Advisor : Shelia Brice
Mission Statement : To Celebrate diversity, tear down barriers, and rise by lifting others.
Points of Pride :
Wylie E. Groves High School, home of the Falcons, takes great pride in our high expectations for achievement, our diversity, our acceptantance of differering perspectives and our students ability to expand their point of view. Visit “our house” at www.grovestoday for more information.
Fred Procter , Principal
Annual Multicutural Retreat brings 15 teens and 10 staff together to spend a weekend together off campus getting to know one another.
The Multicultural Retreat is a highlight of our activity calendar each year. It is a great achievement of past and current faculty and students that has a 17 year tradition that continues to promote awareness and communication skills. -Paul Van Ermen
Experiential Learning Center Our annual Dr. Martin Luther King Assembly is a decades tradition that features a video “the Faces of Groves” and options for Community Service projects. This year Mosaic Youth Theater’s “Speak for Yourself” will perform at our assemblies. One of our seniors, Alicia Thomas, is in the cast. There will be a “Talk Back” section so students can ask questions of the cast. -Sheila Brice,Community Service Organizer
French, Japanese and Spanish Clubs encourage global competency through competition and trips
. Amnesty International promotes awareness and action for causes like AIDS empidemic in Africa.
Our GSA created a Chain of Remembrance that hangs in the Commons with staff and student signatures to show that bullying and harassment will not be tolerated .
Last year our Diversity Committee conducted a letter writing campaign on behalf of the Jena Six.
Health classes hear annually from MINDS, Mental Illness Needs Discussion Sessions.
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