Kristi McChurin is the Support Staff of the Year for the Upper Elementary. Kristi is a paraprofessional in the 5th grade resource room. This is her second straight year to be selected for this honor by her peers. Mrs. McChurin is pictured here with GUE Principal Charla Matthews, Asst. Principal, Melaine Crowder, Asst. Superintendent Renae Dozier and Superintendent Pat Dodson. Congratulations Kristi!!
Thank you to the Boom at The Regatta who donated their proceeds for a recent Trivia Night to GPS to be applied to unpaid student lunch balances. We appreciate your thoughtfulness in serving our community in this way! The Boom hosts Trivia Night every Thursday, raising money for different community organizations.
Ms. Jessica Helmer is the Support Staff Member of the Year for Grove Lower Elementary. Jessica is the library clerk at the Lower. She is pictured here with Lower Elementary Principal Dottie Smith. Congratulations Jessica! We appreciate your hard work!
The tornado shelter at the PAC will be open in the event of a tornado warning in Grove. Stay safe!!
Due to the threat of severe weather tonight, 5.6.24, Grove FFA students will depart for the State FFA Convention on Tuesday, 5.7.24, at 6 AM instead of this evening.
Thank you!
Grove Upper Elementary is excited to welcome our incoming 4th graders to tour and meet current teachers and staff this Wednesday! This is a great way to ease the transition to a new building and learn about our expectations and traditions. If you have a current 3rd grader and would like to attend with your child, please contact your child's teacher for the time of their tour!
Congratulations to Maty Juarez for being voted the Support Staff of the Year at Grove Middle School! Maty is a custodian at GMS, but has also served other buildings this year. Maty is pictured with GPS Superintendent Pat Dodson, Asst. Superintendent Renae Dozier and Middle School Principal Mindy Collins. Thank you for your service and hard work, Maty!
Grove Public Schools would like to recognize our site Support Personnel of the Year. These professionals are what keep our schools running! Our first honoree is Ms. Dawn Brewer. Ms. Dawn is a Pre-K Paraprofessional in Mrs. Hickman's classroom at the Early Childhood Center. Dawn is pictured here with Asst. Superintendent Renae Dozier, ECC Principal Allie Cole, and Superintendent Pat Dodson. Congratulations Dawn!
Last week we celebrated National Lunch Hero Day!! 🍕🥗🍞 We love our child nutrition staff who put in early mornings and work hard to ensure our students have healthy meals every day! Thank you to these wonderful and hardworking ladies! We appreciate you!!
Mark Lovelace has been selected as the district-wide Support Staff of the Year! Mark, a retired GPS teacher, works on our maintenance crew and has since his retirement from the classroom. Dr. Love, as he is referred to around here, is a true Ridgerunner!! He is pictured here with former Maintenance Director Jim Martin, Asst. Maintenance Director Karen Innocenti, Superintendent Pat Dodson, and Asst. Superintendent Renae Dozier. Thank you for your lifelong commitment to Grove Public Schools, Mark!
A huge thank you from Mr. Kreutz and Mr. Fracek for the outpouring of appreciation on Principal's Appreciation Day!!!
Congratulations to Terri Nelson!!! Accepted to Missouri State University! Seniors keep the good news coming! #ridgerunnernation
GHS Seniors and Parents: Here are some of the upcoming events!!
May 6 - Senior Awards Night 6 pm in the PAC
May 16 – Graduation practice 9 am Ridgerunner Stadium and Senior Slideshow approx. 1 pm
May 19 – Baccalaureate – 6 pm – Grove Methodist Church
May 20 – Odd hour Semester tests
May 21 – Even hour Semester tests
May 24 – Graduation – 7 pm - Ridgerunner Stadium
GHS Seniors and Parents: The graduation ceremony for the Class of 2024 is scheduled to begin at 7 pm on Friday, May 24th at Ridgerunner Stadium.
As we all know, the weather can be unpredictable during this time of year. If there is concerning weather for 7 pm that night, we are planning to handle it just like we would an outdoor sporting event. If we need to postpone for safety we will do so according to the rules set forth by the OSSAA. Graduation will continue through light rain if that is all there is. The ceremony will proceed as soon as it is safe to do so according to the rules set forth for outdoor events.
In the event that torrential downpour/unsafe conditions persist, we will reschedule graduation for Saturday, May 25th, at 12: Noon. Should the torrential downpour/unsafe conditions persist, we will reassess hour-to-hour in the same manner as an outdoor sporting event. Beyond the previous scenarios, we would try for an outdoor ceremony one last time at 7 pm the night of the 25th. If it is still unsafe outside at that point we will proceed to move the ceremony inside to the PAC. Each student will be given 4 tickets during graduation practice in case we are unable to hold the ceremony outside during that 24-hour timeframe.
Thank you for your patience and understanding!
The GHS Class of 2025 hosted the Junior-Senior Prom on Saturday, April 27th at The Legacy Event Center. The prom royalty, selected by their peers, are Seniors Lane Stewart and Nora Sheffield with Juniors Brecklynn Carnes and Jackson Gain. (Pictured left to right)
Photo Credit: Grove Alumni Hannah Morrow with Morrow’s Photography
Click the link for more Prom photos:
https://hannahmorrow.smugmug.com/GHS-PROM-2024
The Lower took the top 25 popcorn fundraiser kids to the Jump Station today. Mrs. Matthews joined in on the celebration. So much fun! #glebettertogether
Today the Lower recognized the top 10 readers in each grade level including the top reader from each grade level. Way to go kids!! # glebettertogether
Lake Center Baptist Church has blessed GMS once again! Thank you so much for our coffee bar supplies in April and our cookies today. Your support and kindness is greatly appreciated!
It is Ridgy Character Day at the Lower. We celebrated 51 kids for their outstanding EFFORT not only in April, but all year long! Way to go!#glebettertogether
GHS Parents and Students: April 30th was the final day of scheduled before and after school tutoring due to funding constraints. If your student needs extra help please have them either come in for FLEX or work out a time with an individual teacher.
Thank you!
