October 27, 2017

Official Progress Reports will be mailed home again the week of October 30.  PLEASE remember a few things:

1- These are NOT final.  Final grades that go on transcripts and official report cards will be December 20.

2- Late work for ANY subject, ANY teacher, ANY area will be entered AFTER all work that has been turned in on time.  PLEASE be patient when asking when teachers will enter the late assignments.  Keep in mind, they have the "on time" assignments to enter first.

3- Almost 100% of homework assigned is classwork that students have been given time IN CLASS to start.  Please encourage your Viking to use their time in class wisely!

4- Parent Portal, Websites, Blogs, Remind text, and Google Classroom are all there to HELP you AND your Viking stay on top of their work!

Halloween Day is quickly approaching and our students have voted to wear (APPROVED) costumes on Halloween Day, October 31 with a Harvest Dance on the following Friday, November 3 from 3:00-4:00 after school.  

Please remember that REGULAR FSUSD dress code (including no masks, guns, drug paraphernalia, promotion of violence, etc) still applies for Halloween Day.  There will be a costume contest during lunch as well!

The Harvest Dance is open to all students in good behavior standing and they must have their ID.  The cost to enter is $2.00 per student and snacks will be available for purchase from our Leadership Class.  Parents are MORE than welcome to attend and help supervise!

The brain of a "tween" is a fascinating thing to try to understand.  I say try, because I am not sure anyone really understands what's going on up there all the time!  THIS ARTICLE is an easy ready to help parents and caregivers TRY to understand what's going on including tapping into them, helping to change perspectives, and key phrases to get them to understand!  Check it out! 

We have already held two parent engagement nights (Back to School Night and All Things Tech at GVMS) and we are hoping that you will join us for our 3rd and 4th coming up!  

*Please join us on November 8 from 6-7:30 in our joint event at Rodriguez High School for College Funding Coach Night to help plan for college!  

*NEW DATE* Please join us on Wednesday, DECEMBER 6th from 5:30-6:30 for our first ever STEAM Night, run by OUR students in the gym! Come and see what we have been doing in STEAM, STEM, Robotics, Coding, and more!

Hope to see you all at both of them!

We are ALWAYS thinking outside the box to create effective ways to reach all of our students!  Want to be a part of this??  All donations are TAX DEDUCTIBLE!!!  Check out THIS LINK to see ALL OF the different ideas that our VERY OWN GVMS teachers have come up with!  NEW PROJECTS HAVE BEEN ADDED!!