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Spring Final Exams Schedule and AP/IB Exams Schedule
P/SAT Score Release
Chromebook Return
Online Registration for the 2024-2025 School Year
City Year After School Programming
Yearbooks are Here
Cheer Tryouts
Doughnuts with Dr. Davis
Summer School Sign-Up
Landscape Committee Updates
GWHS Grow Club Plant Sale
Proctor an AP or IB Exam
2024 One George Initiative Meetings
Personal Hygiene Product Drive
Follow the GWHS PTSO Instagram Account
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.
P/SAT SCORE RELEASE
Thank you to all our freshmen, sophomores and juniors who worked so hard taking their state-mandated assessments in April! Scores for the SAT, PSAT 10 and PSAT 9 will be available to students starting Thursday, May 16. Students who provided a cell phone number during their Digital Readiness Check will receive a text notification from College Board when their score is available. Students who did not provide a cell phone number should log in to their College Board accounts to check their scores.
As a reminder, College Board will not contact you to sell you any materials. If you receive a phone call or email from someone stating they are from College Board and offering to send you free materials upon providing your credit card information, please do not respond or provide any information.
CHROMEBOOK RETURN
This year, Denver Public Schools is requiring all students to return their DPS-issued Chromebooks and chargers at the end of the 2023-2024 school year. Chromebooks must be be clean upon return (e.g., stickers removed). Chromebooks that are not returned by the end of the school year will be locked and/or reported missing by DPS, and a Chromebook and/or charger fee will be added to student’s MySchoolBucks accounts for payment. Chromebook and charger return dates will be:
- Wednesday, May 29 from 1:55 to 3:00pm
- Thursday, May 30 from 11:40am to 12:25pm
- Friday, May 31 from 11:40am to 12:25pm
Students, please work with your teachers to be sure you have your Chromebook for any final exams that require a Chromebook, and plan to return your Chromebook on the date that fits your final exam schedule. Seniors, if you wish to retain the contents of your Google Drive, please use the Google Takeout function before you return your Chromebook at Senior Checkout on Thursday, May 16. Instructions are HERE.
ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR
Current DPS families, save time by updating your student’s information online! By completing this process using your Parent Portal account, you can avoid paper forms and save time at the school during the fall return. All SchoolChoice applicants must have an accepted seat prior to registering their student. Select one of the windows available to register your student(s) online for 2024-2025:
- The “Early Bird” window: Monday, May 6 through Friday, May 24
- The regular window: Monday, July 29 through Friday, August 16
To register online, primary legal guardians of current DPS students must have an active DPS Parent Portal account. Visit myportal.dpsk12.org to sign up, or to check that your account is active and ready. For more information on how to complete online registration, contact the Main Office at 720-423-8600 or visit schoolchoice.dpsk12.org.
**New George Washington families — you, too, can register online! Contact our Main Office for more information.**
**Are you new to Denver? You can enroll and register directly in your neighborhood school. Locate your neighborhood school by typing in your address using School Finder, then contact the school for enrollment information. If you would like to enroll in a school other than your neighborhood school, please visit schoolchoice.dpsk12.org to get started.**
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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.
YEARBOOKS ARE HERE
Our 2023-2024 yearbooks have arrived and are ready for pickup! Please pick up your pre-ordered yearbook in room 26 (you must have your school photo ID to pick up your yearbook). If you did not pre-order a yearbook, a limited quantity will be available for purchase at $75/each in room 26. Questions? Contact Ms. Kristi.
CHEER TRYOUTS
We are looking for our cheerLEADERS for the 2024-2024 Varsity Cheer Season! Please get your sports physical and come tryout to be a part of our Patriot Varsity Cheer Team. Tryouts are Monday, May 13 through Friday, May 17 from 5:30 to 7:00pm in the GWHS Dance Room, and are open to all incoming ninth graders and current GWHS students. Click HERE for more info. Questions? Email Coach Shenae.
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DOUGHNUTS WITH DR. DAVIS
Parents, guardians and community members, please join our principal, Dr. Davis, on Wednesday, May 15 from 8:00 to 8:30am in the GWHS Community Room for doughnuts and conversation. Dr. Davis would love to take your questions, engage in conversation, and listen to your ideas during this casual event.
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 11 through July 17, 2024, Tuesday through Friday from 8:00am to 11:00am. RTD transportation support available. Breakfast and lunch provided.
- ATTENDANCE POLICY: Students cannot exceed four (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.
LANDSCAPE COMMITTEE UPDATES
- AN ENORMOUS THANK YOU to every single student, parent and friend who attended 2024’s Go Green Day! You all dug in and worked hard! We achieved the planting of six new trees, mulching practically every tree on campus, and enjoying some pizza with prizes. A special tip of the shovel to Mr. Q and Dr. D for their help in making it happen.
- LAST GROUNDS WORKDAYS: Students, do you need last minute volunteer hours? Parents, want to help out? Join us for our last two workdays of the school year on Saturdays, May 11 and May 18 from 9:00 to 11:00am. We’ll meet in the Community Garden by the South Parking Lot. In case of inclement weather, check our website for any cancellations.
- FINALLY… 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.
GWHS GROW CLUB PLANT SALE
The GWHS Grow Club is holding a plant sale! Students are offering a variety of tomatoes, sweet and hot peppers, exotic eggplants and interesting succulents and houseplants, all grown in the GWHS greenhouse. Please join us Monday, May 13 through Thursday, May 16 from 3:30 to 4:15pm in the GWHS Community Garden (Leetsdale side of the school, below the South Courtyard). All proceeds benefit the Grow Club and their efforts to refurbish the greenhouse. Questions? Contact Lisa Emerson.
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!
2024 ONE GEORGE INITIATIVE MEETINGS
Let’s get to work! The 2024 One George Initiative is set to kick off next week, and we need YOU in the room with the GWHS community to move this train forward! We are eager to connect for our first sessions and excited about the journey! Please join us on one of the following times to engage in grounding dialogue for this work:
- Thursday, May 9 from 6:00 to 8:00pm (virtually)
- Monday, May 13 from 6:00 to 8:00pm (GWHS Band Room)
- Tuesday, May 14 from 6:00 to 8:00pm (virtually)
Here are details about our first session:
The Race to School: Prepare for an immersive exploration into the diverse and unique backgrounds and experiences that comprise our school community. We will dissect the various perspectives and biases inherent in our interactions within and beyond the classroom, with a collective commitment to dismantling these barriers.
You can RSVP using this link, and please feel free to send the attached graphic to the GWHS community you are connected with! This is a journey that everyone is invited to go on as a collective and we are hopeful that you will be an ambassador for the work to amplify the impact. We hope to see you there!
PERSONAL HYGIENE PRODUCT DRIVE
Over the next two weeks, we will be collecting items to help those struggling to afford hygiene menstrual products. YOU can help by donating period products such as tampons, pads, etc. Please bring any of those items to the bins located in the North Lobby and Pikes Peak Lobby, where they will then be donated to individuals affected by period poverty.
FOLLOW THE GWHS PTSO INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT
Parents, friends, families and students, please follow your GWHS Parent/Teacher/Student Organization (PTSO) on Instagram @gwhs.ptso for the latest PTSO news, events, and more! It is a great place to learn about events, volunteer opportunities, fundraising, and how you can help support our amazing school.
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. For information on summer sports workouts, click HERE.
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April 25 – May 17
IB Exams
May 6 – May 17
AP Exams
May 24
Class of 2024 Graduation Ceremony/No School
May 29 – May 31
Final Exams
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