EVENTS Week of December 9th (Finals Schedule included in this email)

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This Week's Events

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Holiday Band Concerts - December 9th Please join the GMHS Band Program on December 9th for the annual Holiday concert. You will hear from our concert, jazz, and percussion programs. The concert begins at 7 PM in the auditorium! Free admission  Please join the band for classics and an evening of great music!  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Green Mountain Area Concert-December 10th Elementaries/Dunstan/GMHS Bands This concert will feature the Elementary Beginning Band, Dunstan Symphonic Band, and Green Mtn High School Wind Ensemble.

GMHS Choir Concert Come out either Thursday or Friday, December 12th or 13th at 7pm for the GMHS Choirs performance at Holy Shepherd Lutheran Church. (10th & Kipling)

GMHS Area Orchestra Concert Elementary/DMS/GMHS at School of Mines Bunker Auditorium Wednesday, December 11, 2019, 7pm Please join us for a holiday concert at the Bunker Auditorium. There will be a silent auction, baked goods for sale and of course, all Green Mountain Area orchestra students from 5th-12th grade will be performing. Tickets will be sold at the door for $5 - we hope to see you there!

Giving Tree - Ready! Green Mountain FFA is sponsoring a Giving Tree this year for families in need within our community. We need your help to make their holidays a little brighter! We have many children between the ages of 1 month and 18 years on our tree. If you are interested in brightening the holiday for one of these children, stop by the GMHS Main Office and choose a child to sponsor. Please choose a tag from the tree and return all gifts by December 13th before 3:00 p.m. If you have any questions, please contact Courtney Mayo, Agriculture Teacher at Cmayo@jeffcoschools.us or 303-982-9426.

COLORADO GIVES DAY ~TUESDAY DECEMBER 10

....some of the amazing programs at your community high school. Our goal this year is to raise $50,000 to ensure our unique Academy Program continues to thrive and grow. The funds raised this year will support: READ MORE

Give Where You Live~Support the Green Mountain High School Foundation on Dec 10 - Colorado Gives Day! Did you know....GMHS has Expanded Health Program - one of 2 schools in the state of Colorado to offer Pharmacy Technician Course and Certification Developed Educator & Leadership Program Geometry in Construction students built a house for Habitat for Humanity that has been delivered to a family  GMHS received the 2018 Colorado Succeeds Excellence in Education Innovation Award... and more

Jeffco Schools Community Night with the Colorado Avalanche Friday, December 13th ~ 7:00 PM ~ Pepsi Center Tickets start at $26 To order Tickets: avalanche.TeamKSE.com/JeffcoSchools/

First Semester Finals Schedule December 17, 18, 19 Check here for the complete finals week schedule NO SCHOOL December 23-January 3 Enjoy your Winter Break!

Family-School Partnership Survey 2019-20 Tell us how we are doing!! Our school is committed to ensuring that your experience with our school is collaborative, successful and helps your child(ren) learn and grow. We want to know how we are doing. You should have received an email on Dec 2 with a link to the survey. The survey is anonymous and will only take 10 – 15 minutes. Results will be used to improve our school and your child(ren)’s learning environment. The survey closes Friday, Dec. 20. Thank you for taking the time to give us feedback! If the link below does not work, highlight the link using your cursor. Then copy and paste the link into your browser address window and hit the “Enter” or “Return” key on your keyboard.   Survey Link :   http://sgiz.mobi/s3/FSP-2019-20

Counseling & Future Center

Seniors: Many college application deadlines occur in December and January.  In order for teachers and/or your counselor to complete letters of recommendation and other required documentation, students need to make requests for transcripts, and teacher letters of recommendation, before December 13th . Transcripts fees are $3.00 and must be paid before they will be submitted for you. See Mrs Griffin ASAP if you have any questions or to make requests.

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Athletic Calendar Check the above calendar link for scheduled competitions this week Winter Sports: Boys Basketball Girls Basketball Girls Swim and Dive

PTA News & Parent Involvement

PTA MEETING  Our next PTA meeting will be Monday, December 9th at 6:20 p.m. in the Library, following the GM Community Connections meeting at 5:30. Please join us for our next meeting. All parents are welcome!