IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES:
Friday, March 21st - Early Release Parent Conferences
Tuesday, March 25 - ELA MCAS
Wednesday, March 26 - ELA MCAS (Reverse Schedule DCBA)
Monday, April 7 - Beginning of Term 4
Tuesday, April 15 - Term 3 Report Cards published
Friday, May 2nd - Prom 6 - 10 PM at Granite Rose in Hampstead, NH
Link to school calendar - Calendar 2024 - 2025
TRAFFIC NEWS
Hollis Street/Chicopee Row project. Please use the link below for guidance on detours. This is updated often (as much as weekly) as the project moves forward so check often.
https://www.grotonma.gov/grotonwaterproject/
SCHEDULING INFORMATION
Scheduling presentations for next year were shown to all students this week. Here is the link to all things scheduling for the 25/26 school year.
GRADE 9 SUBSTANCE USE SCREENING INFORMATION AND OPT OUT LINK
Click here for the letter sent out to 9th grade parents/guardians concerning state-mandated substance use screening occurring in April.
Click here for the Opt Out Form Link
GRADE 10 ELA MCAS ON 3/25 AND 3/26
The 10th Grade English Language Arts MCAS will be held on Tuesday, March 25, and Wednesday, March 26. GD's 10th graders had an assembly on Thursday, March 13, to review what the exam dates will entail.
Here is a link to the slideshow presented to the 10th graders.
SENIOR CLASS FUNDRAISER
NHS FUNDRAISER
JUNIOR SENIOR PROM INFORMATION
Attention Juniors and Seniors! The 2025 Junior/Senior prom will be held on Friday, May 2nd from 6 to 10 PM at the Granite Rose in Hampstead, NH. Tickets will be sold at all lunches from Monday, March 17 - Friday, April 4. Tickets will not be sold after this date. Tickets cost $90 and include a professional DJ, soda bar, appetizers and dinner. Cash or Check made out to GDRHS is accepted. Please see the email sent out by Mr. Sierpina on Thursday, 3/6 which has additional information including information about guests.
FRIENDS OF GD CHAMBER CHOIR
The community is invited to a benefit concert and raffle on March 30th at the Florence Roche Elementary school and are invited to let Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza do the cooking that night! All proceeds from both events go directly toward costs for the GD Chamber Choir's trip to France in April!
CHEER NEWS
SEPAC NEWS
ART BOOSTERS FUNDRAISER
Sweet News from the Arts Boosters – See’s Candy Spring Fundraiser is Here!
Did you enjoy some delicious See’s Candy during our holiday sale? If you missed out—or just want more—great news! Our Spring See’s Candy store is now open!
Orders are shipping now, so you won’t have to wait long to satisfy your sweet tooth. The store will remain open until April 4th—don’t miss out!
Order here: https://bit.ly/ArtBoosters
Best of all, proceeds support the GD Arts Boosters Scholarship Fund, helping us continue to champion the arts for our students.Thank you for your support, and enjoy your treats!
UNIFIED SPORTS EVENT
Dear GDRHS families,
I’m excited to announce that on Friday, March 28, 2025, at the end of the school day, students will have the chance to participate in a Mobile Polar Plunge Fundraiser to support the Special Olympics!
This is where you can help: Students can sign up as sponsors and raise funds for this amazing cause. To be able to participate in the plunge, each student must raise a minimum of $25 in donations.
Every dollar raised goes directly toward supporting athletes of the Special Olympics and giving them the opportunity to compete and succeed. If you're a student interested in signing up to participate, please use the website linked below to get started. I have also attached a video that explains the polar plunge and what it's all about!! Teams and costumes are encouraged! Join your friends, teammates, and club peers to get involved!
Let’s work together to make this event a big success and support a truly wonderful cause!
ATTENTION SENIORS - IMPORTANT UPDATES
SCHOLARSHIPS: Scholarships are arriving. They can be found in your Naviance account or on the Guidance Website. Check back often because new ones arrive daily.
Local Scholarships Misc Scholarships
SENIOR INFORMATION
Click here for updated senior information.
GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT NEWS
COLLEGE & TRANSITION FAIR
The Woburn SEPAC College & Transition Fair returns to Woburn Memorial High School, 88 Montvale Ave. in Woburn, on Wednesday, March 26 from 6:30-8:00 p.m. The Fair is open to all transition-age students, but geared toward students who learn differently and require more support or a non-traditional post-high school path.
Full slate of presenters is available at http://woburnsepac.org and here's the flyer:
REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR THE NACAC’S VIRTUAL FAIR
You and your students are invited to the NACAC Virtual College Fair happening on Sunday, Mar. 23 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. ET. The virtual fair provides a wonderful chance to connect with hundreds of colleges and universities, all from the comfort of your home. Plus, it is 100 percent complimentary.
NEACAC COLLEGE FAIR AT BISHOP GUERTIN HIGH SCHOOL
Wednesday March 26, 2025 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
BAE ENGINEERING CAREER DAY
"We at BAE are hosting another Career Fair day for young engineering minds on April 23rd at our Electronic Systems - NHQ site: 65 Spit Brook Road, Nashua NH. It’s a day-long event where students are shown a glimpse behind the curtain how products get made, product development works in the real-world, and hands-on engineering challenges to explore team dynamics. The day is an opportunity to engage with different types of engineers, product managers, systems designers, and many others who make our industry work.
Our Engineering Career Day has been redesigned into a new experience this spring, featuring a Q&A panel of different types of career paths and career advice, three tours (3d Printing, Integrated Manufacturing, and Microwave Tech). We also brought back a session with engineering adjacent professions to our Engineering Career Fair like finance and contracts to help students better understand how we engage with our end customers and users.
We would love to work with you too, to help introduce students to rare opportunities to learn about everything engineering related. Attached you will find our student application form and waiver, which needs to be filled out and returned to us by March 26th, and we will respond in a week. Each student that attends will need to bring some sort of proof of identity and needs to establish their own transportation to and from the site. We will provide breakfast at 8am as we start, and lunch around noon.
Thank you, and we hope to see plenty of your students' faces in the coming weeks!
The BAE STEM Outreach Team
FROM COLLEGE GUIDANCE NETWORK: "ParentGPS, part of College Guidance Network (CGN) and the premier source for college and career readiness, is on a mission to put personalized guidance from over 300 top experts in the pocket of every high school parent—so they always have the answers they need, right when they need them.
We’re excited to announce the launch of ParentGPS, a free mobile app now available for download on both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
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