IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES:
December 26 - January 1 - Holiday Break
January 15, 2024 - No School/MLK Day
January 19, 2024 - Early Release (10:50)
January 22, 2024 - Semester 2 (Term 3) Begins
SUSTAINABLE GIFT WRAPPING BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB
The GDRHS Environmental Club is offering sustainable gift wrapping for this holiday season! The price is $2.00 per gift. Please drop off your gifts (with a labeled sticky note with your first and last name and email, so we can keep track) in L23, Ms. McCracken's classroom. We will be accepting gifts now through the school day of December 20th. The gifts will be wrapped and handed out before school on Thursday (December 21st), in the front commons. Get excited!!
**This is not a gift donation drive, rather an opportunity to get your gifts for friends/family sustainably wrapped**
The Chamber Choir is offering a wonderful raffle this holiday season. All dollars raised go directly to supporting travel opportunities. Here are some of the items: 12 months of flowers, toy basket with a bike, scavenger hunts, inflation buster gift cards, wine & dine, and one package has movie tix and an axe throwing package. Raffle runs until December 20th with drawings on the 21st, just in time for the winter break. Get your tickets from a Chamber Choir student or online here: https://form.jotform.com/23346...
It’s the holiday season! Each of these prizes would be a great gift this season. For a simple $10 chance, lucky winners will take home huge prizes!
MESSAGE FROM THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT
All student athletes must be in before 8:30 AM in order to participate in sports that day. If student athletes are in after 8:30 AM they will need to provide documentation for an excused absence.
STUDENT COUNCIL FUNDRAISER
BUY A YEARBOOK AD FOR YOUR SENIOR
If you would like to buy an ad to celebrate your senior's milestone, follow this link to GDRHS’s Herff Jones Yearbook Order Center page where you can buy and create a unique yearbook ad for them.
Ad sizes: full-page ad, 1/2-page ad, a 1/4-page ad, or a 1/8-page-ad. Costs vary according to size.
Thank you, The Key Yearbook Staff
FROM SEPAC
UMass Lowell Center for Autism Research and Education (CARE) is recruiting for our “Horizons” College Preparation Mentoring Program Spring 2024:
Horizons is a college preparation mentoring program for neurodiverse (e.g. autistic students, students with ADHD, learning disabilities etc.) high-school juniors or seniors (or recent graduates) who plan to go to college. High school students meet as a group on Zoom once a week for an hour with trained UMass Lowell student mentors, 4.30-5.30pm EST on Tuesdays beginning in February 2024. Horizons runs for 7-weeks. Students do not need to be planning to attend UMass Lowell. The goal of Horizons is to help neurodiverse high school students have a better idea of what college will be like, to feel more confident about going to college, and to be more successful when they transition to college.
Our curriculum covers a range of topics depending on the interests and needs of the students. Examples of topics include:
• Time management and organization strategies
• Problem solving and self-advocacy
• Identifying and accessing supports on campus
• Reducing stress and self-care
• What will a typical day at college look like
• Navigating through your major
• Choosing classes
• What to bring to college
• Finances
• Social side of university
• JR high students can also discuss why go to college; how to apply; choosing a college, etc.
There is a $75 fee for the Horizons program (scholarships are available) which covers all seven weekly meetings, an Orientation session, and weekly communication with parents/caregivers. More information can also be found here: https://www.uml.edu/Research/Autism/services/Horizons.aspx
Please contact Ashleigh_hillier@uml.edu with any questions and to request an enrollment form.
UMass Lowell Center for Autism Research and Education (CARE)
The Network: a social networking group for neurodiverse adolescents and young adults. We typically meet in-person the first Wednesday of the month 6-7.30pm for an activity such as bowling, movies, axe throwing, escape room, sports events etc. We also meet online (Discord server) the third Wednesday of each month 6-7.30pm to chat and play Jackbox games. The main goal of The Network is to provide an opportunity to meet others you may have things in common with and have fun.
The Network costs $100 for the year (prorated; and scholarships are available).
Please contact Ashleigh_hillier@uml.edu for more information.
GUIDANCE NEWS:
OPPORTUNITIES WITH BAE SYSTEMS
"BAE Systems’ is pleased to share that our Women in Technology Program is currently accepting applications from high school students interested in participating in Winter 2024 session. Students will need to sign up for a Tallo account to apply.
Information can be found below.
Women in Technology details:
Dates: Jan 16 through May 7 (no class Feb 27 or April 23)
Time: Tuesdays from 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Locations: Southern NH BAE Systems facilities (Hudson, Merrimack, Nashua)
Eligibility: Female identifying students in grades 11 & 12
Application link: https://app.tallo.com/talent/opportunity/view/52d210c0-cf6b-4aff-a85d-f44f055bd141
Application deadline: December 16
Website: www.baesystems.com/wit
CREATE AN FSA ID (FROM MEFA)
"Though the FAFSA won’t be available until December, seniors applying to college and their parents can, and should, get an FSA ID now, which they’ll need to log in to the application. Who exactly needs an FSA ID? Every student will need to establish one, as will at least one, and sometimes two, parents / guardians. Our graphic provides the details."
Use this PDF to help in determining who will need an FSA ID:
https://image.email.mefa.org/lib/fe3a11727164047e751477/m/1/4df7e8ce-399a-4ee2-ad45-ca29afb0eed5.pdf