Grosse Pointe South High School

In the Assistant Principal’s message, you will find information about College Board AP testing. As a reminder, AP testing begins May 5 and runs through May 16. Only students who are in AP classes are taking these tests. If you have any questions, reach out to Dr. Hyliard @ hyliard@gpschools.org.

If you are open during the day on May 2nd, I am holding Coffee and Conversation with the Principal at 9 am in Cleminson Hall. Would love to see you there!

In this newsletter, we will cover the following:

• AP Testing @ South begins May 5 - May 16
• Coffee & Conversation with Principal Parravano
• Shout Outs!
• Important Dates
• Message from the AP's at South
• Counseling Office Information
• Athletics Office Information
• August 2025 Registration Reporting Instructions
• Repeat information at bottom of the newsletter.

Make it a great week, South!

Cindy Parravano, Principal

313-432-3503

parravc@gpschools.org

Any updates to the terms and conditions will be clearly summarized on the terms and conditions page.

Note: For AP courses with a portfolio submission (AP Art and Design, AP Computer Science Principles, AP Research, and AP Seminar), students will need to agree to the Digital Portfolio AP Exam Terms and Conditions before submitting their work as final within the AP Digital Portfolio. A PDF version of the Digital Portfolio AP Exam Terms and Conditions (.pdf/285 KB) is available for students to review prior to submitting their work as final.

Important Reminder for Digital AP Exams

Remember, for digital AP Exams (fully digital and hybrid digital) on exam day, students will need to sign in to Bluebook™ using their College Board student account information to access their digital AP Exam. Saving their password on their testing device won’t work.

Please encourage teachers of digital AP Exam subjects to make it a class assignment for students to locate their College Board student account information and sign in to Bluebook before exam day.

Ensuring students can sign in to Bluebook will help avoid delays on exam day.

Please share this information with your AP students.

Sincerely,

Advanced Placement Program

With AP® Exams coming up next [week], we want to remind you that AP Daily: Practice Sessions are available to help students prepare. These 15-minute, teacher-led videos are designed to familiarize students with the types of questions they’ll encounter on the exam in an engaging visual format.

Starting today, new AP Daily: Practice Sessions are available for AP African American Studies, as well as the recently revised AP Psychology and AP Physics courses. Teachers and students can access these videos and prior-year practice sessions for other subjects in AP Classroom.

Please note: Practice sessions aren’t available for AP 2-D Art and Design, AP 3-D Art and Design, AP Drawing, AP Research, AP Seminar, or AP world language and culture courses.

Thank you for all you do to support your AP teachers and students. We wish you a successful exam administration ahead!

Sincerely,

Advanced Placement Program

I have a lot of student shout outs. So many good things happening across the campus!

Congratulations to Josh Koch who competed in the NAQT National Individual High School Quiz Bowl Championship. He finished 7th out of 250 competitors. He also helped lead the Quiz Bowl team to a second place finish at the Michigan Class A State Championship. Way to go!

Congratulations to all South students who are on the Competition Dance Team at Kercheval Dance. They participated at Troy High School and won the Sportsmanship Trophy for their outstanding behavior throughout the competition. They were recognized for being polite, encouraging to other dancers and studios, and respectful of the competition staff. Way to represent South, Kercheval Dance, and the community!

If you didn’t get out to the Little Mermaid musical, you missed a wonderful production. Huge shout out to all the cast of characters and crew / pit for sharing their gifts and talents. I was awestruck every time I watched them perform. Bravo and Brava!

Have you heard of ArtFest? This event is held every April in the MPR at South. Students from all mediums in the Visual Arts display their artwork that they have been working on all year. I am awestruck with the gifts and talent of our art students as well. So amazing! Make sure to check it out next year!

Do you have a student shout out or accomplishment I could recognize? So many of our students have some meaningful accomplishments away from school and I would love to know about them. Please share them with me via email - parravc@gpschools.org

4/21 to May 2 - Senior prom tickets go on Sale (Must have Guest form completed)

May 2 - Coffee and Conversation with Principal Parravano (Last meeting of the school year)

May 5 - May 16 - AP Testing

May 17 - Senior Prom

May 20 - 23 - Senior Exams

May 26 - Memorial Day No School

May 30 - Senior Breakfast and Mandatory Rehearsal

June 2 - South Graduation

June 3 - Graduation Rain Date

June 6 - Graduation Final Rain Date

Did you know South High School is only 12 additional AP students from being recognized by CollegeBoard as a PLATINUM High School? That would rank South in the top 1% in the country!!

AP Testing begins on May 5. Please have your student/s check their collegeboard accounts to verify that they are assigned for all of the AP tests they registered for. Please DO NOT SKIP the test/s! Please reach out of me via email if there is a conflict.

Dr. Daniel Hyliard

Email: hyliard@gpschools.org

Office Number: 313-432-3513

Ms. Katie Parent

Email: parentk@gpschools.org

Office Number: 313-432-3511

COUNSELING INFORMATION: SEE LINK BELOW:

Counseling Information

Now that your child has MADE THE TEAM you need to register and pay. Click here to do so. This needed to be completed before the first competition. We know the beginning of the season is a crazy time and this might have been overlooked.

Athletic Schedules

Go Fan to purchase tickets for sporting events

There will be an option to purchase tickets at the gate via credit card.

Guidelines for safe attendance at GPPSS athletic events

Please reach out to Kristen Stovall with any questions, 313-432-3542

Blue Devil Learning Center: Open Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 3:10 - 4:10 pm. This is staffed by certified teachers who are ready and willing to assist students who are struggling academically. This can also be a quiet place for students to come and work on their homework before athletic practices.

"The TV Production class is producing our Class of 2025 Tribute video. GPTV is asking for pictures and video recordings. We are asking you to please fill out this Google Form and contribute pictures from your four years at South. Pictures can include: Student and club activities, friends, Homecomings, and athletics. Our goal is to feature every Grosse Pointe South senior."