High Point Elementary Updates

Thank you to all our volunteers, donors, PTA members, and Mrs. Bauman for another successful Walk-A-Thon! We hope the students enjoyed their day and am sure they will sleep well tonight!

Thank you to our PTA for providing the Jim Basketball Jones assembly this week.

If you need to call of your child from school, feel free to call the school OR you may email our attendance address at hesattendance@gjps.org.

We want to create a slideshow for the event with photographs of students and their families. These photographs can include:

- A special day or holiday

- Cultural clothing

- Hobbies

- Food

- Places

- Traditions

Please upload your photographs here: https://forms.gle/aqYNczYtzmePKyxMA

If you are unable to upload your photograph, you can email it to Mrs. Reed at reedmo@gjps.org

A huge thank you to our 5th grade artists who turned in designs for this year's Walk-a-Thon t-shirts! We had over 70 designs this year! Congratulations to the following 7 artists whose work is included in this year's final design: Colton D., Claire F., Henry H., Saki N., Mylah P., Leona R., and Riley S.. We are so proud of you! Another enormous thank you to Mrs. Covert who helped us transfer the design digitally to our screen printers - we appreciate you!

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.
  
• Volunteer Application-If you are interested in volunteering at High Point this year, please fill out the an application. More information can be found here.

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

Cold Stone Creamery Fundraiser Night

Cold Stone Creamery fundraiser is today!!!

Due to our Walkathon being pushed back to our rain date on October 4th, Cold Stone Creamery is also going to push back our fundraiser with them to October 4th. So, plan on stopping in to get ice cream next Friday on the 4th after WAT and celebrate those goals met on the track!

Championing Hope: Support the Pediatric Burn Unit

Please join us in celebrating one of High Point's very own, Aria Hill, as a Mile Champion for the Columbus Marathon, representing the brave children of the Pediatric Burn Unit at Children's Hospital. Your donation will help provide critical treatment, therapy and support for burn survivors. Please see flyer for more information on Aria's story. You can make a donation here:

https://bit.ly/4dluVzG

Did you know that our new math curriculum comes with online access to Math At Home for students who want extra practice?! Use the link below and then select the grade level to find extra practice and activities that your child can do at home to practice their math skills! Helpful hint: If you click "Reference for Educators" at the bottom of each page, there are suggested ways to solve the activity!

https://mathathome.mathlearningcenter.org/

Welcome to the new school year! My name is Jennifer Diol, and I am the School Counselor at High Point Elementary. I am here every day, and am available via email at diolj@gjps.org or phone at 614 643-0811. Joining me this year is Jadean Frost, our new Prevention Clinician from Concord Counseling. Together Jadean and I will provide monthly lessons in classrooms, small group counseling sessions and one-on-one support to students. Please reach out if there is anything we can do to support your child's mental health or success at school. We will be starting out the year with a couple of small group opportunities. Please see below for more info!

New Student Groups-These groups will be for any 1st-5th grade student who are new to High Point. The purpose of this group is to ensure that our new students are feeling comfortable at their new school, learn all about the different activities and opportunities available at High Point, and to help them develop friendships. If you have a student who is in 1st-5th grade and you would like them to participate in this small group please sign them up here.

Anxiety Groups-As you may know, the beginning of the school year can be a stressful time for students. We would like to conduct small groups to help your child(ren) cope with any anxious feelings they may be having regarding the start of the school year. This will be a multi-week group based on grade level. It will allow your child to identify signs of anxiety and build coping skills while spending time with their peers. If you are interested in enrolling your child into one of these groups, please fill out the following google form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfpCngyOCtW-PoZNxkM9-9GNYPp0gUgbYdhod25R3pdW76Dhw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Columbus Metropolitan Library’s School Help Centers are now open, offering students in your family free after-school help.

• Reading Buddies, 15 minutes of one-on-one reading practice for K-3 students

• School Help Centers, offering K-12 students free help with their schoolwork plus use of computers, printers, digital research tools and other resources

• HelpNow, connecting them one-on-one with a virtual tutor Monday-Friday, 2-11 p.m.

• Online school help tools available 24/7

• YouMedia, an open lab space at nine locations where teens can explore technologies

• After-School Snack, offered at 16 locations in partnership with the Children’s Hunger Alliance

Learn more at columbuslibrary.org.

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.

Come and join the fun, whether you dash, walk or run!

Come see the progress of the new GLHS!

Do you own a business or work at a business that would like to have a decorated trunk at the Stash?

If you would like more information, please contact Dianna Bessignano at bessignanod@gjps.org OR (614) 269-4262.