug and alcohol-free activities for all seniors to celebrate their achievement in graduation from McCallum High School! Its core activities are selling the senior yard signs during the fall, providing ride-share vouchers for prom and other significant senior celebration days, putting on the Senior Breakfast before the start of finals, and putting on the Senior Carnival at the end of school. There is a lot of fundraising and volunteering required to make all of this a reality. Project Graduation is funded entirely by McCallum families, McCallum community school PTAs, and local business sponsors without any financial support from AISD.
New volunteers are always welcome, from all years! Learn more and donate to support Project Graduation here: Mac project grad on square

Class of 2025 - Project Graduation/Project Graduation Fundraising

Project Graduation's fundraising has officially launched! We are looking for business sponsors who want to support fun, safe, and substance- and alcohol-free events celebrating the Class of 2025! We've created a handy flyer you can leave with any business (your employer! your vet! your dry cleaners! your insurance agent! your ortho!) and a sample letter you can cut and paste into an email. It's so easy to ask! And excess funds that we raise this year will roll over to next year's senior class.

THANK YOU, MAC FAMILIES!!!

Flyer: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1obttsmkyCqSbt_bAzTjedFDp43jWAMX-/view?usp=sharing

Letter: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ru9Udgg4gPAxY45J7gzzLd8AG_ZW8MqE/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=103424312191265662144&rtpof=true&sd=true

Links:

FAFSA and Opt-Out Form

Senior Photos

Senior Yearbook and/or Yearbook Ad