Weekly News

IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES: 

Saturday, October 14 - PSAT Exam

Friday, October 27, 2023 - PD Early Release (10:50)

Tuesday, November 7, 2023 - Staff Development NO School for Students

Friday,  November 10, 2023 - Veteran’s Day/No School

CLASS OF 2024 FUNDRAISER

CLASS OF 2025 FUNDRAISER

NEWS FROM ATHLETICS:

GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT NEWS:

PSAT EXAM - Saturday, October 14th.  Doors open at 7:00 am.  Testing starts promptly at 7:30, late arrivals cannot be accommodated.  Click here for test day information.

NASHUA REGIONAL COLLEGE FAIR - The event is open to any junior or senior students in Southern New Hampshire and Northern Massachusetts.

Date: Monday October 30th

Time: 6:00 - 7:30 pm

Location: Nashua High School South - 36 Riverside St - Nashua, NH 03062

Click here for list of participating colleges.

AP EXAMS - Time to order your AP Exams.  If you are currently enrolled in an AP class you need to order your exam now.  Semester two AP courses will be ordered in February.  

Payments of $110 per exam are due in guidance by November 10, 2023.  Make checks payable to GDRHS.  One check for all exams is fine.  

If you are enrolled in an AP Class and do not plan on taking the exam, you must inform your AP Coordinator (mcain@gdrsd.org) and your teacher before the ordering deadline of November 10th.  Note:  You will not receive AP credit if you opt out, you will only receive honors credit for that class.

MEFA - MASSACHUSETTS EDUCATIONAL FINANCING AUTHORITY

FAFSA Simplification - The 2024-25 FAFSA won’t open until December this year. As well, thanks to the FAFSA Simplification Act, the form will be full of significant changes. MEFA recorded a podcast episode that explains a lot of those changes, and the rationale behind them.

Click Here for Podcast

Other helpful financial aid links from MEFA:

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY NEWS:

Dorrie Gibbons, Communications Coordinator.

Our fall service project is Blanket Making for Project Linus. Blankets will be gifted to families in the Merrimack Valley Area.  Images feature NHS members Dorrie Gibbons (Communications), Tyler Kennedy, Amy Loveless, Mira Mahmoud (President), Bella Paul, Maanya Sharma (Service Coordinator) & Anna Young.

SENIOR YEARBOOK PORTRAIT INFORMATION

This is a reminder that the deadline for submitting your senior portrait for the yearbook is October 31, 2023.

Please take a look at this senior portrait information sheet, which contains specifications for the portrait you will submit to the yearbook. Any questions, please contact Mr. Adams (jadams@gdrsd.org).