Huge thank you from GHS to the Eddy Gibbs Foundation for the funding on getting our band truck painted!!! It looks amazing!!!
Donetta Kerr and Terri Guthridge were honored with the "Excellence in Education Award" at the Grove Area Chamber Gala for their hard work with COW Week!! We live in an amazing community that always supports our schools and recognizes how important education is. And that the benefits of these endeavors extend far beyond the classroom! Thank you to Mrs. Kerr and Mrs. Guthridge for all that they do and all of the endeavors of theirs that extend WAY beyond the classroom!!
Grove Families: Below is an opportunity for ALL students... not just students in Ottawa County and not solely Miami students...
(from: Whitney McGhee, College Career Coordinator at Miami Public Schools)
On behalf of MPS, I wanted to provide you all with information regarding the 2024 Back to School Resource Fair. It says Ottawa County, but this would be open to any local students and families who want to attend. All services and resources will be free, including back-to-school immunizations provided by the Health Department. The event will be held at the main gym at Miami High School.
The floors of our school buildings take a beating throughout the year! One of the main jobs of our summer custodial crews is to clean, strip down, and wax all the floors in each building. It takes a lot of elbow grease, and we are so thankful for their hard work over the summer to get our schools ready for the new year! A clean shiny hallway gets every educator's heart ready for the new year! Thank you to our summer custodial crews for making our buildings look great!
Will your student be new to Grove Schools for the 2024-25 school year? If so, don't miss new student enrollment! Please bring a copy of your child's birth certificate, shot records, custody paperwork (if applicable), and a utility bill or rental agreement as proof of residency to complete enrollment. We can't wait to welcome our new Ridgerunners!
The new signage around the buildings on the west campus looks amazing! Thank you to Universal Design for helping us develop a solution and our maintenance crews for installing them!
GPS students and staff recently volunteered at the Grove Rotary Lobsterfest! Ridgerunner football helped cook lobsters, staff members and GHS cheerleaders helped serve, and FROG robotics team members helped with fundraising! It was a great night to give back to the community that is so supportive of our schools. Congratulations on a great night, Grove Rotary!
In May we celebrated the 28 year career of GHS science teacher Denise Payton! Thank you Denise for your life long career in education and the difference you made in the lives of countless students. Happy retirement!
Grove Upper Elementary would like to congratulate the house of Amistad for winning the GEFFE House Cup In May! ❤️ The House Cup Champions are determined by which house earns the most points throughout the year. Students can earn points for their house in the areas of outstanding character, academic excellence, school spirit and extraordinary effort. This is Amistad's 2nd House Cup Championship in a row! #ridgerunnernation #rcainspires #amistad #houseoffriendship
We celebrated the retirement of Kristy Martin, a 28 year veteran of Grove special services department, at the end of the school year. Kristy has touched students at all age levels in a variety of roles, ending her career as the director of the WINGS program. Congratulations on a much deserved retirement Mrs. Martin!! #ridgerunnernation
Wow! Over the past several months an ongoing process to remodel the lower elementary gym has been taking place and we couldn't be more proud! Work to make GPS facilities better for our students is ongoing. Thank you to our maintenance crews and the outside vendors who have helped make this space a great place for kids to move and groove! #ridgerunnernation
Jill Cash, second from the right, was named GPS Support Employee of the year in May. Jill is the registrar at Grove High School and the welcoming face to so many of our new families! We would like to thank Jamie Perryman from Local Bank for sponsoring our support employee of the year program. Jamie, far left and Jill are pictured here with the other nominees from each of the sites across the district. Congratulations to all and thank you for helping keep GPS running strong!
School may be out for summer but work to keep our campuses looking great continues year round! A fresh coat of paint goes a long way on the west campuses! Thank you to our maintenance crews who have been working hard in the summer heat to make our buildings ready for students and staff this fall! #ridgerunnernation
Congratulations to Carmen Tharp who was announced as Grove's District Teacher of the Year! Carmen is a science teacher at Grove High School. Thank you to BancFirst who sponsored our Teacher of the Year program. Mrs. Tharp, in the center, is pictured with representatives from BancFirst and our other site Teachers of the Year at our end of the year celebration in May. Congratulations to all!
Bonjour! Au revoir! Grove High School students and 2024 graduates have said hello and goodbye to Paris.
Next stop, Greece in July 2025; click the link to enroll.
https://www.eftours.com/tour-website/2669785TU
Grove High School students and ‘24 graduates are moving right along through Europe. They have made it to Versailles and Paris. What would be your recommendation for them to make sure they do on their last day in Paris before returning home?
Big GHS shout out to the Grove Dry Cleaners for getting Ridgy his annual cleaning!!!!
GHS Yearbooks will be ready to pick up starting next Monday, June 17th. Reminder: office hours are Mon-Tues 7:30-3:30. Yearbooks are also able to be purchased for $55 if you have not already paid.
Tonight's board meeting will be held in the Middle School Library at 7pm due to construction at the administrative building after the building flooded last month. Thank you for your understanding.
Grove high school students and graduates have made their way through Switzerland by bus, cogwheel train, tram, boat, speed boat and foot — not even the thick fog is stopping this crew!!
