January 12, 2018

As more and more students are receiving devices and logging into social media accounts, some that parents have NO IDEA about, we all need ways that we can encourage our students to be SAFE.  They must understand that their "digital footprint" starts the minute they sign up/log on.  What they put out on social media cannot be taken back.  Check out THIS ARTICLE for ways parents can be safety experts.  Also, please oh please, check your students phone every once in awhile.  Do you have their log in and passwords to their social media accounts?  You should.  Most likely, you are the one paying for the service in the first place =)

Please remember that you MUST have an ID to pick up your student from GVMS.  While many of us have known many of you for a long time, it is a requirement that all adults, who are here to check out our students, must be on the emergency card and have ID.  Thank you for helping to keep our precious students safe!

HAVE YOU HEARD?  We are SO excited that our own Green Valley Parent-Teacher Club is signed up for Amazon Smile, where a portion of purchases comes back DIRECTLY to GVMS!  As you are doing your shopping on Amazon, remember to log into Amazon Smile and click Green Valley Parent-Teacher Club to help support GVMS!  Thank you!!

Wow.  We have NEVER seen so many requests for short term Independent Study (IS) as we have this school year.  It is SO very important for our students to be in school, even if they get the work from their teacher.  The instruction that they loose is way too valuable.  PLEASE, parents and guardians, remember the policies for IS as outlined in our student agenda, webpage, and welcome pamphlet:

• GVMS must be given at least 5 school days advance notice prior to the request
• IS must be at least 5 school days missed or more (weekends and holidays don't count)
• IS will not be granted the first two weeks and the last two weeks of school
• All assignments are due the day that the student returns
• For 18-19, IS may not be granted leading up to a long holiday week break (Thanksgiving, Winter Break, Spring Break)

Hope to see you all there!

*CHECK OUT OUR PROJECTS!!*  THERE ARE 7 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!!