All About Success at GCMS

This Week at GCMS:

It’s been another very busy week at GCMS!  I enjoyed getting to spend some time in lots of classrooms this week and saw some great teaching and learning in action! 

Extracurricular Activities/High School Participation:

We are very proud of our many students who participate in sports and extracurricular activities.  I probably talk more about our football, basketball, and volleyball participants because their activities take place right here on our campus, but we also have a large number of students who participate in high school programs.  Many middle school students participate in high school band, soccer, cross country, track, volleyball, golf, baseball, softball, tennis, and more.  We are very proud of all of these students who go above and beyond!

Thank You Team 2:

We appreciate Team 2 opening up your classrooms for your colleagues to observe lessons today.  This is a great way to see new strategies as well as new approaches to using old strategies.  I found the lessons very interesting, everything from finding the author’s purpose in local stories and advertising to human sensitivity to touch with toothpicks to a Socratic seminar on Columbus to scientific notation in real world math.  The students were highly engaged in every classroom.  I heard many positive comments and conversations about today’s lessons!

Dress for Success was a Big Success:

Our first Dress for Success Day went very well on Wednesday!  We had a high level of participation, and those who dressed up really seemed to feel good about themselves yesterday.  Our Culture and Climate Committee has planned to have Dress for Success Day on the third Wednesday of each month during this school year. 

PGP and Student Growth Goals:

Most teachers have already submitted your self-reflection, professional growth plan, and student growth goals into CIITS.  Thank you for getting this taken care of.  Tomorrow is the due date that I have asked for all of these tasks to be in CIITS.  The assistant principals and I have enjoyed talking with teachers about goals for the year, and we look forward to supporting and assisting with the accomplishment of these goals.

GCMS Expectations Drawings:

Our students have done a great job of memorizing the GCMS Expectations:

Give Your Best Every Day 

Consider and Respect Others

Make a Positive Difference 

Strive for Excellence

Our next step is to have teachers to recognize examples of students carrying out one or more of the expectations.  We would like for teams to submit two names for a weekly drawing for prizes.  Teachers, see Mr. Whitmore’s earlier email for more details.

Quote of the Day:

“Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.” ~Swedish Proverb

Quote of the Day:

Sept. 18…PGPs and SGGs are due in CIITS

Sept. 18…Progress Reports go home

Sept. 21…Walkathon Kickoff, through Related Arts classes

Sept. 22…Aladdin Performance (3 shows, see calendar for times)

Sept. 22…Parent/Teacher Conferences, 4:00-6:00

Sept. 23...See You at the Pole, 7:30 am

Sept 24…High Attendance Day in KY

Sept. 24…Orange and Blue Day, 7:45 am pep session for football teams

Sept. 28…Joe Odhiambo Assembly, 1:30 (for all students with no discipline referrals so far this year)

Oct. 1…..GCMS Walkathon

Oct. 2-11…Fall Break