• NOW - Purchase a 2020-2021 GAHS Yearbook via JOSTENS
• Jan 18 - MLK Day - No School 
• Jan 19 & 20 Keystone Testing - Non-Testing Students will be Remote.
• Jan 20 - Term 2 Ends
• Jan 21 - Semester 2 Begins
  
  • B schedule students will attend in person.  A schedule students and GASD Online students will be remote.
• Jan 22 - A schedule students will attend in person. B schedule students and GASD Online students will be remote
• Jan 26 - PSAT's Juniors and Optional Sophomores

Keystone Exams - The high school will be going ALL REMOTE on Tuesday, January 19 and Wednesday, January 20.  This schedule change is due to our Keystone Testing.  Students scheduled to take a Keystone exam WILL attend school to complete the exams.  These families have been contacted as to what days to attend via letters and emails home. Students will also be notified by their teachers. Students without a Keystone class should check-in on the Warrior Way course and visit all their other course Canvas pages to finish out the semester. If your student attends more than two days a week, please contact your student's case manager if you have questions regarding these special testing days.

ACTI schedules remain the same.  

SENIORS - Make sure you stay on track for GRADUATION! Stay in touch with your school counselor, and take advantage of every opportunity to help your FUTURE self. This includes applying for scholarships. The counseling center also has information about apprenticeship programs and other job opportunities for interested students. Continue to monitor the counseling center website and canvas page, and ALSO start your Gettysburg Area Dollars for Scholars application now! Dollars for Scholars can help ALL students, not just those who are college-bound. Apply today!

GRADES 9-11 - Students are now able to select their courses for the 2021-2022 school year. All students in grades 9-11 have access to the scheduling course in Canvas. Counselors will be inviting all 9th and 10th-grade students to meet with them to discuss their selections, graduation requirements, and to answer any questions they have. Counselors will email an invitation with a Zoom link if we are remote or will send a pass to come to the Counseling Center if we are back in the building at the time of their appointment. In addition, 11th-grade students and 11th-grade parents should have received a letter via email providing a link to schedule junior meetings with their son/daughter's counselor. If you or your son/daughter have not scheduled their junior meeting, please do so ASAP. Lastly, please remind your son/daughter to select their courses using the Canvas course AND to check their email on a daily basis for more information from their counselor.

Wednesday, January 20

Gettysburg Area High School - Sign up for Meals

This is a follow-up message to Dr. Perrin’s communication informing you of the necessity to close the Gettysburg Area High School (school building). On Monday, I sent an update that spoke to the ongoing daily challenges of maintaining an environment within Gettysburg Area High School that allows our students to engage with staff members in a safe and healthy way. Unfortunately, this recent influx of positive Covid-19 cases has pushed our school building into a position that requires us to close our doors in a physical sense.

Education MUST continue, and it will. Opportunities to learn will remain the norm. We have planned to keep these opportunities flowing in a way that maintains as much consistency as possible. The plan for students is as follows (also attached - PDF)...

Students - Please communicate questions or concerns with your teachers via Canvas Inbox or Gmail (if using Gmail, check for responses daily).

As I said on Monday, “Remote learning requires discipline and drive but also a willingness to ask for help. As students practice self-regulation and time management, they must also practice self-advocacy and communication when help is needed.” Our school community is tasked with preparing students for an incredibly challenging future. To do that, we MUST respond collaboratively to the challenges of the moment. Each day, we must work together to get a little bit better. We will. Go Warriors!

Please see the attached PDF for information about applying for Free/Reduced meals. Here is a direct LINK to apply online. 

Free and Reduced PDF

Free and Reduced PDF - Spanish

Help Gettysburg Area Education Foundation when you shop at Amazon

Support the Gettysburg Area Education Foundation when you shop on Amazon. Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of eligible AmazonSmile purchases to GAEF when our charitable organizations is selected by you!

Which items are eligible for the 0.5% donation? Any item sold on the AmazonSmile Site which is marked "Eligible for AmazonSmile donation" on the relevant item detail page.  

Backpack Program Partners with Community Aid: Sustainability

The Gettysburg Area School District has agreed to partner with CommunityAid, a non-profit organization with a mission to help those most vulnerable in our local communities.

All proceeds earned from the bins on our campuses will be earmarked for the  Ruth's Harvest and Franklin Friends weekend meals programs in the District.  The District will receive a monthly donation, based on the number of clothing items collected in the bins.  Additionally, our needy students will be eligible to receive clothing care cards to shop at their Hanover or Mechanicsburg stores.

Please consider making a clothing donation!  (If you have more donations than what will fit in the bin - we can make special arrangements with the CommunityAid organization so the District receives the financial credit.)