High Point Elementary Updates

We are excited to welcome you and your child to High Point for the 2024-25 academic year. Our staff is eager to collaborate with you and your student. We pride ourselves on building relationships that foster student growth. You can expect to receive a weekly email newsletter to keep you informed about the latest happenings at school on Fridays at 4:00pm.

This year's start and end times have changed from the past. For High Point (and all GJPS Elementary Schools) the daily times are:

7:50 Doors Open for Students Eating Breakfast At School

7:55 Doors Open for All Students

8:05 School Starts

2:45 School Ends

You can find almost anything you need on the Gahanna School Website at https://www.gahannaschools.org.

• Infinite Campus: Please log-in to the parent portal and update all Emergency Medical Forms, make sure all contact information is current, apply money to lunch accounts, and more! DIRECTIONS
• Bus Information: find your student's bus route, contact information, and download the bus app.
• District Calendar
• High Point Events Calendar
• Free and Reduced Lunch Applications: To apply for free or reduced lunch prices, please visit this site for more information. If you need assistance please contact Missy George at georgeme@gjps.org.
  

August 3rd-Meet the Bus Day (see flier below)

• Drive through style in the side parking lot
  
• If you can not come, you may pick up supplies on August 13th

• 5:00-6:00pm Meet the teacher, drop off supplies in the classroom
• 5:30-7:00pm Back to School Bash!

If you use Google Calendar, feel free to add our public calendar to your device by using this link.

We look forward to seeing you at our 2024-2025 Back to School Night! On August 13th you may bring your school supplies anytime between 5:00-6:00 in your classroom and meet your teacher. The Bash will officially start at 5:30 on our playground and will include inflatables, music, food trucks and more!!

To make this event a success and a fun time for all we need some of our awesome High Point family members to step up and help out. Please consider signing up to volunteer for a 30–45-minute shift. Your shift will be quick and easy, and you'll still be able to spend time with your family during the bash too. https://www.signupgenius.com/.../10C0549A9A923A4FF2...

Lastly, all is planned and ready to go for our bash, but we are looking for someone to co-chair to assist this year and learn the ropes. Basically, for this year you'd just be at the bash to assist and shadow the current committee chair. Then eventually take over the committee in the future. This is a GREAT way to get involved and an easy one to eventually take the lead on. Please reach out to Jen Mirlisena at hpptasocialsecretary@gmail.com if you have any interest or would like to learn more about the position.

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MONTHLY MEETINGS: PTA Meetings are the second Tuesday of the month at 6:30pm in the High Point Library starting September 10th. This is a great way to get involved and meet families, we would love to see you there!

Do you know a staff member who you feel makes a profound impact on students and Gahanna-Jefferson Public Schools? If so, nominate them for the GJPS Heart and Pride award. This award is open to any staff member. regardless of position. Each month, the district will take the nominations to the Heart and Pride Committee, which is composed of community members and former staff members. The committee will select two winners a month that will be recognized by our Board of Education at the monthly meeting. If you have a staff member in mind, please complete THIS GOOGLE FORM. Nominations can take place all year.

2024-25 Menus can be found HERE.

Lunch Options this year will be:

• Hot Lunch (menu above)
• Yogurt Entree w/ Grain (Protein Plate)
  
• Turkey Sandwich
• WowButter Pocket

• Garden Salad
  

• NEW THIS YEAR: Cheese Sandwich

Lunch Payments-You may apply money on-line to your student's account. This is done on Infinite Campus. Click HERE for directions.

PIN Numbers Will Be Used-students will need to know their student ID number to access their lunch accounts in the cafeteria. ID numbers can be found on Infinite Campus under your child's profile. Please help them start to memorize this number prior to school starting. Below is a picture of the key pad that they will need to use in the cafeteria. Teachers and staff will assist students for the first couple of weeks.

4th and 5th Graders ONLY: Students in grades 4-5 will be able to purchase extra snack items to accompany their lunch as needed. Students must have money on their account to purchase these items separately.

Free and Reduced Lunch Applications: To apply for free or reduced lunch prices, please visit this site for more information. If you need assistance please contact Missy George at georgeme@gjps.org.

As the new school year approaches, it’s more important than ever to remember to secure all firearms in your homes and vehicles, and to ask about the presence of unsecured guns in homes or vehicles where your kids will be.

Please strengthen these practices by teaching your kids age appropriate gun safety behaviors - never to touch a gun and to alert an adult immediately if one is found, and discuss how to get out of an unsafe situation. Visit BeSMARTForKids.org for more information on safe storage practices. Thanks for keeping our community safe!

The elementary Chinese Enrichment Program is now accepting registrations for the 2024-2025 school year. This program is open to all students in grades 2 through 5 with classes taking place before or after school. Please visit our website for more details. Registration will be accepted online now through August 30, 2024.

As a district, we use the Talking Points platform to communicate via text. You can download the app on your phone to receive quick messages as needed.

Aug. 15, 2024: First Day of School