Cougar Staff:
Move 'em
out, head 'em up, Head 'em up, move 'em on. Move 'em out, head 'em up: Rawhide.
Cut 'em out,
ride 'em in, Ride 'em in, cut 'em out, Cut 'em out, ride 'em in: Rawhide! Not sure why these lyrics come to mind this
week, but on the last week before break and with our annual school walkathon
going, these words seemed apropos. It has been a good first quarter of the school
year, and I know that everyone is looking forward to fall break. I hope that each of you is able to spend some
time relaxing and enjoying yourself with family and friends before we return to
school on October 14.
Personnel:
We have
several GCMS staff members and family members to keep in our thoughts and
prayers.
Mr. Whitmore
is having surgery this morning in Bowling Green. Karen Van Metre has surgery scheduled for
October 7. Chris Helm is dealing with
some blood pressure issues this week. Also,
please continue to remember Ellen Thomas’s family, Rita Mullins’ daughter, and Ginny
Paine’s daughter.
K-PREP
Scores:
I want to
say once again how pleased that I am with this year’s K-PREP scores. Making such a strong improvement across the
board is a testimony to the great efforts of our students and staff. We surpassed the goal of moving above the 50th
percentile this year ranking at the 62nd percentile out of all
Kentucky middle schools. We had improved
scores in all six assessed subject areas and scored above the state in reading,
math, science, and social studies. With
all this said, we do have plenty of room for growth and further improvement. It will not be enough to score at the same
levels next spring. Let’s set a goal of
reaching the 70th percentile and the school wide level of “proficient
school”. To view our entire School
Report Card and those of other schools in Grayson County or elsewhere in
Kentucky, go to the following link: http://applications.education.ky.gov/SRC/.
Walkathon:
Thank you to
everyone for helping to make this year’s walkathon a huge success! I appreciate our related arts department,
headed by Gary Parker, for organizing and supervising this year’s walk. Also, a big thank you goes to everyone for
encouraging the students to work hard and raise money for the school
walkathon. This year’s
individual winners were 1st place Kennedy Kendrick-Bostick, 2nd
place Haley Burnette, and 3rd place Austin Van Meter. This highest single team will get a free
period of gym time/phone zone/outside time/movie during 6th period
on October 31. The highest team at each
grade level gets phone zone during lunch all week during the first week back
after fall break. We will announce those
winners as soon as that info is available.
Staff
Attendance this week:
Thank you
for being here this week! I know that
sometimes staff attendance can be an issue right before a break, but our staff
attendance at GCMS was very good this week!
Meetings with
Ms. Heavrin:
Special
Education Director Monica Heavrin will meet with staff on Friday, October
18th. She will be discussing strategies
for success of our identified special education students. Please follow the schedule:
Math-
7:50-8:45
Social
Studies, Special Education teachers , Brey, Duvall, Parker, Mike
Blair-8:49-9:44
Johnson,
Watson, Morris, Twyla Blaylock-9:47-10:40
Language-
12:14-1:09
Science-
1:12-2:07
Pay It
Forward:
I want to
remind you of the “Pay It Forward” program that we started at GCMS this
year. Over the past few weeks, there
have been several cards placed on the bulletin board next to the teacher
mailboxes offering certain “prizes” for someone who meets specified (and more
or less random) criteria. The idea is
for those who claim a “prize” to then continue the paying it forward by also
offering up some sort of a prize on the board.
If you have claimed a prize but not offered a prize to continue the
paying forward, please do so! Also, if you just want to offer up some sort
of a prize, feel free to do that as well.
J
Quote of the
Day:
“The highest point of achievement yesterday
is the starting point of today.”
Coming
Attractions:
Oct 4-11 Fall Break
Oct 14-15 Open Enrollment at GCMS (for health
insurance)
Oct 18 Meetings with Monica Heavrin
during planning
Oct 23 Related Arts Showcase Lesson
Day
Oct 28-31 Red Ribbon Week
Oct 30 Picture
Retake/Makeup Day
Nov 1 PLC Day (no students)
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