Griffin High School

This week GSCS Interim Superintendent Dr. Donald Warren met with his student advisory councils from Griffin High School & Spalding High School for the first time this school year. Students shared how the school year is going, asked questions, gave excellent feedback and enjoyed pizza thanks to our Partner In Education, Marco's Pizza.

GSCS celebrates National Custodian Workers Day! Be sure to thank your school custodians for all their hard work!

The 2025-26 GSCS Teachers of the Year were recognized at the Kiwanis Club of Griffin luncheon on Sept. 24. GSCS District Teacher of the Year Jodi McGavin shared her educational journey and story. Thank you, Kiwanis Club of Griffin, for celebrating these exceptional educators!

#GHS FTW!

Congrats to teachers and students for being named iReady school of the week!

#AIM #AIMHigher

@GriffinSpalding and @GriffinHS are so proud of Nori Henley, class of 2020. She had her white coat ceremony at @MSMEDU last week. The white coat ceremony signals the start of medical school for students. Nori is working towards her Doctorate in Biomedical Research. Congrats Nori! @CTAEDelievers

GSCS Graduation Rates Increase at All High Schools! The 2025 high school graduation rate for the Griffin-Spalding County School System (GSCS) rose to 90.9 percent from 84.7 percent last year. The Georgia Department of Education released scores this week for all Georgia high schools. The state's graduation rate increased to 87.2 percent, up from 85.4 percent in the previous year. Spalding High School’s graduation rate rose to 88 percent from 83.5 percent, Griffin High increased to 93.4 percent from 85.8 percent and A.Z. Kelsey Academy increased from 87 percent to 91.7 percent. Read more: https://5il.co/3qiay

The Griffin-Spalding Partners in Education (PIE) raised almost $25,000 during its 24th annual golf tournament to benefit the teachers and students of the Griffin-Spalding County School System (GSCS). Thirty-six teams played in the tournament held at the City Park Golf Course on Friday, September 26. Proceeds from the tournament are used to fund classroom grants, field trip grants and teacher tuition reimbursement scholarships. This year’s first-place team was SRS Inc.; the second-place team was Jackson Road Elementary; and the third-place team was the Griffin Exchange Club. Read more: https://5il.co/3qh4a

Come one, come all, to the #GHS #FallFestival this Thursday, October 2nd. You will not want to miss the music, the art, the theater performances, or the stage makeup tutorials!

Fun for the whole family begins at 7pm. Tickets can be purchased on GoFans.

Great things are happening at GHS every day! #AIM #AIMHigher

GHS #Culinary classes and teacher Ms. Barnes showing out again! 💚💛

Here they are learning to 🔪deconstruct🔪 a chicken 🐔 and make vegetable stock as the base for delicious soups 🍲 and sauces! 🤩😋🤯

Great things are happening at #GHS #EVERYDAY! #AIM #AIMHigher

GSCS and SCTC are hosting Pathways to Success: Parent Informational Event on Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 5 p.m. Mark your calendars!

🎉 Mark your calendars! The Annual @Griffin_RCCA + @SoCrescentTech Fall Festival is back
📅 Oct 23 | ⏰ 5–7 PM

🙌 Huge thanks to Premier Sponsor @BankWithUnited!
🤝 With @AWSCloud @CaterpillarInc @HomeDepot @Delta bringing the fun.
🥫 Don’t forget: canned food drive for local food banks!

👉 Vendor spots going fast: http://bit.ly/4mOY62R

@GriffinSpalding #CTAEDelivers #FallFestival #growINgriffinspalding

#GSCS and #GHS are stakeholder focused!

Human resources is soliciting feedback about proposed school calendars from teachers🧑‍🏫, parents👪, and students🎓!

If you haven't already, please complete the survey below:
https://tejoin.com/scroll/735732876

Senior Scholars, this is a friendly reminder to RSVP for the Senior Sunrise taking place tomorrow, Tuesday, September 23rd, at 6:30 a.m. The last day to RSVP is today.

Link to RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScLmJcRpQApiwP5ILxJneeQwcMSVmSRpNt1TYKpxfxQvhAUUg/viewform?usp=dialog

If you have any questions, please reach out to Dr. Elam, Ms. Blount, or Mr. Coggins.
We look forward to seeing you there as we celebrate this special moment together!

Today is National Tradesman Day! Let's celebrate and honor all of the skilled tradespeople for their essential skills and hard work!

@GriffinHS played Westover High School & Autumn Johnson, GHS alumni in the Sports Medicine Pathway shadowed the Athletic Trainer. So proud as she works on her Bach Health Science focusing on Athletic Training at Albany State. #CTAEDelievers @GriffinSpalding

😋😋 Is this an episode of 🔪Chopped?! No! It's #GHS 💚Culinary Arts💛 students making charcuterie🍇🧀  boxes for teachers to enjoy during Professional Learning.

Great things are happening every day at GHS! #AIM #AIMHigher #CulinaryArts

2026-2027 & 2027-2028 GSCS School Calendars Survey
Please take a minute to complete the GSCS Thought Exchange Survey, offering your feedback on the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 school calendars. The survey is accessible using the QR code on the flier or by clicking on this link: https://my.thoughtexchange.com/scroll/735732876/welcome
View the 2026-27 calendar options at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NMXw08dxJjVyyFZY8-7ApyKl7IeZY6JUTbhVm4DYL3Y/edit?tab=t.0
View the 2027-28 calendar options at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KGNzyOILkxEjwjM-DrBDWZ5HYdaERE1YLi-NGRl9hfw/edit?tab=t.0

😄 Fun in the Sun ☀️

Ms. Fatima's #Biology Classes went outside today to work on #PunnettSquares with sidewalk chalk to develop their understanding 🤔 of inheritance of traits. 🧬🧪

Great things are happening at #GHS every day! #AIMHigher #AIM #MakeLearningFun

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Today is IT Professionals Day! Our schools and students rely on technology for everything from lesson plans to attendance. Today, let's celebrate our IT professionals who keep our computer systems running smoothly and securely. We appreciate the work you do behind the scenes to ensure our students, teachers and schools are always connected!

#Careers of tomorrow being taught today at #GHS! 🧑‍💼💻

Ms. Camp assists a student using a computer for #research and teachers proper evaluation and citation of sources.

#AIMHigher 💚💛