Marching Through March!

This Week at GCMS:

It has been another eventful week in the Land of the Cougars.  I know that everyone is going at a long run since we didn’t get many snow days this year.  Just one more week, and we will go on Spring Break!  We are almost there, and we will be smiling when school is out before the end of May!  I have just a few notes as the week winds down.

Great Job Cougars!

Congratulations to the GCMS band and orchestra programs!  All 6^th, 7^th, and 8^th grade ensembles earned distinguished ratings at this year’s KMEA concert festival this week.  Good luck to our GCMS choir which will be going to festival next week.

Mrs. Sims was notified yesterday that our GCMS Beta Club was the number one middle school in the state in raising money for Norton’s Children’s Hospital through the Piggies for Preemies program.  Great job Beta Club!

Good Luck Cougar Volleyball!

Both the 7^th grade and 8^th grade Lady Cougar volleyball teams have advanced to the finals of the Green River Valley Conference Tournament!  The teams will play in the finals tonight at Hancock County.  Good luck ladies!

WKU History Contest:
Good luck to those GCMS students who will be participating in the annual WKU History Contest tomorrow at Western.  Grayson County has had many winners in past years, and I wish this year's group the very best as well.

Summative Conferences:

We will need to schedule and conduct summative conferences in the coming days.  For non-tenured teachers and probation teachers, we need to conduct these conferences by April 30, and for tenured teachers in their summative year, we need to do these by May 15.  Please get your Domain 1 and 4 binders to your assigned administrator a few days ahead of time, so we can look through your evidence and streamline the actual conference time.  If you have questions, please contact me or one of the assistant principals. 

Next Year:

Please let me know if anyone is planning a change in status for next year:  retirement, job change, moving to Bermuda, etc. as soon as you know.  It makes planning for next year much easier when we know changes as early as possible.

Quote of the Day:

“Success is the sum of small efforts—repeated day in and day out.” ~Robert Collier

Coming Attractions:

March 24…GCMS Students compete at the WKU History Contest

March 25…KHSAA Regional Archery Competition at Warren East

March 31…PBIS Assembly featuring The Great Chinese Acrobats (for all students with no behavior referrals since the fall assembly)

March 31…deadline for all formal classroom observations

March 31…All post assessments for SGG’s should be complete

April 3-7…Spring Break