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Henry M Gunn High School
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Email: mgordon@pausd.org
Website: https://gunn.pausd.org/
Location: 780 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Phone: (650) 354-8200
Jan 26, 2020: Vol 3 Issue 19
Gunn Wellness
As a part of creating healthy goals and habits the Wellness Center supported an interactive seminar during Flex Time on January 22 aimed at busting myths around the use of e-cigarettes. This activity is a follow up on Dr. Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, Research professor with Stanford Medicine and developer of the Tobacco Prevention Toolkit, presentation to the school. Many thanks to the Gunn PTSA Health and Wellness team for helping make this event possible!
Mindful Minute:
Take 3 minutes to read this article on how being present in the moment can help buffer the effects of daily stress we all experience!
Foothill Middle College Information Nights
Are you a bright, curious free-thinker who is yearning for a more mature
environment? Are you looking for a supportive and accepting community?
Are you capable of doing college level work? Foothill Middle College is now
recruiting students from Palo Alto Unified and Mountain View-Los Altos High
School Districts for next school year. Middle College is an alternative program
that serves bright students who may not be performing up to their full potential,
or students who are dissatisfied with the traditional high school environment.
Foothill Middle College will be holding 2 open houses on 3/10 and 3/18 at 6:30 in Appreciation Hall on the Foothill campus.
The program is located on the Foothill campus and offers students the
opportunity to attend both high school and college classes concurrently.
Students accepted into the Middle College program leave their home school
and take all of their classes on the Foothill College campus. Every Middle
College student completes graduation requirements and receives a diploma
from his/her home school. For more information visit the foothillmiddlecollege.org website, and contact your student's counselor.
This week in SELF
SELF is not Scheduled for this week due to the AMC math test on Thursday and will resume the week of 2/6.
If you haven't checked out our first semester newsletter with information about the program, plans for this current semester, data from last semester, and resources that can help you to talk about SELF topics with your students at home, please click here.
Students file in for the Anti-Vaping Talk
Dr. Bonnie Halpern-Felsher presents to students.
Students take in the presentation.
College and Career
Jan 29 : 7-9 PM Gunn Library SUMMER OPS Fair (all are welcome).
- Arrive early, 8th grade parent night in Spangenberg and BOW will be from 7-9.
Feb 5: 7-8:30 Gunn Staff Lounge LOOKING at COLLEGE DATA from the “O” list
Feb 25: 7-9 Gunn Library A GAP FAIR ( first time ever here at Gunn)
Semester two in underway and all families that have not been seen by Linda Kirsch should contact her to ensure that all our juniors have a chance to think about life after Gunn.
Reminder that the Summer OPS fair will be here at Gunn on the last WED in January in the library from 7-9 so save the date JAN 29!
Gunn Counseling
2020-2021 Course Selection will run from February 10-28th. Similar to last year, students will request courses online through Infinite Campus. Be sure to check the Gunn website in the coming weeks for tutorials, forms, and the 2020-2021 Course Catalog. When considering next year's class load, we encourage you to pursue balance and allow enough time for your personal/social life, academic challenges, and extracurricular commitments. Teachers and counselors are excellent resources to explore and learn about course offerings as well as most appropriate course placement.
IMPORTANT REMINDER: Please include "Alternates" when selecting courses to ensure that you are placed in classes most appealing to you. Schedule changes in the fall can only be considered for courses that are on a student's Requests/Alternates list.
Here are the latest newsletters from the counselling department.
9th Grade Counseling Newsletter
10th Grade Counseling Newsletter
11th Grade Counseling Newsletter
Sources of Strength
Some projects underway are the Oracle Sources Advice Column, plans for middle- and elementary-school visits, Campus Clean-Up, and Positive Messages Art Displays,
Get involved in any of these projects!
Follow us on social media: @gunnsourcesofstrength
Contact any member of the Sources of Strength leadership team: Kristy Blackburn, Rosie Castil, Genavae Dixon, Paul Dunlap, Tara Firenzi
ROCK (Reach Out, Care, Know).
ROCK and Sources of Strength are sponsoring Gunn’s Third Annual Mental Health Awareness Walk – a 5K from Gunn to Bol Park, February 29, 9-11 a.m. Join us!
During December, ROCK members made Thank You cards for the Gunn Custodial Staff, making sure that their hard work doesn't go unappreciated.
Come to the third annual Warriors Watch Party for Wellness on Friday, March 20, in Bow Gym right after school. See them take on Detroit, have some snacks, and win prizes!
ROCK meets weekly in N114.
Contact rockatgunn@gmail.com or pdunlap@pausd.org with any questions. Follow us: @rockatgunn. Learn more at our website.
Gunn Foundation
Are you interested in helping to support Gunn High School seniors in furthering their education? The Gunn Foundation is accepting applications for new Trustees who want to join the Board in support of the Foundation's Mission, which is to provide need-based scholarships to college bound Gunn seniors. To learn more about the Gunn Foundation, visit our website or contact Althea Brown, Nominating Committee Chair, at thegunnfoundation@gmail.com. To apply to join the Board, click here.
Supporting the Gunn Foundation means helping Gunn students who will have to overcome significant financial hurdles in order to attend the colleges to which they are working hard to earn acceptance. Gunn Foundation need-based scholarships provide some relief from expenses such as housing deposits, textbooks, travel to and from school, and student fees that are not covered by financial aid.
PTSA
The Gunn PTSA supports Gunn highschool in many ways such as teacher grants, student activities, fundraising and organizing volunteers. Please visit the Gunn PTSA website for more information.
Palo Alto Partners in Education
Thank you to all that have supported Partners in Education (PiE). The donations to PiE continue to support many programs at Gunn, including our