Back to School 2023-2024

Granville Exempted Village Schools
130 North Granger Street
Granville, OH 43023-0417
Phone: 740-587-8101
888-683-7730: Fax

We hope you're having great summer, Blue Aces!


This page is a hub for all pertinent back-to-school information. Please continue to check back as the start of the school year approaches. For any questions, please email [email protected].
For building-specific information, please visit each school's homepage:

Open Houses

  • GES: Tuesday, August 22
    • Last Names A-I - 4:00-4:30 p.m.
    • Last Names L-Q - 4:45-5:15 p.m.
    • Last Names R-Z - 5:30-6:00 p.m.
  • GIS: Life of a GIS 4th Grader – Our annual orientation for all incoming 4th graders will be held on August 16, 2023.  This is a 30-minute student-only event to welcome our 4th graders to our GIS family. Students will meet our school counselor, Ms. Baker, and the building principal, Ms. Lees, and learn from 6th grade GIS Student Experts about the life of a GIS 4th grader. Students will also be given a tour of the building so that they are comfortable, confident, and prepared for the first day of school. In order to provide a safe environment for our students, we are asking families to drop off and pick up their 4th graders at the times listed below according to the following groupings by students’ last names:
    • 10:00-10:30: 4th graders last name A-F
    • 10:45-11:15: 4th graders last name G-L
    • 11:30-12:00: 4th graders last name M-R
    • 12:30-1:00: 4th graders last name S-Z
  • GMS: Monday, August 21 Doors will open at 5pm, and from 5-5:55pm, families/students my roam the building, practice their combination, place items in their lockers, etc. The 5-5:55pm time frame is truly come and go as you please. MSP will be present as well (MSP = Middle School Parents group). Families/Students will follow their schedule to visit each classroom and meet staff from 6-7:40pm.
    • Period 1: 6-6:10pm

    • Period 2: 6:15-6:25pm

    • Period 3: 6:30-6:40pm

    • SKIP lunch & go to your 4th OR 5th period class

    • Period 4 or 5: 6:45-6:55pm

    • Period 6: 7:00-7:10pm

    • Period 7: 7:15-7:25pm

    • Period 8: 7:30-7:40pm

    • 8th grade DC meeting in the GMS gym @ approx. 7:50pm

  • GMS: 7th GRADE (AND NEW 8th GRADE STUDENT) ORIENTATIONStudent orientation will take place August 15 and 16.

  • 8/15: LAST NAME A-K from 9-11am
  • 8/16: LAST NAME L-Z from 9-11am
  • GHS
    • August 7: Schedule Pickup (10am-Noon)
    • August 8: Schedule Pickup (12-2pm)
    • August 15: New Student Orientation (1-3pm)
    • August 16: Freshmen Orientation (10am-Noon)
    • August 16: Freshmen Parent Orientation (7pm)
    • August 23 & 24: First Days of School - Staggered Start
    • August 24: GHS Curriculum Night (Open House)

Updating Contact Information

Any family that needs to update contact information, can do so in PowerSchool. Each student's forms will need to be updated in PowerSchool > Forms, then complete Contact Update form. Any families that have changed addresses will also need to upload proof of their new residency in Granville – two forms of residency (e.g., new lease/deed, change of address form with post office, utility bill). Families also can contact the Transportation Department by emailing [email protected] to obtain new bus information. 

School Newsletters
 
Don't forget to sign up for building newsletters when your children progress up to a new building! To do this, visit www.granvilleschools.org and then click on "Departments" at the top of the page. Choose "Communication" and then click on the left under "Subscribe to District and School News". You also may unsubscribe from any building newsletters by choosing that school and clicking "unsubscribe" or contact Janelle King at the District Office at [email protected].

Online Summer Resources

In addition to anything your child's teacher provides, families also will continue to have access to many of our online resources. Click here for information about those resources. If you are logging in to ClassLink from home, here is the information to do so.

Key Dates


  • August 23: First Day of School 
  • November 22-24: Thanksgiving Break
  • December 21-January 2: Winter Break
  • March 25-April 1: Spring Break 
  • May 26: Graduation
  • May 30: Students' Last Day

School Supply Lists


School Supply Lists by Grade for 2023-24

To order school supply kits through the K-6 PTO, visit https://www.granvillek6pto.com/..


GHS supply lists are dependent on the student's individual classes and will be provided on the first day of school from each teacher. Please have students come to school with a notebook and pen/pencil. 

School Handbooks

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