October 28, 2016

Challenge Day was a HUGE success and it was wonderful to see adults and students working together to support each other!!  There were a lot of emotions throughout the past three days and we certainly want our students supported.  Please continue to ask your student what took place, how they felt, and encourage them to share with you!  Please help us help them continue the feeling of love, inclusion, care and concern for one another!!

We recently emailed all parents of 8th graders who had more than one F and are not on track for high school.  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!  

Please remember that GVMS has ALREADY celebrated Halloween with dressing up and our dance today.  PLEASE do not send students to school in their costumes on Monday as they will be directed to call home and change clothing.  Thanks for your help on this!

Have you taken a look at how students and families are using social media? Check out the real lives, real media use HERE to show how age, living circumstances, and access to technology influence how they use social media.

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!