This is a reminder to all GHS students and families that the deadline to enroll in the distance learning option is this Friday, July 17th. If you plan to enroll in the distance learning program, contact Todd Garrison, Principal, at tgarrison@gws.k12.in.us. Please provide the name of the student, grade, and a working phone number. 

As indicated in our plan, there are several courses GHS will not be able to offer through distance learning. This list is subject to change. 

AP Chemistry

Art (2D, 3D)

Band

Cadet Teaching

Ceramics

Choir

Construction

Nutrition and Wellness (Foods I & II)

ICE/Co-op/Internships

PE, APC, Weights

Peer

Photography

Theatre (Theatre Arts, Advanced Theatre)

Yearbook

Lastly, students opting for the distance learning program will not be able to enroll in Central Nine (C9). All C9 programs are being taught "in-person" with no virtual option. Students enrolled in C9 must also report to GHS for classes. Thank you.  Continue reading

Senior students and parents.

We are excited to graduate the Class of 2020 this Friday evening, and we appreciate your support as we attempt to comply with the ever-changing restrictions on small and large gatherings. With that in mind, we have been required to make several changes to this Friday's ceremony. 

Linked below you will find an updated version of our commencement plan. Please read and be prepared to follow the changes. We cannot stress enough how fortunate we are to be able to bring this class together and allow at least three guests to be in attendance. We ask for your patience and compliance in executing our plan. 

Thank you, and we'll see you this Friday evening, on the football field, at 8:30pm. 

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Parents/Guardians-

Please watch the linked video below for a follow-up on the GHS roadmap to re-entry in which we elaborate on ideas and address the questions we received regarding the roadmap.

Thank you for your time and all you do for your children and our school community!

GHS Roadmap Video

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A copy of yesterday's message from the District Technology Team:

As we prepare for next school year with COVID restrictions in place, we have to ensure every student has access to his/her own device at school and at home.  You have the option to rent a computer from the school corporation or bring your own (per specifications below).  If you choose to bring your own, you will receive a credit of $88 on your instructional fees.  Please submit the form below, once per student, to indicate your device access choice.  Thank you!

https://forms.gle/n5CShYPx2Be1gmbH6
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Welcome Greenwood Families

This is an exciting, yet challenging time in all of our lives, and we are well aware of the vast responsibility we have in helping your child to reach his/her potential both educationally (in-person and/or online) and socially. Hopefully, you have had a chance to read the Greenwood High School Roadmap that was emailed on 7/6/20. This roadmap was created to help you  understand how schools and families can work together during this unprecedented time. This year will not have the freshmen/new student orientation meeting instead we send a video with the relevant and important information later this month.

Registration Information

This year registration will take place entirely online beginning July 1. There will be computer access at the high school if you are in need of a computer. For students who live outside of our district and are not currently enrolled in Greenwood Schools, please complete the online Transfer/Non-Resident Student application. Upon registration, a minimum $50 payment will be required/accepted or you may pay your entire fee.   Payment may be made online through https://www.ezschoolpay.com.  There is a small service fee when using the online payment feature. We are requiring every student to have a computer/laptop/tablet (device) whether school issued or his/her personal device. Cell phones are NOT considered an approved device.  Visit our website to find registration forms along with other information that you may want to view before the first day of school: http://gws.k12.in.us.     

Schedule Pick-Up


10th, 11th and 12th graders:

         Schedule Pick-up

         Thursday, July 23rd 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

         Friday, July 24th   7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

9th graders:

         Schedule Pick-up and time to explore the building

Monday, July 27th 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m and 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Suggested Times for 9th graders: Last Name Beginning with: 

7:30 a.m.  - 8:45 a.m. A-G

9:00 a.m.  -10:15 a.m. H-Q

10:15 a.m. -11:30 a.m. R-Z

6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. All

College Application Kick-Off (seniors only) 

12th grade students are invited to attend a College Application Kick-off from. This event will take place on Tuesday, July 28th from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm at the High School in room LGI 1. Topics for the event will include College Applications, Requesting Transcripts, Financial Aid and Scholarships. The Lilly Endowment Scholarship application will open at the end July and this event is a wonderful opportunity to familiarize yourself with this amazing opportunity. Participants will be socially distanced and mask wearing is encouraged. This information will be made available electronically after the event takes place. Participants should register at  https://forms.gle/j6i8b1hCCotzq8Sk6 Continue reading

Hello GHS families. We hope everyone is enjoying your summer. To be brief, you will find the following information in this email:

1. GCSC (corporation) re-entry roadmap (attached)
2. GHS re-entry roadmap (attached)
3. Information regarding high school registration 

Roadmaps:

Items in the GHS plan are addendums to the GCSC plan, so please read both. Both roadmaps respond to IDOE recommendations and have been approved by our local health department. If you have any questions, please email Assistant Principal, Craig Bruns at cbruns@gws.k12.in.us by Wednesday, July 8th. We will respond to your questions with another communication on Friday, July 10th.  

Distance Learning:

The deadline to enroll in the distance learning option is July 17th. To enroll, please contact me at tgarrison@gws.k12.in.us by the 17th. Distance learning requires the following:

• Students must be present (live) each day, each period. Students not logged in live will be counted absent.
• Assignments, projects, and assessments will have strict deadlines, just like "in-person" school. 
• Once students begin distance learning, they will be required to remain in the program for the semester. 

In general, please note this is not the same learning environment students experienced in the spring. Feel free to email me if you have questions. 

HS Registration:

Tomorrow, July 7th, you will be receiving an email from GHS regarding registration. Please read as we have several changes.  

We know opinions vary vastly, so please understand we are doing our best to balance all factors when developing a safe plan. As Dr. DeKoninck has stated several times, all plans are subject to change.  

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Class of 2020 Panoramic Photo

To ensure social distancing, we are making a change to the Class of 2020 panoramic photo that most seniors are going to love. Instead of a regular photo that would require everyone to gather rather closely, our senior portrait company is going to create a panoramic-sized composite of everyone's senior pictures. As long as you pose for senior pictures through Prestige -- whether last summer or during one of the make-up dates at the high school -- you'll be included in this awesome composite picture that will also feature information about your class. Please place your order by July 10 because no late orders can be accepted. Continue reading

June 17, 2020

Greenwood Community High School will be celebrating the Class of 2020 with an indoor commencement to be held on July 17th at 7pm in the main gym. We are fortunate to bring the Class of 2020 together again, and we hope all available seniors plan to attend their graduation ceremony. In order for GHS (and all county schools) to be granted permission for a large group ceremony, the following safety guidelines must be enforced.  

Doors open: 6pm (ceremony begins at 7pm). Please follow social distancing while waiting to enter the building. 

Parking: Graduate parking will be located in the band parking lot area. 

Visitor parking will be located in the east parking lot (football stadium area). 

Entrance: Graduates will enter through Door 32E (only).

Visitors will enter through the Athletic Complex entrance (Door 31N only).

Student seating: Graduates will be properly spaced throughout the main floor adhering to proper distancing recommendations. One set of lower bleachers will be pushed in to allow for this accommodation. 

Visitor seating: Graduates will receive three tickets only for family, friends, etc. (visitors).  

• Visitors (3 per senior) will be seated in marked areas only. 
• School officials will ensure visitors are seated in designated areas.
• Please note there will be limited handicap seating available. 
• There will be no auditorium seating available.

Ceremony: Due to limited floor and bleacher space, presenters (chosen by each senior) will not be in attendance. All graduates will be handed a diploma cover by the principal. No hand shakes or hugs will be given. 

Post ceremony: Visitors must exit out the athletic complex entrance (same).

Graduates will exit out Door 32E (same).

Graduates and visitors will reunite in the parking lot, and we ask everyone to follow social distancing recommendations. 

Graduation Practice: Practice will take place Thursday, July 16th at 4pm (main gym). All visitor tickets (3 per senior) will be distributed at that time. Also, if you would like to ring the bell or have your picture taken with the bell, it will be available after our practice session. The bell will not be available at Friday night’s ceremony. 

This plan has been approved by the Johnson County Health Department, and your attendance will verify you understand and will follow these requirements. We understand there will be some frustrations with some of the accommodations; however, we hope everyone comes with a positive attitude and ready to celebrate our seniors. 

Lastly, the graduation ceremony will be live streamed so family members and friends can watch live from home. We will provide more details as we near July 17th. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact an administrator at 317-889-4000 Monday through Thursday from 8:00am to noon. Thank you. 

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Friday, May 29 is the deadline for incoming sophomores and seniors to register for Summer School. Incoming sophomores may enroll in Health and Preparing for College and Career and Incoming seniors may enroll in government and economics. The registration information may be found on the Guidance Department Homepage or on the Class of 2021 and Class of 2023 Canvas pages under announcements. 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-sfI35RgpZOEJzJM7aOLvNP-GPD_0LO_Coc2fQV7EWA/edit?usp=sharing


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The GHS Main Office will be open from 8 am to noon Monday through Thursday during the month of June.  Please feel free to call 317-889-4000 if you have any questions.   Continue reading

GHS has four seniors reporting for boot camp before our July 17th commencement ceremony. To honor our military students, GHS will host a drive-by sendoff on Thursday, May 28th from 7-8pm. All four seniors will be setup (properly spaced) in front of the building, and cars will drive by, show their support, and give these four young men a graduation ceremony they will never forget. We ask everyone to remain in their cars. Route is simple - come down the boulevard, turn at the first right, loop around to the front of building (where busses park), and exit out the boulevard. 

The four students are Logan (Marines), Blake (Marines), Johnathan (Army), and Josh (Army).

We hope you can make it and give these brave young men a proper GHS sendoff. 

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Distribution of the 2019-2020 yearbooks along with the quarantine supplements will be distributed at the school on July 10 between 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Students and parents will remain in their cars and form a line in front of the building to enforce social distancing. Signs will direct the way. Also, students need to have some form of ID. School IDs and driver's licenses would be perfect, but other identification cards -- like library cards -- would work. This will speed up the car line. Anyone who cannot pick up the yearbook on July 10 will need to wait until the first week of school to get the books and magazines. A few extras are still available, and interested parents should contact Denise Roberts at droberts@gws.k12.in.us

Each yearbook purchaser will receive a complementary Quarantine supplement, which is a 36-page magazine that will peel and stick in the back of the yearbook and provide stories, photos, and information about the pandemic's effect on students, faculty, and the community.

Congratulations to Faith Peebles, Mallory Watson, and Anna Lowe for leading the newspaper and yearbook staffs in creating this amazing supplement during remote learning and to Mallory Watson for her leadership all year in creation of the yearbook itself.

   
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All-

Below is the link to our GHS Honors Day 2020 Virtual Celebration.  We are so proud of all of the hard work, accomplishments, and achievements of our students!

Honors Day

Thanks for celebrating their successes with us virtually! Continue reading

Please join us tomorrow, May 19th at 4:00 for a virtual college planning event with INvestEd. The topic of the meeting will be "Financial Aid: Early awareness" and will cover topics like choosing the right major, searching for scholarships, and college financial aid.  

Meeting ID

meet.google.com/pdr-bnmq-jgh

Phone Numbers

(‪US‬)‪+1 516-261-2025‬

PIN: ‪774 438 819#‬

Please contact Lisa Laug at llaug@gws.k12.in.us with questions. Continue reading

The 2019-20 school year comes to an end this week. We can’t thank everyone enough for your willingness to work through our remote learning process. Thank you students for being active in your studies. Thank you parents for pushing your students and allowing them space and time to complete their school work. We also want to thank our teachers for all their preparation and willingness to continue the learning process for students. As we stated before, it wasn’t a perfect system, but we hope all students were able to learn new skills as they continue to learn in the future. Times are hard, and we can’t express enough how much we appreciate your cooperation.

The main purpose of this email is to communicate to you that GHS needs some items from students before the end of the week. Our school office is open today (Monday), Wednesday, and Friday from 8am-noon. Please read.

1. All students - please return all school textbooks and library books.
2. Seniors and students not returning to GHS - please return your computer and charge cord. All students grades 9-11 who are returning to GHS, you may keep your computer and charger for the reminder of the summer.
3. All students - please return all school issued calculators or other department issued items.
4. All students - please complete all teacher surveys this week. Your input is valuable as we prepare for future opportunities. 
5. Lastly, all students and parents, please complete the following survey - https://bbyt.es/9U2BR4RCQ. This survey is being sent to all stakeholders in the corporation. We appreciate your feedback. 

Thank you and enjoy your week. Continue reading

The Greenwood Education Foundation is graciously providing senior yard signs for free to all students in the senior class. If you have not yet picked up your yard sign, you may do so tomorrow, Saturday May 9th from 11:00am - 1:00pm at The Gathering Place in Greenwood. The address for The Gathering Place is 1495 W. Main Street, Greenwood. The signs may be picked up under the awning at door 1.  

Contact Maureen Wehmeier at maestraw@msn.com with questions.  Continue reading

CIESC DriverEdSafety continues to offer the online driver education class to all students. While they are unable to offer a traditional classroom setting, this summer they will offer an option for live-streamed class starting May 26. They hope to resume in-car instruction as soon as possible. Visit their website at www.driveredsafety.com for more information.

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Congratulations to the Top 20 from the Class of 2020!  We are so proud of your accomplishments, thankful for the impact you have had on others (including our staff), and excited to see where your new journeys take you!  Strive for excelllence, value relationships, be honesty, courageous, persistent, and make a positive impact on those around you!
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Students/Parents:


If your student needs to pick-up any materials from inside the school, they may do so on the following schedule:

Monday, May 11th / 9-11am / students with the last name of A-G.

Wednesday, May 13th / 9-11am / students with the last name of H-Q.

Friday, May 15th / 9-11am / students with the last name of R-Z.

Only students are permitted to enter the building unless a parent represents their student. We are limited to only 25 people inside the school, so please enter the building quickly, gather your belongings, and exit so others may enter the building in a timely manner. Everyone must enter through the main entrance, Door 2N. 

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This message is intended for senior students and their parents or guardians. Students may pick up their graduation orders from Herff Jones on Friday, May 1 from 9am – 12 pm at the high school. This includes cap and gowns, announcements, accessories, and keepsakes. 

Please come down Woodmen Boulevard and turn right before you reach the “T” and drive around to the Main Office Area. This is entrance 2N.  Please have the student’s first and last name written largely on a piece of paper. You will show this paper when approaching the pick-up area.

Herff Jones will only distribute the cap and gown to the student or their parent/guardian. If you have not ordered your cap and gown, there will be some available at the pick-up event. The cost of the cap and gown is  $50.29 and it is payable by cash, check, or charge.  Continue reading