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Dear Cowboy Community,

Thanks to all of you who made it to Family Conferences this week. Our second night of Conferences will be on Wednesday, March 11th from 3:30-7:00pm. GHS will be hosting a taco night for teachers during the March 11th Conferences and, if you'd like to contribute prepackaged items to help with dinner (like taco shells, tortillas, chips, etc.), please sign up here.

Student Council put together a wonderful night for our Winter Ball. Thanks to the students who gave up weekend time to decorate and clean up, and to Mrs. McDonald, Mrs. Powers, and Ms. Wise for their help chaperoning the dance!

Yearbooks are still available to purchase. They will be available this spring and the Yearbook Staff is hiding rubber ducks around the school that students can return to Mrs. Benson for a prize.

Our Science Olympiad team has been practicing hard all year to prepare for this weekend's Regional Competition at CSU-Pueblo. Mrs. Kattnig will be taking eleven Olympians on the road today for competition tomorrow.

It's a big day today for the Varsity Girls Basketball program. They head over the pass to Colorado Springs for the first round of the State Tournament. They take on Colorado Springs Christian at 5:30pm. You can catch the action on NFHS.

Congratulations to Senior Ethan Pierce, who finished 33rd in his division at the Colorado High School Climbing Championships last weekend. Ethan wraps up a wonderful climbing career at GHS. He's back on the baseball diamond and you can catch both the JV and Varsity Baseball teams tomorrow against Rye, with the first pitch scheduled for noon here at GHS. Baseball is home again on Tuesday against Cedaredge.

Our Track & Field team competes in their first meet of the year tomorrow in Pueblo after breaking in the new GWSD track this week!

Spring Break is just around the corner and Gunnison schools will be closed for vacation March 16th-20th, with school resuming on March 23rd. Please remember that we move to Daylight Savings time this Sunday, March 8th. Clocks roll forward!

Seniors: We are in Scholarship season! Please see the whiteboard in the counseling office for updated scholarships and due dates, you can also access all the scholarship materials at this link: https://gunnisonhigh.gunnisonschools.net/programs/counseling/scholarships

As you receive admissions decisions, you will also receive information about next steps for enrollment, housing and institutional scholarships. Please make sure to read all your emails carefully. Please make an appointment with Ms. Vogan or stop by the counseling office with questions!

With Western's announcement of the Gunnison Valley Promise, we have many students and parents inquiring as to the financial aid process associated with this amazing tuition benefit. One part of this process is applying for the Earn to Learn Scholarship. Western and Earn to Learn will be holding information sessions for prospective students and parents to learn more about this scholarship process. Please see below for more information:

As we prepare for the upcoming scholarship cycle, we’re excited to share that Earn to Learn will be hosting weekly virtual information sessions for students who are interested in applying.

These sessions will give students a high-level overview of the program, eligibility, the 8:1 match savings component, and next steps, plus time for live Q&A. It’s a great opportunity for students who are considering applying or just want to learn more now that the application has opened.

We’d love your help sharing this with prospective students. You can forward the details below directly:

• Monday, March 9th
• Monday, March 16th
• Monday, March 23rd
• Monday, March 30th
• 4 PM PST
• Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81697576825

Western Undergraduate Exchange WUE

Colorado students can go to two/four year colleges to 13 western states for reduced tuition.

Big Future Career/College:

Plan for College and Career and Scholarships

NACAC(National Association for College Admissions Counseling

Parent and Student resources: Higher Education and Financial Aid Planning

College Outreach Western Slope

Information for Students and Parents college planning, gap year programs, two year schools, vocational programs, college visits, financial planning

SAT Prep

SAT Prep: Bluebook/Collegeboard and Kahn Academy

Jan-Feb - Regular Decision deadlines for college applications

Dec-April 15th - Apply for local Scholarships, visit the counseling office for more information.

May 13th - Senior Check out

May 17th - GRADUATION DAY!!!!!

Join us for the Spring Sports Meeting for all Baseball and Track & Field athletes on March 4th at 6pm in the GHS auditorium.

Girls Golf will host a meeting on March 24th.

Greetings High School Senior Parents!!

WOW – can you believe it – our seniors will be graduating in less than 3 months! While my senior is ready – mom is not!

I am on the Project Graduation committee. Project Graduation is the annual graduation party planned and given for the Gunnison High School graduates by their parents and our community. Each year, this wonderful event has been made possible, largely through the generous contributions of many members of our business community. The party is held in a safe, supervised, drug, alcohol, and tobacco-free environment. All 2026 Gunnison High School graduating seniors are invited and encouraged to attend this party.

In order to make this event successful and send out seniors off right we need to raise funds for this event. The funds go to entertainment, location, food/beverages, prizes, gifts for every graduate that attends and to pay the chaperones. We are encouraging all senior parents to make a donation to Project Graduation. We are looking for personal and business donations of cash and prizes.

To contribute to Project Graduation 2026, please send the bottom portion of this letter with your check payable to Project Graduation to Briget Eastep (Treasurer) 805 W. Denver Ave, Gunnison, CO 81230. Should you have any questions or need to make arrangements to pick up your donations, please contact Briget at 435-704-4239. Alternatively, you can donate using Venmo, sending donations to @brigeteastep. You can use the last four digits of my phone, 4239, to verify it’s the right account. Please write “Project Grad 2026” in the memo.

We are also looking for more committee members. Our next meeting is Thursday, March 12th at 6pm in the GHS library.

We are deeply appreciative of your support and we want you to know that we are committed to fiscal responsibility for the funds that you entrust to us. Any funds that remain will be deposited into an account for next year's Project Graduation.

Thank you for your support!

Tiffany O’Connell and the Class of 2026 Project Graduation Parent Planning Committee

https://www.gunnisonprojectgrad.org/

GWSD offers all families access to ParentGuidance.org. Click the photo below for the January newsletter. This month's theme is Body Image.

Students in Mrs. Vokoun's Art II Class are working from photographs to create self portraits.

Students joined the Pathways Hut Trip and skied five miles into the backcountry where they spent two nights at a hut. During the trip students learned and practiced avalanche rescue techniques, safe backcountry travel, decision making and risk management tools, and about group communication and dynamics. Students skied a lot, helped cook, clean, and do the chores around the cabin.

Senior Ethan Pierce made his way to the Front Range to compete in the Colorado High School State Climbing Championships, finishing 33rd in his division.

Please see this important message from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) in English or in Spanish.