Posted August 9, 2022
ONLINE REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
All families must complete 2022-2023 online registration by August 22. DPS offers online registration through Parent Portal. To begin the process, please click HERE. Click guides are available in ENGLISH and SPANISH. If you have trouble accessing your Parent Portal account, or if you have other registration questions, please contact our Main Office at 720-423-8600.
FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH APPLICATIONS
After three years, the federal law providing pandemic-era child nutrition expired on June 30. This means starting this school year, students are expected to pay for their lunch at the time of service unless designated eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Free breakfast will still be available to everyone. To be considered for free lunch, families will need to fill out an application to qualify their students for free, reduced-price or paid meals. DPS encourages families to complete a meal benefits application as soon as possible to determine eligibility for free and reduced-price lunch. Once qualified, families also receive reduced fees for athletics, AP and IB exams, and other programming. Families can submit their application HERE (available in 8 languages; select your language with the drop-down tab at the upper right).
THE PULSE, A DENVER HEALTH SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CENTER
GWHS is proud to have on campus The Pulse, a Denver Health School Based Health Center! The Pulse is the newest Denver Health SBHC within DPS, with its state-of-the-art facilities celebrating a grand opening last semester. Consent forms for students to access The Pulse are now available for the 2022-2023 school year. Parents are able to sign up their students electronically HERE using E-consent. A printable copy of the consent form (in English and Spanish) is also available HERE. Find more information about services offered at Denver Health SBHCs HERE.
RETURNING TO IN-PERSON LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
As we move from pandemic to endemic when it comes to COVID-19, DPS is following the guidance of local, regional and national health experts. Endemic means that, while there is no clear end to the pandemic, the virus is generally significantly less life-threatening. DPS will now treat COVID-19 as it does any other reportable, communicable disease that is in its schools. So, DPS has revisited, revised and shifted its COVID-19 operational decision-making and policies so that DPS can still provide the best educational opportunities for its students, while taking reasonable precautions. In short, DPS now has fewer restrictions because there are no mandates and no public health orders in place. Anyone who chooses to wear a mask may continue to do so. All students may request a mask from their school or program if they need one. Masks are strongly recommended for any staff member or student who knows they have been exposed to COVID-19 within the previous 10 days.
Per Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance, and unlike last year, students and employees who have COVID-19 do not need to test for the virus and then get a negative rapid at-home test in order to return to school or work. DPS asks that symptomatic individuals please return on day six and wear a mask from day six to day ten. DPS encourages vaccines and booster shots. As of June 30, COVIDCheck Colorado is no longer in existence. DPS is hosting two cost-free PCR testing sites. There are several other cost-free PCR testing sites in Denver county and in areas surrounding Denver.
FALL SPORTS REGISTRATION
Fall sports registration is now open! Click HERE to get started. GWHS offers the following sports this fall:
Questions? Contact Mr. Netherton, our new Assistant Principal overseeing athletics and activities.
CHROMEBOOK PICKUP
Students are expected to keep their DPS Chromebooks throughout their time with DPS. If you are a student new to DPS or did not retain your DPS Chromebook from the 2021-2022 school year, please pick one up from Mr. Embleton in the North Lobby on the following dates:
Questions? Contact Mr. Embleton.
YEARBOOK DISTRIBUTION
If you did not pick up your 2021-2022 yearbook, please do so in the Main Office from 8:00am to 1:00pm. There are a few additional 2021-2022 yearbooks available for purchase as well; the cost is $55. If you’d like to purchase one, be sure to visit the Main Office soon!
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY LIAISON
GWHS is pleased to welcome Jasmine Locks (a GWHS alum!) as its Family and Community Liaison! Ms. Locks is excited to create opportunities for families to engage with and support our community. Questions? Contact Ms. Locks.
GWHS SPIRIT WEAR NOW AVAILABLE
Stock up and get ready to show your Patriot pride this year! Buy your spirit wear today by clicking HERE. We have everything you need, including t-shirts, hats, fleece jackets and vests, hoodies, beanies, stadium seating, even GWHS bibs for our Patriots Class of 2039 members!