• Monday, January 20 will be a half day for students.  School will be dismissed at 10:55am.  Students will need to be out of the building by 12:00pm.  There will be bus transportation right after school dismisses for the day.

• AP EXAMS: 

  • • If you have a student[s] taking 2nd Semester AP Macroeconomics or AP US Government and Politics, AND you have not registered and paid for that exam, please visit GHS AP Central for all information and resources regarding AP courses, exam dates, deadlines, and exam registration and payment. If you would like to watch an overview video of the process, you can view that here.

    • For students who are in a year-long AP course or who have already registered and paid for a second-semester AP course, please review the exam format updates for this spring and please review the deadlines for exam cancellation.  

    • Please mark your calendars for the AP Exam dates: May 5-17 (see the AP Exam Schedule).

• Attention students! Our Kids' Food Basket Snacks and Stories event is beginning Monday!

This event is to encourage reading and to support Kids' Food Basket!

From January 20th to 31st - the next two weeks - students who check out a book/show a book they are reading and donate a food item to the library will receive a ticket.

Needed items:

• Packages of pudding cups

• Packages of fruit cups or fruit pouches (no foil tops please)

• Packages of pretzels/Cheez-Its/Goldfish (1.5 oz bags or smaller)

• Packages of meat sticks like Slim Jims (.28 oz or .5 oz sticks)

Off-brands are welcome! Only these items will be accepted.

For every four individual food items donated, students earn one ticket, and they can earn as many as they like! Examples:

• Package of four pudding cups= one ticket

• Package of 20 Cheez-It bags = five tickets

You will write your name, student number, and fourth-hour teacher on the ticket for a chance to win:

• A $25 Amazon gift card (two random drawings)

• A $50 Amazon gift card for the student with the most items donated

• A pizza party for the fourth-hour class with the most entries

Please help us to help our community’s children! Bring in those items!

• Attention students interested in the second round of Biliteracy testing, please see the Seal of Biliteracy website to register and pay. The registration deadline is Friday, January 31. Biliteracy testing will take place on Thursday, Feb. 6 in project room 280 at 7:30 AM. 

• AP EXAMS: 

  • • If you have a student[s] taking 2nd Semester AP Macroeconomics or AP US Government and Politics, AND you have not registered and paid for that exam, please visit GHS AP Central for all information and resources regarding AP courses, exam dates, deadlines, and exam registration and payment. If you would like to watch an overview video of the process, you can view that here.

    • For students who are in a year-long AP course or who have already registered and paid for a second-semester AP course, please review the exam format updates for this spring and please review the deadlines for exam cancellation.  

    • Please mark your calendars for the AP Exam dates: May 5-17 (see the AP Exam Schedule).

• ​ATTENTION SENIORS: Congratulations! You have made it to the final semester of high school. Let's make this semester the best ever. Work hard, finish strong, and savor those "last" experiences. However, let's make sure we are aware of the Senior exam policy. Please see the Senior Exam Exemption policy to prepare for May. 

• Attention current Sophomore and Junior students: The application process for joining next year's yearbook staff has begun! If you have any interest in being a part of the staff, we would encourage you to apply! This is an elective class, and one of the only ones with an application process.

Criteria to apply:

-Must be a current sophomore or junior

-Must get good teacher recommendations

-Must be comfortable interviewing GHS students about various activities and involvements

-Must be comfortable going out into the community to sell ads for the yearbook (i.e. talking to local businesses and have some "sales" skills...or at least be willing to learn!) :)

Applications are available in room 166 (Mrs. Van Hekken's room) or room 178 (Mrs. Peterson's room). They are due on February 29 (no late applications will be accepted). 

Any questions, please see Mrs. Van Hekken in room 166.

• To keep up to date on Senior All Night Party happenings, please check your spam to make sure you aren’t missing our emails. You can also join our Grandville Class of 2025 Facebook group. Questions? Contact ghs.2025.sanp@gmail.com. Thank you! 

• Student and Family Assistance: Educational Benefit Form: While all students are automatically eligible to receive FREE breakfast and lunch for the 2024 - 25 school year it is still important for families to complete the online assistance application. There are additional benefits for those families who qualify. Please see the attached flyer (click hyperlink) regarding educational benefits and how to apply in order to see if you qualify 

• The Dawgs Swim and Dive team kicked off OK Red Conference play with a win against Hudsonville 180-121. Wins came from Oliver Ottenwess, Jack Merkel, Brody Agema, Jacob Hector, and Isaac Renkema. Other good performances came from Mason Szyniszewski, Drake Porter, Rylan Huizinga, Reid Grinwis, Finn Sanders, Jacob VanEssen, and Will Dykstra.   

• Attention all GHS senior scholar athletes:

The Ryan Fischer Bulldog Legacy Scholarship is offering its 11th annual scholarship valued at $5,000.00 to a motivated and deserving GHS senior scholar athlete who best demonstrates the character of Ryan Fischer. In addition to high academic standards, an applicant must demonstrate high moral character, outstanding leadership and sportsmanship qualities, a strong faith in God, a willingness to be a friend to all, and exhibit a strong commitment to community.  Please visit  www.ryanfischer.org and click on the “Bulldog Scholarship” tab to download the application.  All applications must be submitted to the athletic director (Brian Parsons) by Friday, March 28, 2025.  Informational brochures can be picked up in the guidance office.  Please email ryanfischer11@comcast.net with any questions.

• The Grandville Athletic Boosters is pleased to announce that they will be offering their annual scholarships again this year. They will be awarding 10 - $1,500 scholarships for the 2024/2025 school year.  

The Requirements for the GAB scholarship are as follows:

• The applicant must have an overall G.P.A. =>3.0

• The applicant must have earned TWO ATHLETIC VARSITY letters and be involved in various other school and extracurricular activities. 

• The applicant must submit at least 3 Teacher/Athletic Coach Recommendation forms.

       (1) must be from a current teacher from their SENIOR year

       (1) from a current or past ATHLETIC COACH

       (1) from any other individual other than a relative.  

The link to the form to be sent to Teachers and Coaches is within the application. 

The applicant must complete a two page essay explaining how athletics has impacted their high school career, what it meant to be a GHS bulldog and/or what skills or attributes from athletics they hope to carry onto their college experience.

Deadline for submission is February 17th, 2025

Please go to https://forms.gle/dAqdRxm3R8XyDmUN9 to fill out the application.  Please make sure to complete all information only once before submitting. 

Please send this link to Teachers and Coaches that you would like to provide the required recommendations. https://forms.gle/bcsyavR6JPj6CaH56

Questions - please send email to scholarshipsgab@gmail.com.  

Recipients will be notified of the award and will be invited to attend the Hall of Fame / Scholarship  banquet on March 8th at Sunnybrook Country club to be recognized.  

• Join us for our Winter Play, Radium Girls, Thursday, January 30 through Sunday, February 2.  For more information regarding the show and how to purchase tickets click on this link.

• Do you have a job? Are you out there makin' money?? Do you have an internship of some kind? How about earning money from a side hustle??

If so, the yearbook staff would like to hear from you and get a photo of you doing your thing to make money. A special page in the yearbook is being created this year, so send Mrs. Peterson or any yearbook staff member an email and someone will get ahold of you.

• We’re going to Portugal & Spain, and you’re invited!

From Lisbon's historic sites to the beaches of the Algarve and the stunning architecture of Barcelona, this journey offers unforgettable experiences and personal growth. Highlights include a food-themed scavenger hunt in Lisbon and guided tours of iconic sites like La Alhambra castle in Granada and the Plaza de España in Sevilla. This tour enriches students with cultural connections and opportunities to practice their español! 

Don't miss out—RSVP here: https://bit.ly/3BTaXj3 to learn more about this fun, educational experience through EF Tours, join us for an informational meeting on Thursday, January 23 at 6:30 PM in room 270 at GHS (enter through Door B on the Canal side).  This tour is set for mid June, 2026.  Email Mrs. Martin with any questions hmartin@gpsbulldogs.org 

• The Grandville Theatre Society is hosting a theater game swap this Saturday, January 18, from 6pm-7:30pm in the auditorium lobby. Theatre students from multiple schools in the area will come together to share some of the theatre-related games they play as warmups or team builders. Anyone is welcome to come play games with us! 

• Help support Odyssey of the Mind by attending a fundraiser night at Culver's.  Please see this flyer for more information.

• Bird Club Dates for the 24-25 school year: 

Date: Tuesday January 14th Location: School Walk meet in 111, 3pm

Date: Saturday February 15th, 10am Location: Buck Creek Nature Trail (Burlingame Entrance) BIG BACK YARD BIRD COUNT!

Date: Tuesday March 102th Location: School Walk meet in 111, 3pm

Date: Tuesday April 14th Location: School Walk Meet in 111, 3pm

Date: Tuesday May 12th Location: TBD SPRING MIGRATION!

All dates and locations are subject to change based on the weather.  

• Attention all 10th and 11th grade students interested in applying for the criminal justice program at KCTC.  The application is now open.  Please be mindful of all submission deadlines. 

• Seniors can access local scholarships on this document.  Please note deadlines and application requirements.  For more information or if you need an application printed, please see Mrs. Bloem in the counseling office.  

• GHS Academic SAIG Group Student Recommendations for Second Semester

Desmond Young, Grandville High School’s Academic Coach, will continue to offer Academic Support through small groups for students at GHS. We will meet once a week ( 8 weeks) for approximately an entire class period to discuss different academic topics. Some of the topics we will cover include organization, time management, test strategies/prep, note-taking, and motivation. Together, these skills will help students perform better academically, reduce stress, and prepare them for future educational and professional challenges. If you are interested in your child(ren) participating, please complete this interest Form. If you have additional questions, please contact Desmond Young, Academic Coach at dyoung@gpsbulldogs.org or 616-254-6241.

• If you are interested in retaking the SAT, please go to the collegeboard website to sign up.  Testing dates and deadlines are listed below.

Test date                           Registration deadline 

March 8, 2025                  February 21, 2025

May 3, 2025                      April 18, 2025

June 7, 2025                     May 22, 2025

• NHS Tutoring

Tutoring will be available from 3-3:45pm Monday and Wednesday for all subjects. The tutors consist of National Honor Society juniors and seniors! Tutoring will be                located in the Media Center to the right as you enter, so we’ll be very easy to find.

WHO: Any student that would like help in any subject matter

WHAT: Tutoring by National Honor Society students

WHERE: Media Center- Right Side as your enter

WHEN: Mondays and Wednesdays

TIME: Right after school until 3:45pm

     If you have a student (or students) that seems to struggle with the content of your coursework, please encourage them to take advantage of this free tutoring                     opportunity. The National Honor Society students are more than willing and able to help! We hope to see your student(s) there!

•  Parents, this letter is to inform you of our optional Library Restriction Process.  Please read through carefully and take the appropriate steps if you wish to do so.