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Good Morning Swedes!
We have been working hard to put all of our currently taught health topics in one place so that we can formally adopt what we are currently doing with regards to health and wellness topics. Over 15 teachers contributed to this document and it is rather comprehensive. We are inviting the public to read through this document and ask any questions you may have. A summary document can be found at https://bit.ly/GPShealth_summary and a complete document can be found at bit.ly/GPShealth We welcome you to submit any questions you have by Friday, July 7th. Please submit questions at https://bit.ly/GPShealth_survey
Please note: these are not new topics - these are topics we are currently teaching that have been put in one place for community review.
School may be out for the summer, but our Gothenburg staff has been hard at work at ESU #10 this week learning about best practices for supporting students who have experienced trauma and also diving into our academic school-wide data. #SwedesLead
The Class of 2025 experienced on-the-job training with a number of businesses in our community. A big thank you goes out to each of those who participated in our Job Shadow program for opening your business to our students!
I'd like to give a shout out to our students and staff involved in making our Strategic Plan component of "expanded opportunities" come to life this year. GPS students received 347 college credit hours over the course of the 2022-2023 school year. Impressive!!!
We are hiring! GPS has a paraprofessional opening for the 23-24 school year.
We are excited to announce that Mrs. Gwen Gundell will be joining our Swede Staff as the Dudley Elementary Administrative Assistant for the 2023-2024 school year. Mrs. Gundell, along with her husband James have been longtime residents of Gothenburg. Their twin boys (Turner & Jackson) graduated from Gothenburg Public Schools! Gwen most recently worked at City Hall where you may have had the opportunity to enjoy her positive and professional personality. Please help us welcome Mrs. Gwen Gundell to our SWEDE TEAM! We are blessed to have her joining a wonderful staff at GPS! #SwedesLead
Congratulations to Dr. Allison Jonas on her recent Doctor of Education in Educational Administration. Her dissertation was titled “An Improvement Science Case Study for Accelerating Recovery of Disrupted Learning Using Flexible Grouping” We are so proud of you! #SwedesLead
Gothenburg Health is again offering free sports physicals for GHS athletes. See the flyer below for details.
The Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans recently announced its state scholarship winners. Gothenburg's Hannah Devlin was selected to receive one of the state awards, worth $10,000, to pursue a bachelor's degree at the school of her choice.
State scholarships are awarded to eligible students in all fifty states and the District of Columbia. The program specifically assists high school students who have faced and overcome great obstacles in their young lives.
Congratulations!
Dudley Elementary is excited to partner with Flatwater Bank to start our own Flatwater Bank Swede Branch next fall! In the last few weeks, students learned about financial literacy, applications, interviewing skills, and creating a company brand. Today 16 students were selected to be student bankers and will be an integral part of kicking off this new initiative at Dudley! Congratulations to our 5th grade students! #SwedesLead
Today we celebrated our littlest SWEDES! They have had a very successful year of preschool w/ Mrs. Bell at the helm. They have worked hard & played hard and are ready for KINDERGARTEN next Fall! #SwedesLead
One of my favorite events of the year...preschool graduation! Congratulations to the graduating class of 2036!!!
It was a "Feel The Waves Wednesday" at GPS! Don't forget your neon colors tomorrow because our "Summer Is Looking Bright!"
The State Track Send-off is happening TODAY! Send-off starts at 12:45 and the athletes and coaches will pass the front of the elementary, go through downtown and continue on to Omaha!!
Anyone wanting to cheer on the Swedes is welcome to meet along the route.
LET’S GO SWEDES!!
(Coffee) Shop Talk tomorrow (Tuesday) at Stories from 9-10AM. Join Superintendent Jonas, Mrs. Massin, Mrs. David, and Mr. Wiggins to ask questions about our current health topics and progression.
Congratulations to our little Swede who has read 1,000 Books Before the end of Kindergarten! We are proud of Noah's parents for participating in this program throughout the year. Noah shared that he learned so much about tornadoes, lightening, and tsunamis! Way to go Noah!
This week, 19 GPS performers in grades 6-7-8 will present Kim Arthur and the Nerds of the Round Table! This is an adaptation of “The Sword in the Stone” with Kim Arthur/King Arthur, Marlene/Merlin, Lance/Lancelot, Gwen/Gwenevre, and The Lady of the Lakeland Arcade/Lady of the Lake! Join us and enjoy a great story told by great kids!
Performance is 6:00 pm Wed in the PAC - free will donation.
It's the final week of school for GPS! It's also the NSAA State Track Meet and NSAA State Girls Tennis Tournament! Best of luck to all our state qualifiers! Bring home some hardware! Also, good luck to the boys golf team as they compete on Tuesday at Districts!
It is the final week of the 22-23 school year & our PreK-11th staff and students are going to end it full of SPIRIT & POSITIVITY! Have a great week SWEDES!
