High School Registration

Welcome Future Wolverines!

Students and family members -- we know this is a big next step for you! We are most fortunate to be a high school option for students residing in Griswold & Jewett City, as well as our partner towns of Lisbon, Preston, Voluntown, Sprague, Franklin, Norwich, and Canterbury!

We are thrilled to welcome you to Griswold High School, and happy to guide you along the way. To request more information about our registration process to become a Griswold Wolverine, please select the appropriate button below to complete the GHS Interest form for incoming freshmen or transfer students. It is a simple Google Form that will automatically be submitted to our school counseling department. They will reach out to you with more information regarding our registration process!

Thank you so much – we cannot wait to meet you! 

Class of 2030 Interest Form

2025 TRANSFER STUDENT INTEREST FORM

*These forms only need to be completed by families of sending town students looking to attend GHS as a freshman or transfer student.

Registration Timeline:

• Summer 2025 Office Hours: Monday through Thursday 7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

• First step: Fill out GHS Interest Form (sending towns only)

• GHS Open House: Tuesday, September 30, 2025, from 5-7 p.m.

• Registration Packet Released January 12, 2026

• Priority Registration Due Date: February 27, 2026

• Extended Registration Due Date: April 1, 2026

• 2026-2027 Elective Course Registration Deadline: April 24, 2026 (all GHS students)

• Summer Registration for New Residents Starts: July 1, 2026

• Summer 2026 Office Hours: Monday through Thursday 7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

• All Sending Town Students Confirm Registration by August 1, 2026 or ASAP

• Summer Registration Ends: August 15, 2026

• First Day of 2026-2027 School Year: TBD

Next Steps:

Start getting your registration materials ready!

Here are several pieces of information you will need to register:

• Proof of Residency
  • For students who reside in Griswold and Jewett City who are not yet registered in the Griswold Public Schools district, you need to provide 2 forms of address
  • For students in sending towns (Canterbury, Franklin, Lisbon, Norwich, Preston, Voluntown, or Sprague), please contact your Superintendent's Office/District's Central Office for your Permission to Register Form
• Student's Birth Certificate 
• Student's Physical & Immunization Record
• Copy of student's transcript from previous school and copy of last report card
• Copy of Parent/Guardian's ID or License 
• Several GHS Registration Forms (to be provided by GHS School Counseling department after Interest form is completed)
• If you qualify for Free or Reduced Lunch, please ask for that required forms

The Griswold Public Schools registration is centralized; the GPS registration office is located in the Griswold Public Schools Central Office. The Central Office is located in the middle school building at 211 Slater Avenue, Griswold, CT 06351. Please use the entrance on the north (playground) side of the building, accessible from the one-way loop on Slater Avenue in front of the school’s original facade.

More instructions will be provided when registration packets are released in January. 

Forms and documents should be returned to the GPS Registration Office in Central Office via email to GPSRegistration@griswoldpublicschools.org, fax ((860) 376-7631), snail mail, or in person.

For families new to the town of Griswold, please get in touch with the GPS Central Registrar, Sarah Guillet, via email for the GHS registration packet at any time during the course of a school year or over the summer.