STINGRAY NEWS

Clocks spring forward Saturday night, so we lose an hour of sleep. Sorry!

The other bad news is that it will once again be dark in the mornings 🙁On the bright side, you can staay outdoors alter in the day enjoying some sunshine 😎

For students, Spring Break begins Friday, March 14. So, students will be out of school beginning March and return to school on Monday, March 24.

Below are the students recognized this week by staff for demonstrating positive character. Great job students, we are proud of you!

Congratulations to 8th grader Hannah Singletary and 7th grader Fischer Collins, next week's Beaver Toyota Students of the Week. We are very proud to have each of them representing our school!

As our service project this year, Best Buddies had a snack drive for the children at The Homeless Coalition. Thanks to all of the very generous donations we received, we were able to provide a large amount of snacks and drinks. Mrs. Green spoke to the students about the mission of The Homeless Coalition and the services they provide to our community. We are already planning to do a sock drive for them in August! We are so grateful for the opportunity to serve our community and spread the mission of Best Buddies…friendship, kindness, inclusion.💜

PTO is sponsoring a dance for Friday, April 11. Students will be eligible to attend if they can meet the following requirements between Monday, February 24, and 1:50 pm the day of the dance:

1. No more than 3 tardies

2. No full days of ISS

3. No OSS

Please consider joining us this Wednesday, March 12 at 8 am, to discuss school data as it pertains to FAST testing. If you have questions or simply want to know more about this statewide assessment, pwe will do our best to provide valuable information for you. So, we know how many to expect, please RSVP to Mrs. Penn: julie.penn@stjohns.k12.fl.us

Thank you to RS&H (Reynolds, Smith, and Hills) for sponsoring GRMS PTO. If you would like to be a sponsor, contact Mrs. Devin Schneider at gamblerogerspto@gmail.com

You may learn more about RS&H here: https://www.rsandh.com/

This week, initial CORE course recommendations are live in HAC for families to see. Keep in mind that these are preliminary recommendations and placement can change depending on final grades and PM3 FAST scores. Families can request a course review for a CORE course placement at this time using the form at the link below.

Course Review Process:

• Course reviews will take place after final grades and state testing scores are released in June.
• Decisions to change placement will follow the district course progression requirements.
• Students and parents will be notified by July 1st if the course review was approved or denied.
• https://tinyurl.com/GRMSreview2526

To Locate Recommendations in HAC:

Log into HAC and click on the “Classes” button at the top.

Then, Click on the “Schedule” tab and scroll to the bottom to see the 2025-2026 Course Requests.

This is for students who will be attending Pedro Menendez next school year.

For your planning, school times for Pedro Menendez High School are being adjusted for next year. The day will begin at 9:35 am and end at 4:05 pm.

We would greatly appreciate it if you would take a few moments to complete this year's survey: https://surveys.stjohns.k12.fl.us/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=8lMKn681

Beginning Monday, August 5th, office hours will be 7:00 am - 2:50 pm, Monday thru Friday.

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