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Students in grades K-8 will be participating remotely in iReady testing the week of August 12-16.  

Please be sure that students are completing this assessment on their own. This is a diagnostic test which will adjust its questions to suit your student's needs. It will show content that your student has never seen before and therefore, it is designed for them to not know the answers to every question. The test will adapt to find the precise ability of the student. 

Please email the Assessment Office with questions.  

For Gwinnett County Public School families, MyPaymentsPlus is the resource available for 2024-25 beginning of year contributions. All families are encouraged to login to their students MyPaymentsPlus account. If you need assistance with MyPaymentsPlus please click HERE to access the GCPS MyPaymentsPlus information page.

New this year; orientation forms and parent acknowledgments will be in ParentSquare for the 2024-25 school year rather than on MyPaymentsPlus. If you need assistance with ParentSquare please click HERE to go to the GCPS ParentSquare information page. 

Student passwords for the GCPS portal were reset on Sunday, August 4. See below for information on logging into the portal. The logins page on the GOC website provides more details on how to access specific programs.

• Click HERE to access the GCPS home page and click on Students in the upper right corner.

• Log in using your STUDENT NUMBER as your User ID and your portal password. 

The first time that students log in, they will be asked to reset their password:

Grades 6-12: Your password is your 8-digit DATE OF BIRTH (MMDDYYYY). For example, if your birthday is January 5, 2000, your initial portal password will be 01052000. If you do not know your password, you will need to contact one of your teachers. *If you are prompted to change your password, please choose one that is secure and easy to remember.

Grades K-5: Please see this document for logging into the portal for the first time.

Gwinnett County Public Schools is inviting parents and guardians, community members, and school district employees to apply for the GEMS Oversight Committee, a group of community and school system representatives charged with the annual review of the Academic Knowledge and Skills (AKS) curriculum standards. The next meeting is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, October 29. After the review, the committee recommends revisions and additions to the Superintendent for adoption by the Gwinnett County Board of Education. Committee members serve three-year terms. 

Those interested in serving should complete the online application no later than Friday, August 9. 

ParentSquare is a simple-to-use platform that provides a safe way for schools and families to communicate and connect. ParentSquare is your go-to platform for communication and reminders. We encourage all parents to take advantage of this powerful tool to stay connected, engaged, and actively involved in their child's educational journey.

The most effective way to use ParentSquare is through the app where you can control how you receive information and keep it all in one place. If you do not wish to use the app, you will receive information in one daily digest email from ParentSquare at the end of each day.

Visit our website for more information about ParentSquare.

GCPS is pleased to provide information about Student Accident Insurance available through K&K Insurance. This affordable insurance plan can help cover costs associated with accidental injuries to your student. This insurance plan is not intended to replace your child’s health insurance coverage. Rather, this insurance can supplement any existing insurance policies, providing a specified amount of coverage if your student should be injured at school. 

To enroll, file a claim, or for more information about the plans, please contact Cheryl Norris, K&K Insurance. 

Gwinnett Online Campus looks forward to welcoming students and families for the 2024-25 school year beginning the week of August 5, 2024. Please click HERE to access the Fall Orientation page of our website for lots of important information on the various ways to plug in next week to get your student off to a great start this school year. 

We will be hosting in-person parent meetings on Friday, August 9 according to the following grade level schedule:  

• Grades 6 through 8:  9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. 

• Grades 9 through 12:  11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 

• Grades K through 5:  1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

These in-person parent meetings are optional but highly encouraged. You may bring your child if you need to but it is not necessary that they attend. If you have children in multiple grade levels, you only need to attend once. If you are unable to attend the in-person meeting on Friday, August 9, we will have a virtual session scheduled for Friday, August 16 from 9-10 a.m. via Zoom for all grades.

So that we can plan accordingly, please click HERE to RSVP for the Parent Meeting.

Please email Ms. Hope Campbell with questions.

As we get ready for our first educational field trip and field experiences of the school year, we want to communicate some very important policies and procedures to our families regarding our trips. Please note that all Field Trips and Field Experiences are optional.

FIELD TRIPS are off-campus educational activities where students meet at Gwinnett Online Campus and transportation is provided to the event location. 

1. Each Field Trip has a limited number of spaces available due to staffing and transportation. We encourage everyone to sign up early. All field trips are available on  MyPaymentsPlus. Please click HERE to find out more about all planned activities for the Fall semester. 

2. Students and parents going on the grade level field trip must register through MyPaymentsPlus and ride the bus for safety and security reasons. There are designated slots available for parents to attend as chaperones and they must register on the students MyPaymentsPlus account when registering their student. We are NOT able to accommodate students and/or parents that arrive to the field trip venue on their own in our scheduled group activity.  

3. If your student has a health related issue that may impact them on the field trip, please contact Ms. Amy Ezzell, GOC's County School Nurse to request a Health Management Form.

4. Please make sure that you are on time to drop-off and pick-up your student the day of the event. The buses are on a tight schedule and will leave promptly in order to arrive on time to the venue. We are unable to issue refunds for those that are late and miss the bus and scheduled activity. 

5. Please make sure that you pack food and a drink for your student for each field trip.

FIELD EXPERIENCES are off-campus educational activities where the parent/guardian provides transportation to and from the event location. 

1. Field Experiences are local activities that require parents to provide transportation for their student to and from the event. Please click HERE to find out more about all planned activities for the Fall semester. Being on time for arrival and pick-up is key to the success of the event. 

2. In some instances, parents will be required to accompany their student at the field experience (this is a requirement for students in grades K-2 and may apply to other grade levels based upon the event activity)

3. If your student has a health related issue that may impact them on the field trip, please contact Ms. Amy Ezzell, GOC's County School Nurse to request a Health Management Form.

4. Students and parents planning to attend a Field Experience must register through MyPaymentsPlus even if there is no fee associated with the trip. MPP is the location where all required permission slips need to be completed.

5. If a parent is attending a field experience and there is an associated fee, they must register and pay on their students MyPaymentsPlus account for both the student and the parent.

6. Please make sure that you pack food and a drink for your student for each field experience.

Please email Ms. Hope Campbell with questions. 

Students in grades 3-12, please save the following dates for upcoming on-campus GOC Fridays which kick-off at the end of August. Roost and Boost, for students in grades 3-12, will begin with the first GOC Friday scheduled for August 30.

• Grades 3-5: Friday, August 30

• Grades 6-8: Friday, September 6

• Grades 9-12: Friday, September 13

Click HERE to visit our website to stay informed about what all is planned for Fall Semester.

Please email Ms. Hope Campbell with questions.

Students in grades 9-12, are you interested in helping others and making a commitment to help your school?  If you answered yes, please consider becoming a GOC Peer Mentor by clicking HERE to complete the Peer Mentor Application form by Friday, August 16. We will notify those that have been accepted into the program by Monday, August 19.  Those selected will need to pay their Peer Mentor dues on MyPaymentsPlus.  Dues should be paid as soon as possible so we can place our team t-shirt order. 

Please email Ms. Hope Campbell or Ms. Rachel Capaldi with questions.

Students who wish to be considered as a mentee and having a mentor, please email Ms. Hope Campbell or           Ms. Rachel Capaldi.

PAC (Parent Advisory Committee) is so excited to start another awesome school year with all of our GOC families. We look forward to meeting all of you during the week of August 5. In the meantime, we would love for you to connect with us via our GOC PAC Parent Site.

Please join us on Tuesday, August 27 for our Sparkles Family Skate Night in Lawrenceville, GA. We want to see EVERYONE there for our first big PAC Event of the 2024-25 School Year! Lace up your skates and come join us at Sparkles! And if you don't skate, no problem, just come have some fun and make some new friends!