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Gavit Middle/High School PTSA      
Chartered     2/2/1961

Welcome to the Gavit PTSA homepage!

WELCOME BACK TO THE 2010 - 2011 SCHOOL YEAR ! HOPE IT WILL BE A GREAT ONE FOR ALL!

The Gavit PTSA has recently changed their bylaws to only three regular meetings a year. We will usually meet on a Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the student cafeteria. We are plannig to hold more progams on the alternate months so we want your input for the type of programs that would be of Value to you. Please contact our president with your suggestions.

OurFIRST meeting of this year is Tuesday, Sept 7st, 6:30 pm. We will be enjoying an ice cream social as we discuss business and invite suggestions for the coming year, Watch our Facebook page for quick updates! Our link is below.

Gavit PTSA was honored with OUTSTANTING Membership Acheivement, 50% Membership Increase plus others and OUTSTANSING High School Website award ! Check out the Gallary for pictures of some of Gavit's highlings at Indiana PTA Convention. PLEASE help us beat this record this 2010-2011 year. More informaiton on membership and it's value can be found on this membership page.

Our Nurse, Sarah Dumbauld, has requested some help with Health Screenings during the month of September. She can be reached by calling Gavit at 989-7328 ext 1305 or emailing her at SCDumbauld@hammond.k12.in.us

GAVIT GUARDIANS
We are in the planning stages for this program and will contact those who had graciously signed up to help soon. Sorry for the delay and WE DO THANK YOU for your willingness to be there for the students!

The Gavit Administration and PTSA are looking for parents/guardians/grandparents who would be interested in becoming a "Gavit Guardian". These adults would be available as hall monitors, door monitors (before and after school), and at sporting events and other activities at the school as needed. Parents who sign up will be provided with a shirt that will be a visible presence on school grounds.
To sign up, please download and return the form to the PTSA mailbox via the Main Office.

Gavit HS/MS information:
For your information you can access the following information by clicking on the name below:  
Dress code information  and several other peices of important information such as the School improvement Plan, plus the schedule of classes, lunch menu and other necessary information by entering the Gavit High website and clicking on the Information link.
              (Some of these files are in PDF form.  If you don't have Adobe Reader click on the link at the bottom of the page to get the free download)

Gavit Nationally Recognized for PLTW WOW!!! Gavit High School is now a Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Certified School. This certification is a national recognition. (You can read more about this on our Gavit Pride page.)

Our students in the news: We are always proud of our Gavit students and you should  check here often to see a few special instances of some exceptional  activities.  We have added an archiveal page so that anyone who missed last year's wonderful acheivements can still catch the honors.

Important Dates, Deadlines & Tidbits

PARENTS: I-STEM Northwest is holding a Parent University event Saturday, September 18th from 9:00 am to 1:30 pm at PUC.  The purpose of the event is to inform parents about a variety of issues surrounding their child’s education. There will be eight breakout sessions on various topics.   Each session will be 45 minutes and held three times this will allow parents to chose which sessions they want to attend. You can see a flyer about the Parent University here OR for registering and more information go to Purdue's webpage here.

Middle School Students/ Parents: It is time to sign up for 21st Century Scholars! If you are an Eighth grader NOW is the time so you will have the opportunity for college help. Check out the information on our link here OR go to their web page 21st Century Scholars by clicking here.

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Attention  High School Students!  

Upcoming SAT & ACT Test Dates!     More dates for the ACT and Sat can be found here. 

Contact Your Child's Teachers? 

You can contact your child’s teachers by email using Gavit’s web page.  Simply, go online to Gavit HS website and you click on the staff link that takes you to a full directory of all staff emails and extentions. The list will be updated to the new school year shortly, but its accurate for most of the staff.

  If you are unable to contact them by email, please feel free to reach them by phone.  The number is 989-7328.  If the teacher is unavailable when you call please leave a message for them to call back.  

Be sure to check out the new STI HomePlus system that permits users to view grades and attendance for middle and high school students. Parents will be offered several training sessions.  Watch for dates and times as you must attend this to receive a user ID and password.  You can login to the site here.

Volunteers are needed to assist with many activities. Show your children that you care - Call the school and volunteer today!

We all have important values and ideas — things we care about and want to share. This website is dedicated to the Parents, Teachers, and  Students of Donald E. Gavit Middle/High School. Please, share your ideas, values, and comments with the PTSA by either sending us an email or coming to our meetings.

Gavit no longer provides a written form of the daily announcements BUT does send a weekly Schedule.
You can receive this by email by visiting the Daily Announcements web page for more information.  
When these are sent  to the webmaster, they will be sent to anyone on the announcement list
(We also send other information of importance as it occurs).

The objectives of the Donald E. Gavit PTSA, in common with those of the National PTA and the Indiana PTA, are:

• To promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school, community and place of worship.
  
  
• To raise the standards of home life.
  
  
• To secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youth.
  
  
• To bring into closer relation the home and the school, that parents and teachers may cooperate intelligently in the education of children and youth.
  
  
• To develop between educators and the general public such united efforts as will secure for all children and youth the highest advantages in physical, mental, social and spiritual education.

The images below are links to visit these important sites:

Gavit MS/HS Page

Hammond PTA

Indiana PTA

National PTA

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