Grand Blanc High School
Newsletter ~ March 2020
Upcoming Events: March & April
March 10th - Ring of Silence Showing, 6:00 pm
March 11th- Late Start
March 19th-21st- High School Theater (Legally Blonde)
March 27th- 1/2 Day for all students
March 30th- April 3- Spring Recess
April 8th- Late Start (All Buildings)
April 8th- Senior Class Meeting
April 9th- End of 3rd Marking Period
April 10th- Good Friday (All Buildings Closed)
April 14th- SAT Testing
April 15th- Work Keys Testing
April 21st -23rd - M-STEP Testing
Daily Announcements Reminder: Daily announcements are now available on the home page of our Grand Blanc High School website under quick links. Tune into GBHS Announcements to keep updated on school news and events.
Let's Stay Healthy!
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GBHS Spring Musical!
Ring of Silence, March 10, 2020
GBHS is hosting a second showing of the human trafficking movie, “Ring of Silence”, filmed right here in Genesee County. Doors will open at 5:45 pm on March 10, 2020. The 95 minute movie will begin at 6pm in the auditorium.
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with some new guests, so if you came last time and don’t want to watch the film again, you’re welcome to join after the movie at 7:40 pm. Please register below by clicking “Get Tickets”. GBHS students and parents are encouraged to attend, but the community is welcome.
Film is rated PG-13 and contains mature content - not recommended for small children and students under 14 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. #ringofsilence #ringofsilencemovie
Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ring-of-silence-movie-screenin…
Graduation Planning
The Blue Line Club is a special seating package for commencement ceremonies. The room is on the second floor of the Dort Federal Event Center with a balcony that gives a perfect view to watch your students graduate. Also included in the package is an early entry into the Event Center and beautiful catered hors'd'oeuvres by Creative Catering. The room is able to accommodate 20 of these packages. The cost per package is $300 and a full payment must be received by cash or check in the Principal’s office prior to 2:30 pm on Friday, May 1st. If more than 20 deposits are received, a lottery drawing will take place at 2:30 pm on Monday, May 4th in the Principal’s Office. Winners will be notified by phone call at the conclusion of the lottery. All families not winning the lottery will have their deposits returned in full the week of May 4th, 2020.
Grand Blanc Yearbook
Order Your Yearbook!
Did you know…our yearbook is a national award-winning publication filled with our best photography, interviews, and writing. Pre-order your 2020 Echo Yearbook before we sell out. Cost is $85. This price includes spring coverage of sports, which will be included in the yearbook supplement when it is delivered in May. Visit www.gbyearbook.com for order forms and information.
Students
Are you a spring athlete who would like to be featured in our yearbook? Please message us at gbyearbook.com or send an e-mail to abutzu@gbcs.org. We want to include your story in our yearbook.
Save the Date
It's back! The yearbook will be hosting its 5th annual Kolor Run Fun Run/Walk on May 30 at 9 a.m. Get your group together now and look for sign-up information on gbyearbook.com
Counseling Office
Junior student and parents:
The SAT is being taken by Juniors on April 14 but students will fill out required information on their answer document the week before spring break. Students are allowed to identify up to 4 colleges to send scores to for free. These must be filled out during this last week before break. Begin thinking about this now because once the answer document is filled out you cannot access it again until test day to take the test. Students do not have to send their scores if they do not want to at this time.
9th, 10th, and 11th grade students and parents:
The SAT and PSAT 10 and PSAT 9 testing information will be mailed home the week before sprain break. Please keep an eye out for it. It will contain testing information as well as the students testing room number.
COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS
Seniors are encouraged to continue completing their college applications electronically via the college websites. It is an honor for a staff member to be asked to write a letter of recommendation and they want to do a good job in representing you to the college of your choice. Students must complete a letter of recommendation form and submit that to their counselor and/or teachers. Forms are located in the Counseling Office as well as on the website in the senior documents file. Please request a letter of recommendation well in advance (7-10 days) of the deadline. Thank you!
SENIOR INFORMATION
There is now a senior documents file that has all of the important information that was discussed at the senior meeting this year. This file has important senior dates, college application info, SAT testing information, etc. To access this senior file please visit the high school website at https://www.gbcs.org/Domain/12 click on “Quicklinks” and the senior file is under the student section.
GBHS Counseling Staff
Phyllis Mol, Counselor (Student Last Names A-C)
Paula Douglas, Counselor (Student Last Names D-Hi)
Nicole Kernen, Counselor (Student last Names Ho-Ma)
Brain Halas, Counselor (Student Last Names Mc-R)
Mary Gardner, Counselor (Student Last Names S-Z)
John Hentes, Counselor (All CSS/GCI/Early College Students)
Tammy McBride, Department Secretary
Email: tmcbride@gbcs.org
Phone: (810) 591-6647
FISH FUNDRAISER
Library
Our hours are Monday – Friday 6:30am to 3:30pm. We do close the doors at 2:45pm to encourage student studying. Our National Honor Society provides free student to student tutoring on every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
With the snow season soon to be upon us, remember to keep a plastic bag in your backpacks to help protect your Chromebooks and textbooks from water damage.
Please renew those library books! We have approximately 215 overdue books. We would much rather renew books than charge the overdue fines of 10¢ a day.
New books arrive at least monthly! We love suggestions for new reading material so please let us know if there is something you would like to request.
Lastly, we have about 241 students will textbooks out from previous years. Please return these ASAP!
College Board Accounts: 9th – 11th grade
A College Board account is required of all students. If you do not have a College Board account already set up, please do so at www.collegeboard.org . The student needs to be the one to set this up. Do not set up a second account. This account is needed for PSAT9, PSAT10, and SAT review, score viewing, and score sending to colleges. Please keep your login and password somewhere where you can find it as needed. These accounts are sometimes used during class time. If you already set up an account and cannot remember your login and password information, please call College Board at 1-866-756-7346. Staff do not have students information.