GIS School Newsletter

Tuesday April 2- School Back in Session

Friday April 5- End of Marking Period

Monday April 8- MSTEP Testing Window Opens

Friday April 12- Report Cards go Home

Friday May 10- Progress Reports

Tuesday May 28- 4th Grade Field Day (Make Up May 31)

Wednesday May 29- 5th Grade Field Day (Make Up June 3)

Thursday May 30- 6th Grade Field Day (Make Up June 4)

Wednesday June 5- Tentative Last Day of School- Report Cards Go Home

• We just finished up a great March is reading month. We had incredible participation by students with all of our themes throughout the weeks. Our read around GIS was a fun activity for students to visit teachers they don't normally get to see and have a book read aloud.
• 6th Grade has finalized dates with Camp Dagget for our annual 6th Grade day camp.
• Staff and Students are prepping for the MSTEP, which will be coming after break.

We often get questions on learning opportunities for students over the summer...

GRASP (Grand Rapids Academic Summer Programs) is a correspondence program in reading and math for grades K-8. There is an online version for grades 4-8 as well. The program seeks to help students retain skills learned during the past school year by providing review exercises. Below is an information brochure as well as an enrollment form that you can complete and return to the school no later than April 19th.

Informational Brochure

Enrollment Form

Below is a link if you want to request a teacher for your student's 2024-25 academic year. Our teacher request window closes at the end of April.

Teacher Request Form

Please Note: We cannot guarantee any teacher requests. We will consider all requests. However, placements will be based primarily on our students' needs, class sizes, and creating balanced classes. Additionally, there is always the possibility that teachers will not stay in the same positions or teaching teams from year to year.

Our lost and found is piling up down by the gym foyer. If your student has lost an item(s) at school please schedule a time with our main office to come in and retrieve the lost property.

Thank you in advance.

Below is the link to Geskus where you can order school photos and a year book. When ordering you will need the personalized code that was provided in the picture packet that went home with your student. If the code has been forgotten or misplaced Geskus support services will be able to retrieve your student specific code.

Geskus Photography Online

Safety and Security is top priority for Gaylord Community Schools and we wanted to provide a link for the state wide OK2SAY program. OK2SAY is the student safety program which allows students to confidentially report tips on potential harm or criminal activities directed at students, school employees, and schools. It uses a comprehensive communication system to facilitate tip sharing among students, parents, school personnel, community mental health service programs, and law enforcement officials about harmful behaviors that threaten to disrupt the learning environment.

OKAY2SAY LINK

Sean Byram, Principal

Email: Pallasl@gaylord.k12.mi.us
Website: gaylordschools.com
Location: 240 East 4th Street, Gaylord, MI, USA
Phone: 989.731.0856