Summerour Blue Devil Blast

• December 18 - January 3 - Winter Break
• January 4 - First Day o' School - Semester 2
• January 6 - Basketball vs Pinckneyville (Home)
• January 11 - Basketball vs Creekland (Away)
• January 13 - Basketball vs Radloff (Away)
• January 15 - MLK Day, No School
• January 18 - Basketball vs Jones (Away)
• January 18 - PTA Meeting
• January 18 - GCPS Board Meeting
• January 18 - Orchestra Concert (6th)
• January 20 - Basketball vs. Twin Rivers (Home)
• January 20 - Saturday School
• January 20 - Soccer vs. Northbrook (Away)
• January 25 - Basketball vs North Gwinnett (Away)
• January 25 - MLL Parent Night (Norcross First UMC)
• January 26 - Gear Up to Gwinnett Tech
• January 27 - Basketball vs Hull (Home)
• February 1 - Basketball vs Lilburn (Home)
• February 2 - Digital Learning Day #3
  February 3 - Saturday School

Our Robotics team participated in the FLL tournament at Mountain View High School on Dec 9th and won the Core Values award for their amazing presentation. The judges recognized our team as “Rising All-Star”. They appreciated how our team embraced each other’s differences and supported each other throughout the process. They also praised our innovation project skit, robot design summary, visual boards, props, and provided constructive feedback. We scored better than last year on all of these.

Many thanks to Dr. Shukla, Mr. Christensen, Mr. Yelinek and Mr. Westpheling for their leadership. Please congratulate the following students if you see them in the hallways or in class.

1. Savannah Everett

2. Teavon Everett

3. Alcides Cruz

4. Anhalia McDowell-Carter

5. Yosef Roblero

6. Lineus Verock

7. Juan Arevalo

8. Peter J Osby

Many of OUR parents have been working hard to learn English this year with Ms. Rosanna Carlson. They've done a lot of hard work and should be congratulated on their progress.

Yesterday we had a timed gift-wrapping competition during each lunch. It was supposed to be a competition between teachers, but during some lunches it became a student competition. Either way, it was a lot of fun. We only got pictures and video of one of these competitions. Student cheers were used to determine the winners.

OUR French Club made crepes this week. They look good.

If you're not sure how they did, ask them. It looks like they ate them, too! Makes me wonder if I should join French Club...?

Multi-lingual Learner Families, please join us in the Summerour cafeteria on Wednesday, January 10 at 6:00 p.m. We will discuss ESOL services, after-school tutoring options, family resources, and tips for your child's success. Pizza, SmarterME, and Adult ESL registration will be available as well.

Click the small image to the right for a Spanish version of our flier.

OUR Orchestra's sounded amazing this week. What a performance!

Thank you to all of OUR music educators who are doing amazing work with OUR children.

Ms. Belinda Terry

6th Grade Assistant Principal

Belinda.Terry@gcpsk12.org

Ms. Tannia Wood

6th Grade Counselor

Tannia.Wood@gcpsk12.org

Dr. Toni Weir

7th Grade Assistant Principal

Toni.Weir@gcpsk12.org

Mr. Al Sadler

7th Grade Assistant Principal

Al.Sadler@gcpsk12.org

Ms. Angelica Rosas

7th Grade Counselor

Angelica.Rosas@gcpsk12.org

Ms. Christy Gray

8th Grade Assistant Principal

Christian.Gray@gcpsk12.org

Ms. Robin Blackwell

8th Grade Counselor

Robin.Blackwell@gcpsk12.org

Ms. Allegra Morgan

Gear Up Counselor

Allegra.Morgan@gcpsk12.org

The Georgia Parent Survey is designed to give parents an opportunity to share input with the Georgia Department of Education. It contains 24 questions. Parents may complete the survey using a personal computer, smartphone, or tablet. Parents that do not have access to the Internet, should contact their child’s school to arrange to complete the survey at the school.

The data parents provide by completing this survey will be used as part of the calculation of the School Climate Star Rating. Survey responses are anonymous and will be submitted directly to the Georgia Department of Education for analysis. Individual data results from the Georgia Parent Survey will not be available to system or school personnel or the public and will not be posted online. Please provide your voice for Gwinnett County Public Schools by clicking HERE and completing the survey.

The Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology lottery registration window opens on November 1, 2023, and it will remain open until January 19, 2024.

Informational Meetings for students/parents interested in attending GSMST

All meetings begin at 7:00 PM in the Cafeteria at GSMST

Additional details and documents are available on our school website at www.gsmst.org/

• Tuesday, December 12, 2023 – Berkmar Cluster, Central Gwinnett Cluster, Collins Hill Cluster, Discovery Cluster, Duluth Cluster, Lanier Cluster, Meadowcreek Cluster, Norcross Cluster, North Gwinnett Cluster, Peachtree Ridge Cluster, Seckinger Cluster
  
• Thursday, January 11, 2024 – make-up meeting date for anyone unable to attend the first two meeting dates

Students will be required to meet eligibility requirements to successfully enter the lottery

• Students must be enrolled in Enhanced Algebra: Concepts and Connections (or a higher-level math class)
• Students must either 1) score "Distinguished" on the Georgia Milestones End-of-Course math assessment for this course OR 2) score 550 of higher on the math section of the PSAT

• We are using the Josten’s Replayit Photo Upload system yearbook photo submissions
• Upload directly from your computer or phone
• Follow the prompts to select your pics
• Type something in the “First Name”, “Last Name”, “Grade” and “Description”
• Don’t want to include names? Just type a single character in those spaces and move on
• Same applies to skip the description
  
• Grade doesn’t matter? Pick 12 so we won’t group them by grade
• If it matters, pick a grade

The link and QR code are also on the EClass C&I page on the left under Media Center. We can’t wait to see your photos!!

January's IB Learner profile aims to develop students who are open-minded. Students who are open-minded understand and appreciate their own cultures and personal histories, and are open to the perspectives, values and traditions of other individuals and communities. They are accustomed to seeking and evaluating a range of points of view, and are willing to grow from the experience.

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