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Spring Final Exams Schedule and AP/IB Exams Schedule
City Year After School Programming
Prom – “Old Hollywood”
Access Your Potential (Financial Literacy Seminar)
Summer Internships
Summer Girls Basketball Tryouts
Seniors – Senior Lock-In
Summer School Sign-Up
Meet Our New Head Volleyball Coach
Landscape Committee Updates
Prom Chaperones Needed
After Prom Volunteers Needed
Proctor an AP or IB Exam
Suicide Prevention Programming for Seniors
GWHS Baseball Family Night
“Screenagers: Under the Influence” Screening
DPS Family Wellness Fest
GWHS Food Pantry Krispy Kreme Fundraiser
This week’s events: click HERE
This week’s athletic events: click HERE
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SPRING FINAL EXAMS SCHEDULE AND AP/IB EXAMS SCHEDULE
Please find the schedule for final exams HERE, and the schedule for AP and IB exams HERE.
After a student in grade 11 or grade 12 takes an AP or IB exam, they are no longer required to attend any remaining scheduled classes for that course in which they tested. Grade 11 and grade 12 students who do not take the AP or IB exam in their course must continue to attend scheduled classes and take a course final exam (see final exams schedule, above), as will all grade 9 and grade 10 students, regardless of whether they take their AP or IB exam. Earning honors-weight credit for that course is contingent on completion of a final exam. All students who are taking an AP or IB exam will be excused from the rest of their classes on the day of their exam. Students who are not testing must attend all their class that day.
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CITY YEAR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING
Need help with your homework, preparing for state CMAS or P/SAT testing, or creating a success plan? City Year offers after school programming on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, and Thursdays until 5:00pm in room 317. To participate in this free after school program, have your parent or guardian complete a permission slip in ENGLISH or SPANISH, or pick one up in room 317! Questions? Check out this FLYER.
PROM – “OLD HOLLYWOOD”
Prom will be held Saturday, April 20 from 7:00 to 11:00pm at Forney’s Museum of Transportation. Tickets will be $50 for a single or $75 for a couple, and will be available on MySchoolBucks starting Monday, March 4 through Wednesday, April 17. Guest forms are available starting Monday, March 4 and are due no later than Wednesday, April 10. Forms can be found HERE, on Schoology, or in the Main Office.
ACCESS YOUR POTENTIAL (FINANCIAL LITERACY SEMINAR)
Come to a free Financial Literacy Seminar on Monday, April 22 during lunch in the GWHS Library! Students will identify topics they would like to explore at this seminar and provide areas of interest for future sessions. Topics include credit, creating a spending account, savings and investing, planning for the future, and preparing to buy a home. Access Your Potential (AYP) is a non-profit that focuses on supporting a more equitable future for Black and Latino/Hispanic students. They do this by providing free, targeted seminars and mentoring to young students towards financial goals. Click HERE for info and a QR code for registration – be to sign up by Friday, April 12!
SUMMER INTERNSHIPS
GWHS students can participate in a Business, Technology, or Creative internships this summer through the DPS Launch Program. The internship runs Monday, June 10 through Thursday, July 18, working roughly 20 hours per week. There is a grant incentive of up to $1,500, and students can earn school elective credit. If you are interested in learning more or would like to participate, please fill out this interest FORM.
SUMMER GIRLS BASKETBALL TRYOUTS
Get ready for the GWHS girls basketball team summer tryouts, starting Wednesday, May 1 at 4:30pm on Chauncey Billups Court at GWHS. The goal of tryouts is to prepare incoming freshmen and others who are interested in playing high school basketball for GWHS. To sign up, please email Coach Wallace or scan the QR code in this FLYER.
SENIORS – SENIOR LOCK-IN
Seniors, the very first GWHS Senior lock-in will be Friday, May 3 at 8:00pm to Saturday, May 4 at 8:00am in the Chauncey Billups Court! You MUST have a signed waiver (available in the Main Office) and purchase a ticket ($3 at MySchoolBucks) to enter. This event is for GWHS Class of 2024 seniors only.
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SUMMER SCHOOL SIGN-UP
If your student is off track for graduation or needs to recover credits, Summer School sign-up is now open! GWHS is one of the summer school sites this year!
- RSS LOCATIONS: George Washington HS- 655 S. Monaco Pkwy. North High School- 2960 Speer Blvd. Bill Roberts- 2100 N Akron Way
- DATE/TIMES/DETAILS: June 11th – July 17th, 2024 Tuesday – Friday from 8:00am – 11:00am RTD transportation support available Breakfast & Lunch provided
- ATTENDANCE POLICY: Students cannot exceed 4 absences/tardies.
- To sign up, please fill out this FORM, or reach out to your student’s counselor directly. If you have any questions please contact your student’s counselor; check this FLYER for more info.
MEET OUR NEW HEAD GIRLS VOLLEYBALL COACH
We’re thrilled to welcome our new Head Girls Volleyball Coach, Hannah Erwin, to the Patriot family! Join us in the GWHS Library as we officially introduce Coach Erwin on Friday, April 26 at 6:30pm.
LANDSCAPE COMMITTEE UPDATES
- GO GREEN DAY 2024 is coming on Saturday, May 4. This is our biggest event of the year! Come volunteer rain or shine from 8:00am to 1:00pm for this fun-filled annual event, where you’ll plant trees, landscape and enjoy a free t-shirt and pizza lunch! Click HERE to see what we sowed last year.
- NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING is Wednesday, May 1 at 5:30pm at Tessa Delicatessen. Parents, students, teachers/staff and GWHS friends are all welcome!
- GROUNDS WORKDAYS are here. Students, do you need volunteer hours? Parents, want to help out? Join us on Saturdays April 27 and May 11 from 10:00am to 12:00pm. We’ll meet in the Community Garden by the South Parking Lot. In case of inclement weather, check our website for any cancellations.
- GIVE A LASTING GIFT for your 2024 graduate while helping the Landscape Committee continue to beautify the GWHS grounds! Purchase a personalized brick or tree HERE!
- Questions? Email Barb DeSarro.
PROM CHAPERONES NEEDED
Are you able to help set up for Prom on Saturday, April 20 at 5:00pm and/or chaperone the dance beginning at 7:00pm and ending at 11:00pm? If so, click HERE and sign up for the slot that fits your schedule. The dance will be held at Forney’s Museum of Transportation. Questions? Contact Ms. Kristi.
AFTER PROM VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
We need volunteers to help us at After Prom on Saturday, April 20, as well as with After Prom cleanup on Sunday, April 21! Several fun and easy jobs are available – anyone can help! Please click HERE to sign up for a time slot. Thank you for supporting this event for our students!
PROCTOR AN AP OR IB EXAM
GWHS has over 600 students taking AP and IB exams from Thursday, April 25 through Friday, May 17, and we need your help with proctoring! Sign up HERE to proctor an AP or IB exam. You may select any exam your student is NOT taking. Proctor training is easy, and your support is deeply appreciated!
SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAMMING FOR SENIORS
This month, GWHS will be implementing “It’s Real – Suicide Prevention for Seniors.” If you do not want your student to participate, please click HERE to opt them out of this programing.
GWHS BASEBALL FAMILY NIGHT
Join us Friday, April 19 from 4:00 to 6:30pm for a fun evening of community and baseball as we cheer on the Patriots against our rival East Angels! The Snack Shack will have a pulled pork dinner for $8.00. All are welcome! Click HERE for more info.
“SCREENAGERS: UNDER THE INFLUENCE” SCREENING
Come to a screening of “Screenagers: Under The Influence” presented by Denver North High School on Wednesday, April 17 at 6:00pm in the North Auditorium. Addressing vaping, drugs, and alcohol in the digital age, “Screenagers: Under The Influence” delves into how the tech revolution has reshaped adolescence and its effects on substance use. The film debunks myths and depicts strategies parents and schools can use to encourage healthy decision-making, support teen mental health, set limits, and create healthy home environments. The film also includes many ways young people are using their wisdom and strength to help each other and themselves through this complicated terrain around substance use.
DPS FAMILY WELLNESS FEST
Come join DPS for learning, food, giveaways and fun at Family Wellness Fest! There will be FREE Childcare, FREE Food, giveaways and MORE! Choose from three dates and locations. This event will include four sessions which families can attend and learn more about:
1. Substance Abuse Prevention
2. Social Emotional Learning: What is tSEL?
3. School Culture and Bullying Prevention
4. Restorative and Trauma-Informed Practices
There will also be a small resource fair to learn more about other resources available in DPS and Denver. Please see the flyers in ENGLISH and SPANISH for details and to request interpretation!
GWHS FOOD PANTRY KRISPY KREME FUNDRAISER
Please support our GWHS staff, students and families with food scarcities who utilize our GWHS Food Pantry, and enjoy some Kirispy Kreme doughnuts! All processed will go towards purchasing items such as but not limited to food, hygiene, school supplies, coats, hats, gloves, etc. Our goal is to sell 100 dozen doughnuts by the end of the school year. Click HERE for info on how you can support our Krispy Kreme fundraiser. Thank you so much to all who have supported GWHS’s Food Pantry for the 2023-2024 school year!
WEEKLY ATHLETICS UPDATE
Patriots excel in the classroom and on the field! Check out this week’s Athletics Update HERE.
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April 3
CMAS Science (all grade 11 students)
April 15
SAT (all grade 11 students; no school for grade 9, 10 or 12 students)
April 16
PSAT 9 and PSAT 10 (all grade 9 and 10 students; no school for grade 11 or 12 students)
April 19
Teacher Workday/No School for Students
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