New Student Orientation
Welcome New GPS.T.A.Y. Gators!
We want to welcome you to the 2024-2025 SY! We look forward to getting to know you personally throughout the school year. As you engage in in-person and virtual school spaces, we hope you feel loved, challenged, and prepared to obtain your high school diploma!
The following are links to see what our school has to offer you! We hope that this FAQ-style orientation will support you in understanding the design of our school (All videos have the option to add closed captioning. Click on the CC icon in the lower right-hand corner, choose your preferred language, and play!)
What time does school start? Where do I find my schedule?
Live instruction begins daily at 9:00 am. Click here to see the full bell schedule for each daily live instructional block
Visit our school counseling page, where you will meet our GATORS' COUNSELING TEAM!
If you haven’t scheduled a meeting with your college counselor to discuss your transcript, please send an email to them TODAY to schedule a “letter-of-understanding" meeting. Click here to access the staff list.
Technology Support
Are you in grades 9-12? This year at GPS.T.A.Y., we want you to have access to all the tools you need to be successful. Do you need a device?
The “BIG 2” - Instructure Canvas & Microsoft 365 Platforms
Garnet-Patterson S.T.A.Y. uses Canvas Instructure and Microsoft Office 365. To log in to these applications please click here to be redirected to the virtual learning login page or here to be redirected to the student links page Username: STUDENTID#HERE@students.k12.dc.us
Password (most of the time it is your birthdate): MMDDYY, depending on what you selected when you changed your password last time.
Canvas (www.dcps.instructure.com): The Canvas landing page includes direct links to the Microsoft 365 application.
Microsoft 365 (http://portal.office.com) is the hub that holds important applications such as your student email (outlook) inbox, access to Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and much more!
Microsoft 365 also houses Microsoft Teams, the app allows you to join live instruction daily. You can download the Microsoft Teams app onto your computer, tablet, or phone by clicking here. If you’re already using a DCPS computer, just click the purple Microsoft Teams icon on your home screen!
Where are my assignments?
At GPS.T.A.Y., we utilize a self-directed learning platform:
Watch the two introductory videos below to learn more about self-directed learning and the Instructure CANVAS Learning Management System application, which houses all your work.
What is Career and Technical Education (CTE)?
In addition to our Canvas curriculum, which offers self-paced credit coursework toward your high school diploma, we also offer a robust Career & Technical Education (CTE) program! This program is FREE to DC residents ages 16+. CTE courses include Barbering, Cosmetology, Early Childhood Education, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) and Mass Media courses. Please contact the school's main office for more information today!
Check out the CTE webpage.
How do I find student events and announcements?
Check us out on Microsoft Office Teams, Students' Group. Download the App and sign in using your DCPS student account, the same one you use to access school computers.
The GPS.T.A.Y. STUDENTS page on Microsoft Teams is our “virtual hallway”. Click in to see cool announcements, celebrate spirit weeks, and meet your other classmates.