Cougar Staff:
As we wind down the week and look forward to Friday night’s
Cards vs. Cats NCAA match up and next week's spring break, I have several notes to share with you. Also, I want to thank you for helping
supervise the students during our assembly with our guests from China on Wednesday. I think our students were as well behaved as
any group I remember in an assembly program…and the program was really good
too! Have a great weekend!
Personnel:
Congratulations to Carla and Josh Butler on the birth of
their baby boy, Lucas! We are all excited
for Carla as she begins what I am convinced is truly the best job in life, that
of parent.
Congratulations to Brittany Watson Geary on her marriage to
Bunt Geary last Saturday! We are all
excited for Brittany as she begins what I am convinced is the other best job in
life, that of spouse.
I am convinced that the third best job that I have had the
privilege of serving in is to be GCMS Principal. One day I will get to congratulate someone else on
that one! J
Bump, Set, Spike:
Congratulations to the GCMS volleyball teams on capturing
the conference championships for both 7th and 8th grade
at the Cougar Gym last night! Great job
coaches Shane Decker, Amanda Thomas, and abstentia coach Carla Butler!
News from Frankfort:
The state legislature finally came to an agreement about
granting some relief for school calendars and snow days. Bottom line for us is that it really does not
affect Grayson County. The state set the
date of June 6 as the last date for any schools to have classes for
students. Since we are already slated
for our students to get out with a last day of May 30, the General Assembly’s
action doesn’t impact our calendar this year.
The State Senate voted to take school employee raises out of
the state budget, even though a 2% raise had been recommended by the Governor
and approved by the State House of Representatives. To his credit, Senator Gibson voted against
the Senate budget plan. Stay tuned on
this one.
A Little Inspiration for You!
Becky Miller shared this video with me earlier in the
week. it’s worth your 3 minutes to check
it out! Click the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxN0x_oyB5w&feature=em-share_video_user
Project Based Learning:
I want to share a short article that takes a look at the
notion of project based learning, what it can be, and how it is often
misused. It’s worth your 5 minutes to
read!
Site Based Council:
This year’s site based decision making council nominations
will be taken from April 14-18, with the election to be held on April 23. See Mrs. House to nominate someone or self
nominate. These elections are for
teacher representatives and parent representatives who serve a one year
term. SBDMC training for new members is
scheduled for May 5, and training for all site based council members is planned
for May 12. These trainings will be held
at GCHS starting at 5:00 pm each night.
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College trip:
We are planning to offer our 7th graders and
their parents a trip to ECTC for an information session and a tour on April
21. When we have all the details in
place, Mrs. Miller will be sending out letters inviting these students and
parents. We would like for our 7th
grade teachers to attend.
Future Cougar Nights:
This year’s Future Cougar Nights for next year’s 6th
graders and their parents are scheduled for May 5 and May 6. This is a great opportunity for the 5th
graders from the four elementary schools to visit GCMS to get a sneak peak and
some introductory information about their new school for next year. These nights are always a lot of fun! Our 6th grade teachers will need to
plan to attend (half on May 5 and the other half on May 6).
American Heart Association Event:
Our AHA Battle for Heart event is planned for Wednesday,
April 2 starting at about 1:45. We will
flip 5th and 6th periods that day and start calling
eligible students to the gym at 1:30.
GCMS students raised over $10,000 for AHA this year!
Summer Construction at GCMS:
Mr. Anderson and the board are in the process of bidding construction for a new roof on the GCMS gym for this summer. This is much needed and appreciated. It will mean that we have a period of a few weeks that we will not able to use the gym. We will let you know when those dates are finalized.
Spring Fever:
This is the time of year that everyone starts to get a little wiggly, and the students do to! It is important to stress to the students that we have lots of school left and lots still to learn this year. Please do your best to maintain our normal procedures, keeping the students in the classrooms, requiring the use of hall passes when necessary, etc. The students take their cues from the teachers. If teachers act like the year is over, that's what the students will do. With us continuing our routines and expectations, the students will do fine!
Quote of the Day:
“I do have UK and U of L shirts, but I wear them to mow the
yard.” Anonymous
Coming Attractions:
Apr.
2...Battle for Heart, AHA Event
Apr. 2…DC
trip departs at 4:30 pm
Apr.
3-4…Spring Break
Apr. 14…Faculty
Meeting, 3:00 (School Culture Team from Allen County at GCMS)
Apr. 14-18…SBDMC
nominations
Apr. 16…SBDMC
meeting, 3:00
Apr. 23…SBDMC
elections
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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