Happy November!
There will be NO blog post next week as we are not in school. Teachers and staff will be enjoying the Thanksgiving Holiday with family and friends. We will be refraining from sending and answering email! Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving next week!
A few reminders from GVMS staff and teachers:
All Independent Study requests for students that are going to be gone MUST be given at least 5 DAYS in advance. We want all of our students to be successful AND we want to follow Board Policy, which REQUIRES 5 days notice please. Remember to check THIS LINK for what is considered excused and unexcused absences!
Please remember that our teachers work hard to update Parent Portal as fast as possible! With 170 students, this can be extremely challenging. We appreciate your patience as our teachers enter grades as fast as possible. Though Parent Portal is not a mandatory program for our parents to use, we know it is very helpful to keep families informed of student progress. Also, late work is always entered last. Always. Assignments that were completed on time go in first and then late work is entered so you may not see it updated until the end of the grading period.
Did you know that 73% of teens and tweens have access to smartphones? If your student is one of those, check out THIS LINK to be aware of the different apps that are out there. Knowledge is critical in our day and age and we ALL need to know what our kids are looking at online!
After Winter Break, many electives will change. We cannot make any changes until this time as we are highly impacted with more students registering daily. TA grades must be a 2.0 and we will be grade checking at that time. Additionally, ALL TAs and students in Leadership/Study Hall WILL be receiving letter grades beginning in 2016.
Check out of Student of the Month winners for Caring for the month of October! We are so proud of them and their caring ways and as a model for our students!
All Independent Study requests for students that are going to be gone MUST be given at least 5 DAYS in advance. We want all of our students to be successful AND we want to follow Board Policy, which REQUIRES 5 days notice please. Remember to check THIS LINK for what is considered excused and unexcused absences!
Please remember that our teachers work hard to update Parent Portal as fast as possible! With 170 students, this can be extremely challenging. We appreciate your patience as our teachers enter grades as fast as possible. Though Parent Portal is not a mandatory program for our parents to use, we know it is very helpful to keep families informed of student progress. Also, late work is always entered last. Always. Assignments that were completed on time go in first and then late work is entered so you may not see it updated until the end of the grading period.
Did you know that 73% of teens and tweens have access to smartphones? If your student is one of those, check out THIS LINK to be aware of the different apps that are out there. Knowledge is critical in our day and age and we ALL need to know what our kids are looking at online!
After Winter Break, many electives will change. We cannot make any changes until this time as we are highly impacted with more students registering daily. TA grades must be a 2.0 and we will be grade checking at that time. Additionally, ALL TAs and students in Leadership/Study Hall WILL be receiving letter grades beginning in 2016.
Check out of Student of the Month winners for Caring for the month of October! We are so proud of them and their caring ways and as a model for our students!
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