Dear Cougar Family-

We need you and are calling on your kindness and generosity once more. It is our hope and prayer that you will contribute to our Annual Appeal for 2024. We encourage you to consider giving a gift from your heart to our Annual Appeal. Your support helps our amazing students and staff flourish.

Your generosity directly supports the educational opportunities of our students. The Annual Appeal helps to fund our academic programs, faith formation experiences, as well as extra-curricular activities. Your impact is felt both inside and outside the classroom.

Your contributions, support, and prayers have helped us to achieve our mission- Daniel J. Gross High School is a faith and family-based community committed to developing Christian leaders through educational excellence in the Marianist tradition. 

Cougar family, you are profound difference makers! Thank you for the support you provided our school throughout the years. Gross Catholic is a high performing place of learning because of you and your incredible generosity and kindness. Gross Catholic is a place worth investing as our enrollment is on the rise. We hope we can count on your support once again.

I will leave you with the inspiring words of George Bernard Shaw’s Splendid Torch:

“ …I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community, and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle for me. It is a splendid torch which I have got to hold for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.”

Thank you for helping Gross Catholic’s torch burn as brightly as possible.

With Blessings-

Stephen P. Eubanks ‘84

Head of School

Sunday, Dec 15 -

--Christmas with the Cougars, 1-3PM Gross Catholic Commons

Monday, Dec 16 - House Games (wear your house shirt w/ holiday head gear)

--Lunch: Donohue's $6 cash

Tuesday, Dec 17 - Frost Bite Day (wear blue and white casual clothes)

--Lunch: Donohue's $6 cash

Wednesday, Dec 18 - Semester Exam Schedule, early dismissal

--No Lunch

Thursday, Dec 19 - Semester Exam Schedule, early dismissal

--No Lunch

Friday, Dec 20 - Semester Exam Schedule, early dismissal

--No Lunch

Save the Date:

Dec 23-Jan 3 - Christmas Break

OFFICE NOTES

School Office hours over Christmas Break:

8am-1pm-  Monday, 12/23, Friday, 12/27, Monday, 12/30

Office closed -  Tues, 12/24-Thursday, 12/26 and Tues, 12/31- 1/3/25

Textbook Ordering Link for 2nd Semester Courses LINK HERE

Upcoming change coming to Parent Paws e-newletter:

Beginning in January 2025 our parent newletter will be emailed on Thursdays.

We are looking for host families for Marianist students from Spain for the 2025-2026 school year. The students will be here for the entire school year, August through May. The host families will receive a stipend of $200 per month. You would be responsible for getting the student to school each day and would need to provide lunch for them. They will be a part of your family for 10 months. 

If you have any interest in hosting a student from Spain, please reach out to Ryan Larson at larson@gcgmail.org. 

RE-ENROLLMENT:

It is time to complete reenrollment for the 2025-2026 school year through our online FACTS system. An email with more details was sent out earlier this week. Completing reenrollment now allows us to complete staff hiring, course registration and scheduling, and budgeting for the upcoming school year in a timely manner. 

The following enrollment fees will be collected when you submit your student's enrollment. Tuition and fees for the 2025-2026 school year are listed in the enrollment packet, but tuition payments will not be automatically collected until June, 2025 at the earliest.

$325- Enrollment submitted by January 15th. (Early-bird Discount)

$350- Enrollment submitted after January 15th.

To complete our online reenrollment process, you will access the FACTS Family Portal through your existing Gross Catholic login. FACTS logins from other schools do not work. Follow the directions below to start the process.

• Go to the FACTS Family Portal login 
• Type in your username and password. If you have forgotten your username or password, please click on the link provided to recover that information.
• After logging in, click on Apply/Enroll in the left menu.
• Click on the Enrollment/Reenrollment link.

If you have any questions, please contact Ryan Larson at larson@gcgmail.org. 

FINANCIAL AID:

The 2025-2026 Grant & Aid application is open. If you plan to receive financial aid, you must complete this application. We are moving up our financial aid review and awarding timeline and we encourage you to complete the application at your earliest convenience. There is no need to wait on your 2024 tax return as we can use your 2023 return. If you anticipate a significant change from 2023 to 2024, please provide details in the notes section on the application. You can go back later and add the 2024 return if necessary. 

Your timely completion of the Grant & Aid application will allow the Tuition Assistance Committee to award financial aid by early spring. This will in turn help your family with planning for the 2025-2026 school year. 

ATHLETICS

Parents, please be aware that if your student athlete is receiving emails regarding Name Image and Likeness (N.I.L.) that these are a scam. Tell your student-athlete to delete the emails. Do not open them. Do not sign up or register for anything on them. Do not forward them on to friends or teammates.

Marianist Moments

Gross Catholic's Marianist Mission Integration Team invites you and your family to take a little time during the weeks of Advent to encounter the wonder and awe of the anticipation of the coming of our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ!

Advent a Time to Prepare

We hope you enjoy browsing through our site and are inspired to spend time together as a family finding ways to welcome the Holy Family into your home.