Weekly Schedule

Monday - August 31

• House games: wear your house shirts
• Lunch - Candlelight ($6 cash or venmo)
• Baseball players meeting 3:10pm in Media Center

Tuesday - Sept 1

• Rooted/Flourish welcome/information meeting during lunch
• Lunch - Candlelight ($6 cash or venmo)

Wednesday - Sept 2

• Lunch - Candlelight ($6 cash or venmo)
• Boys Basketball players meeting 3:10pm in Health/Conditioning Center

Thursday - Sept 3

• Lunch - Valentino's Pizza ($6 cash or venmo)

Friday - Sept 4

• Mass
• Lunch - Chik-fil-a ($6 cash or venmo - preorders due on Tuesday)

Save the Date

Monday - Sept 7 - No School (Labor Day)

Friday - Sept 11 - Homecoming Tailgate (flyer below)

Saturday - Sept 12 - Homecoming Dance (details & flyer below)

Office Notes

2025-2026 Yearbooks have been distributed. If anyone is interested in purchasing a yearbook, there are about 20 left. They are $90 a yearbook. See Mrs. Ewing if they would like to purchase one in Room 125.

National Honor Society:

Next week, eligible students will be invited to apply for the National Honor Society at Gross. Eligible students are juniors/seniors, have a cumulative 3.9 GPA, and have completed their Marianist Mission Hours from last year. Applications are due September 15th. Please contact Mrs. Novotny (emnovotny@gcgmail.org) about any questions. 

Counselor's Corner

Hi everyone! My name is Mrs. Roza (Van Haute), and I am the counselor for freshmen and sophomores. My job is to support students academically, socially, and emotionally. On the first day of school, I sent out a survey to all my students. This survey helps me get to know them better, check in on them, and see if there is anything I can do to help. I typically send out surveys once every quarter to check in. Also, I do my best to meet with all students at least once a semester. I will begin these one-on-one meetings this week. They are always welcome to stop in my office if they need anything too. Please reach out to me if you have any questions or if you feel like there is something I can do to support your child this school year. I am looking forward to a great year!

Kayla Roza (Van Haute) ‘18

School Counselor

Junior and Senior Parents:

COLLEGE RESOURCES!

EducationQuest offers webinars related to Financial Aid for college, and the FAFSA. They are very well done and great for parents who may be going through the college planning process for the first time. Click HERE to see the available dates for the webinars! Make sure you click on the "load more" button to see all the options!

Spanish College Resources can be found HERE

We are so excited for Homecoming 2026. We hope you will ESCAPE TO RIO with us!

Our trip begins on Sept 8th and we wrap up our trip with the Homecoming Dance on Sept 12th in the Gross Gym.

Tickets

Tickets will be on sale from Sept 3 - Sept 10th. The cost of a ticket is $20.

You can buy your ticket during lunch or in Mrs. Mac's office during your free period.

You can pay with cash, check or venmo (@Gross-HighSchool)

If you pay be venmo please write "Hoco-name" for the memo. (Examplel: Hoco-McNamara)

Dance

Doors open at 7:00 pm

Coronation in the auditorium at 8:00 pm

Dance 8:30 - 10:30 pm

Guest from another school

You may bring a guest from another school but be sure to follow the guidelines. Keep in mind your guest/date from another school must be of the opposite sex.  Click the link to read the whole Guest Policy.

Guest Policy

The Electronic guest form must be completed by August 28th. 

Electronic Guest Form

Dress Code

Please click the link to see the dress code policy for homecoming.  

Dress code for hoco

Voting for Homecoming Court and King/Queen

Voting for court will take place on September 1

Voting for homecoming king and queen will take place on Sept 8

Check your email for your voting ballot on the day of voting

Pep Rally/Football Game

Homecoming/Fall Pep rally is on Tuesday Sept 8 - Orange and Blue Day

Homecoming Football game is on Friday, Sept 11th - Theme is white out!

Homecoming week "Anything but a Backpack Flyer"

Anything but a Backpack Guidelines

Campus Ministry

Marianist Moments August Newsletter:

Cougar Community

We are still looking for sponsors and donations for our prizes. Please let us know if you have any businesses who may be interested in partnering with us. Gift cards are wonderful additions to our raffle prizes and can be picked up or delivered to the school. Thank you for your amazing support!