Goodrich Middle School

The school believes that maximum achievement can only occur with regular attendance in all classes. Based on this, parents and guardians are encouraged not to take their child out of school for reasons that would be considered unexcused per our attendance policy (vacations, hunting trips, working at home, babysitting younger brothers or sisters, etc.).

If your child will be out for one (1) or two (2) days, you are welcome to request work from your child’s teachers directly, however teachers are not required to provide work when a student is gone fewer than three (3) days. Work should only be requested if you feel your child will have time during his/her absence to complete all work and return it upon their first day back at school. In the case of illness or prolonged absences (3 or more consecutive days), parents may request work directly from the office. When this request is made, all work must be completed and turned in upon the student’s return. Failure to turn in completed work upon return to school will result in a failing grade for any missing assignments.

It is recommended your child collect their missing work when they return to school, as they will have the same number of days that they were absent to complete and return it.

As a reminder, medically excused absences (with a note from the child’s medical provider), death of an immediate family member/funeral (up to five (5) days), required court appearances and/or religious observances meet our excused absence guidelines. Any other absence, even those excused by a parent, will count towards total unexcused absence accumulation. Additionally, you will need to call or email the attendance office to notify the school of your child’s absence(s).

Further details and information can be found in our Student/Parent Handbook on our website here: Goodrich Middle School Parent & Student Handbook

Congratulations to the following students who were nominated by their teachers to be our GMS Students of the Month for November! Students are nominated based on many factors, including but not limited to: work ethic, grades, positive attitude, helpfulness and other PRIDE qualities. Congratulations to Ella Swanson (6th), Jaylin Kirby-Reyes (7th) and Carsen Richards (8th).

Our middle school student council is sponsoring the Warm Hearts, Warm Hands, Warm Heads hat and mitten/glove drive from December 4th – December 11th to help families in our local Goodrich community. Student council members will be collecting these items each day during lunch. For every donated item, the student making the contribution will be entered into a drawing for an NCG movie gift card.

All of us feel good about warming the hearts of our Goodrich families by making sure we are keeping hands and heads warm this winter season. Please consider giving to this worthwhile cause and helping us to spread warmth here in our Goodrich community.

We did it! The students and families of Goodrich Middle School came through for the Food Drive sponsored by the Lion's Club and Goodrich Middle School Student Council. We had a total of 1,679 food items and donations, overachieving our school goal of 1,000 items by a landslide! Thank you to all of our students and families who helped to make this holiday season a little bit warmer for those less fortunate in our community.

On November 10th, GMS paid tribute to our U.S. military veterans. A special announcement was read, followed by a moment of silence. It was our privilege to say “thank you” to our veterans for their service to our country. We honor them for their sacrifices. Special recognition was also given to the immediate family members of the staff who are currently serving in the military. We thank all veterans for keeping our nation the “land of the free and the home of the brave.” We will be forever indebted to you.

Goodrich Middle School's next monthly book swap will be this Friday, December 1st! Our first two monthly books swaps in October and November were a huge hit! The events are sponsored by Cottage Used Books in Goodrich.

Students are allowed to bring in up to five gently used books to turn in to their ELA teacher the day before the event in exchange for tickets to pick out new books during the swap. Kathy Mulholland from Cottage Used Books in Goodrich supplies “new” books for the kids to choose from. This is a great way to clear out the books your middle-school student has already read in exchange for new reading material!

• 7th & 8th grade band members have Solo & Ensemble Festival on Saturday, Dec. 2 at North Branch High School. This is a music competition where they will perform a piece of music they prepared alone or in a small group (2 players on separate parts) in front of a judge. Good luck to all who are participating.

• Blue Lake scholarship auditions will be held at the Goodrich Middle School on Wednesday, December 6th during regular class times. This is a great way to earn money toward tuition at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp this summer!

• Everyone is invited to the GMS band concert on Thursday December 14th, starting at 6:30 in the Goodrich High School Auditorium. We hope to see you there!
  

Dates and times are subject to change.

Please check our school calendar at http://www.goodrichschools.org/GMS/Events/

for the most up-to-date information!

December:

12/1: Cottage Used Book Swap - during lunches

12/5: Holiday Book Night - Cottage Used Books - 8331 S. State Rd., Goodrich

12/7: Christmas in Downtown Goodrich - 5:00-7:00pm

12/14: 8th Grade Cookie Dough Order Delivery - Cafetorium - 3:30pm-6:30pm

12/18: Board of Education Meeting - Community Room - GHS - 6:30pm

12/25-1/2/18: Winter Break - Happy Holidays! School Resumes on 1/3/18

January:

1/5: Cottage Used Book Swap - during lunches

1/10: PTO Meeting - Oaktree - 9:15am

1/15: NO SCHOOL - Teacher Professional Development Day/No Students

1/22: Board of Education Meeting - Community Room - GHS - 6:30pm

1/25: Early Release - Records Day - School Releases at 11:00am

1/26: Early Release - Records Day - School Releases at 11:00am

1/29: NO SCHOOL- Records Day/No Students

GMS Attendance Policy

Please familiarize yourself with Goodrich Middle School's complete Attendance & Tardy policies, which can be found in our handbook on the GMS website at www.goodrichschools.org/GMS under "Student Handbook and Policies.

Yearbooks can still be ordered online: http://www.jostens.com/apps/store/productBrowse/1064340/Goodrich-Middle-School/2018-Yearbook/20170613043041040145/CATALOG_SHOP/

Rachel’s Closet, located in the office at GMS, is a closet full of clothes, supplies and personal care items that middle school age students may need, but maybe cannot afford. Students are able to visit the closet for items they need confidentially. Please talk to your child about Rachel's Closet and encourage them to see Mrs. Durant, Mrs. Lauinger, Ms. von Keltz, Mr. Salter or Ms. Batterbee if they need anything.

For daily updates on GMS events and announcements, please be sure to check www.goodrichschools.org/GMS/! Just click on "News and Announcements" on the left side of the page. You can also check the online calendar to see upcoming events and activities!

The Martian PTO is always looking for people that would like to get involved and volunteer their time. The next meeting is Wednesday, January 10th at 9:15am. All meetings take place at Oaktree. Spirit wear can be purchased at any time through the year at K & C’s Special T’s website - https://kcspecialts.com/

Please email the Martian PTO at Martianptoinc@gmail.com or visit the Martian PTOwebpage and Facebook page for more information.

Exceptional Education, Extraordinary People – We Are Goodrich!

Proud to be a Systems Accredited District.

The mission of Goodrich Area Schools is:

“Achievement for Every Learner”

Email: mdurant@goodrichschools.org
Website: http://www.goodrichschools.org/GMS/
Location: 7480 Gale Road, Goodrich, MI 48438, United States
Phone: 810-591-4210
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