The Library is hosting its annual Book Fair from April 7th - April 11th. Students will visit the fair with their English classes. Additionally, the fair will be open on Arts Night, April 10th.

Parents- the preferred and easiest way for students to purchase books is cash. Please make sure you coordinate that with your student before they attend the fair.

Parent volunteers are still needed for April 7th - 10th. If you are interested in volunteering, please use sign up using the link below.

Please join us for the Annual Middle School Arts Night on Thursday, April 10th from 6:30pm - 8:30pm at Great Valley Middle School. The night will celebrate the individual efforts of over one hundred talented young artists, musicians, and poets. There will be fine art on display, two stages for musical performances and poetry reading, as well as a book fair. Please feel free to stop in at any time to catch a glimpse of GVMS talent.

Need help with any of your core classes? Every Wednesday, there will be peer tutoring in Mrs. McGovern's room (Room 217) from 2:30pm - 3:15pm. Students must sign up in advance using the QR code or the link below.

You're invited to join us this week in recognizing and celebrating autism through your style!

The school will be closed for Spring Break from April 14th-18th. We wish our students, faculty, and staff a safe and enjoyable break, and look forward to welcoming everyone back to school on Monday, April 21st.

It’s not too early to begin to think about the PSSA Exams. Please try not to schedule any appointments around this time frame. Students may not leave a test session once it has begun; if you need to pick up a student on the testing days, you will be asked to wait until the test session has ended.

• The Language Arts PSSA will be administered to all grades on April 22nd, 23rd and 24th.
• The Math PSSA will be administered to all grades on April 28th and 29th.
• The Science PSSA will be administered to the 8th Grade only on April 30th.
• Make-up testing sessions will be administered through May 9th

Students who arrive late or miss any sections will be required to make up all missed portions; this will likely result in missing regularly scheduled classes.

• The PSSA is not a timed test. Students are encouraged to answer thoroughly and to take time to review their responses before submitting each section of the assessment.

• Electronic devices including cell phones, smart watches, Fitbits, AirPods, and Kindles are NOT permitted!

• Be sure all iPads are fully charged for this test!

The GVMS PTO is looking for 10 families to sponsor Administrative Professionals Day on April 23rd and contribute $25 each. If you are interested in helping us show our appreciation and celebrate the dedication and hard work of our GVMS administrative professionals, please click the link below to contribute via credit card.

Join us for a GVMS PTO Dine & Donate at honeygrow on Tuesday, April 8th from 10:30am-9:00pm! The GVMS PTO will receive 20% of the proceeds raised throughout the entire day at honeygrow - for dine in, take out, honeygrow delivery, and pickup orders! Please mention that you are with the GVMS PTO before placing your order. If placing an app, kiosk, or online order, please use the promo code of "GIVE130"

The Everett Beauregard Foundation 1st Annual Quest is an interactive experience in Malvern Borough offering a fun and engaging way to support the Everett Beauregard Foundation. The event will be held on Saturday April 26th, from 2:00pm - 4:00pm at the Samuel & M. Elizabeth Burke Community Park on Roberts Road in Malvern, PA 19355. Quests will be throughout the Borough and contain various levels of challenge for all skill levels. Tracking of all guests will be done via the Goosechase app, which will need to be downloaded to your Apple or Android cellphone. Participants may compete as individuals or as a team (with up to 4 people per team) and may complete as many or as few quests as they want. There will be prizes for top team and individual finishers (details to follow). Tickets are a $25 donation per person- all money goes to fund the Everett Beauregard Foundation and it's charitable giving.

Villanova Engineering is hosting a free event for kids ages 10-14 to learn about what it means to be an engineer. The event will be held on Saturday, April 26th from 9:30am - 11:30am at the new Engineering building (Drosdick Hall, Villanova University). There will be lots of fun hands-on demonstrations and tours of state-of-the-art labs and classrooms to hopefully inspire more students to go into Engineering.

Congratulations!

Great Valley Middle school students receive top honors at the Chester County Science Research competition at West Chester University. Om Gagrani was awarded first place in computer science in the middle school division. His project on utilizing artificial intelligence and convolutional neural networks for early lung detection captured the eyes of the judges and he received third place for best of show out of all middle school projects. Om will be moving on to compete at the Delaware Regional Science Fair.

Ryan Joseph will also be joining Om at the regional fair after receiving a prestigious first place award in the earth and space in the middle school division. Ryan’s project focused on what impacts astronomical visibility. Sravan Mateti’s flame test project received the Kenneth P. Lehman Lehmans Terms Memorial Award for physical science. Sravan also received a $50 gift card.

These students pursued inquiry- based science through problem-solving, planning and conducting research investigations, and using appropriate tools to gather and analyze data. Good luck in the Delaware Regional fair.