GMS Weekly Newsletter

Good Afternoon Wolf Pack Families,

What a great week! Beautiful weather, fun filled sporting events and a fantastic Best Day Ever party for students who participated in our Wolf Pack Fundraiser. Special thanks to Kim Levy for organizing. It was a great success and we are grateful for the hard work she put into making it so much fun and profitable. Thank you to our PTSA Board, parent volunteers and all of our school community who helped at the event and to raise funds to support our amazing students and staff!

Please consider nominating one of our exceptional teachers as the Geisler Middle School Teacher of the Year. We have so many excellent educators in our building and your nomination helps to honor them for their commitment to our students, school and community. Nominations are due by October 18. More information and the nomination form can be found below.

Wising you all a fantastic weekend,

Stuart Riley

Principal, Geisler Middle School

Upcoming Events

10/14-Volleyball vs. Smart MS-Home

10/16-Volleyball vs. Millenium MS-Home

10/16-Cross Country vs. Millenium MS-Away (check w/coach for location)

10/18-Cross Country LVC Conference Meet-(check w/coach for location)

10/21-Orchestra Spooktacular-WLW-7pm

10/22-6/7 Vocal Music Concert-WLW-7pm

10/25-Band and Vocal Music @ WLW Pink Out Football Game

Please see the Lakes Area Youth Assistance (LAYA) Holiday "Adopt-a-Child" application. Applications are being accepted for consideration from now until the deadline of Friday, Oct. 25, 2024.

The link to the online application is below:

https://www.wlcsd.org/community/lakes-area-youth-assistance

This week your 6th & 7th grade Lady Wolves faced White Lake and Banks. Though White Lake and Banks took the wins this week, the Lady Wolves played their best volleyball of the season! A few players get their first overhand serves over which was an amazing sight to see! There were fantastic passes, great sets, and phenomenal hits! Please come and cheer us on against Smart on Monday at home. Go Wolves!

The 8th Grade Lady Wolves had a split performance in their matches against White Lake and Sarah Banks. In a hard-fought battle, the Lady Wolves came up short against White Lake, but they showed incredible teamwork and determination, learning valuable lessons for future games. Bouncing back with energy and focus, the Lady Wolves secured a well-deserved victory against cross town rival Sarah Banks! Their communication, serves, and defense were on point, leading to a strong win.

The team's resilience and teamwork were evident in both matches. Great job, Lady Wolves, and keep the momentum going.

In addition to exciting volleyball, we had some exciting cross country meets. On Friday, various members got to compete in the Oakland County Cross Country Meet. In order to compete they had to achieve their goals and qualify. Making their mark known were Fernando Zaleta (5th) and Ty Orman (29th). All athletes did a great job representing Geisler!

Following up Oakland County was another close meet against Oak Valley. Unfortunatelyt the boys and girls teams just came up short of securing a victory. Great running by all with continued improvement! Wish your cross country runners luck as they wrap up their season in away meets next week in a tri-meet against Millenium and Banks on Wednesday and the LVC Conference Meet on Friday! Good luck Wolves!

REMINDER - All students attending our middle school athletic events as spectators will need an adult chaperone who will be responsible for them. Those without a chaperone will not be allowed to attend.

PTSA Reflections Art Night - 10/23 at 6:30PM

Join us on October 23rd to learn more about the PTA Reflections Contest and create your entry!

The annual PTSA Reflections competition has begun! Our 2024/2025 Theme is “Accepting Imperfections” Reflections Categories are: 2-D/3-D visual arts, literature, dance choreography, film production, music composition, photography, and special artist (for any students needing accommodations).

Students can create works in any of those categories around the theme. All Geisler students are welcome and encouraged to participate. More information, along with official rules and entry forms can be found at www.wlcsd.org/reflections, or in the GMS Learning Commons. Submissions are due to our main office or through our electronic entry form by Friday, November 8th. We can't wait to see the amazing work from our GMS community!

If you have any questions, please contact our PTSA Reflections Chairs:

Mrs. Archana Godase archanagodase@gmail.com or Mr. Torry Yu torryyu@wlcsd.org

Website | Facebook | Email | Become a PTSA Member

We are excited and proud to continue the Teacher of the Year recognition program to honor exemplary educators in Walled Lake Schools. We have SO many exceptional teachers at Geisler MS. Let's do our best to honor them! Attached is the fillable PDF that students, families, staff and community members may complete. Nominations are due by Friday, October 18.

The nomination form can be found online -

https://www.wlcsd.org/departments/human-resources/teacher-of-the-year

iReady is an assessment tool that is given to all students grades 6-8 in math and English language arts. The results from the assessment give teachers information on how to tailor their instruction to meet the needs of their class/students. It also gives individual feedback to each student/family on if they are at, behind or above grade level. Lessons can then be completed in iReady that are tailored specifically for each student. If your child is not at grade level at this time, it's ok! In the next few weeks, we will be sending home strategies to help them get caught up. We'll need your support to help us do that.

• By Friday, September 27, your child's math and ELA teachers will be giving each student their individual diagnostic results report. If your child did not finish due to absence, it may be a few more days before you receive the information.

• Students will be reviewing their own individual data and setting some goals with their teachers.

• Please ask your child for their iReady diagnostic results in Math and ELA!

• Please review the 2 informational letters below to learn more about iReady and how you can help your student become more proficient in math and ELA.

The annual PTSA Reflections competition has begun! Our 2024/2025 Theme is “Accepting Imperfections” Reflections Categories are: 2-D/3-D visual arts, literature, dance choreography, film production, music composition, photography, and special artist (for any students needing accommodations).

Students can create works in any of those categories around the theme. All Geisler students are welcome and encouraged to participate. More information, along with official rules and entry forms can be found at www.wlcsd.org/reflections, or in the GMS Learning Commons. Submissions are due to our main office or through our electronic entry form by Friday, November 8th. We can't wait to see the amazing work from our GMS community!

If you have any questions, please contact our PTSA Reflections Chairs:

Mrs. Archana Godase archanagodase@gmail.com or Mr. Torry Yu torryyu@wlcsd.org

If you are a family that could use additional food over the weekends and are having difficulty finding the finances to do so, let us help! GMS and Hospitality House have partnered together to provide food to many of our students/families in need. Sometimes the need is temporary and others need it consistently throughout the year. Either is ok! Please contact your child's counselor, Mrs. Hart or Ms. Garvin if you have questions or would like to sign up for this program.

Thank you to all the families who were able to attend the Washington, D.C. Trip Informational Meeting on Monday night. For those families who were unable to attend, please visit our Geisler DC Trip website to access the registration link through Corporate Travel, view the meeting presentation, and more.

If you have any questions about the DC trip, please reach out to Mr. Yu at TorryYu@wlcsd.org.