Greetings Yellow Jacket Families!!! 📣
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving filled with joy, gratitude, and quality time with loved ones. As we return from the break, we're entering an exciting and productive stretch leading up to the winter holidays.
With just three weeks until our next break, we're focused on finishing the calendar year strong. This is a time for academic growth, community engagement, and holiday spirit! Here’s what you can look forward to:
🎄 Winter Celebrations: Be on the lookout for details about our upcoming winter programs for dance, band and choir.
📚 Focused Learning: Teachers will be emphasizing core skills and concepts to ensure students are well-prepared for the new year. The quarter will end and the WIDA ACCESS exam for our multilingual learners when we return from break.
We will no longer have individualized water bottles for students; we are transitioning to water coolers in multiple locations in the building, and students are encouraged to bring their own water bottles to fill from the cooler.
All students have been issued identification cards. We are instituting color coded lunch entries this week, and students will need to have updated markers on their IDs to enter their appropriate lunch.
We look forward to having a Year of Ownership, by committing to the 3Rs in our instructional practices: Relationship, Relevance, and Rigor! In this commitment, Gwynn Park’s teachers seek alignment with the district’s Strategic Plan: Transformation 2026: Leading Through Change!
This year, our assistant principals are Dr. Colby White, 9th grade; Ms. Rashieda Addison, 10th grade; Mr. Eric Harrison, 11th grade; and Ms. Yolanda Clark, 12th grade.
Let us make this a year of Ownership! We cannot do this work without you!
If you have any concerns, please reach me by email at naima.hopkinsvinson@pgcps.org. Follow me on Twitter @GPHS_PrinHopVin, and join the band app .
Your Purposeful Principal,
Naima Hopkins-Vinson
PTSA is Fully Accredited and Accepting Dues NOW!
Attention Parents, Teachers and Students! Great NEWS, PTSA is now fully able to accept payment for dues of $25. For fully voting rights in this week's elections, please submit payment via Cash app $PTSAGwynnParkHS. If anyone has questions, they can send it to ptsagwynnparkhs@gmail.com or contact the PTSA president, Dr. Small at (301) 602-2520.www.ptsagphs.org
Parking Enforcement
All parked cars need a parking pass. Student parking passes can be purchased from Security for $25. A copy of a valid license, registration and insurance is required. Towing will be enforced December 2, 2024. All visitors to the school can receive a parking pass from the main office.
Where do I Go?
Here is a link to a help document of where to go for what at Gwynn Park.
Students, Parents, and Guardians,
- Student lunches should be sent with them when they arrive for school or lunch can be purchased in the cafeteria via MySchoolBucks.
- Please refrain from bringing fast food to the school for your students and their friends throughout the school day and during their lunch period, as it is a distraction in classes.
- Food deliveries ordered by students, parents, family members or friends will NOT be accepted from DoorDash, Uber Eats, GrubHub or any other food delivery service or vendor.
Gwynn Park High School
Location: 13800 Brandywine Road, Brandywine, MD, USA
Phone: 301-372-0140
Twitter: @GPHS_PrinHopVin