George Washington High School
In this issue:
Set Your Student's Communication Preferences
Fall 2024 Final Exams Schedule
Spirit Week
Yearbook Purchasing and Submissions
School Store and Coffee Bar Now Open
Monday and Friday Dress Days
Colorado Gives Day
Winter Arts Showcase
Board Game Club Toy Drive
Shop With a Patriot
GWHS Landscaping Committee Updates
Discounted Offers with Denver Public Schools Foundation
Weekly Athletics Update
Set Your Student's Communication Preferences
Denver Public Schools has just transitioned to a new communications platform for all its external communications. In order to ensure your student is receiving important school-based communications (including the Weekly Roundup), be sure your student has opted-in through Student Portal. Instructions are HERE.
Fall 2024 Final Exams Schedule
Please find the Fall 2024 Final Exams Schedule HERE. Please note we do not allow requests to modify final exam dates, except in extreme cases (student hospitalization, etc.).
Spirit Week
Spirit Week is Monday, December 9 through Friday, December 13! Keep up the Patriot Pride while you get ready for finals:
Monday, December 9 is Pajama Day - Wear your favorite cozy PJs!
Tuesday, December 10 is Camo Day - Get crazy with your camouflage gear!
Wednesday, December 11 is Skier vs. Surfer - Wear your ski or surf gear (no swim suits)!
Thursday, December 12 is Ugly Sweater Day - Try to out-ugly your friends with the best ugly sweater you have!
Friday, December 13 is Green and White Day - Show your school spirit and wear green and/or white!
Yearbook Purchasing and Submissions
Yearbook purchasing and submissions are open! Click HERE for information on how to order your yearbook, submit a senior portrait, and order a baby ad dedication. Yearbook ordering is open through March 10; senior portraits and baby dedications are due no later than January 3.
School Store and Coffee Bar Now Open
The School Store and Coffee Bar items are available for delivery during our open hours, which are Mondays (periods 3 and 6), Tuesdays (period 2), Wednesdays (period 3), Thursdays (periods 2 and 6) and Fridays (periods 2, 3 and 6). Scan the QR code, fill out your items in the form with your name and room number, and your items will be delivered to your classroom during the period of your choice! Please be prepared to pay with credit card or ApplePay when your delivery arrives, and confirm before you order that your teacher allows deliveries. Click HERE for the form and QR code.
Monday and Friday Dress Days
Every Monday this school year, wear your gear that represents your post-high school plans! This can be anything from a college hoodie to a mechanic's worksuit - just be creative and represent your goals! Every Friday this school year, wear your greenest GWHS gear to show your Patriot pride!
Colorado Gives Day
Colorado Gives Day is easily the best day to support the clubs and activities at GWHS! From now through Tuesday, December 10, every donation you make will be boosted with a $1M+ Incentive Fund, made possible by Colorado Gives Foundation and FirstBank. Plus, if you set up a new monthly donation, Colorado Gives Foundation will match your first monthly donation up to $100. This is a fantastic opportunity to double your impact and support clubs and programs at GWHS. You can choose to donate to a specific club/program or to the Be Inspired Annual Fund. Click HERE to donate today! For the option of monthly giving, choose Monthly Giving and your donation will be matched automatically. Thank you for your support, and for helping to make this Colorado Gives Day the most successful yet!
Winter Arts Showcase
Please join us Wednesday, December 11 for the Winter Arts Showcase! Stop by Pike's Peak Lobby at 6:00pm for the Visual Arts open house and refreshments. Stay for our students' music performance at 6:30pm in the GWHS Auditorium. Click HERE for details!
Board Game Club Toy Drive
The GWHS Board Game Club is running a toy drive from Monday, December 2 through Friday, December 13. Bring any gently used toys you have to room 006 (the sub-basement); we will be accepting donations for the next two weeks! If you donate, you can enter into a raffle for a $20 Chipotle gift card by uploading picture proof of your donation using the QR code available at the donation box or @gwboardgameclub on Instagram. All donations will be given to the GWHS Food Pantry.
Shop With a Patriot
GWHS's annual Shop With a Patriot event is Saturday, December 14. We are hosting twenty families from elementary schools in our community to help support them with the holidays. GWHS has partnered with Target and My Fit Foods to help provide gifts, food, and of course our Winter Wonderland! Donations are always welcome; click HERE for a QR code. Questions? Contact Ms. Kristi at Kristi_Paukstis@dpsk12.net.
GWHS Landscaping Committee Updates
** Student and Community Volunteer Days: Help beautify our campus! Mark your calendars to help on Sunday, December 15 and Saturdays, January 25, February 8 and February 22, from 12:00 to 2:00pm. Meet in the GWHS Community Garden up the hill from the South Parking Lot. In case of inclement weather, check our WEBSITE for cancellations.
** Next Committee Meeting: Join us Tuesday, January 14 at 5:30pm at Tessa Delicatessen on Colfax and Ivy. All parents, students, teachers/staff and GWHS friends are welcome!
** Buy a Brick: Dedicate a lasting gift to your 2025 graduate or loved one with a customized, engraved brick that will be installed at the north GWHS archway entrance path. Tree dedication plaques are available, too! All contributions benefit the GWHS campus through the GWHS Landscape Committee. Order yours today by clicking HERE!
**Questions? Email Barb DeSarro (bwdesarro@hotmail.com).
Discounted Offers with Denver Public Schools Foundation
Get discounted offers to local sporting events, theatre plays and more, while supporting DPS schools with Denver Public Schools Foundation! Upcoming events and opportunities:
**Denver Center for the Performing Arts' "A Christmas Carol": Now through Sunday, December 29
**Denver Nuggets vs. Cleveland Cavaliers: Friday, December 27 at 7:00pm at Ball Arena
**National Western Stock Show: Saturday, January 11 through Sunday, January 26
**Urban Air (Denver East) DPS Spirit Night: Sunday, January 12
DPS Foundation also has special offers available throughout the year with the Colorado Avalanche, Colorado Mammoth, Colorado Rapids, Colorado Rockies and more! For more information on these and other offers, click HERE.
The DPS Foundation helps ensure that investment in our schools is directed in the most effective, impactful and lasting way. Our organization galvanizes and mobilizes our entire community to invest in crucial resources and programs that have the greatest impact on student well-being and success, while supporting families and educators. We provide funding support for afterschool programs, career and college success, classroom grants and more. For more information visit dpsfoundation.org.
Weekly Athletics Update
Patriots excel in the classroom and on the field! Click HERE to read our weekly Athletics Update.
December 16 - 18
Semester Final Exams
December 19
Course Competency (by invitation only); Accuplacer (by invitation only)
December 20
Course Competency (by invitation only)
December 23 - January 3
Winter Break
January 6
Teacher Professional Development/No School for Students
January 7
First Day of Spring Semester for Students
January 13
ACCESS Testing/No School for Non-Testing Students