The Grizzly Growl
March 2022
From the Bear Den
Hello Grizzly Families!
Spring is just around the corner, and with it comes the rush to the finish line of the school year, the next few months will fly by.
We are excited that, while CPS is still following mitigation practices for large group gatherings indoors, we are hopeful that we will still be able to hold the annual Ring Dance for our junior class. At this time, we are looking at dates in late April to mid-May. We are also planning for a May Prom. Please monitor social media for more information.
Please let us know how we can support you and your student.
Be safe out there!
And as always, Go Grizzlies!
Sincerely,
Mr. Michael Perez
Principal
We have provided LOTS of other important information in this edition of the newsletter.
Please also follow our social media pages on Twitter and Instagram for any last-minute updates. If you have any questions, please contact our administrators at 757-558-4749.
If your child feels sick, please do not put them on the bus or send them to school.
Please contact the school nurse if your child tests positive for Covid or has a close contact.
FREE TUTORING
SCA NEWS
Friday, March 4th- Pop Up Spirit Day: Anything But a Backpack Day
Wednesday & Thursday, March 16th/17th- SCA will be providing students with the opportunity to "Pet a Pup for Good luck" during all lunches as Therapy Dogs from Therapy Dogs International will be visiting Grassfield.
Tuesday/Wednesday, March 22nd/23rd- Our annual Service rally will be held during an extended first block both days. This rally will showcase our upcoming service week and annual Laps for Lymphoma event.
Laps For Lymphoma: March 21th-March 25th- Grassfield High School’s Laps for Lymphoma Walkathon is a non-profit event that celebrates cancer survivors, and raises funds for the Lymphoma Research Foundation to promote research, education, prevention, advocacy, and patient services. It is a fun, outdoor fundraising event where participants will be walking around our football field track in honor of those who have battled and are currently battling Lymphoma. This year's event will be held on Saturday, April 2nd. The registration fee is $20 a person, which includes a Lymphoma awareness t-shirt. All profits will be donated to the Lymphoma Research Foundation. Registration will be held March 21st-March 25th, 2022 at Grassfield High School during all lunches
or visit the Grassfield website for online registration and donations through OSP. You may register the day of the event but you will not be guaranteed a t-shirt. Registration forms may also be mailed by March 25th, 2022. Registration forms will be distributed to all homerooms the week of March 14th or can be found on the GHS website. Any questions please contact Alicia.white@cpschools.com.
Monday March 28th-Friday April 1st: Service Week
All week students and staff are able to bring in items for the following organizations sponsored by Grassfield High School Clubs.
Monday: Dalia Tri-Hi-Y: Sponsoring the Chesapeake Teacher Supply Store- tissues, expo markers, & hand sanitizer
Tuesday: Anchor Club: Sponsoring the Chesapeake Humane Society- pet supplies/toys
Wednesday: Multicultural Club: Sponsoring the H.E.R. Shelter- (items tbd)
Thursday: Book Club: Sponsoring local elementary schools- New and gently used children's books
Friday: DECA: Sponsoring ForKids (items tbd)
SAVE THE DATE FOR MAMMA MIA
Spring Semester AP Test Registration
Plant a tree for Earth Day!
Help support the Environmental Club at Grassfield High. Our goal is to plant 60 trees to offset our paper usage at school. Saplings are only $5 (keep in mind they will be small 1.5 - 2 ft saplings) and will be ready for pickup on April 23 from the school. You have the choice to plant it yourself, or our amazing student volunteers will do it for you!
Orders must be placed by March 23 - so don't wait! Please contact Ms. Brooke Harrell at brooke.harrell@cpschools.com for more information
Make a positive impact on the environment and your community by visiting this link:
The Counseling Corner
2022-2023 Course Scheduling
Counselors have finished meeting with students to provide guidance and answer questions about course selections for next year. They met with more than 1,700 students in 9 days! Wow!
Final course verification forms are now in ParentVue for parents and students to review and acknowledge. The deadline to acknowledge or request a change to the course requests is March 8. After that date, the requests are locked. Please contact your child’s school counselor directly via email for an appointment or with questions.
We encourage students and parents to visit our scheduling website for lots of detailed information about courses and the scheduling process.
ACCESS Information
Grizzlies please visit Mr. Kellys Virtual Office for wonderful resources and to sign up for an appointment
SENIOR STUDENTS:
- Access College Commitment Day is back so SAVE THE DATE; April 26, 2022. Click this link to REGISTER
- Seniors are welcome to APPLY for the Access Scholarship which is due May 2, 2022. Click this link to APPLY
- Seniors, Mr. Kelly needs your help. Please complete this eight-question survey before March 31, 2022. Click this link to complete the survey Access 2022 Senior Survey
SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT TO:
· Receive assistance with the FAFSA
· Follow Mr. Kelly on Remind
· Complete college applications
· Review scholarship opportunities-- Mr. Kelly's suggestion is that seniors approach applying for scholarships like a FIFTH class!!
· Not sure if college is your next step? Let's discuss other possible possibilities
· Please fill out the Access Fee Waiver Application and the Access Release Form to see if you are eligible for waivers to take the SAT, ACT, apply to colleges, AP test, and apply for eligibility center to play sports.
The countdown to graduation is on so let's make sure we are utilizing all available resources!
JUNIOR STUDENTS:
· Join Access College Foundation for our Junior Mini College Series on March 2, 9, & 16
· FREE SAT WAIVER by filling out these Forms and Joining Mr. Kelly's Khan class. SAT waivers are available to all juniors regardless of income. Waivers will be given on a first-come-first-served basis.
· Follow Mr. Kelly on Remind
· Check this out Preparing for College Junior Checklist
· Visit Mr. Kelly's Junior Class Lobby
· Internship possibilities Next Gen- Pathways
Connect with TCC
If you have a student who is interested in TCC, please see the TCC Prospect Interest Form. A TCC advisor will be at Grassfield every Wednesday to meet with students.
The Military and Family Life Counseling, (MFLC) Program
Welcome to those military families who have recently PCS'd to our area. The United States Department of Defense has provided Grassfield High with the Military & Family Life Program, a valuable resource, available to you and your family.
Mrs. Williams is available at Grassfield High School for counseling and consultation on Monday, Tuesday and every other Friday from 8:30am to 4:00pm. She holds individual and group sessions throughout the day. If your student would benefit from her services, she is able to provide assistance for life transitions, deployment, stress, anxiety, anger management, communication, assertive communication skills, divorce, grief, study skills and many other situations.
Parental consent is required for those under 18 to receive services. Confidentiality is maintained with limitation of duty to warn.
Mrs. Mary P Williams, MSEd, LPC, CSAC, ACS
Military & Family Life Counselor
Grassfield High School
757-404-3112
SENIOR NEWS
Class of 2022 Yard Signs
Clearly printed in full color on corrugated plastic, these durable signs proudly show your support for your Grizzly Graduate!
Three styles are available. All styles will be personalized with your graduate’s name or nickname.
DEADLINE TO ORDER IS FRIDAY, APRIL 1st
Signs are $25.00.
Signs can be purchased using OSP or by bringing in a check and filled order form to Mrs. Wecht. If purchasing through OSP, please email a copy of the order form to laura.agudelo@cpschools.com
Cap and Gown Dates
4/18 - First Cap and Gown Delivery & Graduation Announcements (During Lunches)
4/26 - Cap and Gown Pictures (During the school day in the Auditorium)
5/2 - Cap and Gown Delivery & Announcements (During Lunches)
6/3 - Cap and Gown Delivery & Announcements (After school 4-6)
SCHOLARSHIP NEWS
Spring is the season to apply for scholarships in earnest! Be sure to check ScholarshipVue weekly to learn about new scholarships.
Scholarships of the Month:
GHS Granville P. Meade Scholarship
GHS PTSA Scholarship
GHS CRE Dolphin Scholarship
Students can find more details about each of these scholarships on ScholarshipVUE!
Get your Yearbook!
Student Attendance Matters--Potential Loss of Credit
Your child's attendance is posted in ParentVue. A letter alerting you to a potential loss of credit is posted in ParentVue when your child reaches 6, 9, and 10 absences in each class. This is your official notification of excessive absences, so please check ParentVue often to monitor your student's attendance. Students can make-up a portion of missed time by attending extended day.
If a student must be absent, please email or bring a note to our attendance secretary (lisa.curling@cpschools.com) so we can code the absence appropriately.
Mrs. Pallister (our Assistant Principal for Instruction) should be notified in advance about trips, vacations, and other lengthy unexcused absences to ensure student progress in class. Please email or send a note to Beth.pallister@cpschools.com explaining the absence prior to the absence.
The Chesapeake School Board has defined an excused absence to include any of the following: Sickness of a student, medical appointments, severe illness or death in the family, exposure to contagious disease, religious holidays, or extenuating circumstances such as fire, accident, or extremely inclement weather. Absences other than those listed above will be recorded as unexcused absences.
MEDIA CENTER NEWS
Visit our Grizzly Media Center Google Site to participate in these monthly activities. For every activity you participate in your name will be entered into our monthly drawing! Click on the tab labeled March to access the activities. Congratulations to our February winner: Sonika K.
Interested in reading ebooks? Visit JLG Digital for access to free ebooks! JLG Digital offers ebook and audiobook streams for readers. Each stream delivers more than 150 revolving titles each year, with each title remaining in the stream for an average of 30-90 days. An unlimited number of readers can access any book at the same time and as many times as they choose while it's live in the stream.
Login: Student ID number
PW: ebooks
You can also download the app available through the App Store® and read on JLG eBooks anytime, anywhere, and on any IOS device. IOS JLG Digital App Download
Interested in joining our book club? Use this code to join our Schoology group (67Q9-PKKF-DGBWS). We meet during lunches typically every two weeks. Our current book is The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.
Grassfield Parent Teacher and Student Organization
Parents- if you have not joined our PTSA , please consider becoming a member and supporting our school community. Seniors who wish to apply for the GFHS PTSA Scholarship must be a member. The cost is $7.00 per member and you may join by using the link below.
https://grassfieldhigh.memberhub.com/store
Our next PTSA Executive Board Meeting will be held on Mach 14th at 6:00 pm in the media center. All members are welcome to attend.
Please follow the GFHS PTSA on twitter @GrizzlyPTSA and our Facebook page is GrassfieldPTSA.
Athletic News
Tickets, Schedules, and Live Streaming
The spring athletic season begins March 15. All events are free of charge.
Watch the Games Live - All Grassfield High School sporting events that take place at Carolyn F. Bernard Stadium or Grassfield's gymnasium can now be live streamed through the NFHS Network. Go to NFHS Network and set up your monthly or annual subscription and watch the varsity football and volleyball games this fall, basketball games this winter, and boys and girls soccer this spring.
Grassfield High School Sports Schedules - Want to know who's playing and when? Go to Southeasterndistrictva.org, click on Grassfield and you'll find all the fall, winter, and spring sports schedules listed. Sign up for the app using your smartphone to receive updates on schedule changes and postponements. Schedules are also listed on the Grassfield website.
GFH Honor Code
Students at Grassfield are expected to abide by the Honor Code; it's the Grizzly Way. Students are expected to verify that the work on each assignment is their own. Collaborating with another classmate on any assignment must be pre approved by the teacher.
Grassfield High School
Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @grassfield_hs. Our website is updated regularly for additional information.
Email: beth.pallister@cpschools.com
Website: https://cpschools.com/gfh/
Location: 2007 Grizzly Trail
Phone: 757-558-4749
Twitter: @grassfield_hs