Quote of the Day:
People are often
unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive
them anyway.
If you are kind,
people may accuse you of ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.
If you are honest,
people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness,
people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today
may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good
anyway.
Give the world the
best you have, and it may never be enough.
Give your best anyway.
For you see, in the
end, it is between you and God. It was
never between you and them anyway.
~Mother Teresa
I would encourage everyone to follow this advice. Keep your head up when things don’t go your
way, and always work to do the right thing.
If you can look yourself in the mirror and know that you have done your
best, happiness and satisfaction will be yours.
Don’t let the wrongs in this world get you down.
Staff Concerns:
Please continue to remember our GCMS staff and their
families. We have many health needs,
family members with health issues, and personal issues right now. Thanks.
Congratulations New
SBDMC Members!
I would like to congratulate and welcome our newly elected
site based decision making council for next school year. Our two parent representatives, Jenny
Cummings and Keith Lucas, were both re-elected to the council along with
teacher representative Ashley Johnson.
New teacher representatives, Ellen Thomas and John Cariel, were also
elected and will join the council in July.
Congratulations to all and thanks for your willingness to help our
school’s continuous improvement process.
I would also like to thank both Elaine Holley and Lea Ann Frank for
their service as teacher representatives to the council this year and previous
years.
Good Luck Cougars!
Good luck to all those students trying out for boys
basketball, cheerleading, and girls basketball at GCMS. Also, good luck to those band students who
will be participating in the KMEA solos and ensembles on Saturday, April 24.
Student Growth Goals:
The assistant principals and I have been able to meet with
all of the teachers in the four core departments and related arts concerning
your student growth goals this week. While
some teachers have not been completely satisfied with the growth seen through
this process, we have all learned a great deal about the process. I feel like this will be much more effective
next year with a year of practice under our belts. We still need for each Title teacher and each
special education teacher to stop by during your planning time today or one day
next week. Those teachers will need to
bring a copy of your student growth goal, your rubric, data from your pre and
post assessments, your analysis of the data (spreadsheet would be a good
approach). You should be able to show
the percentage of students who showed growth and the percentage of students who
reached proficiency or better.
Coming Attractions:
April
27…History Assembly, The Wolf Brothers, 1:15
May 8…
Living History for 8th graders in the auditorium at 1:00.
May
11…Faculty Meeting
May 13…20 –
KPREP Testing Window
May 19… No
school for students – PLC Day for staff
May
20…Posting window opens
May 26…
Drama Play for 8th graders at 8:00
May 27…8th
Grade Field Day
May
27…Posting window closes
May 27…Drama
Club Play for 6th grade 8:00, for 7th grade 9:30
May
28…6th/7th Grade Field Day
May 28
…Awards Evening at 6:00
May 29…Last
day for students
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