The Mothers' Club of Grosse Pointe South
A Parent Organization enhancing the South student body by supporting student scholarships, teacher enrichment and preservation programs.
General Membership Meetings
begin at 7:00 pm / Social Gathering at 6:30 pm
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March 9, 2022
April 13, 2022
May 12, 2022
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Check our website, Facebook or Twitter page for up to date information.
General Membership meetings are open to all.
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March 9
Mothers' Club General Membership Meeting
6:30 social/7 meeting
March 16 - 18
ARTFEST
Location -MPR
March 28-April 1
Spring Break
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April 8
Coffee & Conversation w/
Principal Hamka
9-10am
April 12
Senior Parents Night
April 13
Mothers' Club General Membership Meeting
6:30 social/7 meeting
April 15
NO SCHOOL
April 21
Half Day AM/Professional Development PM
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Message from the Mothers' Club President |
I am so appreciative for all the work done by our Mothers’ Club members. There are always a few that get more recognition than others, but there are so many that do so much work behind the scenes. This is what makes this organization so wonderful and what makes me so proud to be a part of as President. We are incredibly fortunate to have so, so many great volunteers.
Take the School Store, for instance. Over 100 people give of their time and talents to assist with this extremely important fundraiser for the Mothers’ Club. The motto of the store, “100% back to you,” really is true. The proceeds from the store help fund scholarships, classroom enrichment and preservation at the levels we support. Thank you to the many daily store volunteers along with Sara Koch and Helena Carroll, our School Store management team, for all you do to keep the store running so efficiently. They are constantly coming up with new ways to make the school store an efficient, profitable, and fun place for our students to visit. Be sure to stop by and purchase some spirit wear or other South items for sale.
Please take the time to attend ArtFest, March 16-19th in the multi-purpose room. This unique showcase of South students’ artistic talent is truly amazing! Our art department is one of the many remarkable educational departments we have here at South. Please support their efforts by stopping by the exhibit – and maybe taking home a student created work of art.
Finally, mark your calendars now for our Spring fundraiser, to be held Saturday, May 7th at the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club. It promises to be a fun night! If you are interested in helping with the planning, please contact the co-chairs, Erika Page at page_erika@hotmail.com or Jacqueline Knuth at jacquelineknuth@me.com.
Laura Wholihan
President, The Mothers’ Club
president2021@mothersclubgps.com
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GROSSE POINTE SOUTH SCHOOL STORE
HOURS:
Mondays ~ 11am-12:45pm
Tues - Friday ~ 10:30-12:30pm
Grab a snack or drink and enjoy our FAMOUS chocolate chip cookies.
G.P. South spirit wear always available.
All of the proceeds go right back to G.P. South through enrichment,
scholarships & preservation.
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SAVE THE DATE
May 7, 2022
DATE WITH THE DEVIL
Our spring fundraiser will be held Saturday, May 7th at the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club. It will be a couples event and include a silent auction, a small live auction, delicious food, drinks and lots of fun.
We are currently putting together a committee to organize this important event. If interested, please contact Jacqueline Knuth (jacquelineknuth@me.com) or Erika Page (page_erika@hotmail.com). We are looking forward to a fun evening to gather and celebrate our students as we raise money for a very worthy cause.
Also, if you know of any local businesses who might be interested in contributing goods or services to the auction please let us know. We look forward to working with you and celebrating together.
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Class of 2022 - SENIOR GRADUATION SPEECHES
We are looking for Senior Graduation speeches! This is open to any senior who is interested in delivering a speech at graduation. Must be submitted by March 18th for consideration. Auditions will be after school on March 23rd with a panel - Mrs. Pierce and speech teachers. See Mrs. Pierce with questions in room 168! Complete this form to apply.
~MARK YOUR CALENDAR~
Prom is coming!
May 13 at Waterview Loft in Detroit!
Tickets go on sale April 25th!
SENIOR ALL NIGHT PARTY 2022
REGISTRATION:
Plans are already underway for the Grosse Pointe South 2022 Senior All Night Party. The party will be held at Assumption Cultural Center (on Marter in SCS) on graduation night, June 9th. It will be a fun and special night for our graduates to spend together. The party runs from 10:30 pm – 6 am.
Our goal is for 100% participation. Thanks again to all those that have already purchased your student's ticket. If you are unsure whether you have purchased your ticket, please contact our Reservations Chair, Marica Ostrowski at maricao3@gmail.com.
If you have not yet purchased your tickets, the price is now $85. There are four ways you can purchase tickets:
1)Venmo $85 to GPSouthANP2022 (Laura Wysocki’s name will populate; last 4 digits of phone number – 3958)
2) K-12 registration site: All Night Party is located under South Webstores.
4) bring a check payable to “GPS Mothers’ Club – ANP” to the main office. Don't delay - purchase your ticket NOW!
We will be posting updates on social media, as well as sending out e-blasts.
Be sure to keep updated on all the details.
The Facebook page for the Class of 2022 is: GPS Class of 2022
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BABY PICTURES NEEDED
The night of the event, we will have a slideshow for the seniors comprised of their baby pictures. Please take the time to email a baby/toddler picture of your son/daughter to our slideshow chair, Melissa Smith. Deadline for baby picture submission is May 1st.
- Email the picture, preferably in .jpg format, to gps22seniorslideshow@gmail.com
- Name your picture with your child's first and last name (ie.MichaelWholihan.jpg)
- In the body of the email, please indicate how your child should be listed in the slideshow. For example, if your child's name is Elizabeth, but she prefers to be called Liz, please indicate that preference.
- You will receive an email confirmation that your picture was received.
- If you don't have a picture in digital format, please take a picture of their picture with your phone. NO hard copy pictures please.
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UPCOMING FUNDRAISERS
Flower fundraiser: In the spring, flowers can be ordered via an online link (to come in the April High Pointes) that is due 2 weeks prior to delivery (May 4th). On May 18th, flower orders can be delivered or picked up. This is a great opportunity to decorate your home for spring or give flowers to loved ones!
Movie night: On April 29th @6-8pm (doors open @5:30pm and movie starts @6:00pm) we plan to host an indoor movie night at South, along with multiple activities in the gym. We hope to have popcorn, pizza, cotton candy, balloon making, games, etc. Admission price is $5 (not including the price of food). This event will be open to all students in Grosse Pointe, not just high schoolers.
Food trucks: We plan to have many food trucks come to South once a week/every other week during both lunches, starting sometime in May. I will include a list of confirmed food trucks in the April High Pointes.
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GPS ATHLETICS
Spring Tryout Information:
Spring Season Starts March 14, please check the website for any pre-season conditioning.
Physical Forms and Gold Cards need to be approved in the Athletic office before Tryouts. Both forms are in the Athletic office, Room 104 from 7:45-4pm.
Physicals need to be dated April 15, 2021 to be valid for the Spring Season.
SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, May 7
GPS BOOSTER CLUB 'RIDE THE POINTE'
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Thankfully, the sun is shining and the occasional crocus dares to poke through the snowy ground promising us warmer days ahead.
Parents, we appreciate the time that you spent with your students discussing course selections and schedules for next year. We are meeting with students the first week of March to help them enter their selections and complete career work on Naviance. Please remember that families are still welcome to make changes to next year’s course requests if necessary. Feel free to make adjustments so that we can support a healthy balance in our student's lives. Evening Conferences will be on March 3 at South. This is great timing as it is halfway through the 3rd quarter. We will again be virtual using PTC Wizard to schedule conferences.
SENIORS:
It’s not too late to search for Scholarships and Financial Aid. Be sure to check weekly e*blasts, Naviance, and the Career Resource Center webpage for an ever-updating list of scholarships. Make sure that you have completed your FAFSA, as well. Even if you don’t think you will get any grant (free) money you will get school scholarships and low/no-interest loan offers that you may accept or decline in whole or in part. Questions about FAFSA are conveniently answered by the chatbot 24/7. Also, completing the FAFSA is a great idea to show interest in receiving money from colleges – sometimes this opens doors that were previously hidden. For general scholarship searching, I am a big fan of www.fastweb.com and http://www.finaid.org/ These are both packed with GREAT information and resources. On the Counseling Center Website, I have links to a presentation I did last spring on “Understanding Different Sources of Financial Aid” as well as a direct link to the slide deck for this.
This year we are learning that college applications at competitive colleges were high - due to the test-optional format of most college admissions. Smaller colleges and many state schools were lower in application numbers. Consequently, there are still many excellent opportunities to apply to schools. It is not too late. On May 5 NACAC will post a comprehensive list of all colleges and universities with admissions openings. You will be able to see this list here.
JUNIORS:
Counselors had great visits with juniors in February for ur College 101. We will continue in March with a session on Standardized testing, building an activities list for resume and college apps, and starting a Common App account. Counselors will present this info in Power of Lang classes. If your student takes AP Lang we will again send out an invitation to register for an optional Monday morning session in March.
Virtual Financial Aid Night will be on April 20. See the Friday E-Blast for the link closer to the date. It will be a live web-x so you can listen and ask questions. Topics include the elements of financial aid, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), private resources available, and more!
Current Juniors who are planning to apply to colleges in the Fall of 2022 should make sure that they are doing the following:
Many schools are already choosing to be test-optional next year however, I think it would be wise to attempt to register for the ACT and/or SAT tests. You can do this online at www.actstudent.org or www.collegeboard.org ALL juniors will be taking the SAT at South in April. Your student will register for the test in school. You do not need to do anything to sign him or her up online. My advice at this point is to consider NOT sending student test scores to the colleges until we know what the situation will be with required testing and testing opportunities.
Make an hour-long appointment with your counselor for the Junior Meeting to discuss possible choices that match your individual profile. Please note in the Calendly appointment that we will be discussing college so that counselors will be prepared.
If it is possible, try to visit college campuses.
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SAVE THE DATE!
THE NEXT GPS MOTHERS' CLUB GENERAL MEMBERSHIP
MEETING IS:
Wednesday, March 9 @7PM
6:30PM SOCIAL/ 7PM MEETING
CLEMINSON HALL
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