East News

12/5/2023

Toy Drive

Starting this week, the GMSE Student Council will be hosting a toy drive to benefit the Marco Houpe Foundation (a non-profit organization designed to assist burn survivors and their families). From December 4th through the 15th we are asking students to bring in new toys to donate to the Nationwide Children's Hospital Burn Unit. If you are able to give, please send in new toys starting Monday! No wrapping paper, please! The house that collects the most toys will be announced on December 20th!

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Spelling Bee

This week students will have the opportunity to sign up through their ELA teacher for Spelling Bee tryouts. Tryouts will take place during school the week of December 11th. The top 10 finalists will be named to our spelling bee team! The team will be announced before winter break & the MSE Spelling Bee will be held after school in mid-January.

Technology Use

The district has seen a large increase in the number of students attempting to disable and/or get around our filters, security settings, and monitoring on school chromebooks. Sometimes, they are successful. The methods for doing this are called exploits and are often shared online for others to follow. Gahanna students are not permitted to attempt to bypass the filter or security settings and doing so may result in consequences.

What can parents do? Use the Securly parent app to monitor use and adjust home filtering rules. If you notice any issues that you need support with, please reach out to the school. We can help or refer your questions to our district tech department.

Multi-Cultural Club Meetingg

When: Tuesday 12/12: From 3:30-4:00 pm

Where: Ms. Learman's Room (Room 1)

Who: All are invited!

You must have a ride home at 4:00pm!!!!

Toy Drive

Starting this week, the GMSE Student Council will be hosting a toy drive to benefit the Marco Houpe Foundation. (TMHF is a non‑profit organization designed to assist burn survivors and their families). From December 4th through the 15th we are asking students to bring in new toys to donate to the Nationwide Children's Hospital Burn Unit. If you are able to give, please send in new toys starting Monday! No wrapping paper, please! The house that collects the most toys will be announced on December 20th!

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Ski Club

This year's ski club merchandise links are available! Place your order & have it shipped to Middle School East.

https://peprallyapparel.com/products/gahanna-ski-club

https://honeywhalen.square.site/ski

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6th Grade Update

Sixth grade is running low on tissues. If you have an extra box to spare, we would greatly appreciate you sending it in for your child to give to their House parent. THANK YOU for your consideration!

The 6th grade will have its first fun night at Gahanna Lanes on Tuesday December 12th from 4:15 to 6:15. The cost is $8, which will cover shoe rental & bowling for 2 hours. Concessions and arcade games are also available at an additional cost.

Admission cost ($8) is due upon arrival & should be provided in exact change if possible. Parents/Guardians are responsible for arranging transportation for students to & from Gahanna Lanes for this event.

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7th Grade Update

Math 7- Next week students will take their chapter 4 team challenge and test. Study guides will be passed out Monday!

Ace 7/8 has started our unit on Transformations. Currently we are studying rigid transformations and moving a "key" from one section of the screen to the "lock" using reflections, translations and rotations. Ask your students to show you a key-lock puzzle.

All 7th graders are now in an argument writing unit! Ask them about what they are learning! You should also see your student dedicating time to reading at home--they did an amazing job during book clubs and should practicing keeping up that volume now that we are in a writing unit.

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8th Grade Update

Please, please donate any tissue boxes you may be able to contribute! The 8th grade supply is really dwindling and we are in desperate need of some more to stock up on during this cold season. You can have your child give any donations to their House Teacher. Thanks in advance!

Choral Updates

The 2023-2024 Concert Season has begun!

Congratulations to the 8th grade choir on an outstanding performance at the District 8th grade concert in November. The students sounded amazing!

The Performance Choir hosted a night of Caroling on Monday, December 4th. The students collected money for GRIN. They are also collecting Mittens from Music. A collection box will be outside the choir room until December 8th.

The 7th grade Choir will perform in the Gahanna 7th Grade Choral Festival on December 11th at Gahanna Lincoln High School. The concert begins at 7:30 and will feature all 7th grade choirs in the district along with the GLHS A Cappella Choir.

The 6th Grade Choir will present their first concert on December 18th at 7:30 p.m. in the MSE Gymnasium. This will occur with the 6th grade Band. The second half of the concert will feature the 8th Grade Performance Ensemble.

Looking ahead:

The next concert will be March 6th at Gahanna Middle School West. It will feature all of our Choirs.

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PTA Update

Cookie Donations Needed!! We could use a few more cookie donations for the teacher and staff holiday celebration tomorrow, Tuesday, December 5th, if you’re able to help. See the SignUp Genius for more info: GMSE: GMSE Teacher & Staff Holiday Party (signupgenius.com)
Next PTA Meeting --> December 11th in MSE Library @ 7pm.
Mark your Calendars! Please join us for the December PTA holiday gathering for interested parents and staff will be December 13th, 630pm @ Rusty Bucket 73 N. Hamilton Rd, Gahanna. This is an adult only event. Please understand that each guest will be paying for a meal and/or beverages of his or her choice and gratuity may be included. Please RSVP via email gahannamsepto@gmail.com We hope to see you there!

District Update

As a reminder, please know the time of your student's bus stop. We are happy to offer Here Comes the Bus as an aide for parents tracking their student's bus, but there may be some times when the app is not exact. We certainly do not want students to miss the bus, so please be sure your student is at their stop at the scheduled time. To remind yourself of your pickup time, visit our Transfinder page.

The GJPS Heart & Pride Award

The Heart and Pride Award recognizes two outstanding staff members each month who make a profound impact on our students and Gahanna-Jefferson Public Schools.

The Heart & Pride Nomination Form will remain available year-round and is open to any member of our staff, regardless of position.