Grand Rapids Learning Center at GRCC

02/07/2022

Don't miss Count Day this Wednesday! School attendance is extremely important and counts every day, but on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, attendance counts for something more– it counts for a portion of our school funding.

Wednesday, February 9 is the second count day of the academic year as required by the State School Aid Act to determine state funding for Michigan’s public school districts. Funding is based on the total student participation and attendance on these two days.

GRPS is asking parents, students, and our community supporters to spread the word about the importance of count day via email, Facebook, Twitter, and word of mouth.

07/21/2021

Celebrating 150 Years of GRPS Crosstown Throwdown Football Game & City-Wide Alumni Reunion

On Friday, August 27 at Houseman Field between Ottawa Hills and Union high schools, the annual Crosstown Throwdown football game will kick off a year’s worth of celebrations as Grand Rapids Public Schools marks its 150th Anniversary.

To launch the celebrations, we’ll be throwing an all-town class reunion at the GRPS Football Kick-Off on Friday, August 27th at Houseman Field. Join us for this “Crosstown Throwdown”, where Ottawa Hills and Union High football teams will face off as alumni from every GRPS school gather for the first-ever city-wide reunion!

Tickets are FREE, but we anticipate a sell-out crowd, so pre-order your tickets soon! To register, use the form on this page →

https://grpsf.org/news-events/150th-anniversary.html

04/21/2021

Wonderful News Wednesday!!

The GRow1000 application deadline has been extended until Friday, April 30th.

Apply now! www.grandrapidsmi.gov/grow1000

03/18/2021

Calling all 14-18 year olds! We are launching our Summer Programming and we want you to come and learn and make some $$ while doing so! Sign-up today to snag a spot!

01/22/2021

January 20, 2021

Re: PSAT/NMSQT Testing for JUNIORS – January 26 / Impact on Other Schedules

Dear Students and Families,

I am writing to share information about PSAT/NMSQT testing for junior students, and how it impacts the daily schedule on Tuesday, January 26.

The PSAT/NMSQT is a standardized test widely used for college admissions, and this test will allow juniors to qualify National Merit Scholarship. We want to ensure that every junior has an opportunity participate in qualifying for additional scholarships to assist with attending a post-secondary institution.

To that end, we have scheduled the PSAT/NMSQT test for ALL juniors IN-PERSON on Tuesday, January 26, 2021. Your attending school will notify juniors of the arrival time to begin the PSAT/NMSQT assessment. On January 26, juniors will only attend school for the duration of the PSAT/NMSQT test, which can take up to 3.5 hours. Students will be released to return home when the testing process is completed.

All students in grades 9, 10, and 12 will work virtually (asynchronously) on Tuesday, January 26. In addition, students in grades 7-8 at City High Middle and students in grades 6-8 at CA Frost Middle High, GR Montessori, and University Prep Academy will ALSO work virtually (asynchronously) on Tuesday, January 26. This means that students in Cohort A, grades 9, 10, &12, who are scheduled to normally report in-person on January 26 must stay home and plan to work virtually (asynchronously). Teachers will be providing asynchronous work for these students. Students should look for more information from their teacher(s) about the daily schedule and expectations for this day.

Please note that the SAT will be administered to all juniors in spring 2021. If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact your teacher(s) or the main office of your school. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Rodney Lewis
Executive Director High Schools & Alternative Education

01/19/2021

Welcome back to our students and staff for our first week of hybrid learning! 📚 💻

We sure have missed you all and look forward to a successful remainder of the school year!

✅ Eat Breakfast 🍳

✅ Face Masks 😷

✅ Winter Gloves for outside🧤

✅ Social Distancing 🙋🏻‍♂️ 🙋🏽‍♀️ 🙋🏼

✅ Proper Hygiene 🙌🏽 🧼💧

✅ Laptop & Charger 👩🏼‍💻 🔌

✅ Uniform 👕

✅ Water Bottle💧

✅ Be Ready to Listen, Learn, & Engage! 👂🏼🧠 🙆🏻‍♀️

Remember that we are all in this together. It takes a village. 💙

We got this! 💯

01/19/2021

Good evening GRPS Families,

As we finalize things for tomorrow morning, we would like to remind our hybrid students about the Daily Student Health Screener.

This is a friendly reminder to fill out your Health Screener for each student before they come to school. They have been posted to each school’s website (www.grps.org) and pages pinned to the top of each page. We recommend you save the link in your internet browser to have it ready each morning your child is in school. Please familiarize yourself with the form tonight if you have not done so already.

We are excited to see our students and staff. Please remind your students to practice social distancing, washing hands, and the importance of wearing their masks properly at all times on school grounds.

Your continued patience, support, and understanding is appreciated as we transition into our hybrid model this week.

Thank you,
GRPS Communications

01/18/2021

Student Daily Health Screener

Click here to complete the student health screener before your student comes to school each day.

https://forms.gle/fVs57CiV11tvSgAx5

Each student will need their own form.

School Name: GRAND RAPIDS LEARNING CENTER Haga clic aquí para leer en español:https://www.grps.org/images/Student_Health_Screener_SP.pdf Kanda hano usome ibi muri Ikinyarwanda:https://www.grps.org/images/Student_Health_Screener_KY.pdf Bonyeza hapa kusoma kwa Kiswahili: https://www.grps.org/image...

12/01/2020

Thank you for investing in our future leaders! ❤️