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Class of 2026 Information

1st Semester Senior Checklist

1st Semester Important Tasks

  • small checkboxFill out your senior survey (on the senior Canvas page)
  • small checkboxOrder your cap and gown for graduation (must be done by October 7, 2025)
  • small checkboxGet your senior yearbook photo taken (must be done by December 19, 2025)
  • small checkboxPay fees ASAP

1st Semester Monthly Checklist

August

  • small checkboxEnroll in the Senior Canvas course – https://cabarrus.instructure.com/enroll/3KER3K
  • small checkboxDecide how you will get your senior yearbook photo taken:
    • small checkboxOption 1: Go to Cady.com and set up an appointment to go to Cady’s studio in Charlotte. Includes a minimum of your yearbook photo (tux/drape photo), a cap and gown photo, and 1 other photo with background and outfit of your choice. Requires paying a $29 sitting fee.
    • small checkboxOption 2: Wait until November and set up an appointment with Miss Armstrong in the Media Center to get your senior yearbook photo taken by Cady at CHS for free. Yearbook photos ONLY, no other photos will be taken by Cady at CHS. 
  • small checkboxOptional: Order yearbook on Jostens.com for $65 (price will increase if not ordered by the end of August)

October

  • small checkboxOctober 7 - Last day to order your cap and gown on Jostens.com
  • small checkboxOctober 20-26 - Free College Application week: Go to CFNC.org for more information.
  • small checkboxOctober 31 - Last day to order a senior recognition ad for the yearbook without being charged a late fee. Order on Jostens.com

November

  • small checkboxNovember 1 - Final chance to order your cap and gown on Jostens.com. Note: Cap and gown price includes a late fee if ordered after November 1.
  • small checkboxSee Miss Armstrong in the Media Center to make a senior yearbook photo appointment if you are not going to Cady’s studio to get your photos taken.

December

  • small checkboxDecember 5 - Last day to order a senior recognition ad for the yearbook. A late fee is applied for all ads ordered after October 31. Order on Jostens.com
  • small checkboxDate TBD - Get senior yearbook photo taken at CHS if not going to Cady’s studio to get pictures taken (see Miss Armstrong in the Media Center to set up an appointment).
  • small checkboxGo online to Cady’s website and select which senior photo pose you want included in the yearbook - must be done by December 19.
  • small checkboxDecember 19 - Last day to get senior yearbook pictures taken. Photos taken after this date will not be included in the yearbook, on the senior slideshow, or on your senior yard sign. 
  • small checkboxDecember early graduates - See Ms. Ackett in student services to make sure she has up-to-date contact information for you. 
  • small checkboxPay 1st semester fees.
  • small checkboxReturn all textbooks, library books, electronics, uniforms, and any other school owned supplies that are not needed for 2nd semester before leaving for winter break.

Class of 2026 Senior Pictures

  • A picture of a young man in a tux posing for his senior yearbook photo.
    Tux Photo for Yearbook
  • A picture of a young woman in a drape and pearls posing for his senior yearbook photo.
    Drape Photo for Yearbook
  • A picture of a yound woman in a graduation cap and gown.
    Cap and Gown Photo
  • A picture of a young man holding a basketball and posing for a senior photo.
    Additional Scenes Photo

Cady is our official school photographer. Official tux/drape (yearbook) and cap and gown photos can only be taken by them. CHS will not accept or utilize tux/drape (yearbook) photos taken by any other photographers. Students have two options for how to get their senior yearbook photo taken. Please note that both options require students having an appointment. See below for how to set up appointments. 

Option 1: Go to Cady’s studio in Charlotte to get senior pictures taken. Any appointments made at Cady’s studio will include the yearbook (tux/drape photo), a cap and gown photo, and at least one addtional pose of your choice. 

Directions:

  1. Go to Cady’s website, Cady com.
  2. Scroll down and click Book Your Session.
  3. Follow the steps to choose your scenes and session types*.
  4. Select a day and time at the studio to get your picture taken.

*Please note that all appointments made at Cady’s studio require paying a sitting fee. The minimum appointment and sitting fee is called the Simple package. It requires a $29 sitting fee, and includes the yearbook photo, cap and gown photo, and 1 additional pose. If you would like more than just 1 additional pose, packages with larger sitting fees are available. 

Appointments to get photos taken at Cady’s studio open up on May 1, 2025.

Option 2: Get your tux/drape photo taken at school. This option will only include the yearbook photo. No other senior photos will be taken at school. 

Directions: 

  1. Wait until November. Appointments for getting senior yearbook photos taken at CHS will not open until November, after we have an idea of how many students will be taking photos at school instead of at the studio. 
  2. When appointments open in November, students will need to see Miss Armstrong in the Media Center to set up an appointment. When appointments open, Miss Armstrong will also be in all lunches for a week to remind students and get them signed up for an appointment. 
  3. Cady will come to the school on a date TBD in December to take these photos.

*Please note this option is the only one that does not require a sitting fee. Photos taken with this option will still be available for purchase; however, there will not be a picture re-take day for these photos. 

Appointments to get the yearbook (tux/drape) photo ONLY taken at CHS will open up in November 2025. 

All senior yearbook photos (tux/drape photo) must be taken by December 19, 2025 in order to be included in the yearbook, on the senior slideshow at graduation, and on senior yard signs. Any tux/drape photos taken after December 19, 2025 will still be available for individual purchase and use, but they will not appear in any official school materials. 

Contact Miss Armstrong with any questions – emily.armstrong@cabarrus.k12.nc.us.