The Hum of Activity!

Another Great Week!

It has been another great week at Grayson County Middle School!  Lots of activities make our school an exciting place to be.  I have just a few notes to share as our week comes to a close.

Instructional Rounds:

Our team of observers enjoyed visiting the GCMS classrooms yesterday and saw many great lessons and learning activities in action.  We were able to observe in all core classrooms, ECE classrooms, and related arts classrooms yesterday.  I appreciate Mr. Robinson and Mrs. Meredith assisting us with observations.  Our team worked after school yesterday to analyze our observation notes, and we plan to share feedback with our faculty after school on Monday (October 24).  We will meet in the library at 3:00 with two main agenda items.  Wayne Meriwether from Twin Lakes will be here to share some information about our local hospital, and then we will discuss and share feedback from instructional rounds.  Thank you everyone for making this process go smoothly yesterday.

Edgenuity Lab:

I appreciate the extra efforts that everyone is making to utilize the Edgenuity lab as one more chance for students to be successful.  Several students have been able to bring grades up through the Edgenuity program, and that is the goal.  Several students have been assigned and not yet brought their grades up, but as they discover that learning is “unavoidable”, hopefully, they will succeed as well.  Thank you to our Title teachers for taking this on, Mrs. Miller for spearheading this program, and to our classroom teachers for helping our students succeed.

GCHS Band Performance:

We are happy to have the GCHS marching band performing at GCMS this afternoon.  We will be flipping 6^th and 7^th periods today.  All students should go to 7^th period right after 5^th period today.  We will begin calling students down to the gym near the end of that class around 1:40 this afternoon.  Depending on how much time is left after the performance, we may or may not return students to teams afterward.

Halloween:

GCMS will have a costume day on Monday, October 31, including a costume contest in the gym that morning.  Categories will include 1. Scariest  2. Most Original or Funny  3. Best Group.  4. Staff Members.  Basic guidelines are:  no masks except for during costume judging, any face paint or hair coloring spray should be applied at home and not brought to school and not on the buses, no clown costumes because of media hype and threats elsewhere, and no real or fake weapons of any sort as part of costumes. 

School Rings:

Students who ordered school rings from Balfour will have their rings delivered during lunch on November 10.  Students will need to pay their balance in order to pick up their ring. 

Quote of the Day:

“Failure is success if we learn from it.” ~Malcolm Forbes

Coming Attractions:

Oct. 21…GCHS Band to perform at GCMS

Oct. 24…Faculty Meeting after school, 3:00

Oct. 24-31…Red Ribbon Week

Oct. 27…Walkathon Rewards

Oct. 31…Costume Contest, 7:45 am

Nov. 4…KIP Survey (6^th and 8^th graders)

Nov. 7-8..No School in Grayson County (PLC Day postponed)

Nov. 10...GC School Board meeting at GCMS, 6:00

Nov. 14…November Faculty Meeting, 3:00