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Dear Parents and Guardians: As new positive COVID cases arise in our schools, we will do our best to notify those around the individual who may have been potentially exposed to the virus. Below is the notification you may receive, along with the new guidelines for what to do after a potential exposure. — Today, …

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Dear Families: As we shift into a new and more hopeful phase of the COVID pandemic, let’s remain #GFNationSTRONG and note these important points effective as of Wednesday, March 2: Although masks are no longer required in school, we encourage all staff and students to continue wearing a mask indoors, especially when you are within six feet …

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Dear Families: As you may have heard from numerous media reports over the weekend, the CDC issued new guidance on Friday that loosened its recommendations for masking on school buses and in schools that are located in areas that have low and medium community levels of COVID-19. This is welcome news from the CDC and …

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Dear Parents and Guardians: We hope your family is able to rest and recharge during the upcoming February break week! Connection, relaxation, and fun are more important now than ever for your children, and we encourage you to use this time off to stay mentally and physically healthy. To help keep our schools open and …

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A GF Nation tradition was back this year, and the “Pennies for Pink” drive once again netted thousands of dollars for gas cards to get local cancer patients to and from their treatments! “We had a grand total of $3,699 raised for 2021 … or as I like to say, 147 times that all of …

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Dear GF Nation Families: As the COVID pandemic keeps evolving, we are responding to new developments involving the statewide face mask mandate.  As you’ve likely heard, a state judge on Long Island has ruled against the state’s mask mandate, but more litigation is expected. All NYS school districts have been contacted by the State Education Department …

Continue reading “Jan. 25 update: Masks are still required in school”

Dear School Community members, The purpose of this message is to introduce you to the process for our superintendent search, following Superintendent Paul Jenkins’s retirement announcement last month, and to ask for your input. An important early phase of this process provides an opportunity to gain perspective on what’s important to you for the district …

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