GHS Announcements October 13, 2017 UPCOMING NEWS: All Grandville Public Schools are collecting non-perishable food items to help Meals on Wheels with their fall food drive. Donation boxes at the HS are located in the Main office and will be available thru October 30. The HS main office is open from 7:00 am 3:45 pm. Boys interested in trying out for Freshman, JV, or Varsity basketball this year, there will be an informational meeting in Coach Klingler's room (room 160) Wednesday Morning October 18th at 7:30 a.m. If you cannot attend the quick meeting, please stop by room 160 and see Coach Klingler. Are you into the idea of getting a free yearbook for this school year? Do you want to keep the $65 in your wallet rather than paying for a yearbook? If so, swing by room 178 to pick up a fundraising packet and start selling this weekend. The yearbook fundraiser is open to all students at GHS. Stainless Steel tumblers, like Yeti tumblers, and generic gift cards for shopping on a very large website will be sold for $25 each. If you sell only 7 items, yes...only 7 items, you earn yourself a completely free yearbook! Stop by room 178 today to pick up the packet and get started selling your 7 items this weekend! Hey 2nd hours! Does a donuts or churros party sound delicious? Well, bring in as many books, cd's & DVD's as you can for this year's Harvest Fest Used Book Sale and make your donut dreams come true! We'll be collecting books all next week, October 16-20 and the winning 2nd hour class will get their choice of a donuts or churros party. The individual student who brings in the most books (must be over 100) will win a $20 gift card to the mall. See Mrs. Martin in room 270 with any questions. ¡Muchas gracias! Attention all Science enthusiasts! GHS Science Olympiad Team will be available on Monday, October 16th during all lunches, outside of the cafeteria, for you to sign up for the 2017-18 season. You may contact the head coach, Mrs. Zokoe by email for more information.
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Parent Teacher Conferences: will be held Oct 19 and Oct 24 from 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm both evenings. No appointments are necessary and you will have 5 minutes with each teacher. We look forward to seeing you there. The yearbook staff is waiting for those great homecoming photos to start rolling in. We know you have some faves, so send them in! Go ahead and send your best HOCO pics to
[email protected] today!!! The yearbook staff is looking for more Wacky Wonderland Spirit Day Photos from Homecoming Spirit Week! If you have photos of you and your friends from Wacky Day, PLEASE send them to
[email protected] today!! The yearbook staff is also looking for photos in the crowd and during half time of the homecoming game! If you have some, please send them to
[email protected] Want a super fun way to earn volunteer hours? Our very own East Elementary is having a 'Spooktacular' carnival on Friday October 27. We could use help with setup from 3:00-5pm and help running games in 1 or 2 hour time slots from 5:45-8:15pm. If you are interested or need more information, email or text laura goldsmith at
[email protected] or 616.538.2134. Thanks in advance!!! FUNDRAISERS: Next Tuesday, October 17, Big Boy in Grandville is hosting one of their famous fundraisers to benefit Chris VanderSlice and his family. Bring this flyer, and they will be donating based upon sales from noon to 8 pm, so if you wish to help out but can't do dinner, you can do lunch. Let's show Chris how much our community cares for him! GUIDANCE OFFICE NEWS: The following colleges will be visiting Grandville HS next week: Cornerstone Tuesday, Oct 17, 6th Hour in C-21 Davenport Wednesday, Oct 18, Seminar time in C-21 Purdue Wednesday, Oct 18, 5th Hour in C-21
Aquinas Thursday, Oct 19, 2nd Hour in C-21 Interested 11th and 12th grade students will be able to sign up through Google Forms on their email account and must have permission from their teacher during the hour of the visit. Locations for each visit are included on the email and vary depending on the visit. Please see your counselor if you have any questions. LIBRARY NEWS: LIBRARY READING CHALLENGE - forms are due to the library on Monday, October 16th, a drawing will be held at that time for six (6) gift cards. Watch announcements for the winners. Last week to view the display of the Banned Books. Stop down and check things out. . CLUBS AND GROUPS: Women's Athletic Leadership Club (WALC) had their first membership and informational meeting this morning! Thank you to the over 100 girls who showed up to support other girls in athletics at GHS!! If you couldn't make the meeting but are still interested, email Rachel Veenkamp, Julia Veenkamp or Carolyn Peterson ASAP so you can get the information!! All GHS students, especially our new WALC members should attend the game at Caledonia tonight to support our cheerleaders and then the Girls Rugby game on Sunday at noon on "The Pitch" or the field on the hill behind Costco. "Want a super fun way to earn volunteer hours? Our very own East Elementary is having a 'Spooktacular' carnival on Friday October 27. We could use help with setup from 3:00-5pm and help running games in 1 or 2 hour time slots from 5:45-8:15pm. If you are interested or need more information, email or text laura goldsmith at
[email protected] or 616.538.2134. Thanks in advance!!!" ATTENTION SENIORS AND SENIOR PARENTS: The registration deadline for the Senior All Night Party is NEXT WEEK. The regular registration window ends Monday, October 16. You may drop off registration packets to the GHS office or mail them to the address in the packet. If you wish to sign up for the party and are unable to pay the full amount by Monday, please email us. We may be
able to work out a payment plan. Additional information can be found on our Facebook page or our website. Click on this link for SANP Registration Form Class of 2018 https://www.facebook.com/GHS18Party https://2018seniorpartyghs.wixsite.com/ghs-class-of-2018
ATHLETICS: http://grandvillebulldogsports.com/ Congratulations to both the JV and Varsity Volleyball teams for defeating Grand Haven last night. JV defeated Grand Haven 25-19 and 25-16, Varsity 25-23, 18-25, 9-25, 25-17, and 15-7. Kill leaders were Sarah Orme with 11, Peyton Stallings with 9, Kacie Stoneburner with 8 and Ola Nowak with 7, Kacie Stoneburner had 27 assist and Crysta Ott led the team with 22 digs. Grandville with be at Jenison this Saturday and their final home match Tuesday against East Kentwood. Come out and support your Lady Dawgs!! Grandville put up a good fight against the defending Division 1 State Champions Rockford Rams last night ultimately falling short. Grandville earned event wins in diving with Gracyn Segard, 100 fly by Arian Bystry and 100 breast by Maddy Kievit. Anna Otto tied for 2nd in diving and Emily Salliotte came home second in the 500 free going her first sub 5:40 swim by swimming a 5:39.99. Strong swims by Erin Gathen in the 100 fly, Lindsay Gregorski in the 500 and Emily Katerberg in the 200. The dogs finish up their regular season against conference rival Hudsonville next Thursday.