Grad Knight Bus Selection Process
- Tues 5/5 ALL students with a ticket for the 2026 Grad Knight celebration has been sent an email to their PERSONAL (non-BSD) email to confirm their Non-BSD email address. Check your SPAM folder!
- See the Priority List of ALL STUDENTS that have a Grad Knight ticket and their priority number for bus assignment. Start coordinating with your friend group to get on the same color bus.
- Don't see a friend on the list? Invite your friend to PURCHASE TICKETS HERE
- Mon 5/18 12:01 AM: Students with priority numbers 001-030 will get an email.
- The email will include:
- Grad Knight Vendor and Newport PTSA Waiver,
- Emergency Care Plan Form (complete only if you have life-threatening allergies or medical conditions)
- 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 a maximum of 52 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 email request MUST be on the CC line of the email,
- your friends need to "reply" to that email thread with their typed waivers as well
- 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.
Hi this is Charlie Brown,
1st choice of bus is blue, 2nd is green. I’d like to bring up my friends Snoopy and Woodstock. Attached are my completed waivers. (Snoopy & Woodstock will "reply" to this email thread and include their signed waivers to confirm their bus selection).
Tues- Fri- 5/19-5/22
- Beginning at 12:01 AM, the next group of #31-## priority numbers (after all the shifting) will receive an email and the process will repeat each day Wed/Thurs/Fri of that week.
- Responses are due back by 9:00 PM that same day.
Waivers are also available for download here:
Newport PTSA Waiver & Vendor Waiver
Emergency Care Plan Form (only required IF you have a life-threatening medical condition or accommodations. Please DO NOT fill this form out unless you have a medical condition we need to be aware of.
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 LARGER than the current number range selecting their bus.
- 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. Email [email protected].
- 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.
- 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 Givebacks receipt confirmations.
- 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.
- A: ABSOLUTELY! We encourage you to work together once you are assigned a bus to come up with your preferred playlist.
- 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.
- 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.
of the Newport High School PTSA.
