Welcome to COVID-19

GIPS Calendar Change and Mask Protocols

The Grand Island Public Schools recognizes staff are enduring a great deal of stress this school year as they continue to work to overcome challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic has been compounded by illnesses…

COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic at O'Connor Learning Center

The Central District Health Department will be offering a COVID-19 vaccine clinic for those who wish to receive the vaccine on Monday, September 27, 2021 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the O'Connor Learning…

COVID-19 vaccine clinic Sept. 3 at Barr Middle School

The Central District Health Department will be offering the COVID-19 vaccine clinic for staff, students and families who wish to receive the vaccine on Friday, September 3, 2021 from 7:30-11 a.m. at Barr…

COVID-19 protocols for summer learning

Below you'll find six COVID-19 protocols for GIPS summer learning. These protocols will be refined and updated. Masks are required inside of buildings except when eating; masks are optional outside…

Masks optional for vaccinated GIPS staff effective June 1

As Grand Island Public Schools works through the pandemic and turns its sights to next fall, the district is prepared and thrilled to move forward. Part of the process of turning the corner on COVID-19…

GIPS, CDHD offering two COVID-19 vaccination opportunities for families

Two COVID-19 vaccination clinics will be held in the Grand Island Senior High School West Gym this week. Grand Island Public Schools has coordinated with the Central District Health Department to provide…

80+ GIPS students receive COVID-19 vaccine

More than 80 Grand Island Senior High School students received the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday. A vaccination clinic was held in the West Gym from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.  The voluntary opportunity was open…

City mask mandate to expire; no changes to GIPS mask protocol

With the city ordinance requiring masks set to expire at 11:59 p.m. on February 23, GIPS wants to remind its students and staff that no changes will be made to district protocol, which requires protective…

GIPS to provide meals to students for Spring Break

Grand Island Public Schools Nutrition Services will provide free shelf-stable meal kits and milk to students for Spring Break (March 8-12).  Families and students can request meals via a pre-order form.…

Staying Safe This Holiday Season

The COVID-19 pandemic has only worsened in recent months and will continue through the holiday season. Please consider taking steps to make your holiday season as safe as possible. Click here…

GIPS approves mental health days for faculty, staff in November

Grand Island Public Schools has announced the approval of mental health days for faculty and staff later this month. In challenging times, our district is continually looking for ways to support our staff…

GIPS Nutrition Services can provide meals to absent students

School meals are available for absent students from Grand Island Public Schools Nutrition Services. This includes students in quarantine, isolation, ill or otherwise not present at school. Parents or…

Oct. 14, 2020: Community update with the City of Grand Island and GIPS

Here is the full video of the press conference with Grand Island Mayor Roger Steele and GIPS Superintendent Dr. Tawana Grover from October 14, 2020.

GIPS update on visiting spectators

Dear GIPS Parents: We want to provide a quick update to you today.  Our top priority has and will continue to be keeping students learning in school as safely as possible. Kids are doing a great job…

GIPS announces plans for athletics, spectators for fall sports

Grand Island Public Schools plans to have Grand Island Senior High student athletes competing in sports with family in the crowd for the fall season. “We are so excited our Islander student athletes will…

Daily screening checklist

As part of the GIPS Reimagined model, we are asking parents to screen and monitor their students daily before sending them to school. We also thank you for preparing student to wear a face covering all…

All GIPS middle school activities suspended

Grand Island Public Schools has made the decision to suspend all middle school activities and athletics until further notice. We are making this decision for the safety of students and staff. This includes…

GIPS announces plans for summer conditioning, weightlifting

Grand Island Public Schools administration and athletic department leaders have developed a plan for allowing Grand Island Senior High student athletes to train during the summer, as directed by the governor…

GIPS PE teachers putting on community-wide field day

Grand Island Public Schools elementary PE teachers are inviting the community to join in on this year’s field day, Tuesday, May 19.  The event is being hosted on the GIPS YouTube channel via a Field Day…

GISH graduation to be aired by NCN, streamed online

The Grand Island Senior High Class of 2020 graduation ceremony will be aired live on News Channel Nebraska and streamed online via the Grand Island Public Schools website, YouTube and Facebook pages. The…

eLearning update from Dr. Palmer, online safety tips

This is Dr. Toni Palmer, GIPS chief of leading for learning. I’m contacting you tonight to provide an update on GIPS eLearning. First, let me say thank you to all the families who are supporting students…

GIPS addresses equity, access by providing internet connection to families

Grand Island Public Schools will provide 125 Verizon Jetpacks to identified families in an effort to ensure equity and access to all students for eLearning. GIPS identified four priorities during the…

UPDATE: Meal pickup will now be three days a week

Beginning Monday, April 6, Grand Island Public Schools will offer free meals to kids three days a week. The same amount of meals will still be offered. Meal pickup will now be on Monday, Tuesday and Thursdays…

School buildings closed through May 31

Gov. Ricketts made the decision today to direct all school buildings to be closed to students through May 31. For us, this means we will continue with GIPS eLearning throughout the end of the school year.…

GIPS continues to meet the social emotional needs of students

As Grand Island Public Schools continues to operate in the alternative learning environment, GIPS eLearning, the district also continues to meet the social emotional needs of students. “Our school support…

GIPS eLearning grading FAQ

Grand Island Public Schools is now into the second full week of eLearning and we continue to improve and grow our at-home education processes. A big question we have heard from parents is about assignments…

Graduation requirements, credit recovery FAQ

We have received a number of questions specific to graduation requirements. Here are some of the most frequent questions we have received. How can parents find out if their senior has the credits needed…

UPDATE: No meal pickup on Fridays; Friday meals to be given on Thursdays

Starting on Thursday, April 2, free meals for both Thursday and Friday will be offered. There will be no meal pickup on Fridays. This decision was made for the safety of our staff and to limit their exposure.…

Questions and answers from Thursday's online town hall

Thursday night GIPS officials hosted an online town hall on our GIPS Facebook page. Thank you to everyone who took part, asked questions or watched along. We appreciate your engagement. We promised to…

GIPS Foundation opens Emergency Fund

The Grand Island Public Schools Foundation Board opened an Emergency Fund on Wednesday, March 18, at their board meeting to respond to the rising needs of GIPS students, staff and families during and after…

Chromebooks, Clever and Classroom

  Our teachers have been working with your students on Chromebooks, logging in to apps with Clever and utilizing Google Classroom for quite a while. However, we understand this is all new to you. One…

UPDATE: Shoemaker meal site added, times extended starting March 23

Starting on Monday, March 23, Shoemaker Elementary will be the eighth Grand Island Public Schools location to offer free meals to kids during the COVID-19 school closure. Serving times will also be extended…

March 17 update: eLearning plan, meals, wireless

Grand Island Public Schools will continue to provide frequent updates with important information. There is a lot of important information included in this update, so we apologize for the length. As always,…

GIPS to provide free meals for kids during COVID-19 school closure

Despite the closure of Grand Island Public Schools due to COVID-19 and the effort to mitigate the virus, GIPS Nutrition Services will provide free meals for kids.  Many of our students rely on GIPS for…

GIPS closing due to COVID-19

We have made the decision to close Grand Island Public Schools starting Monday, March 16. We will communicate with the community frequently. The reality is this may be a several-week closure. We have…

Westridge DC trip quarantine

We have been informed by the Central District Health Department our students, staff and parents who went on the DC/NYC spring break trip will need to self-quarantine for the next 14 days. Because they…

COVID-19 March 13 press conference

March 14 GIPS COVID-19 travel information

The CDHD has updated the self-quarantine travel list, meaning if you have traveled to any of these areas in the past 14 days, you need to take action. Currently, the CDHD has listed these areas as at-risk: City: New…

March 13 GIPS COVID-19 update

Grand Island Public Schools will continue to monitor the COVID-19 situation. At this point, we are planning to have school. However, as our top priority is the safety of our students, staff and, in this…