Grad Knight Bus Selection Process

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  • Sun May 3, ALL students with a ticket for the 2025 Grad Knight celebration will get an email sent to their PERSONAL (non-BSD) email identifying ALL STUDENTS that have a Grad Knight ticket and their priority number.
    • Beginning May 3 PLEASE BEGIN CHECKING YOUR JUNK MAIL
    • Don't see a friend on the list?
  • Wed 5/21 ALL Grad Knight Ticket purchasers will get another updated link to the list of purchasers so you can begin coordinating your friend groups!
  • Tues 5/27 12:01 AM: Students with priority numbers 001-030 will get an email. 
  • The email will include:
    • the Newport Grad Nnight vendor Student Waiver
    • a second Grad Knight PTSA Waiver, 
    • A link to view the list of available busses, 
    • Which students have selected which bus and the number of available spaces left on any bus.
    • Each bus holds 40 students.
    • Each bus will have a color, you can request a spot on ANY color bus. 
    • You will have the whole day to confirm with friends but must respond to the bus assignment email invitation with your choice of color bus by 9 PM of the dated bus request email
    • You (student) MUST include the completed typed waivers that were sent to you as part of the Bus Assignment process with your typed signature in your bus assignment response. 
    • You may include up to TWO other friends  who have agreed to be assigned with you (with any priority number) in your request.
    • The two friends you are including in your request MUST be on the CC line,
      • your email response MUST include YOUR typed waivers
      • your friends need to respond to that email with their typed waivers. 
    • The priority list will shift as some students with a lower purchase priority will have been invited by students with higher priority to be assigned to a bus.
    • If you are included on the CC line of a friend with a higher priority you will not get an email to make a bus request, because you have already been assigned a bus.
    • Bus assignments are awarded in order of response.
 
  • Wed- FRI- 5/28-5/30: Beginning 12:01 AM the next group of 031-### priority numbers (after all the shifting) will receive an email and the process will repeat Wed/Thurs/Fri of that week. 
  • Responses are due back by 9:00 PM that same day.​

Bus Assignment FAQs

Q: If my friends are in the range of priority numbers do I need to include them on my email?
  • A: NO. If your friends are with in the same group of numbers that are selecting their BUS (NOT SEAT) for that day then you just need to coordinate which color bus to choose. You only need to include other students on the CC line if their priority number is are LARGER than the current number range selecting their bus.
Q: I didn't purchase my ticket by 5/16 but I would like to attend - can I still go?
  • A:  We will continue to sell tickets if we have seats available on buses. We would like every student that would like to attend to have the opportunity to go. Please email us before you purchase, if you'd like to purchase after the bus assignment process.
Q: I've had a falling out with a friend and or a late ticket purchase, how do I change bus assignments and or get assigned to a bus.
  • A: Once you have gone through the bus assignment process - assignments are final, so please make sure you use the time before assignment begins to map out your game plan. You are not assigned a specific seat - only a bus. You are free to sit anywhere on the bus you like. If you are a late ticket purchaser, you can choose from buses that have open seating. Again, bus assignments are fully transparent. Students will be able to see which students have selected which buses when they are invited to choose a bus.
Q: My mom submitted my waiver back in November but I don't have a GIVEBACKS confirmation. 
  • Unfortunately if you do not have a payment confirmation receipt, we don't have record of your registration. Please make sure your parent has confirmed their payment, as that is what secures your priority for bus assignment.
  • We encourage you to purchase your ticket and work with a student that has their priority number assigned so you can sit on the same bus, or, when it is your turn to request your assignment, we'd be happy to put you on your requested bus if there is still availability.
  • Search your email for MemberHub and or Givebacks for receipt confirmations.
Q: I forgot to respond to my bus assignment email, what happens?
  • A: If you you did not respond to your bus assignment email, you will be moved to the next days' group and get another invitation. If you fail to respond at all, you will be assigned a bus at the discretion of the assignor.
Q: Can we play music on the busses?
  • A: ABSOLUTLY! We encourage you to work together once you are assigned a bus to come up with your preferred playlist. 
Q: There were seats availble on the color bus I chose but I didn't get that bus.
  • A: Space on buses are awarded on a first response basis, once the space is full on that bus, your secondary choice will be awarded so get your request in quickly.
Q: There are blank or yellow spaces in the waivers columns, on the bus assignment sheet by my name what does that mean?
  • A: It means we are missing one or more of your waivers and need to collect those from you in order for you to board the bus.
The Newport Grad Knight Committee is certified 501(c)(3)operating under the guidance and support
​of the Newport High School PTSA.