SAVE THE DATE
District wide Parent Teacher conferences Thursday March 27th from 3:45 PM to 7:15PM
-Prek & Early Childhood: Your child's teacher will contact you to schedule a conference
-Grades K-2: Open House/Student led conferences- visit your child's homeroom between 3:45-7:15
-Grades 3-6: Student led conferences- visit your child's homeroom between 3:45-7:15
-Grades 7-12: Teachers will be in their classrooms, stop in any of your child's teachers classrooms from 3:45-7:15
On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next week parents/guardians can come in door 1 or door 13 to purchase a valentine gram between 8 and 8:30. Stop in, the prom committee would love to sell you a gram. They are $5. Thank you for the support!
Valentine Grams For Sale!
Where: HS Commons 8-8:30 AM and during lunch 12-12:30
Inside Door 13~~8-8:30 AM ONLY
When: Friday Feb. 7th through Wednesday Feb. 12th
The Prom committee will deliver the valentine grams on Feb. 14th. Thank you for supporting GHS Prom.
If you have a child who resides in Grafton or St. Thomas who will turn four by July 31, 2025, please register him/her for preschool! This is a preliminary registration form so that you're on our list to receive important updates from the school. Thank you!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemyLtod3LRzLg-nPaO__UnEuxLSCYKJBnYt9vJXHzEWUjrTA/viewform?usp=dialog
If you have a child who resides in Grafton or St. Thomas who will turn four by July 31, 2025, please register him/her for preschool! This is a preliminary registration form so that you're on our list to receive important updates from the school. Thank you!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemyLtod3LRzLg-nPaO__UnEuxLSCYKJBnYt9vJXHzEWUjrTA/viewform?usp=dialog
Subject: Important Update: PowerSchool Vendor Data Breach
Dear Parents and Guardians,
TL;DR: A nationwide breach involving PowerSchool’s support portal has impacted some student and teacher data.
Out of an abundance of caution, access to PowerSchool has been temporarily locked down as of 12:00 PM today for any user who is not connected to the state network, StageNet This means that access from outside the school network will be unavailable after this time. North Dakota Information Technology (NDIT) is working with PowerSchool and districts to evaluate the scope of the incident.
We also recommend changing your PowerSchool password as a precaution.
We want to provide you with the details of this incident and what steps are being taken to ensure the security of your information.
What Happened:
• On December 28, 2024, PowerSchool discovered unauthorized access to certain data in one of their customer support portals (PowerSource).
• PowerSchool identified that only specific users whose information was marked in certain system configurations may have been affected.
What’s Being Done:
• PowerSchool has activated its cybersecurity response protocols and brought in third-party cybersecurity experts.
• Access to the affected portal has been secured.
• PowerSchool has confirmed there is no evidence of malware or ongoing unauthorized activity.
Next Steps for Parents:
• Change your PowerSchool password as a precaution. Create a strong password that you do not use for other accounts.
• Monitor communications from your school for updates as additional information becomes available.
• The next update on this incident will be sent out on January 17 by noon.
Key Points to Know:
• PowerSchool continues to investigate and will provide updates if any new findings emerge.
Make sure to note the new 2024-2025 school calendar, specifically the last day of school, now Thursday, May 22nd. Thank you!
School will dismiss at 12:45 today, busses will depart at 1 PM
Grafton Public School Cancelled December 19th.
GPS will start two-hours late 12-19. Doors will open at 10:00 a.m. Busses will run where possible. No morning ESP, no a.m. PK. and no zero period.
Grafton Public Schools is canceled today due to roads and weather conditions. Please make arrangements to pick up your child. There will be no busses running. If you did not get an alert about cancellations today please email your school secretary. Pk-2 kellie.carignan@k12.nd.us, 3-6 rosario.martinez@k12.nd.us, 7-12 julia.ohara@k12.nd.us
PT Conferences will be held Thursday, Oct. 24 from 3:45-7:15 pm. Grades K-2 as scheduled. Grades 3-12 open house style in classrooms. No ESP.
Free/Reduced applications for the current school year need to be submitted as soon as possible. If your household qualified for benefits last year but you have not submitted a new application, benefits will expire on October 1st. and you will be required to pay full meal prices.
Tomorrow, Wednesday, September 18, we will be sharing information about SMS Opt-In day. Our new notification system requires an Opt-In event to enable the SMS text notifications. We'll be sending out a flyer as well as an alert to your device. Simply Opt In to enable receiving SMS text messages. You may Opt Out at any time following Opting In.
Just a reminder that the loop by the High School doors (Door 1) are no parking, as thats the main loading spots for busses in the afternoon. If you are picking up students, park in the parking lot as to not disrupt the busses.
Attention 6th-11th grade parents! There was an email sent out about summer weight training last week. If you are interested your student needs to login and fill out the google doc using their gospoilers email, parents will not be able to fill out. The link to the doc is on the gospoilers.org website.
TODAY! No PM ESP! School Carnival is today from 4-6pm at the Centennial Center. Pk-12th grade students and families are welcome. Students must be accompanied by an adult.
Happy Earth Day. Our sixth graders went and cleaned up trash around our school this afternoon.
Don't forget about Turkey Dinner & Bingo tonight, Nov 16! Dinner from 4:30pm-5:30pm. Bingo to follow from 6:00pm-6:30pm. Enter through Door 1. See you then!
Don't forget about Parent-Teacher Conferences tonight, November 2nd from 3:4pm-6:45pm.