Cougar Staff:
It has been a busy week at GCMS since returning from the
Labor Day weekend. I have just a few
notes to share as we wrap this week up, and I wish everyone an enjoyable and restful weekend.
Welcome:
I would like to welcome our newest employees to Grayson
County Middle School. Charlene Noblett
has joined our custodial staff, and Kevin Whobrey has joined our staff as a
one-on-one aide with a student in the MMD unit.
We are very happy to have both Charlene and Kevin joining our staff at
GCMS.
Personnel:
Please remember the Hack family in your thoughts and
prayers. Gwen Franich’s Papaw Hack (Mary
Ann’s father-in-law) has passed away. I
know that Gwen and Mary Ann appreciate your prayers.
Also, please remember our Communicare therapist, Amy Scott,
whose grandmother passed away last night.
Thanks!
Thank you to the anonymous individual who bought flowers for
the whole staff! They wanted to remain
anonymous, but this was certainly a very nice gesture! We also appreciate Whoop-de-doo Design for
providing the flowers!
Thank you to everyone who helped with last night’s tailgate
cookout! I think everyone in attendance
enjoyed the meal and some good conversations together…and the Cougars swept two
games from Breck County!
Thank you to Melanie Manion for donating the new Keurig
Coffee machine to the staff! If you like
Keurig, just bring your “K-Cups” and enjoy!
The new machine is located in the office kitchenette.
Check out Mrs. Miller’s Blog:
Becky Miller has started a new blog! Check it out at http://asstprinmiller.blogspot.com/.
Meeting Reflections:
I enjoyed meeting with both our math department and our
special education co-teachers PLC groups this morning.
I appreciate the commitment of both of these groups (and all of our
staff) to go above and beyond to make learning better for our students! You all are the best!
Discipline Report:
I hope that you have had a chance to review the discipline
report that Mr. Whitmore sent out a few days ago. Discipline referrals at GCMS are at the
lowest levels for the month of August that we have seen in the past six
years. Both total referrals and daily
averages are at all-time lows. This is a
credit to the hard work and dedication of our GCMS faculty and staff. You have taught our expectations, and the
students have responded in a very positive way.
Focusing on Positive Behavior Support continues to improve teaching and
learning at GCMS. The students are in
class and learning, instead of in the office or the detention room getting out
of class and avoiding learning. Keep up
the great work!
Faculty Meeting on Monday:
Our September faculty meeting will be after school on
Monday. Since we have a guest speaker,
we will go ahead and start the meeting at 3:00 in the library. Those who have late duty should do your duty
and then come on to the library as soon as you can. Mr. James Hardin, from Fayette County
Schools, will be with us to share information about effective use of the
ILP. We have been completing ILP’s for
several years now, but we need to better utilize this tool. After hearing Mr. Hardin speak here this
summer, I am convinced that the ILP can and should be a powerful tool to
improve college and career readiness for each of our students at GCMS.
Quote of the Day:
“Genius is the ability
to reduce the complicated to the simple.” ~C.W. Ceram
Coming Attractions:
Sept 6 GCMS Dance, sponsored by
football and girls basketaball, 3:00-5:00
Sept 9 Teacher’s Meeting, ILP Presentation by James Hardin from Fayette
Co. Schools
Sept 10 Meet the Lady Cougars Night,
Sept 17 Parent Teacher Conferences
4:00-6:00 pm
Sept 17-18 EXPLORE Testing
Sept 19 Team 2 Showcase Lesson
Sept 21 8th Grade Parent Involvement
trip to WKU
Sept 25 Hansel and Gretel Play, see
calendar for times
Sept 26 Team 9 Showcase Lessons
Oct 3 GCMS Walk-A-Thon
Oct 4-11 Fall Break
Oct 30 Picture
Retake/Makeup Day
Nov 1 PLC Day (no students)
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