GMS FAMILY NEWSLETTER

14.5 Days. Everyone is thinking about it. Everyone is counting down until that long winter break.

There is a lot of work to do in those three weeks though.

We are all going to work hard and play hard at GMS as we finish up this 9 weeks. This is the time that we want to make sure we put as much effort into those projects and CASE tests as we do our Barbie and Taylor Swift dress up day outfit. We want to be relaxed on pajama day so we can finish up that assignment in social studies and present it to the class like we were pitching a million dollar idea. Those ugly Christmas sweaters will only take 2nd prize to that math test score your student worked so hard to achieve.

I could write a million of those, but it all comes down to working hard when it counts and finishing this grading period right…and having some fun while doing it.

Take a look at the calendars below, plan ahead, and let’s finish this thing right!

If you are looking for something truly amazing to see, please come Tuesday night to our GMS Chorus Concert. Mrs. Lafever and her students have something special planned for this year!

-Mr. McCall

11/27-

Book Fair Begins

MVP Day- Wear your favorite sports team/jersey

11/28

Chorus Concert 7pm @NPAC

Rock out- Wear your favorite band or music apparel

11/29

Pajama Day

11/30

Book Fair Open after school hours- *Go to the Book Fair, get a free ticket to the Lady Devil Basketball game

Greene Devil Spirit Wear Day

12/1

Favorite Character Day- Dress as your favorite Fictional Character

Looking Ahead:

12/5- Band Concert @NPAC

12/11- Barbie Day

12/12- Mad about Plaid Day

12/13- Taylor Swift Eras Day

12/14- Ugly Christmas Sweater Day

12/15- Abbreviated Day

THIS WEEK IN GMS ATHLETICS LATER IN NEWSLETTER!

The GMS Scholastic Bookfair will be Nov. 27 – Dec. 1 in the library. We will have a family night on Thursday, Nov. 30 until 7pm. If you come to the book fair, you will receive a FREE ticket to the Lady Devils Basketball game.

Visit https://bit.ly/GMSbookfair23 to learn more about the fair and new online payment options!

Check out the great things GMS staff does every day to make GMS a special place!

Kelly Kerr

Synergizing

Kelly is amazing. She is always helping the students succeed and stay on track. She truly cares about each student. She is so knowledgeable about each subject and can help them in all that they are learning. The students love her!

Melissa Woolsey

Thank you for promptly responding to my email. Thank you for supporting my child, not only in your classroom but outside of it too. Thank you for supporting him and encouraging him to be the best version of himself.

Alexandria Standridge

Being Proactive

She is always so nice to me and helps me with my work.

Donita Huff

Being Proactive

Donita genuinely cares for each and every one of these kid's and is willing to go the extra mile to help lead and encourage them along the way.

Mr. Simerly

Putting First Things First

He is a good teacher, he helps me a lot with my work, he helps a lot

Do You Have A GMS Shout-Out to Share?

GMS is full of amazing people and we would love to hear your stories of how a GMS staff member is making a difference for your student! Did your student talk about a cool lesson or activity? Does your student come home talking about a favorite coach or teacher? If so, click the link above to share some love and fill out the GMS Staff Shout-Out Form!

Reminder- All GMS Athletic Events are FREE to current GMS students

Greeneville Middle School yearbooks are now available for purchase. Yearbooks can be purchased online only by visiting www.yearbookordercenter.com . The online code for GMS is 19989. Yearbooks are $35. They will be on sale on the website until mid-April.

For any and all counseling information, please use this link to find out more about our AMAZING counseling office: https://www.smore.com/78b2j-counselor-corner?ref=email

Parents, a reminder to talk with your students about installing extensions, firewalls, or other prohibited files on their school laptops is a direct violation of the GCS RUP and a Level II Extended School Day (After-School Detention). This is in the student handbook and has been mentioned multiple times to all students.

The Food City School Bucks Challenge is open! Here is the link to register https://www.foodcity.com/schoolbucks/

Once you have an account you just need to select GMS as your school, please see below. (You have to sign up and select your school each year, it doesn’t roll over!

We appreciate everyone's efforts in our new cell phone policy to not only create a SAFE environment for all our students, but protect our instructional time from distractions as well.

-If your student does not follow the GMS Cell Phone policy and has their phone taken to the office, Parents and Guardians may pick those up that afternoon directly after school or the next morning during school hours.

Please follow this link to the GMS Student Handbook for the 2023-24 School Year

https://gms.gcschools.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1146166&type=d&pREC_ID=1408168

Click below to learn how to set up MPP, which lets you add $ to accounts on the go as well as pay fees and more.

Please remember to come by school starting 8/2 in order to speak with our nurse and set up your student's medicine plan. Please email jardinezs@gcschools.net or come by starting tomorrow to get your student's medication set up.

Families please remember that students should not carry medication with them in their backpack. This includes prescriptions and OTC medications. Everything should go through our nurse. If you have not filled out the medication release form with our nurse and need your student to have access to those during school hours, please email the GMS nurse: jardinezs@gcschools.net

No outside food is allowed any time at GMS. We understand stopping for breakfast, but please have them finish any food or drinks before they come into the building. Our cafeteria is open at 6:55am every morning and also helps us with any food allergies at the tables.

Click HERE for pre-season updates on our GMS athletic site.

• Arrive before 2:00 for all early dismissals.

Email: Adamsr2@gcschools.net
Website: Gms.gcschools.net
Location: Greeneville Middle School, East Vann Road, Greeneville, TN, USA
Phone: (423)-639-7841
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