Gower Middle Weekly Update
August 30th, 2024
Next Week!
Curriculum Night is coming up next week! We hope all parents/guardians will join us at 6:00pm on Thursday, September 5th. During our curriculum night, parents/guardians will attend all of their child's classes, meet their teachers and receive an overview of the course curriculum. Our schedule for the evening is pictured here. Please have a copy of your child's schedule with you at Curriculum Night. This will help you get to each class on time.
Additional parking is available in the Personalization Mall parking lot located at 51 Shore Drive in Burr Ridge. **Please note, this is not the lot located directly across from Gower Middle School.
We will be hosting our annual athletic and activity informational fair in our cafeteria from 6:00-8:00 as well. We encourage all parents/guardians to stop by and view the many clubs, sports and activities available to our students throughout the year at Gower Middle!
All student drop off before school and pick up after school is at Door 6 (located in the back of the building). In order to keep everyone safe, cars are not allowed in the front parking lot during our bus drop off and pick up times. If your child is being dropped off late (after 8:30 AM), please drop them off at Door 1 as Door 6 is locked after 8:30 AM.
Thank you to everyone for your patience in our drop off/pick up line each day! We have staff that assist with this process each day and do all we can to ensure things move as safely and quickly as possible.
Please keep these items in mind if you drop off or pick up your child:
-Students should only exit Door 6 in the afternoon if being picked up by a parent/guardian. Parents/guardians should pull all the way to the back of the school to pick up their child. Please do not have your child exit out another door or walk along the car line to get to your car earlier. There is not a lot of space in our line and exiting the line early could cause an accident.
-Please do not pick your child up along 80th Street or Madison Street. If you are not able to wait in our pick up line, please park in our lot and walk to Door 1 to meet your child.
-In order to assist with a smooth flow of traffic, there is no left turn from our lot from 8 AM-9 AM and 3 PM-4 PM each day. We appreciate everyone honoring this as it keeps our traffic in and out of the lot moving efficiently.
Please use this form to sign up for the 2024 Girls Basketball Tryouts. Please make sure you have your physical turned in to Mrs. Haile in the Health Office before attending tryouts. There will be two open gyms for you to attend on Wednesday, September 4 from 7:30 AM until 8:30 AM and again on Thursday, September 5 from 3:30 PM until 4:30 PM.
Tryouts will be held on Tuesday morning, September 10; Thursday morning, September 12; and Friday morning, September 13 from 7:30 until 8:30 all three days.
