Wolverine Warrior Fitness Challenge – a message from Mrs. Missy Moore
GHS Wolverine Warrior Fitness Challenge is scheduled for Thursday, May 12th (rain date May 13th) at the GHS track field. Everyone is welcome to watch the event with students and faculty participating in a one mile run, one minute of curl-ups, one minute of push-ups, and an obstacle course!
Celebrating National Poetry Month – a message from Mrs. Laureen Anthony
April was National Poetry Month, and GHS celebrated with style. The English department and the Library Media Center co-sponsored two contests, with prizes of gift cards generously donated by the Lisbon Target and the Lisbon Wal-Mart.
Students submitted fourteen original poems to the poetry writing contest. A panel of judges is in the process of selecting the first and second place winners. The first place winner will receive a $15 Wal-Mart gift card and the second place winner will receive a $10 Wal-Mart gift card. The winners will be announced at the May RISE pep rally.
It’s May, which means it’s time again for the annual Poetry Slam! The poetry slam celebrates poetry and our language in a creative, challenging and fun atmosphere. Teachers will be judging students on their ability to create and perform original poetry. Students look forward to cheering on their favorite spoken word artists!
Medical Professions – a message from Ms. Stephanie Greaney
Diversified Health Occupation and Certified Nursing Assistant classes are both exploring occupations in the health care field. Students put together poster presentations on a dream job in health care, the job description, the education requirements with a school of choice, and a job outlook for when they graduate. Some of the occupations will come out of school with over $400,000 of tuition to repay! Pheww!! Let’s get these young professionals started on their career of choice with taking college credit Diversified Health Occupations and Medical Terminology, and taking State of CT Certified Nursing Assistant here at GHS!!
The Medical Professional Scholars Club will be attending and assisting Backus Hospital’s 12th Anniversary of their Safety Camp on Saturday, May 14th from 10am-1pm. There will be opportunities for children and families to learn about safety in a fun environment. Children will be fit with free bicycle helmets (while supplies last) and will have appearances by Trauma Roo, Crash Test Dummies, Fire Trucks and Ambulances. Stop by and see our Wolverines in Green!!
History – a message from Mr. Craig Demars
Mr. Demars’ freshman world history classes are studying WWII. During their studies, they will research and discuss the lives of POW’s during the war.Students will research about the experiences of POW Rene Demars, Mr. Craig’s grandfather.Students will look at his experiences and trace them throughout the war as well as see if they can locate any men from his infantry who may be alive today and reach out to them.
Student Council – a message from Mr. Chris Champlain
The Student Council is gearing up for our executive board elections to select board members for the following school year. Elections will take place on May 19th, after completing a speech for the student body all students will vote during WEB.
The Hyde School in Woodstock, CT is hosting the first annual Connecticut Youth Leadership Day on May 16th. If enough students are interested we will be attending the event. The cost is $10 and permission slips are in the office or can be picked up in Mr. Champlin’s room.
The annual student –teacher dodgeball tournament is on Friday May 20th starting in WEB. Permission slips for interested players can be picked up from Mr. Champlin.
World Language – a message from Señor Rule (Academic Leader) and SeñorMás
Spanish IV and Spanish IV Honors have begun working on their environmental issues project.The objective is to research an environmental issue as it affects a Spanish-speaking country or region of the world.Use their Spanish knowledge to present the extent of the problem, causes of the problem, consequences of the problem, and solutions that the country and region are trying to implement to solve it. They need to come up with a slogan anda catchy jingle and incorporate them into their visual and audio presentation.
SeñorMás’ Spanish II classes finished watching a movie called La Misma Luna (Under the Same Moon). The film is about a little boy named Carlitos who is forced to make is way to the United States from Mexico to find his mom. The purpose of watching the movie was to demonstrate the use of the preterite and imperfect tenses through story-telling. Students had to provide a summary of the movie using both the imperfect and preterite tenses.
Give a Senior a Kiss! – a message from Mrs. Katie Trudelle
You can do it one of three ways:
- I can send home a note card in an envelope with your son/daughter/sibling and you can send it back with the money and the hand written note on the card.
- You can send in the money and email me the note you would like written on the card.
2. You can come to the high school main office to fill out the card and leave the money and filled out card with the office staff. (We do try to avoid this as the office ladies are often very busy....but certainly I will accommodate whichever method is easiest for you)
Let me know what you decide and THANK YOU for your support!!
A message from School Nurse Mrs. Dee Tedeschi
Is your child entering 11th grade in the fall? If so, a current 10th grade physical is required. This is a state mandated physical and must be completed prior to entering 11th grade. The completed form must be dated no earlier than June 1, 2015and received by the school health office prior to the first day of school.
If you would like a blank physical form to bring with you to your provider‘s office, they are available in the main office at GHS, or on our website under health services, where it can be printed. Most local pediatricians will have a supply of these state forms.
Please be sure the doctor’s office completes ALL of the asterisk boxes on the form as they are mandatory. If they are not completely filled out your child will be unable to start school. Blood work will also be required and the physical will not be complete without the results.
Vision and hearing screenings are not provided by the school in 10th grade as these screenings are assessed by the provider at this physical examand the results must be recorded on the blue physical form. Students will not receive their schedule for the fall semester and will be sent home on the first day of school and will be unable to return to school until the completed physical is in the health office. Please make sure your child starts the new school year off right and on time.
Our contact numbers are (860) 376-7647 and Fax (860) 376-7677. It is best to fax or mail the completed physical to GHS, attention: School Nurse.
Dear Parent or Guardian,
All medications must be taken home for the summer. You are urged to come to the nurse’s office on or before the last day of school during normal school hours to pick up the remainder of your child’s medication.
Medications can only be transported by a parent or other responsible adult. If you do not pick up the remainder of your child’s medication it will be destroyed.
If medication is required for the next school year a new order must be filled out and returned to the office.
Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
Sincerely,
School Nurse
Griswold Public Schools