This Week at GCMS:
This school year has come and gone like a blur! It is hard to believe that we are getting
ready to send another group of 8th graders off to high school. I want to thank everyone for another great
year at GCMS! As always, we have had ups
and downs, but I appreciate the work that you do to help kids to be successful
at our school. I wish everyone a safe
and restful summer!
Good Luck:
We want to wish the very best to a couple of folks who will
be leaving GCMS at the end of this school year.
As you know, Mrs. Kim Dennis is retiring after 27 years teaching in
Grayson County. She has been here at
GCMS for the past 18. We appreciate the
many years of hard work and dedication that Kim has given, and we wish her the
very best in retirement. We also want to
wish the best of luck to Mr. Shane Decker.
Shane has accepted a teaching position and head high school football
coaching position in Hopkins County. We
will miss Shane as well and we wish him the best in his new adventure.
New Faces and Changing
Places:
We are very happy to be adding two experienced teachers to
our staff next year. Mrs. Shannon
Loughran will be teaching language arts in Team 8, and Mrs. Paige Shiarella
will be teaching math in Team 5. Mrs.
Loughran has been teaching at St. Romuald School the past two years after
teaching at GCMS one year. We are glad
to have Shannon back. Mrs. Shiarella has
been teaching at H.W. Wilkey for the past 18 years. Both ladies are very excited about joining our
staff. I know that you will make them
both feel welcome. A couple of related
changes are that Amanda Thomas will move to Team 9 math, and Vickie Hicks will
move to Team 4 social studies. I know
that these ladies will be great additions to their new teams as well.
Great Job:
I want to say GREAT JOB to Miss Banks and Mrs. Embry and the
GCMS Drama Club for a wonderful production of “Big Bad” this week! The students and staff really enjoyed the
play, and we appreciate your hard work in putting it together.
I also want to thank everyone who helped with this year’s
Field Days. The Grand Poobah, Mr.
Whitmore, along with all the teachers and staff did an outstanding job again
this year. Some afternoon rain showers
did not dampen the spirits of our GCMS Cougars!
Friday Procedures:
I want to share a few
reminders about our last day of school procedures for Friday. Please do
not park in the big staff parking lot off of Lee Avenue on Friday. We
want to reserve this lot for parents who are attending 8th grade
commencement programs. You may park anywhere else on or off campus, but
let’s leave the big lot open for parents. Parents who arrive for the 9:30
and/or 11:00 programs will also be allowed to park in the bus loop. Please
do not have students in the front hallway on Friday. We will dismiss the
gym Friday morning through the bus canopy. Lunch classes should avoid the
front hall going to and from lunch as well.
Please keep your students in their classrooms on Friday. We cannot
have students just wandering around. They tend to find trouble when that
sort of thing is allowed. Please assist
any parent, grandparent, or other visitor who may be lost or confused.
Our related arts and Title teachers will be parking cars and
serving as greeters/crowd control in the hallways. It will be important
to try to keep the crowds moving after each program. 8th grade
parents wanting to see their 8th grader after the program may meet
them in the library and if they would like to take them, they may check them
out in the library and then exit through the library exit doors. Parents
should not go up the halls to classroom areas.
We usually get requests for 6th or 7th
graders to attend an 8th grade program. This is only allowable
for siblings (brothers or sisters, including steps and halves), not cousins or
students who feel “like a brother or sister”. Any such sibling should
have a parent or guardian to check them out of school and then attend the
program with that parent/guardian. You don’t need to announce this.
They will ask.
Quote of the Day:
“Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a
man of value.” ~Albert Einstein
Coming Attractions:
May 28 …8th
Grade Awards Evening at 6:00
May 29…Last
day for students
June 1…Staff
Only Day at GCMS
June
2…Closing Day at GCMS
Aug. 3…PD
Day for GCMS teachers
Aug.
4…Opening Day for GCMS (all staff)
Aug. 4…Back
to School Open House at GCMS, 4:00-6:00
Aug.
7…District-wide PD day at GCMS
Aug. 10…Not
a required work day for GCMS teachers
Aug.
11…Students first day of school in Grayson County
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