November 18, 2016

Parents of 8th grade students!  Please mark these dates down:

*Matt Garcia College and Career Academy is open for registration for 9-12 grades and they are having information nights on December 13 from 5-6 and January 19 from 5-6!

*Early College through RHS is having another information night on December 7 from 5:30-6:30 in their library!

PLEASE take advantage of this and help support our classrooms!!!  

ONE DAY ONLY!  All day on November 29th, every time OUR FAMILIES support a classroom on DonorsChoose.org, you'll be entered to receive one of fifty $5,000 DonorsChoose.org gift card to support classroom projects! Check out the official rules!

THAT'S NOT ALL!!  The teachers that donors support will ALSO be entered in a separate drawing to receive one of fifty DonorChoose.org gift cards!!

Help us get our projects funded through #GivingTuesday and you get a chance to win too!

We must need a reminder on some of the rules we have at school, so here it goes!  

*Please remind students that "slides" or shoes with no backing, PJ bottoms as daily pants and skimpy clothing are not allowed at school

*Please remind students as they leave each day to remember their ID.  It is required at ALL middle and high schools in FSUSD!

*Please remind student that gum is not allowed on campus as it ends up in the wrong place!

Official report cards will be mailed home after December 16th, so PLEASE check Parent Portal daily!  We will be emailing again NEXT WEEK, after Thanksgiving Break (Nov 21-25) so students can find their work!!

We will have a rally schedule when we return from Winter Break to recognize grades and attendance.  Please note that awards are as follows:

3.0-3.4 Honorable Mention

3.5-3.9 Honor Roll

4.0 Principal's Honor Roll

Please bookmark THIS LINK and enter your student's unique code.  Please let us know if you need another copy of the instructions to log in.  

PLEASE check this DAILY and work with your student to ensure that they turn in all of their work.  Teachers emails and websites (if applicable) can all be found on Parent Portal or our website at www.fsusd.org/greenvalley so please check it out!  

We know that we shared this Itunes App at Back to School night, so here it is again!  This app DIRECTLY links to our Aeries/Parent Portal system so please check it out if you have an iPhone or Apple product so that you and your student can stay up to date on grades, attendance, and upcoming assignments!

While Hour of Code is coming December 5-11, MANY of our classes are already coding on a daily, if not weekly, basis!  This is a fantastic opportunity for students to learn programming skills and more!  Sign your student up HERE and check out all of the different options for students!!

Heart & Sole wants to come to GVMS!  This is a 10-week after school program with a small team size of 8-15 girls so that girls have an opportunity to build strong connections with one another and their coaches.  It teaches life skills such as team-building, goal setting, problem solving, creating a support system and more.

We want GVMS to become a site for the Hearth & Sole program!  We NEED YOU to become a coach, leader, and part of the program!  Are you interested?  Please contact Mrs. Cherry if you are interested!!

November 10, 2016

November and #thankfall are in full swing and our focus at GVMS is to be thankful and grateful for everything and everyone around us!  Remembering to be #thankfall has multiple benefits and you can post all over social media! Everyone gets a glimpse into each other's live and builds relationships with families!  It also remind each of us to appreciate what we have!!

We recently emailed parents of 6th, 7th, and 8th graders who had MORE THAN ONE F on their progress reports and are not on track for high school.

Official report cards will be mailed home after December 16th, so PLEASE check Parent Portal daily!  We will be emailing again NEXT WEEK, before Thanksgiving Break (Nov 21-25) so students can find their work!!

We are SHOCKED at the number of families and students that are NOT checking Parent Portal DAILY to ensure that your student is turning in their work.  Please bookmark THIS LINK and let us know if you need another copy of the instructions to log in.  

PLEASE check this DAILY and work with your student to ensure that they turn in all of their work.  Teachers emails and websites (if applicable) can all be found on Parent Portal or our website at www.fsusd.org/greenvalley so please check it out!  

We know that we shared this Itunes App at Back to School night, so here it is again!  This app DIRECTLY links to our Aeries/Parent Portal system so please check it out if you have an iPhone or Apple product so that you and your student can stay up to date on grades, attendance, and upcoming assignments!

Whew.  There has been a LOT of discussion, attention, social media coverage, and more regarding the election.  What should we tell our students can be a concern.  Please take a look at THIS ARTICLE to see ways, as adults, we can tell and show our students how to be tomorrow's leaders TODAY!

November 4, 2016

#thirtydaysofthankfulness and #thirtydaysofthankful is something that we are doing daily on our Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook page and we want to encourage you to join in!  We will be posting and can't wait to see what you all post as well!  Check out THIS ARTICLE on some ways that you can change life with the 30 day challenge!

We recently emailed parents of 6th, 7th, and 8th graders who had MORE THAN ONE F on their progress reports and are not on track for high school. 

Official report cards will be mailed home after December 16th, so PLEASE check Parent Portal daily!

We are SHOCKED at the number of families and students that are NOT checking Parent Portal DAILY to ensure that your student is turning in their work.  Please bookmark THIS LINK and let us know if you need another copy of the instructions to log in.  

PLEASE check this DAILY and work with your student to ensure that they turn in all of their work.  Teachers emails and websites (if applicable) can all be found on Parent Portal or our website at www.fsusd.org/greenvalley so please check it out!  

We know that we shared this Itunes App at Back to School night, so here it is again!  This app DIRECTLY links to our Aeries/Parent Portal system so please check it out if you have an iPhone or Apple product so that you and your student can stay up to date on grades, attendance, and upcoming assignments!

We really want our students to bring their own devices and we have had many parents asking is there is additional insurance that can be obtained.  What if the device breaks at school?  There is an option!  Check out our FSUSD website HERE for more information on reasonably priced insurance for student devices!  Check it out as you can purchase insurance for a $250 device for a low as $30 a YEAR!

We are striving to promote kindness every single day at GVMS.  We really want students to give a smile, say hi. and to start spreading the chain reaction of kindness.  The smile or friendly high five that our kids pass along may just be the one thing that helps another student (or adult for that matter!) turn things around.  We will be participating in the Great Kindness Challenge in January 2017 but it's something we want to promote ALL THE TIME!  Help us spread kindness too!