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GMAS Testing This Week

We are continuing GMAS testing next week.

Please, help your student to do their best on the test by ensuring they get a good night's sleep, a good breakfast, and are ready to focus each day. Do what you can at home to ease your child's fears about testing: we've been learning all year long. They should be ready! Help them come in to school at ease and prepared to show what they know.

Don't forget to have students bring fully-charged computers and their charger.

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Upcoming Dates

May 1 - National School Principal's Day
May 1 - JA BizTown (Team 6A)
May 5 - Cinco de Mayo
May 8-12- Teacher Appreciation Week
May 11 - Orchestra Spring Concert (7/8)
May 13 - Southern Star Music Festival @ 6 Flags (7/8 Band/Orch)
May 14 - Mother's Day
May 16-19 - Student Chromebook Collection
May 16 - JA Finance Park (Team GA State & Ms. Bradley)
May 17 - JA Finance Park (Team UGA & Mr. Davis)
May 18 - JA Finance Park (Team GA Tech & Mrs. DeLeon)
May 18 - GCPS Board Meeting @ ISC
May 19 - JA Finance Park (Team Gear Up)
May 22 - 8th Grade Awards Night
May 23 - 7th Grade Awards Day
May 23 - 6th Grade Awards Day
May 23 - Gear Up Awards Night (@ One Heart Church)
May 23 - Beaver Ridge Awards Night @ SMS
May 24 - Last Day o' School

Summer Dates

May 29 - Memorial Day Holiday
June 12 - First Day o' Summer School
June 30 - Last Day o' Summer School

*SmarterMe ESL Classes for Parents every Monday & Wednesday at 10am until May 22. See our calendar on our school website if you have doubts about cancellations. Contact Rosanna Carlson for more information.

**Norcross First UMC After School Program (6/7) Mondays & Wednesdays starting February 22

May IB Learner Profile: Reflective

IB Learners are Reflective. They give thoughtful consideration to their own learning and experience. They are able to assess and understand their strengths and limitations in order to support their learning and personal development.

IB students have developed an ability to reflect on their learning and to articulate how they learnt. They have learned that critical reflection is an important academic and life skill.

Students Cannot Bring Medications to School

What if my child takes medication during the day?

All medications, both prescription and over-the-counter must be accompanied by a completed Administration of Medication Request form (available by request from the school clinic) and brought to the school clinic by an adult. Students may not transport medications to school.

For more complete instruction, check the Clinic page on OUR Website

Students Cannot Bring Medications to School

What if my child takes medication during the day?

All medications, both prescription and over-the-counter must be accompanied by a completed Administration of Medication Request form (available by request from the school clinic) and brought to the school clinic by an adult. Students may not transport medications to school.

For more complete instruction, check the Clinic page on OUR Website

Students Cannot Bring Medications to School

What if my child takes medication during the day?

All medications, both prescription and over-the-counter must be accompanied by a completed Administration of Medication Request form (available by request from the school clinic) and brought to the school clinic by an adult. Students may not transport medications to school.

For more complete instruction, check the Clinic page on OUR Website

On Saturday, we had the pleasure of watching three AHHH-MAZING Social Studies educators help students review for the EOG. Dr. Riehm, Ms. Rashada, and Ms. Caravella kept students engaged in Georgia Studies for over two hours on a Saturday morning.

Also, shout out to Ms. Huong and OUR 6th grade Honor orchestra students. They did a wonderful job along with students and staff from six other middle schools in the county (Pinckneyville, Radloff, Lilburn, Berkmar, Sweetwater, and Shiloh) playing for friends and family.

Summerour is so fortunate to have such dedicated educators.

Parents/Families Virtual Focus Group

The Office of Family Engagement is partnering with The Office of Research, Evaluation, & Analytics to present a Parents/Families Virtual Focus Group. The focus group will be held on May 9, 2023, from 5:30 pm until 6:30 pm. During the session, parents will be introduced to the School Profile, and have the opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback.

https://gcpsk12-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEscOirrzMpGdBHRBQnhV40p4GWzwxIHAtU

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Spanish Flyer

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Chinese Flyer

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Korean Flyer

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Vietnamese Flyer

Garden Night

We need some support prepping OUR garden for the summer and want OUR families help.

So, we are hosting a

Garden Night

5 pm - 8 pm

June 2, 2023

We also need a volunteer (or volunteers) to cut the grass at least once a month in the garden. Can you volunteer do this? Sign up coming soon.

More information & sign up information in next week's Blue Devil Blast

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ParentVUE App

Parents can use this if they have a Parent Portal account. It's an app that makes it much easier to quickly access the portal and navigate student grades, absences, etc...

We strongly encourage you to use this if you have a portal account. If you don't have a portal account, come to the school and set one up.

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Uninstall/Reinstall

If you are using either of these apps, but it quit working in September of 2022, you may need to uninstall/reinstall. There was a major update last month that requires this.

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StudentVUE App

Students can install this on their iOS device (iPhone, iPad) or their Android device to more easily access the "My StudentVUE" portion of their portal: this includes, grades, missing assignments, etc.

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