Weekly News
September 6, 2019
Calendar of Events 2019-2020
September 26, 2019: Open House (6-8pm)
October 14, 2019: No School (Columbus Day)
October 15, 2019: No School (District Professional Development Day)
October 15, 2019: Travel Information Night. 6pm
TBD: Open Mic Night
November 1 & 2, 2019: Fall Theater; You Can't Take It With You
November 14, 2019: Parent / Teacher Conferences (Day 1/2)
November 15 -19, 2019: Give Kids the World Service Trip (Orlando, FL)
November 21, 2019: Parent / Teacher Conferences (Day 2/2)
November 28, 2019: Happy Thanksgiving (10am Annual Football Game at Tyngsborough)
December 2, 2019: Winter Sports Begin.
December 21, 2019 - January 5, 2020: Winter Vacation
January 20, 2020: No School (MLK Day)
January 24, 2020: End Quarter 2 / Semester 1
February 15 - 23, 2020: February Vacation
March 12, 2020: Spring Open House (6:00 - 7:30)
April 3, 2020: End Quarter 3
April 18 - 26, 2020: April Vacation
May 15, 2020: Junior Senior Prom (early release day)
May 29, 2020: Graduation (6pm)
June 12, 2020: Scheduled last day of school
Open House
Open House Partners
Fall Theater Performance
Auditions for the Fall Play, You Can't Take It with You, will be Monday, September 9th in room 139. Sign ups will be posted outside room 203. Please see Ms. Olson in room 203 if you have any questions. Hope to see you there!
Student Drop off in the AM
All students should be dropped off on the side of the school close to the Tennis Courts. Students are able to access the school from the side entrance in the morning.
Please do not drop students in front of the main entrance prior to the beginning of the school day as this is reserved for School Busses only.
We have many new drivers in the Parking Lot. Please do not drive through the student parking lot and drop off students there. It is already a bit hectic and more cars in and out can add to the issue.
Please do not drive down the driveway to the left of the school. This area is reserved for student van drop-off at the side entrance located there.
If you are dropping off a student after the beginning of school, using the driveway directly in front of the main entrance is fine.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
From our Guidance Department
Our Guidance Website:
Check out our GDRHS Guidance site!
PSAT Dates and Registration
The PSAT will be proctored at the high school on Saturday, October 19th at 7:00 am. Registration is now open, please register by September 30, 2019. Cash/Checks payable to GDRHS are due in guidance by October 4th.
Click here for registration page.
AP Testing
All AP students are required to have a college board account.
for registration (AP teacher will provide an access code for each AP class).
for access to digital resources (New this year)
for receiving AP scores
Earlier AP test registration (moved from spring to fall semester)
Students taking a semester one AP or a full year AP are required to order their exams by November 1, 2019
Students taking a semester two AP are required to order by March 10, 2020
Exams are $100 for each exam
Registrations after the deadline will be assessed a $40 per exam late fee
More information will be provided by your student's AP teacher. If you have further questions email mcain@gdrsd.org.
G-D Students devote time to the Groton Historical Commission over the Summer.
Check out Connie Sartini's Groton Herald article about student volunteers Lindsay Koza and Ethan McNamara who volunteered for the Groton Historical Commission's summer project to inventory the Town Hall archives.
Picture Re-Takes
If you missed the opportunity to have pictures taken last week, re-takes will take place on Friday, October 4th.
Yearbook Information
SENIOR PORTRAIT DEADLINE
Reminder to the SENIORS of the Class of 2020 and their PARENTS: SENIOR PORTRAITS are due on OCTOBER 25. If you haven’t scheduled your photo session, do so as soon as possible.
Here is our information sheet containing PORTRAIT PHOTO SPECIFICATIONS to give to your photographer as well as SENIOR TRIBUTE AD design and purchasing information for PARENTS and FRIENDS of SENIORS.
Our official school photographer is MARK LAWRENCE PHOTOGRAPHERS. They offer affordable portrait rates for GD seniors.
FALL TEAM PHOTOS AND ORDER FORMS
Our Mark Lawrence school rep, Lisa Dipalma, is working with our new Athletic Department to set the TEAM PHOTO date for our fall teams. ANY PARENT WISHING TO PURCHASE A SPORTS PHOTO PACKAGE for their child should open this link to open and print a pdf order form.
PARENT PHOTOGRAPHERS OF JV TEAMS
Although Mark Lawrence Photographers take team photos and action photos of varsity teams for us, we only contract with them to take the team photos for our JV teams. IF YOU ARE A PARENT WHO TAKES ACTION PHOTOS of your child's JV games, please share your best action photos with us. One of our goals this year is to get more complete coverage of our JV teams, and your photos would help us do that. You can email your photos as attachments to hsyearbook@gdrsd.org or drag them into this shared folder: JV Teams Parent Photo Submissions. Thank you in advance for sharing!
Travel Opportunities for this school year
We still have limited spots available for the following trips....
Peru (Language Immersion)... To register or get more information visit https://www.eftours.com/tour-website/2139392MX or
see Ms. Penchansky
South Africa (Science, Culture, & History)... https://www.eftours.com/tour-website/2149969EE or see Mr. Reid or Ms. McHugh
France / Italy (Art Focus)... See Ms. Kostich if interested... https://rsvp.eftours.com/xs4dcny
Panama (Science and Technology)... - To register or get more information visit https://www.eftours.com/tour-website/2137917MH or
see Mr. Rocheleau or Ms. Salemme
Europe; Summer 2020 (with Homestay experience)... To register or get more information visit https://www.explorica.com/My-Account/My-Tours/TourCenter.aspx
or see Mr. Arena.
Travel Opportunities for next school year 2020-2021
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