October 26, 2015

We see it!  Fall weather is COMING!!

Our 8th graders had a great time at the 1st FSUSD Inspire Career Fair!  Almost 100% of our students attended and learned a lot!  Check out this article that features one of our own superstars!!  Way to go Summer!

Have you wondered how to support a GVMS teacher?  Check out these links for some of the projects that we would love the help with:

Mr. Baptist
http://www.donorschoose.org/project/a-journey-in-reading-novels/1708941/

http://www.donorschoose.org/project/sailing-into-compare-and-contrast-essa/1715045/

Ms. Kinder

http://www.donorschoose.org/project/chromebook-needed-please/1699382/

Ms. Toll
http://www.donorschoose.org/project/journalism-junkies-macbook-air-and-page/1697326/

Mr. Diaz
http://www.donorschoose.org/project/3d-model-competition-and-presentations/1699386/?rf=page-siteshare-2015-10-proposal-teacher_1289144

http://www.donorschoose.org/project/ipad-mini-for-giant-ideas/1699431/?rf=page-siteshare-2015-10-proposal-teacher_1289144

Parental Involvement is SO important to what we do each day!  We absolutely want parents to come to visit our classrooms and support our students.  We do ask that you give us 24 hour notice so that we are not testing, having presenters, have a substitute, etc.  Thank you!  We have shared this before and want to share again this FANTASTIC resource for parents of all ages and grades!

Also, since we are celebrating Halloween this week, please remember that costumes can be worn at school as long as they appropriate.  They cannot promote drug use, violence, weapons, or be super skimpy.  Masks may not be worn and students will only be allowed into the dance with their GVMS IDs.  We also found an article about costume appropriateness and how to discuss this with your student.  Check it out here!

FROM OUR GVMS PTC:

A BIG thank you to all of our volunteers!  We had a very successful Cookie Dough Distribution, Prize Day,  and Walk/Bike to School Day, all thanks to our great Green Valley Families.  Thank you all so much!

Join us for our next PTC meeting and Coffee with the Principal THIS Friday, October 30th at 9:15 in the Library.  Enjoy coffee and treats, get to know other parents, and help us make plans to best support our students and staff.  We will be learning more about our Spring Fling--a great event to help with and to attend.  See you there!

Just a reminder…  Minutes from the PTC meetings are posted on the school website.  Look under the “Parents” section and find PTC.  

October 19, 2015

Fall weather might finally be here!

We are BUSY at GVMS with the end of the first quarter and moving right into the next one!  We have our first benchmarks that will take place in English and Math from now until October 30th.  Every student is required to complete these assessments.  These will be done online and scored almost instantly.

We continue to work to follow our school rules: Be Safe, Be Responsible, and Be Safe.  Some students are struggling to keep their hands to themselves and have positive comments to say to one another.  We are also having a BIG issue with garbage and gum.  Students who continue to chew gum will be asked to help clean it up around campus.  It is a school rule to follow as it never ends up in the garbage.

We are excited to say that we are bringing Challenge Day to GVMS for some students to participate. Check them out here to see how powerful this can be!  We want ALL of our students to have empathy for one another and understand that everyone has their own challenges in life.

On that same note, please check out a CNN special that was done with Anderson Cooper on Social Media and #Being13.  We want you to be aware of what occurs  EVERYDAY at school.  Please note: There is inappropriate language/content that we may not post on our blog nor do we approve of the language, use of it, or some opinions/comments expressed in the special.  We found the special informative, educational and for the most part accurate.  We know that not every student participates and that we are not targeting a single student.  This is being shared as an informational/educational item to raise parent awareness.  

We are still seeking PARENT VOLUNTEERS for supervision for our upcoming dance on October 30th!  Come get your groove on and let us know that you can help by signing up SIGN UP HERE and come in costume if you want!

October is Stop Bullying Month!!! We truly try our best to ensure that NONE of our students is bullied.  We promote positive behavior supports, pump and praise our students, seek guidance from our counselor and other adults to help student learn to accept others, and more.  It still doesn't always stop it.  Please check out this link to see ways that you can also help us from home!

Our 8th graders will be attending the College and Career Fair on Tuesday!  We can't wait to share all of the pictures to Twitter, Facebook and our blog from the event!

Welcome to our new blog!

We are a work in progress and always learning.  We want to model this learning for our staff, our students, and our community!

Thank you for your support with our cookie dough fundraiser!  We are thrilled to report that some of the funding has already gone to help two classrooms purchase Chrome Books so that our students can work in Google Classroom, complete reports, and more.  These two classrooms did not have any technology, so we greatly appreciate the PTC supporting this!  We are also happy to report that PTC is purchasing more PE equipment, supporting our clubs, and new teachers!  Thank you PTC and our families for your support!

Thank you to those parents and families that volunteering for Watch D.O.G.S. and we will be scheduling the initial meeting to go over expectations, roles, schedule, and more.  We are waiting on the materials to arrive at GVMS so that we can schedule the meeting.  Stay tuned!

We are THRILLED this year that FSUSD will be bringing ALL 8th Grade students to the KROC Center on October 20th for the 1st Annual Career Fair

October is Stop Bullying Month.  We truly try our best to ensure that NONE of our students is bullied.  We promote positive behavior supports, pump and praise our students, seek guidance from our counselor and other adults to help student learn to accept others, and more.  It still doesn't always stop it.  Please check out this link to see ways that you can also help us from home.  We are working to bring Challenge Day to GVMS on December 14th and 15th for our students to build empathy and ignite a movement of compassion and positive change (as stated on their website).  Check out their website here.

Have you already purchased your tickets to the Frys.com PGA Tour?  Check out the flyer and see how you can help support GVMS at the same time!