Weekly News
May 6, 2020
Happy Mother's Day to all of the great Moms out there!
Calendar of Events
May 11-12: Juniors scheduled to pick up items from GDRHS
May 18-29: Sophomores scheduled to pick up items from GDRHS
May 26-27: Freshmen scheduled to pick up items from GDRHS
June 15, 2020: Scheduled last day of school
Update: Week 7
Quarter 4
Teachers will issue Pass/Fail Grades for all quarter 3 students. If a student was failing quarter three when school was shut down they will have the opportunity to make up work in order to earn a P. Quarter 4 grades will also be Pass/Fail. Please note that neither quarter three or quarter 4 grades will be factored into student GPAs.
Scheduling for 2020-2021
Our counselors are busy processing all of the requests that students have uploaded into SchoolBrains. If you or your student has yet to enter schedule requests for next year, please do so immediately. Counselors are happy to help with this process. Counselors will begin reaching out to individual students soon to attempt to get students placed correctly for next school year.
Sincerely,
GDRHS Admin Team
Graduation/Senior Updates
Parent/Guardian Survey
All Senior parents/guardians were sent a survey link regarding our proposed graduation re-schedule. Members of our Senior class worked hard to gather information and poll their classmates to come up with a date that would work best. Please check your email for the survey and kindly respond prior to this weekend.
We are currently working on hosting some of our Senior Events in the virtual format. We have scheduled our Class Night for May 28th, 2020 at 6pm. More details will be forthcoming when we have them.
Prom: Regrettably, due to the extension of school closure we will be cancelling the prom which was recently rescheduled. I want to thank Ms. Mason and all of the staff that worked very hard to keep this hope alive over the past 6 weeks. I know this news will be met with much disappointment. I have received some inquiries on running the event for post graduated Seniors and I am not comfortable with that as an option. I have been in contact with Senior Class Officers and we are looking at options that may be in play for a self-directed class event when the restrictions allow.
We have extended the timeline for Seniors fourth quarter through the first week of June. Classes for Seniors will end in the last week of May and Seniors can use the extra time (if needed) to complete projects and finish up any lingering assignments. (see timeline below)
Once we have determined our plan for graduation we will set up a plan to distribute caps and gowns to the class of 2020. Our Class of 2020 leaders are currently collecting information to help us determine our timeline for graduation. We will also work with Ms. Cook and the yearbook staff to crate a plan for yearbook distribution.
Senior Timeline
May 11-15: Senior teachers finalize all assignments for the Quarter
May 18-22: Last week of meeting synchronously as a class. After this week, teachers should continue to specify office hours for Seniors who may have questions or need assistance.
May 28: Class Night 6pm
May 25 - June 3: All Seniors should complete given assignments in order to receive credit.
June 3: Grades Close; All equipment, books and fees handed in and paid.
June 4th: Senior Sign-Out (more details in coming weeks)
June 5: Official End date. Teachers may accept work on any students in danger of not graduating up until this point
June 8: Grades due for Seniors.
Students of the Month
Natalie Gavin; nominated by Mrs. Smyth for Perseverance
Levit DeBow; nominated by Mrs. Reid & Mrs. McManus for Balance
Carter Scalf; nominated by Mrs. Reid
Pyper Woytaszek; nominated by Ms. McManus & Mrs. Reid
Jay Fulreader; nominated by Mr. Rocheleau for Perseverance
Jadyn Correia; nominated by Mr. Brown for Perseverance
Logan Hilberg; nominated by Mrs. Durst for Balance
Madison Dondero; nominated by Mrs. Durst for Balance
Yearbook Staffers; nominated by Mrs. Cook for perseverance
- Staffers include; Morgan Kimball, Hannah Ketelhohn, Julia Thompson, Keira Lyle, Julia Hudson, & Charlotte Sekera
GDatPlay Looking for new membership
Thanks to the efforts of many, GDatPlay has managed to get this project off the ground and made some real progress. The progress has not been as rapid as we hoped however, and several of the key members of the committee have had their students graduate and move on. GDatPlay is looking for some new members to carry on this valuable and much needed endeavor. No experience is required to participate.
If you have interest in serving as a member of GDatPlay or would simply like more information I urge you to contact Bob Mullins who has so generously donated his time and effort over the past four years. Bob can be reached by email at...
Junior Building Access
From the Nurses's Office:
Please pick up any medications (this includes Epi-pens, Inhalers, Diabetes supplies) during your child's assigned date/time.
If you need to arrange another time during the scheduled building openings please email Cheryl Shea @ cshea@gdrsd.org to make arrangements.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hf5aGD9YfCWzq_xebBEQq-qXZrUKupPSCXGEji6xCkk/edit#gid=0
From the Athletics Office
From Brenda Palmacci; Administrative Assistant; Athletic Department
All refunds for user fees have been processed. If you have paid by credit card and have not received an email regarding your refund, please contact bpalmacci@gdrsd.org. For families that have paid by check and have asked for their checks to be shredded, that process has also been completed. For all other families that have paid by check, you will be receiving your checks via mail.
Thank you so much and if you think I should change anything, please let me know. See you soon.
Mind Matters
Cafeteria Balances
If you would like to carry the balance over to next school year you do not need to do anything. This will happen automatically.
Library News
I wanted students and parents to know about the following resource that begins April 30th. Every week, SYNC offers 2 free YA audiobooks ( a non-fiction selection and one fiction). As long as you download the book to the Sora app, you can keep it forever and listen when you want. They're kicking their summer reading season with 2 excellent books: The 57 Bus and Monday's Not Coming.
For more information, go to: https://www.audiobooksync.com/
As always, if you have any questions, contact Ms. McManus.
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