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Registration Information
For rising 9th grade students (currently enrolled in APS):
- March 11th-19th 9am to 2pm
- March 20th: noon to 6pm
- March 21st - 29th: 9am to 2pm
For students new to APS:
- June 3rd - 14th: 9am to 1pm
- July 29th: 9am to 3pm
- July 30th: 9am to 6pm
- July 31st to Aug 7th: 9am to 3pm
**Rising 10th to 12th grade students currently attending Grady - Approximately a week ago, a green sheet of paper with your child’s census information form was sent home with each Grady student. If there are any changes, please make them on the green sheet and sign. If there are no changes, please mark “no changes” and sign. Along with the green census sheet a form titled Student Census Demographic Update Form was included as well. Please make sure both forms are returned asap to the main office or registrar’s office. Thank you!
Open House will be August 9th
Technology Competition Winners
Congratulations to Anthony Cochran and David Coffman, who won third place for their Robotics project in the statewide Georgia Student Technology Competition last week!
Seeking Grady alumni artists!
Mr. Brandhorst is seeking ALL Grady Alumni Artists to be a part of our biennial alumni exhibition. We are collecting works this week and hope to be open for viewing on March 20 in conjunction with the opening of West Side Story. Work will hang until April 19.
Actual ready to hang works are preferred but artists unable to deliver an original are invited to send a PDF and the works will be printed for the show. Prints become part of the Grady Permanent Collection.
Works may be made available for sale. Potential buyers will be connected directly with the artist. Grady will not take a percentage but will gladly accept any donation proceeds from sales.
Please have all artists contact Mr. Brandhorst. We are looking to develop a much more comprehensive alumni network to continue the great works of the Boys’ High Foundation. Interested Alums, parents, and community members are encouraged to contact me or any member of the current Grady High School Foundation at https://gradyhsfoundation.org/
APS' inaugural Rocks and Runs 5K
Register HERE.
Summer academic credit make-up program
Grady's Summer Academy for Credit Recovery program will take place in June, and the 9th Grade Summer Bridge program will occur in July. Credit Recovery is moving to a face-to-face model this year, Algebra 1, Biology, 9th Grade Literature and Spanish 1 will be offered to current 9-11th graders. PowerUp registration is officially live online HERE
2019 Junior/Senior Prom - tickets available
Grady's 2019 Junior/Senior Prom will be at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center on April 13. Tickets available now! Student and Guest tickets available HERE (scroll down to find the correct line).
Foundation Chromebooks update
Thank you to the Grady families that have already donated to the campaign! The current donor list is on the Grady Foundation website. [https://gradyhsfoundation.org/donors/]
It’s not too late to contribute to the Grady Foundation Chromebooks Campaign! Please visit www.gradyhsfoundation.org to donate online or find instructions to donate by check.
Thank you for investing in the future of our Knights!
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G3 (Robotics)
Grady's Robotics team won the District Chairman's award in the Georgia FIRST Robotics competition, and was featured HERE in TalkupAPS!
Spring Sports Banquet **corrected date
The Sports banquet for athletes competing in Spring sports will be Wednesday, May 8th from 6-8pm in the Grady cafeteria.
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Grady PTSA Officer Election in April - VP-Fundraising & Special Events Needed
Want to be in "in-the-know" and up-to-date on the latest at Grady? Consider serving on the Grady PTSA -- it's a great way to be involved and stay informed. Self nominations are being accepted now. The position of VP-Fundraising is wide open plus numerous opportunities for committee involvement. The officer slate will be posted by April 10 and elections will take place in April at the PTSA meeting. Find out more. Contact the nominating committee at kathyhart@hartmcc.com or 404-271-1489. Submit a one-paragraph description about yourself and include your phone and email. For a complete description of all Grady PTSA officer positions and committee opportunities, see https://www.atlantapublicschools.us/Page/56161.
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CCC and Counselors' Corner
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CCC News
CCC Scholarship Applications Available
Every year the CCC offers two $500 scholarships to graduating seniors. Please stop by the CCC to pick up your application. Applications are due on April 19.
College Visit:
College of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA
Friday, March 22, 11:40 a.m.
College in the Courtyard
Wednesday, March 27, both lunches
College in the Courtyard is Grady’s annual mini-college fair. Seniors: many of the attending colleges are still accepting applications. Juniors: now is a great time to start talking to college reps! Plus music and prizes, including a $599 SAT or ACT prep class donated by Applerouth!
Attending colleges include: Agnes Scott, Andrew College, Auburn, Augusta, Columbus State, Embry-Riddle, Florida A&M, Georgia College, Georgia State, Kaiser, Kennesaw State, Lees-McRae, Life, Paine, Purdue, Texas Christian, U of Alabama Birmingham, U of Arkansas Pine Bluff, U of Cincinnati, West Georgia, U of Kentucky, U of Missouri, U of Mississippi, U of South Alabama, Voorhees.
Counselors' Corner
SENIOR DATA FORM
Seniors received Senior Data Forms in advisement on 3/13. It's requested seniors return the form to their school counselor by Friday, April 19. This information will be used to collect senior data and highlight seniors in the graduation program/ceremony. All seniors must submit a form. If seniors do not wish to have their information highlighted in the graduation program/ceremony, please indicate that on your form. Please see your school counselor if you have any questions.
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Any seniors who are interested in receiving the Community Service Cords for the graduation commencement, must complete 150 hours by MARCH 31, 2019.
If there are any questions, please contact GivingPoint's coordinator Dr. Pickett at:
DeAndre@mygivingpoint.org
470.292.5200
Remember you must print your Service Resume and turn it in to your assigned counselor, so we'd like to thank all the students who've already done so. Good Job!
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WRITING CENTER
Read. Think. Discuss.
A very relevant topic is the center of the next discussion by the Grady Book Club. We will be talking about Educated, by Tara Westover, a memoir of a home-schooled Mormon girl of a survivalist family in Idaho. Please come join us with your take on the book and on the topic on Monday, March 18, 7:00 pm at the home of Pam Bullock, 777 Virginia Circle, 30306. All are iinvited.
The next book (for Monday, April 15) will be Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi, her bestselling West African-inspired fantasy debut, at the home of Carol Lyle, 1242 Woodland Ave. SE, 30316.
CALLING ALL ADVENTUROUS STUDENTS
No experience is necessary, just an open mind --open to creating your own one-act, two-character play, and seeing it presented by professional actors in Grady's Black Box Theatre the very same day!! Megan Cramer, a Grady alum, drama teacher, and formerly of the 52nd Street Project in New York, will lead each student step by step to your finished product -- all in a weekend.
This fabulous Playwriting Workshop is open to only 10 students for the weekend of April 19 & 20 (Friday, 4-6 pm and Saturday, 10-7 pm). Sign up on the Writing Center website, immediately, if not sooner to reserve your place. If you have further questions, please contact Riki Bolster, Writing Center Volunteer, at bolster@bellsouth.net or 404.822.5397.
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Grady Students Broaden Their Horizons Through Foreign Travel
“In the 21st century, as the world has less physical and communication barriers, we’ve seen a rise in higher demand for global engagement, resulting in global citizens who crave a sense of belonging to a world community rather than a small, local one.” –EF Academy
Looking to expand your student’s perspective on the world? Would you like to inspire them to be stronger global citizens? Or maybe reward them for a school year of hard work? Students will have the opportunity to travel across Europe and visit England, France, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany. Dates are June 5th to June 20th. If you would like for your student to take advantage of this experience visitwww.eftours.com and enter tour code: 2085624PU or go to www.eftours.com/2245104bh
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Grady High School PTSA does not endorse for-profit entities possibly listed within our newsletter and makes no representations, warranties or guarantees as to, and assumes no responsibility for, the products or services provided by these organizations.
Grady High School PTSA expressly disclaims all liability for damages of any kind arising out of the use or performance of the products or services possibly listed and encourages any family considering such use to exercise their own due diligence.
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