Parents,

If you haven't turned in your medical release form for your student, please get them to Michele at the Administration Office by May 9th at 4:00.  This form is required for your student to attend.

For your Graduation Day planning, here is some information you may need to know.  They will need to be at the Middle School by 8:00 PM.  We realize you will probably have friends and family over after graduation, but we really would like them to be at this special event.  The students will be leaving for the venue at approximately 8:30.  

We will be sending home a correspondence the week of May 12th that will provide you with  more detail on activities and what the students can/cannot bring to this event.  If you have any questions, please contact Michele Baird at 834-5621.

A Note to Grant Parents,  Family Members & the Community:

ABOUT THE SENIOR ALL-NIGHTER:

The Grant High School Senior All-Nighter is a parent sponsored event.  The goal of the event is to provide a fun, safe, supervised and sober graduation celebration for all Grant graduating seniors.  We know that our Seniors will want to celebrate with their friends on the night of their graduation.  We want to make that celebration spectacular….and safe.  The event takes place on the night of graduation beginning at about 9:00 pm and lasts all night long, ending at approximately 5:00 am.  It involves food, entertainment, games and prizes (including cash)...just to mention a few. 

How big an event, where it is held and what is offered is totally up to us – the Senior parents.  While Grant High supports the event and often time partners with parent volunteers to ensure the event’s success,  this event will not happen without the participation of the parents of graduating GHS Seniors.

WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT:

If one alcohol related arrest, injury or worse yet, death is prevented by this alcohol free celebration then the extensive effort to plan and fund it will have been well worth it – both for our Grant graduates and the community in general.  If we can gather the resources to make the GHS All-Nighter spectacular, more students will attend - more students will spend the evening of their graduation safe and sober. 

Unfortunate Facts (obtained from the M.A.D.D. website):

• More than 17,000 are killed every year in alcohol related crashes. One person dead every thirty minutes. One person injured almost every minute.
• 17,419 people died last year in preventable alcohol related tragedies accounting for 41 percent of total traffic fatalities.  This makes three years in a row that alcohol-related traffic fatalities have increased.
• 2.6 million teenagers don't know that a person can die from an alcohol overdose. (CSAP, 1996)
• During a typical weekend, an average of one teenager dies each hour in a car crash. Nearly fifty percent of those crashes involved alcohol. (NHTSA, 1999)
• Based on the latest mortality data available, motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for people from 15 to 20 years old.

HOW YOU CAN HELP:

Help Plan the Event:

Planning Meetings will be held monthly at the Grant Administration Office – watch the Tiger Newsletter for dates and times as well as our website www.grantps.net for more information.  Consider volunteering to Chair a Committee, be a member of a committee, offer your ideas, etc.

Help Raise Funds

We want to offer the best celebration we can at the least cost to the students.  Ticket sales only account for a fraction of the funds needed to put on the event.  Fundraisers are key to providing the necessary funds.  If we can raise enough money, we can keep ticket prices low.  Our neighboring cities sell Grad Night tickets for up to $100.00 – we are offering ours for only $25.00 to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to attend. 

We have had several fundraisers already and have many in the planning stages.  Please see the fundraiser page for more information.  If you have ideas or are willing to help with a fundraiser, we need you!

Donate

Requests for donations will be going out to area businesses.  We are also looking to GHS families for donations as well.  Consider making a donation to fund the Senior All Nighter.  We are a non-profit organization so donations are tax deductible.
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Chaperone the Event

The All Nighter will begin at 9:00 pm and ends at 5:00 am.  Adult volunteers are needed to help out during the event.  Volunteers might work games, help with activities, serve food, or security/crowd control.  You can work a two hour shift or stay all night…..it really is fun.  Friends and extended family over 21 are welcome to chaperone as well.  If you have family visiting to celebrate your student’s graduation, what better way is there for them to have some “quality” time with your child than to help out with their celebration.  Contact Michele Baird if you'd like to chaperone at 834-5621.

Buy your Student’s ticket early!!!!!

Many of the games and entertainers for the Grad Night celebration require deposits in advance to reserve them.  Just about every High School hosts a Sober Grad Night and we all seem to compete with each other for entertainers and games.  We need to reserve the games and entertainment early by putting down deposits or we will have a difficult time finding them.  We need funds now!  By buying your student’s ticket early you will help provide the funds to ensure we have the best games and entertainment we can find.

Tickets are $25.00. 

Please help us kick off this tradition with a bang!