Please click the press release on the DCHS vs Miles City Volleyball Match!:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KlYFY9J7zVZ9pcs_rpatt29-itR9zd8fD3zLOHfmASQ/edit?usp=sharing
Go Red Devils!!
Lady Red Devils volleyball tips off their season tonight against the Sidney Eagles. Although we can't be there to support them in person, you can still watch the game on the NFHS Network! (https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/) Remember, a portion of your subscription comes back to support DCHS activities. Go Devils!
Message from GPS:
Please check your email or Infinite Campus account for an important message from Glendive Public Schools regarding ordering Breakfast/Lunch for your student's offsite days. Please contact your student's school to update your information or to find out more information about this message.
The Glendive Public Schools nurses wish to advise parents that COVID-19 testing will NOT be a part of your student's routine screenings. As always, please call with any questions or concerns. We are looking forward to a safe and healthy school year!
NFHS Red/White Scrimmage Update: We were notified the NFHS Network is currently calibrating our new camera. We hope that the broadcast will begin before the scrimmage is over. Thank you for your patience.
Beginning Monday, August 31, Glendive Public Schools will offer breakfast and lunch meals for children to take home for their offsite days. A meal count will be taken in each homeroom/1st period, first thing each morning. On Monday and Tuesday, children may sign up for an onsite lunch for that current day and for a breakfast and/or lunch meal to take home for the following day.
On Wednesdays, “A day” students may request meals for Thursday and Friday breakfasts and/or lunches during meal count. Thursdays “B day” students may request meals for Friday and Monday breakfasts and/or lunches during meal count. A staff member will be in a designated area to distribute the requested meals as students leave school each afternoon.
Please do not hesitate to contact Food Service Director, Anne Sadorf at 377-2555 if you need assistance or have any questions.
Please click on the following link to see the GPS Active COVID cases. Check back as we will update the document once we get more information. You can also go to www.glendiveschools.com to find this link and get the updates.
GPS Active COVID cases: https://rb.gy/50iklu
We are so excited to have students in our buildings again. Below is some information that might help you out for this first week.
Face coverings:
Please remember that students/staff will be required to wear face coverings on school property at all times except for the following circumstances: where social distancing can be maintained, at recess if the groups/cohorts are less than 50 students, consuming food and drink, and while engaging in physical activity.
This applies even if we drop below 4 active cases in Dawson County. Our plans were in place before Glendive had enough cases for the Governor's order to go into effect based on guidance from our Health Department and the CDC recommendations.
Online:
If you have opted out of Face-to-Face instruction you should be getting information from each school on when your student will start. If you still haven't seen anything, please call the school that your child goes to for more information.
Offsite:
With this being the first week of school, we will not be doing the offsite days. We want to make sure that we have everything set up. Next week, we will be starting the offsite days with all students. Your student's teachers will be sending work home or in their online platform for the students to complete.
Recess:
Each school is set up a little differently with how recess will work this year. Each school is trying to set up times for students to be outside without their masks. The general rule is that students can be outside without their masks if they are grouped with fewer than 50 students and they are outside for less than 15 minutes. There will be times where this is not possible (i.e. mornings when all students come to school on the playground). Please know we will continue to try and create opportunities for students to be able to take off their face coverings. Please help us by encouraging your students to follow these procedures so that we can continue to try and offer these opportunities and keep our schools healthy.
Food Service:
This week we will be offering Breakfast and Lunch for onsite students only. Next week, we will start offering the opportunity for students to also request Breakfast and Lunch on their offsite days. Please watch out for more information coming out this week about how the offsite process will work along with the process for students that are online.
The following is guidance and protocols developed by the Dawson County Health Department to help mitigate the risk of COVID-19 spread at Glendive Public Schools. Please check out the following link. We will also be sending out a Frequently Asked Questions sheet developed by the Health Department in the next couple of days.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gBmrDjKhix4AThfhBR41dIhbb0uYmphHKze8Hqc4YX4/edit?usp=sharing
RE: GPS will NOT be charging the Tech Fee for 20-21 school year
Thank you for your patience as we travel to new waters for Glendive Public Schools. Recently it was announced that parents were going to need to pay a $30 rental fee for the Chromebooks and Ipads that the students will be receiving this year. After last spring, we heard from many parents and staff members that the online learning was difficult for many reasons. Some of those reasons had to do with not having the proper devices, not being able to keep their student on task, not being able to control what their student was doing, etc. We heard loud and clear and were able to purchase Chromebooks for all students grades 3-12 and IPads for students grades PK-2. Not only were we able to get a device for every student, but we also wanted to make sure that they meet all student privacy requirements and applicable technology laws. In addition, we wanted to make sure that we were able to control all aspects of the device at school or at home for their offsite days.
We have received many emails and have talked to many parents over the last week about the rental fee. We will NOT be charging this fee this year as we agree that it was announced too late. If you have already paid the fee, the school will be contacting you to give your money back. We understand that grants were used to purchase this equipment. The school district will need to find a way to help make this sustainable moving forward. There will still be a device checkout sheet that will need to be signed so parents are aware of the process for checking out the device. If you have any questions about this, please contact your student’s building administrator.
We are really looking forward to having students start back in the schools tomorrow. Again, thank you for your patience and grace throughout this difficult time.
Info on Transportation:
With the A/B Hybrid Schedule, Glendive Public Schools will have busing available for all students that need it! Busing will be available starting the first day of school. Here is the new bus schedule for the 20-21 school year.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rhUUChgIlVbDlDstRJtI5yyXN-KGAUgD1dnrGMmk-6E/edit?usp=sharing
Thank you for your patience and grace in this difficult time. We have been working on a document to get out to our staff, parents, and community. Below you will find a link to the GPS Reopening Plan 20-21. This is not intended to be an all encompassing document, but a resource that you can go to for some information about reopening our schools for the 20-21 school year. Please also check out our website where you can find additional information and who to contact if you have questions or concerns.
http://bit.ly/GPSReopeningPlan20-21
This year we will have different schedules to accommodate all the changes that need to be made. Below you will find the start and end times for each school. Please note that these can be changed as new information arises before the first day of school.
Students will not be allowed to be onsite at the school before 7:45 a.m.
JES - Start time: 8:00 a.m. - End Time: 3:20 p.m.
LES - Start time: 8:00 a.m. - End Time: 3:05 p.m.
WMS - Start time: 8:00 a.m. - End Time: 2:46 p.m.
DCHS - Start time: 8:00 a.m. - End Time: 2:46 p.m.
Thank you for your patience with this. There have been so many changes and we could not finalize these times until we had everything set.
Please check out our Frequently Asked Questions Sheet for more information: https://bit.ly/GPS20-21FAQ
Glendive Public Schools is hosting a substitute teacher training on 8/21/20 at 9 am in the DCHS cafeteria. All current substitutes are required to attend along with any new subs.
The district is in dire need of substitutes and encourages anyone interested to apply online at www.glendiveschools.com (click on menu - employment - current openings - then scroll to the bottom and click on apply - left hand column (vacancies- substitute) - apply!)
A degree in education is not required but applicants must be able to pass a background check and have a desire to be a positive influence in the lives of our students.
https://www.applitrack.com/glendiveschools/onlineapp/default.aspx?Category=Substitute
GPS Reopening 20-21 Frequently Asked Questions
Updated: 8/14/20
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1melu61KH_WWSEBcEiiDpls-c6HZ-xxg1Yq2ug3Io3xk/edit?usp=sharing
With school just around the corner, please check out our communication sheet.
The best way to get immediate and accurate information about what is happening with Glendive Public Schools is to download our app. (see sheet for details).
Thank you for your patience as we work out everything that will help us have a great start to the 20-21 school year.
PDF Version: https://5il.co/jkm3
DEAR CLASS OF 2020:
Yearbooks are in! To reduce traffic in the high school, please pick up your yearbooks at the high school office at the assigned time on TUESDAY, AUGUST 18:
Last name A-K 9:00 am to 11:00 am
Last name L-Z 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
This is for the CLASS OF 2020 ONLY. Current DCHS students will receive their books in school. Some of you have elected to have your yearbook mailed to you; if you’re unsure, let me know. I unfortunately do not have extras to sell at this time.
To protect our school staff, please wear a mask. If you have a question about your yearbook order, please contact me at siemsenk@glendiveschools.org. If you can’t pick up your book on Tuesday, please reach out. Please share this to those who I may have missed.
Cheer team tryouts and first day of practice have been rescheduled for August 18th at 7:00 PM on the DCHS Track.
We have a new approved calendar for 20-21! Please note that the first day of school for "A" students is on Wednesday, August 26th and Thursday, August 27th for "B" students. We are working hard on class lists and schedules so that we can get those out soon. Thank you for your patience!
Calendar PDF: https://5il.co/jh7e