We are more than 7,500 students, learning and excelling at seven elementary schools, three middle schools, one preschool and
@GLHSLions
high school.
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🎓🎓🎓And with the turn of a tassel, 548 students from the Gahanna Lincoln High School Class of 2019 became our latest group of alumni. Congratulations graduates, parents, staff, and administrators...YOU DID IT! 🎓🎓🎓
#WeAreLions
#theGJPSway
#AlwaysALion
To our GJPS students, staff, families and friends. As we return to class tomorrow from a very difficult weekend, please know that our 💙💛💙 are with you.
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#WeAreLions
#OnePrideOneFamily
Check out
@wsyx6
tomorrow (12/24) during the 6:00 a.m. hour for a segment highlighting Lincoln Elementary's GUYS WITH TIES program. If you miss it, catch it again on 12/26 @ 9:30 a.m. Thank you
@KurtWSYX6
for sharing our story on "Slice of Life"!
Congratulations to Jessica Slocum,
@jessicaslocum3
our new Gahanna Lincoln High School Principal! We are excited about Jessica's vision for the high school and can't wait to see all the great things in store for GLHS!
Read all about it:
Like you, we are frustrated. We are worried. We are heartbroken. We will start the year apart, but we are together in our goal to provide the best learning opportunities for our children.
Today is a setback. Tomorrow we get to work!
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Congrats to GLHS Senior Brenna Lewis! Brenna was 1 of 5 Ohio students selected to be in the MACY'S GREAT AMERICAN MARCHING BAND during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Way to go Brenna!
#WeAreLions
🎉 🍎 🦁 We are absolutely thrilled to announce GLHS Broadcast Journalism Teacher, Mark Lowrie, has been named ODE OHIO TEACHER OF THE YEAR!
Mr. Lowrie was honored in an assembly today & recognized by state & district leaders as well as many of his students, past & present.
Thankful to have our GLHS Class of 2019 together as a group, one last time at Lincoln High School before their big day on SATURDAY! 🎓🎓🎓 We are sad to see you leave but excited for your future! Have a great weekend...you have earned it! 👏👏
#WeAreLions
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#AlwaysALion
April 20, 8:20 (20:20 military time) - 8:40, the lights at GLHS football stadium will turn on for 20 min to honor the Class of 2020.
This is NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENCOURAGE CONGREGATING OR PEOPLE COMING TO THE STADIUM. Stay home & show support by turning on your porch lights!
Congrats to GLHS teacher Dr. Donja Thomas who was recognized as a RUNNER-UP for the 2019 NCTE & Penguin Random House Teacher Award for Lifelong Readers/Maya Angelou Teacher Award for Poetry. She is here with her PROUD Eng12: African American Voice Lit class! 🎉🎉🎉
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Congratulations to GLHS teacher Tom Gregory on receiving the Journalism Education Association Broadcast Advisor of the Year award! Mr. Gregory is completing his 30th year of teaching at GLHS and has done an amazing job working with our students at WGLH-TV! 🎉🎥📺 .
#WeAreLions
With 21 years in the classroom, an elementary school teacher decided something was missing. So with the help of donated ties, he started a new club to teach young boys how to be gentlemen:
🎶SOMETHING'S COMING...SOMETHING GOOD!
We are bursting with PRIDE as
@WestSideMovie
opens in theaters on Fri, with Mike Faist (GLHS 2009) playing Riff.
Congrats to Mike, Cynthia Macioce his GLHS theatre teacher and every staff member who influenced Mike over his years at GJPS.
Have you seen it? 💙💛💙 The Gahanna Sanctuary was lit up in BLUE AND GOLD for the first week of school. The GJPS colors will also glow for Friday home football games. 🦁🦁🦁 Thank you Gahanna Sanctuary & The Gahanna Foundation for shining our LION PRIDE throughout the community!
We LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the awesome mural that is now hanging in the GJPS Administrative Office. Besides looking way too cool, this piece was made by one of our favorite classes...the CoArt class at
@GLHSLions
.
👏👏👏We are thrilled to announce MS EAST, MS WEST, & HIGH POINT EL. have been awarded the "Overall A Award" by Ohio's State Board of Education. 🏅This recognition is given to schools in Ohio for receiving an overall "A" rating on the state report card.
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📣📣📣 Give a cheer to 601 Gahanna Lincoln High School 2020 Academic Award of Distinction recipients. These students will be honored on Tuesday at a special celebration for their academic achievements. Congratulations students! 🏅🏅🏅
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Today I got to live out a dream I have had since I was 6 years old. Today was a day I will never forget and I am so thankful for everyone who has helped me along my journey of this crazy dream I have had. As always, go bucks
And the staff wins in an OVERTIME SHOOTOUT! 🏀🏀🏀 It was a nail-biter until the end, with the staff taking the "W" for the second year in a row. Thank you GLHS Student Council for sponsoring another great event to raise money for pediatric cancer! 💙💛💙
#WeAreLions
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Gahanna-Jefferson Public Schools will be CLOSED TODAY, Monday, January 8, 2018, due to inclement weather and icy roads. Stay safe, stay warm and we will see you back just as soon as we can!
#GJPSSnowDay
GJPS families are the best. 💙💛💙 We understand how frustrating it is to have so many unanswered questions and so many responsibilities to juggle. Thank you for your flexibility, your patience and most of all your support. 💙💛💙
#theGJPSway
👑👑👑 Meet the 2020 Gahanna Lincoln High School Homecoming Royalty and Senior Court!
The Homecoming Royalty was crowned during a segment of
@LincolnLiveTV
earlier this morning. You can view the show at
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL! 👏👏👏
Congrats to our FOUR GLHS National Merit Semifinalists for 2019! 👏👏👏 We couldn't be more proud of Alexander Meredith, Brandon Waits, Christa Zianni, Emily Miller and all the awesome Gahanna-Jefferson Public School teachers who instructed them throughout the years!
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👏👍👏 Congratulations to High Point Elementary fifth-grade teacher Kevin Sheets. Mr. Sheets has been named 2021 Elementary Teacher of the Year by Columbus Parent Magazine and This Weeks Community News.
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Read about it 🔽🔽🔽
💙💛💙 Thank you to all of our incredible GJPS teachers and staff! Our buildings may be closed, but our teachers and staff are working harder than ever to continue to educate and support our students.
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#gjpsBetterTogether
📣📣📣 Hey GJPS...Give a Cheer! NO SCHOOL on Monday, October 21, 2019. Enjoy your day off and we can't wait to see everyone back to school on Tuesday.
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💙💛💙 GJPS LEVY passes by 76 votes! There will be a mandatory recount, but we are confident the final result will confirm a passage of Issue 22. We're incredibly grateful to our community & excited to move forward with Phase 2 of our Master Facilities Plan. 🎉🎉🎉.
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📣 📣 📣 How about a HUGE SHOUTOUT to the GJPS TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT that has absolutely been rockin' it since March!!!
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We are so appreciative of your long hours and hard work taking care of all our techy needs and keeping us "connected".
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Good luck to our Gahanna Lincoln High School football team, coaching staff, cheerleaders, marching band and everyone who will be cheering on our team tonight for our first HOME GAME of the season! 🏈🦁🏈 .
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#weAreLions
#OnePrideOneFamily
🎉🏆 Congrats to our amazing 2024 State Board Regional (District 6) Teacher of the Year, Mark Lowrie! 🌟🎉 Mr. Lowrie brings a spark to the classroom and makes Broadcast Journalism at GLHS a wonderful learning experience!
👏 👏 👏 to Mr. Lowrie!
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🎓🎓🎓And the Gahanna Lincoln High School Class of 2020 has graduated! It has been an amazing 13 years, a challenging 2 months & a heartwarming 3 days of Celebration Walks for our GLHS SENIORS. 💙💛💙 You did it...now go set the world on fire!🔥🔥🔥
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#OnePrideOneFamily
Congratulations to our THREE GLHS National Merit Semifinalists for 2022! 👏👏👏
We couldn't be more proud of Ashlyn Brodie, Lillian Felkner, Samantha Molino and all the awesome GJPS teachers who taught them throughout the years!
More of the story ▶▶▶
💙💛💙Wow! Just Wow! Our GJPS community overwhelmingly responded to our call for Grab & Go Lunch volunteers. All slots were filled in record time & we can't thank you enough. We'll email you soon with information and assignments. We are so PROUD of our GJPS community!
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A huge thank you to James T. Hutta, DDS - Practice Limited to Orthodontics for your VERY GENEROUS donation to stock healthy snacks in the health clinics at every GJPS school. We 💙💛💙 your generosity and can't thank you enough.
#LoveThatSmile
Be on the lookout 👀 today, April 30, for some very special yard deliveries by our GLHS STAFF. If you see them, give them a honk...but please maintain social distancing. We 💙💛💙 our GLHS SENIORS and our GLHS STAFF!
#OnePRIDEOneFAMILY
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#gjpsBetterTogether
This makes our 💙 💛 💙 happy!
A very special welcome to the GJPS CLASS OF 2033 as the blue hybrid group started KINDERGARTEN in our schools today! We can't wait to see the gold group tomorrow!
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🎶🎶🎶 GLHS A Cappella Choir turned in an A-M-A-Z-I-N-G performance at the OMEA State Adjudicated Event last night! 👏👏👏 GOOD LUCK to the rest of our GLHS bands and choirs as the competition continues today.
#WEAreLions
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We 💙💛💙 this amazing project completed in the
@GahannaSWAG
classroom at Lincoln High School, right before we returned to distance learning. Thank you Senior Jason Raymond for encouraging us to FIND OUR LIGHT! ☀️⭐️💡
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🎓 🎓 🎓 While this is not how we imagined our Class of 2020 would graduate, our GLHS teachers, staff and administrators have done an amazing job providing a memorable experience. Enjoy highlights from our 1st day of Ceremonial Graduation Walks.
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How about a huge WELCOME to our NEW GJPS TEACHERS!!! This group is at Clark Hall learning about all things GJPS during the first day of NEW TEACHER ORIENTATION. Welcome aboard...we are so happy you are here!
#gjpsCOUNTDOWN
#WelcomeBackGJPS
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👏👏👏Congratulations to our newest inductees into the Gahanna Lincoln High School chapter of the NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY. Your hard work and dedication make us all very PROUD! 👏👏👏
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💙💛💙 How about a huge WELCOME to our NEW GJPS TEACHERS!!! Our group of new teachers met online today to learn about all things GJPS during our first day of NEW TEACHER ORIENTATION. Welcome aboard...we are so happy you are here!
#WelcomeBackGJPS
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🎓🎓🎓GJPS Class of 2019...this is your year to shine! Enjoy the next few months at GLHS and know we will always be there cheering you on! 🎉🎉🎉Happy New Year!
#WeAreLions
#AlwaysALion
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💙💛💙 Congratulations to GLHS student Rian Springer! Rian was recently recognized as a 2021 EXTRAordinary Volunteer by the Down Syndrome Association of Central Ohio (DSACO).
Congratulations Rian and thank you for your dedication and hard work! We are proud of YOU!
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👏👏👏 Let's RAISE THE ROOF for The Roofing Guys!
Special thanks to The Roofing Guys, located on Mill Street in Gahanna for donating labor and materials for new roofs on the concession stands at Lincoln High School.
We 💙💛💙 our community partners!
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Congrats GLHS students Zach Mason & Reagan Mounts who were honored this fall with the 2018 Artists & Scholars Recognition by Franklin Co. Board of Commissioners! This celebrates students who excel in either academics or studio & performing arts.
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@kevindengel
📣📣📣Hey Gahanna-Jefferson...as we return to distance learning on March 30 from a very "unique" spring break, let's come together for a district-wide GJPS VIRTUAL SPIRIT WEEK! Show us your GJPS SPIRIT each day & share it on social with the tag
#gjpsBetterTogether
!
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Gahanna Bands sharing some GAHANNA PRIDE during their parking lot concert at MSW. Just what we ALL needed on this beautiful Saturday afternoon. 💙💛💙 Rock on kids!
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Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Gahanna-Jefferson Public Schools will be CLOSED TODAY due to inclement weather. Stay safe, stay warm and we will see you back just as soon as we can!
#SnowDay
*Cool graphic compliments of GLHS SWAG class
🍎🍏🍎 NEW GJPS TEACHERS AND STAFF are in the house!!! 💙💛💙
Let's give them all a HUGE 👏👏👏 in the comments and show them how excited we are to have them as part of our GJPS FAMILY! Welcome aboard...we are so happy you are here!
#gjpsCountdown
,
#WelcomeBackGJPS
#theGJPSway
Our GJPS school secretaries are super excited to welcome everyone back to the new school year and we are super excited to have these lovely ladies at the front desks keeping our schools running smoothly! 💙💛💙
#gjpsCOUNTDOWN
#gjpsWelcomeBack
Hats off to GMSE's Seventh Grade Choir and music teacher Paige Harding! The PROJECT PEACE musical on March 19 & 20 was entertaining and inspiring. Can't wait to hear more about PROJECT PEACE in the weeks to come!
🏅 🏅 🏅 Congrats to 9 GLHS students for earning the National African American Recognition Award (NAARA) for academic achievements in school and outstanding performance on the PSAT and/or AP exams.
More info and a list of our award winners ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
🏅👏 🌟 Congrats to Maycey Vieta, a Gahanna Lincoln alum, for securing a spot in the 2024 Summer Olympics for 10-meter diving! Currently a student at Purdue University, Macey continues to make her GLHS alma mater proud! 🦁 We will be cheering you on this summer, Macey!
We 💙💛💙 to see our kids out in our community spreading good cheer! The GLHS Chorale holiday performance at the Gahanna Senior Center is just what we need to send us into the weekend! Happy FriYAY everyone!
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Spread the Word Day was a HUGE success throughout GJPS! Read and hear all about it on the GJPS website and discover we truly are MORE ALIKE THAN DIFFERENT!
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#MoreALike
Congratulations to our Board of Education President Beryl Brown Piccolantonio for being a recipient of the 2023 OSBA Aptitude Award! The Aptitude Award is a distinct honor and is part of the STAR Awards Program. She is only one of 35 in Ohio to receive the honor this year.
Chalk this up to one more crazy thing we had to do differently this spring! GLHS SENIORS recently picked up their caps and gowns from the comfort of their cars. We 💙💛💙our GLHS SENIORS!
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#gjpsBetterTogether
Hard work does pay off! 🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to these 4 seniors on qualifying as a National Merit Scholarship FINALISTS!. We couldn't be more proud of you and all the awesome GJPS teachers who helped you get this far.
You can read the full story at
More good news! Congratulations to Alissa Lopez, a teacher at Goshen Lane Elementary on her new position as PRINCIPAL at Royal Manor Elementary School!
Our year is off to a great start, and it isn't even July yet!
💙💛💙Read about it here:
🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to students, parents, teachers and staff for an amazing 2018-2019 School Year.
Have a great summer and we will see you back, ready to roar on August 14! 🦁🦁🦁
#WeAreLions
#theGJPSway
As we wind down our last week of new instruction for our students, we want to give a HUGE SHOUTOUT to our GJPS EDUCATIONAL AIDES who have been with us every step of the way! We 💙💛💙 you and think you are absolutely awesome.
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#gjpsBetterTogether
💙🦁💛 It makes our Lion hearts sing 🎶 to see all the activity at our new GLHS stadium as our teams get ready for our grand opening on Friday, September 1, 2023.
Gates open at 6, Kickoff at 7. Join us as we WELCOME HOME our LIONS to their new stadium!
More details soon!