Cougar Staff:
Whew! Rounding the last
turn and to the top of the stretch they come!
This week has felt like we are entering that home stretch and hoping we
have enough horse left under us to cross the finish line at Churchill Downs! Busy is an understatement are GCMS these
days. I have a few notes to share with
you as our week winds down.
Teacher Appreciation:
As Teacher Appreciation Week comes to a close, I want to
share my heartfelt thanks to all teachers and staff at Grayson County Middle
School. I have worked at GCMS as principal
for seven years, and I can truly say that I have never worked with a more
dedicated and caring staff that really cares about kids. Thanks for all that you do each day to make
GCMS a great place for students and for adults!
A special thanks again to Faye Critchelow, Kelzey McCubbin and our FRYSC
for providing such a nice hospitality room for our staff yesterday!
Personnel:
Please continue to remember those who have lost loved ones
this week. Patsy Wilkerson’s father, who
is also Cyndi Frank’s father-in-law, and Lea Ann Frank’s grandfather-in-law
passed away this week. Also, David
Whitmore’s uncle passed away this week.
I know that the families appreciate your prayers.
Congratulations:
If you have Grace Gorby in class or see her around GCMS,
please congratulate her on winning the girls singles championship! Also, congratulations to Leann and Shawn
Majors on their son Brett making it to state in doubles tennis!
One-on-One Meetings:
I have had the most fun that I have had in a long time this
week in meeting one-on-one with students at GCMS about our upcoming state
assessments. Mr. Whitmore and Mrs.
Miller have also been meeting with students, and we hope to finish up these
meetings early next week. The students
have been very receptive and really seem to buy in to the notion that great
effort brings great results. Please
continue to stress to the students how important it is for them to do their
very best on the KPREP tests this year!
State Assessments:
We will be starting our KPREP testing this coming Thursday, May
15. Please keep track of students’ good
faith effort with the checklist that I sent out earlier. I will send it again in the near future if
you have misplaced the first one.
Students who get 100 percent good faith effort points will be rewarded
at the end of the testing with their choice of watching a movie in the auditorium,
playing or watching battle ball in the gym, chill zone time in the cafeteria
where they can play their electronics, or outside time to play Frisbee or whiffle
ball. Please encourage the students to
be here every day throughout testing and to give their very best on the tests!
Please see Mrs. Majors’ earlier emails about the testing
schedule for May 15, 16, 19, 21, and 22.
Also, I have sent out a schedule for which classes we will attend in the
afternoons. There is a day or two that
we will go to first and second period I the afternoon instead of fifth and
sixth.
We are emphasizing more than ever the importance of proper
monitoring during testing sessions.
Teachers should be up and circulating around the room while the students
are testing. Please do not be working on
the computer, reading professional journals, knitting baby booties, talking on
a phone, etc. You will need to take up
student cell phones during testing and give them back after the entire group is
finished with testing.
Quote of the Day:
“High expectations are the key to everything.” ~Sam Walton
Coming Attractions:
May 8…GCMS
Data Team will meet after school
May 9…Last
day for Friday Schedule
May 9…Jean
Day for $5 donation to Relay for Life
May 12…SBDMC
training for all SBDMC members, 5:00 at GCHS
May
15-22…KPREP Testing
May 21…GCMS
Site Based Council Meeting, 3:00
May 22…Good
Faith Reward, 1:00-2:30
May 23…KPREP
Make-up Day
May 20…No
school for students – Staff training day
May
26…Memorial Day – No school for students or staff
May
30…Students’ Last Day, 8th Grade Commencement Programs, 8:00, 9:30, 11:00
June 2, 3,
4, 5, 6 will be staff training days.
June
7…Closing Day
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