GradyGram | CORRECTION: FALL BREAK OCT 12-13

CORRECTION: FALL BREAK IS OCT 12-13
Fall Break was listed incorrectly in Sunday night's GradyGram. The correct dates for Fall Break are Monday & Tuesday, October 12 & 13.

Fall Break is a 2 day break.

We will postpone our annual Grady Curriculum Night. While a few pre-COVID 19 school events translate well to the virtual environment, Curriculum Night doesn't. We will offer this event again when we have in-person learning.

Important parent events to come:

• Thursday night at 6:00 please plan to watch the APS Parent Town Hall on the district Facebook page. The district will answer questions about school reopening and gather your input. Encourage your students to participate as well.

•. The district will be sending a second survey to parents and stakeholders on Monday, September 28th to request that all parents declare their intention for having their student/s return for in-person learning. The district asks that all parents complete this survey, even if your student is not a part of the initial phase to return to in-person learning. The Initial Phase for in-person learning is for students in Pre-K-2nd grade and K-12 grade students who attend regional, self-contained classes. The district will gradually move other students to in-person learning over time and we need to have the data from all parents on their intent to return in the virtual learning environment.

Betsy Bockman, Ph.D.
Principal

Gerald Crawford
Gerald Crawford lost his life in last week's storm. Gerald was a Grady graduate, member of the football team, student in the magnet program, and part of Grady GNN. He attended Inman Middle 6th-8th grade. Condolences to his family, friends, and all of us who knew him. Please read more HERE.

Senior Advisement
Class to 20201 Senior advisement meetings are well underway! Seniors, if you have not scheduled your Senior Individual Advisement Meeting with your counselors please do so. Advisement will include review of graduation requirements, post-secondary college/career plans, financial aid, & more. All seniors will be required to meet with their counselor. Meetings will take place in September and October. As a reminder, please be sure to log in via your APS account. It's required that students use their authenticated accounts to enter the zoom meeting.

You may schedule your appointment with your counselor via the link below.

Dr. Blankenship: last names A-F
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0E49A9AD22A5FA7-drblankenship2

Mr. Young: last names G-M
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0E49A4AD22A6FE3-mryoungs

Ms. Falcone: last name N-Z
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805094bafa72daafb6-msfalcone1

Textbook Requests
While not all courses have a hard copy of textbooks, some do have them. If your student needs a textbook, in addition to the online version, please use this link to request.

Daily Student Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)

Daily Student Social & Emotional Learning (SEL) Check In via zoom will be available to students 8:30 AM -8:50 AM with their counselor and social worker. Students will be able to access the Daily SEL Check In zoom links via the Google Classroom. Mondays & Fridays will be Open Dialogue Days and Tuesdays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays will include SEL curriculum.

September 21st
Open Dialogue Day

September 22nd-24th
SEL Competency: Social Awareness: The ability to understand what others are feeling and the ability to understanding other perspectives.

Lesson:Listen effectively, understand social tolerance, and implement empathy
Standard: Learn & understand how different beliefs, motivation, mood, and levels of knowledge affect our own behavior as well as the behavior of those around us.

September 25th
Open Dialogue Day

We're asking students to complete an electronic confidential Counseling & Guidance Needs Assessment. The purpose of the needs assessment is to assist us in providing services/lessons that meet student needs.

Counseling & Guidance SEL Needs Assessment

Week 4 Highlights

Explored relationship categories (home, school, work, public, & other) and support within each category
Identified characteristics of healthy & unhealthy relationships
Viewed videos on communications sills, compromise, negotiation, & respecting boundaries
Explored how to foster health relationships & how to end unhealthy relationships

I want to encourage students to Check In. 3 Prizes will be given away to those that have completed the FORM.

Friday is The Virtual Student Coffee Shop. They can join the Social Worker from 11:30am-12:10pm for Freedom Fridays. They can fill out the form if there is a specific discussion they’d like to address: https://forms.gle/64cmnUX8agAQHLxg9

Students may join Ms. Johnson's Google Classroom for Resources, Job Postings, and Raffles.

Science Fair Interest Meeting
Wednesday, September 23rd at 3:00 PM via Zoom

All students who are interested in conducting scientific research and qualifying for regional or statewide science and engineering, join us on September 23rd at 3:00 pm via the Zoom Link listed below. During the meeting, we will discuss the research process, protocol forms, and requirements to participate in the virtual school (local) science fair.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://atlantapublicschools-us.zoom.us/j/82349490742?pwd=WXVZRjFVeGczTTF0N011Qm0rbDlPQT09

Meeting ID: 823 4949 0742
Passcode: GradyC413

Governor's Honors Program
The nomination process for the 2020-2021 Governor's Honors Program (GHP) is now open. GHP is a four-week residential program designed to provide intellectually gifted and artistically talented 10th & 11th grade high school students challenging and enriching educational opportunities not usually available during the regular school year. This program will be held on the campus of Berry College or Virtually June 13-July 10, 2021. Students must be nominated by a teacher to be eligible to apply. Please see this PowerPoint for more information regarding the nomination process.

You may email Counselor, Dr. Blankenship if you have additional questions regarding regarding GHP.

Gifted Testing
The Gifted Testing Parent Referral Window is open September 1 through September 30 – To request a form to refer your child for gifted program eligibility testing this school year, please Click Here for a video orientation to gifted eligibility testing in addition to the location of the electronic parent referral form. Gifted eligibility testing will take place early in the spring semester this school year.

Join the PSTA and Receive Access to Our New Grady Family Directory
Grady PTSA is excited to start the 2020-21 school year! PTSA stands for Parent Teacher Student Association, and parents, educators, and students—working in collaboration—help make Grady the incredible school it is. Your support is greatly appreciated. Parents, when you join, don't forget that your high school students may also be members. Membership is $10 per person.
Please register and update your contact information with our new Grady PTSA Membership Toolkit.

While you are online, you can:

Join the PTSA which gives you access to our new Grady Family Directory
Make your donation to the Annual Knight Fund
Make a donation to support providing School Supply Kits for Grady families
Sign up for the GradyGram e-newsletter (please share with friends who are not receiving this)
Volunteer!

Like Apps? Then add either the Apple or Android app to your phone for easy access!
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DONATE TO OUR ANNUAL KNIGHT FUND
The PTSA operating budget needs your generous tax-deductible support, so please donate to our Annual Knight Fund and *BE KNIGHTED!* when you join PTSA! Help strengthen our Grady Knights! The suggested amount is $100 per child, but any amount is greatly appreciated. PTSA Knights will be listed in the GradyGram and on the Grady website. Please read our Annual Knight Fund letter here.

It's easy! You can donate after joining PTSA through Membership Toolkit.
Grady PTSA Membership Toolkit

SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE - Help our local students continue learning at home
Between Covid-19 and the economic downturn, millions of people nationwide are unemployed and struggling for critical items and even food. Unfortunately, in our own city, the Atlanta Community Food Bank is reporting a 300% increase in food demand in the metro area. Some of our own Grady families are having a difficult time, and obtaining necessary school supplies could be a challenge. As we continue our transition to virtual learning, we would like to support those Grady students and parents in their home learning environment, ensuring that all of our students have the supplies they need to grow academically over the next several months.
The Grady PTSA is asking for donations to help ease this burden for 200 of our kids. We have a goal of raising $15,000 to fulfill this need. You can donate an entire kit with supplies covering the school year for $75, or just make a general donation to the school supply drive. Whatever you can contribute will make a difference. We really appreciate our Grady family coming together for each other during these uncertain and challenging times.

Click HERE to donate and support the Supply Drive.

Grady Foundation's New Projects! Donate Today!

Senior Photos
Seniors
If you have not already taken your senior pictures, we will have senior picture retakes on Monday through Thursday, September 21 through the 24 from 3:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. in the cafeteria at Grady High School. If you have not received an appointment, please contact Prestige Portraits in Marietta at 770-485-2117.

Senior Parents
Don't let the time slip away. Honor your graduating senior by purchasing a personal tribute ad for him or her. What a great way to say "We are very proud of you!" Go to www.jostensyearbooks to place your order. Absolute final deadline is Monday, November 9th!

Underclassmen Photos
Underclassmen portraits will be taken November 10th, 11th and 12th.

Yearbook Stories Needed
As members of the yearbook staff, we are Grady's historians, and we are tasked with collecting and recording a full-school year's activities here at Grady. Needless to say, the Coronavirus has complicated our task tremendously and we need your help!

We are encouraging the Grady High School students and parents to help us to create this year's 2021 yearbook by sharing your own personal stories and pictures with the yearbook staff for a chance to have them published in the 2021 yearbook!

Periodically, we will send out the following QR code with specific pictures and story requests. All you need to do is hover over it with your smartphone and it will take you directly to the upload page. For example, right now, students we really want you to send in your stories and pictures in the following categories:

Back-to-school activities
Things you did to survive the lock-down
Businesses you may have started or activities you may have participated in during the lockdown
Pictures of your pets and stories

Be sure to label the put which category your pictures fall under and remember to include your name and contact information.

Just take lots of pictures and use the QR code to upload them to the yearbook staff. Be sure to label them with one of the above categories. For clarifications, we may need to do a follow-up interview.

Still, this is a great opportunity for you to get your stories into the 2021 yearbook!

So, get started now. This could be one of the most personal and most inclusive yearbooks ever!

BY THE WAY!!!! HAVE YOU ORDERED YOUR YET! Go to www.jostensyearbooks.com and place your order!

Just hover over the QR code above and upload your pictures.

Grady 2020-2021 Yearbooks

Order Your Yearbooks Now!!!
Four Free Icons Added From Now Until 9-18-2020
Parents everywhere are trying to help their children regain a sense of normalcy and to reconnect with their friends and their schools during this upcoming school year. One way to do this is to purchase a yearbook for your child before the back-to-school rush. Yearbooks serve to document the school year’s activities so that years from now, your child will look back on what will be a memorable school year. This year, the yearbook staff will be encouraging students and staff to submit their own stories and pictures for possible publication in this year’s yearbook. So, order your child’s yearbook now! These are the lowest prices of the year and payment plans are available. So don’t wait. Order now HERE.

Seniors: Do Not Order Yearbooks via this link! You will receive a yearbook as part of your senior fees.

Surprise & Your Graduate!!!
Parents, do you have a child who will be graduating this school year? If so, show them how proud you are of their accomplishments by purchasing a Yearbook Recognition Ad. Gather their personal pictures and include a special message celebrating this major accomplishment in their lives. What will really make this special will be for you to not tell them that you have purchased a recognition ad. When the yearbooks come back and your graduate sees that special page dedicated to them, tears of joy will flow. So, remember, celebrate and surprise your graduate by purchasing a senior recognition ad.
Go to jostensyearbooks.com now! Deadline: November 9^th, 2020!!!

IMPORTANT DATES

General Grady News

College & Career Center + Counselors' Corner

Clubs

Sports

Volunteer Opportunities