Upper Adolescent

Junior and Senior CAS Internship Opportunities

11th and 12th-grade students should begin thinking about what they might do with their CAS Wednesday experience.

CAS Wednesday experiences must be an experience interning, working, or volunteering within Great River or another organization. Leading student clubs or planning events (voter drive, blood drive, Mental Health Awareness Week, Community Meetings, etc) count!

Students may find their own internship or can choose from our 2021-2022 Wednesday Internship Opportunities.

Any questions? Email Lindsey Weaver (lweaver@greatriverschool.org).

Half Day Tomorrow

Great River School will have an 11:45am dismissal time for all students TOMORROW, Wednesday, September 22nd for teacher professional development. Lunch will not be served for students.

To see the GRS calendar and all teacher professional development half-days, check out our website. For easy viewing, you can add the Google calendar to your family’s calendar (view tutorial here).

Great River School Board - Reminder - Special Election this Week!

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Hello, GRS Community!

Please remember to VOTE in the GRS Board special election, this Thursday and Friday, September 23-24.

In recognition of the ongoing pandemic, we will hold this special Board election virtually via Google forms and email validation. Your ballot will be sent to you on September 23, and voting will remain open through September 24. Voting will close at 11:59pm on Friday, September 24.

Candidate materials will be available on September 22 for your review

You will be voting for candidates in these positions:

  • Teacher (licensed GRS teacher in a current teaching capacity at GRS)

    • (1) standard 3-year term

  • New! GRS Student - New this school is the addition of a voting seat for a GRS Student. A GRS Junior will begin with 1 active board year, then moving as a GRS senior for 1 year as board alternate, with a new GRS Junior taking the active seat.

Thank you in advance for your participation! Please do not hesitate to call on your GRS Board if you have any questions, you may also email us at board@greatriverschool.org.

Best Regards,

Great River School Board

Letter Emailed to All Parents Today - When To Keep Your Child Home

Dear Great River Caregivers,

We are following the Minnesota Department of Education’s Decision Making Tree about when to send children home if they start exhibiting symptoms that could be COVID-19.

MDE’s Decision Tree advises that if a student has one “less common” symptom, they may or may not get sent home, depending on how they are feeling.  But, if they have one “more common” symptom, two “less common” symptoms, or any symptom on day 8-14 of quarantine, we would send your child home.

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Please remember to follow these guidelines at home as well.  If your child has two “less common” or one “more common” symptoms, please keep them home and let us know by emailing attendance@greatriverschool.org. Take them to get tested and share the results with us before they return. Find more information on free saliva testing here. 

Thank you for your diligence and care in keeping our entire community safe.

Peace,

David
dnunez@greatriverschool.org 

Seeking Substitute Teachers

Know someone looking for a job? There is a national shortage of substitute teachers and we are no exception here at Great River. Having a good supply of substitute teachers helps us ensure that our faculty can take needed time off - all the more important after the last 18 months.

We are looking to hire:

  • Multiple full-time substitute teachers to work across all levels (benefit eligible)

  • Many occasional substitutes to work as their schedules allow 

Great River offers a competitive benefits package, including free/discounted Big Canoe care and faculty child enrollment preference. For the job descriptions and more information on how to apply, check out our employment page. 

No substitute license? Any adult with a college degree can apply for a substitute license in Minnesota and we will support you in the process. Please share widely with your networks!

Parent Organized Coffee at the Crosswalk This Wednesday

Drop-off and pick-up got you down? Come to Coffee at the Crosswalk. Wednesdays 9/22 and 9/29 at 8AM.

Come meet other Great River School parents and learn about an alternative drop-off and pick-up option.

There is a pedestrian bridge over the railroad yard north of Pierce Butler. Students often cross the bridge and pass through the crosswalk at Pierce Butler and Hamline Avenue on walking field trips. Parents are volunteering to ensure an adult crossing guard is there daily between 8:00-8:30am and 3:00-3:30pm. Stop by Wednesday, September 22th or 29th between 8:00-8:30am. Say hi, get involved. BYOC.

Questions? Contact Susan Sochacki, susan.sochacki@gmail.com or 651-775-7166.

Attendance Notification - Email is Preferred

Please note, if you have the ability to send an email to attendance@greatriverschool.org to inform us of an absence, that is greatly preferred to a phone call at the attendance line. Thank you so much for promptly letting us know if your student is not attending school. We appreciate the caution caregivers are exhibiting in keeping students home if they are not feeling well.

It takes us much more time to listen to voicemails than it does to go through the emails. If you do not have access to email, a phone call (to 651-305-2780) is still acceptable, but we ask that it be the second resort.

Breakfast and Lunch Ordering

Hello Great River School Families! 

Our kitchen is excited to produce food for students this year. We have developed safe eating plans for each classroom and are eager to serve our delicious food onsite! Our school meals include an entree, fruit, and milk (or alternative almond milk). Sandwiches and snack trays will be available every day, with “hot lunch” cooked fresh twice a week. 

Please fill out this form to sign up for Breakfast for your child AND/OR if you need almond milk for your child. Thank you!  Breakfast rotates daily and consists of either cereal, a bagel, yogurt & granola, or a granola bar always served with either fruit, yogurt, or hard-boiled eggs & milk. 

Great River uses LunchTime to order and pay for student meals. We are asking that families order onsite meals at least a week in advance. All relevant links can be found on our website at www.greatriverschool.org/nutrition

Need more help logging into Lunchtime? Check out this parent help guide! 

With any questions about Free & Reduced Lunch or payments for lunch, contact Syd Tempas (stempas@greatriverschool.org). 

Need more information about the food or want to chat about allergies or food sensitivities? Contact Mel Coombs at mcoombs@greatriverschool.org.

Half Day Next Wednesday 9-22

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Great River School will have an 11:45am dismissal time for all students next Wednesday, September 22nd for teacher professional development. Bussing families - expect an email with more information soon.

To see the GRS calendar and all teacher professional development half-days, check out our website. For easy viewing, you can add the Google calendar to your family’s calendar (view tutorial here).

Junior and Senior CAS Internship Opportunities

11th and 12th-grade students should begin thinking about what they might do with their CAS Wednesday experience.

CAS Wednesday experiences must be an experience interning, working, or volunteering within Great River or another organization. Leading student clubs or planning events (voter drive, blood drive, Mental Health Awareness Week, Community Meetings, etc) count!

Students may find their own internship or can choose from our 2021-2022 Wednesday Internship Opportunities.

Any questions? Email Lindsey Weaver (lweaver@greatriverschool.org).

Seeking Substitute Teachers

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Know someone looking for a job? There is a national shortage of substitute teachers and we are no exception here at Great River. Having a good supply of substitute teachers helps us ensure that our faculty can take needed time off - all the more important after the last 18 months.

We are looking to hire:

  • Multiple full-time substitute teachers to work across all levels (benefit eligible)

  • Many occasional substitutes to work as their schedules allow 

Great River offers a competitive benefits package, including free/discounted Big Canoe care and faculty child enrollment preference. For the job descriptions and more information on how to apply, check out our employment page. 

No substitute license? Any adult with a college degree can apply for a substitute license in Minnesota and we will support you in the process. Please share widely with your networks!

Reminder of Senior College Parent Night TOMORROW

Class of 2022 Parents & Students:

Start the first steps of your senior year with an overview of the college application process & the support offered by GRS on Sept 13th at 6:30pm via Zoom. A link will be sent to all students and their families - look for an email from Teresa Hichens Olson, our College Access Director.

Questions? Please email Teresa at thichensolson@greatriverschool.org

Note this event is only for seniors & their families.

Seeking Substitute Teachers

Know someone looking for a job? There is a national shortage of substitute teachers and we are no exception here at Great River. Having a good supply of substitute teachers helps us ensure that our faculty can take needed time off - all the more important after the last 18 months.

We are looking to hire:

  • Multiple full-time substitute teachers to work across all levels (benefit eligible)

  • Many occasional substitutes to work as their schedules allow 

Great River offers a competitive benefits package, including free/discounted Big Canoe care and faculty child enrollment preference. For the job descriptions and more information on how to apply, check out our employment page. 

No substitute license? Any adult with a college degree can apply for a substitute license in Minnesota and we will support you in the process. Please share widely with your networks!

GRS Letterman Jackets

We now have letterman's jackets available to students at Great River School! You can earn the patches by excelling in sports and/or academics! The G jacket is pictured below and is on display in Holly's office at Great River School. As you can see, there's a beautiful blue heron on the back of the G jacket. 

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You can letter in any of our sports and the requirements to letter are determined by each individual coach. You can also letter in academics, theater, music, etc. Check out the details here.

Box Tops for Education

(Holly modeling her excitement over physical box tops, along with our resident therapy dog Petunia)

(Holly modeling her excitement over physical box tops, along with our resident therapy dog Petunia)

Yes - we do collect Box Tops! Yes - they DO contribute to our school!

You can follow the new-ish scanning method (see the how-to for a primer on scanning your shopping receipts) AND we still collect any box tops that you can find that you can still cut from the box. Please give those to Holly at the front desk. She gets so excited!!

Any questions? Email Holly at hbell@greatriverschool.org

Breakfast and Lunch Ordering

Hello Great River School Families! 

Our kitchen is excited to produce food for students this year. We have developed safe eating plans for each classroom and are eager to serve our delicious food onsite! Our school meals include an entree, fruit, and milk (or alternative almond milk). Sandwiches and snack trays will be available every day, with “hot lunch” cooked fresh twice a week. 

Please fill out this form to sign up for Breakfast for your child AND/OR if you need almond milk for your child. Thank you!  Breakfast rotates daily and consists of either cereal, a bagel, yogurt & granola, or a granola bar always served with either fruit, yogurt, or hard-boiled eggs & milk. 

Great River uses LunchTime to order and pay for student meals. We are asking that families order onsite meals at least a week in advance. All relevant links can be found on our website at www.greatriverschool.org/nutrition

Need more help logging into Lunchtime? Check out this parent help guide! 

With any questions about Free & Reduced Lunch or payments for lunch, contact Syd Tempas (stempas@greatriverschool.org). 

Need more information about the food or want to chat about allergies or food sensitivities? Contact Mel Coombs at mcoombs@greatriverschool.org.

Junior and Senior CAS Internship Opportunities

11th and 12th-grade students should begin thinking about what they might do with their CAS Wednesday experience.

CAS Wednesday experiences must be an experience interning, working, or volunteering within Great River or another organization. Leading student clubs or planning events (voter drive, blood drive, Mental Health Awareness Week, Community Meetings, etc) count!

Students may find their own internship or can choose from our 2021-2022 Wednesday Internship Opportunities.

Any questions? Email Lindsey Weaver (lweaver@greatriverschool.org).