BEAR NEWS

All report cards will go home on 9/9/24!

GHS will be hosting the Peach State Tour September 17th from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. in our school gym presented by Augusta University, Georgia State University, UGA, and Georgia Tech. We will also have the Georgia Student Finance Commission on hand to provide information about college funding. We are inviting all 11th and 12th grade students to register for this event to receive admissions' information.

Purpose

The Peach State Tour was launched in the early 2000s by the University of Georgia (UGA) and Georgia Institute of Technology (GA Tech) to extend the reach of Georgia’s top research institutions. Today, the program includes all four Research 1 institutions in Georgia—Augusta University, Georgia Tech, Georgia State University, and UGA—along with the Georgia Student Finance Commission. The PST provides an opportunity for Georgians to engage directly with representatives from these institutions.

This year, the program features approximately 15 in-person events between late August and the end of September, strategically located within 75 miles of every Georgian.

If you have a device from last year it needs to be returned to the Media Center ASAP! No students should have devices from the previous school year at home. If you have any questions please contact Dustin Denson at dustin.denson@gscs.org

Students, make sure you are logging your reading in the Beanstack app (located in the ELA folder when you log into your Classlink page). You will have the opportunities to win prizes when you read this year! The prize this month is eat lunch in the library with a friend. Our school goal is to read 15,010 books. Let's crush our goal together Bears!

***ATTENTION***

The Top 25 readers by the end of November will get a free funnel cake 🎂 ❗❗

Parents & Guardians,

Please click the link to review the 2024-2025 Student Handbook. Review the handbook with your student. Grade Level Meetings were held to review with students.

Our School Literacy night will be September 24th from 4:30-6:30 at Griffin High School! Come out for fun games and food trucks!

We will have representatives at GHS to help students register to vote! They will be in the GHS commons from 12:10-2:00. (Remember students must be 17 1/2 years old to register)

Parent/Teacher conferences will be held 9/18/24 from 3:30-4:30

Use the following link to sign up: https://tinyurl.com/FY25PTCD

Our School Council meeting will be 9/19/24 at 4:30

Our Parent Portal Bootcamp will be 9/20/24 at 9:30 AM (Virtual Session) https://meet.google.com/jfd-hqqj-msc and 1:30 PM (In-Person Session)

We will celebrate our Military at the GHS Varsity football game on 9/20/24

Please refer to our Handbook for dress code information. Students that are not in dress code will have to call home for a change of clothes.

There are no exceptions for having a cup that is not clear on campus. A cup like what is pictured is acceptable. Examples of items not allowed: Stanley cups, Yetis, Hydro Flasks etc.

All GSCS middle and high schools will continue to implement a clear bookbag policy. The entire bookbag should be transparent, clear plastic or see-through mesh, allowing the contents inside the bookbag to be known. Small purses (that are not clear) are allowed but should be smaller than 5 inches by 9 inches. Lunch boxes that are not clear are also allowed but should only be used to transport lunch.