Cougar Staff:
It has been a great week at GCMS as we wind our way through
March. The sun is shining, the birds are
singing, and it is supposed to be 70 degrees this afternoon. I think most of us have stopped trying to
figure out which days will be makeup days and which days will be staff
only. The state legislature has not yet
agreed on anything that would give districts any relief, and even if they do,
it may or may not impact our district. It
has been quite a mess this year, but we are moving forward. I hope that everyone has a great weekend!
GCMS is a Happy Place!
If you ever had any doubts, the GCMS “Happy Dance” video
should remove any thoughts that GCMS is a very happy place! I think the video is going viral! It’s really hard to just watch it once: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF4vc7ncbvY.
KYCID Reward Assembly:
At the beginning of the year, the KYCID committee
recommended that we offer a reward assembly for all those students who did not
have a behavior referral throughout the first three quarters of the year. That assembly will feature the “Great Chinese
Acrobats” on Wednesday, March 26.
Going for the Three-Peat!
I want to thank everyone who organized, helped, and
encouraged students to work hard for this year’s American Heart Association
Battle for Heart. Mr. Shane Morris did a
great job heading the effort as his intern leadership project. That was a tough job, since GCMS has been the
number one fundraising school in the state for AHA the past two years in a row,
but our students and staff really came through in a big way this year raising a
total of $10,105 for the American Heart Association! This is the most that GCMS has ever raised,
and we should have a great shot at being number one in the state for the third
consecutive year! Great job GCMS!
The culminating assembly for AHA will be on Wednesday, April
2 during last period. Mr. Morris will be
sending you lists regarding students who qualified to participate.
GCMS 8th Grade Career Camp:
On April 25, faculty and staff from the Grayson County Tech
Center will be putting on a Career Camp at GCMS for our 8th grade
students! We will use our Monday-Thursday
schedule that day, so we do not mix any students across grade lines that
day. Our 8th grade students
will rotate through seven stations and get to see and experience examples of
what they would actually get to learn to do in those career fields and tech
classes. This will be very beneficial for our students' college and career readiness. More info coming in the near
future!
Taking Attendance:
Please, please, please make it a higher priority to take
attendance and enter it into Infinite Campus every period, every day. We continue to have issues with students not
being counted absent/or present appropriately.
This can be embarrassing when office personnel calls home to check on
absent students. It can unnecessarily
alarm parents who know that their child went to school but is somehow counted
absent, and it can give an inaccurate accounting of our student attendance,
which in turn largely determines our state funding. I cannot understate the importance of
entering student attendance into Infinite Campus every period. It is also wise to keep a hard copy of your
student attendance. Thank you.
Auditorium:
Please always remember that we do have some classes
scheduled in the auditorium certain periods, certain days of the week. Please always check with those teachers (Mr.
Parker and/or Mrs. Brey) before planning to take your students into the
auditorium. If you look at the
auditorium calendar and are not sure, please ask Mrs. Viola about classes that
meet in the auditorium. Thanks.
Quote of the Day:
“Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions; it is
governed by our mental attitude.” Dale Carnegie
Coming Attractions:
Mar. 24…GRVC Volleyball Tournament at GCMS (24th, 25th,
27th)
Mar. 26..Reward Assembly for all students with no office
referrals, 1:45
Apr. 2...Battle for Heart, AHA Event
Apr. 3-4…Spring Break
Our KPREP testing window is May 15th, 16th, 19th, 21st, and
22nd. Make up days will be May 23rd and possibly
May 26th if we are in school.
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