April 13, 2018

Our Color Run is going to be SO FUN!!  We can't wait to share pictures with you on Twitter (@gvmsvikings) and Facebook (GVMS Vikings) so please check them out!  If you are running or volunteering for this event, THANK YOU for making it happen!

Our students and their safety are our number 1 priority.  This continues as our students are dismissed from GVMS and headed home.  PLEASE encourage your student to pay attention to the cars coming and going on Gold Hill Road.  PLEASE encourage them to get OFF of their phones when crossing the street.  We have had multiple instances where our Vikings have almost been hit by cars as our students are really not paying attention!  We want them to be safe!  Thanks for your help!

Spring has sprung, even in middle school.  But what does that mean, when it comes to "dating"?  What does it even mean to say a middle school student is "dating"?  Does that mean holding hands?  Does that mean texting and SnapChatting all the time?  Honestly, the best possible way to know what it means (especially in middle school where they can't even drive!), is to sit down and define it with your Viking!  Check out THIS ARTICLE for ideas, ways, and strategies to chat with your middle school student about what "dating" means!

Challenge Day is COMING!! We are already planning for Challenge Day for 2018-2019 and NEED adult volunteers!  Have you already been a part of Challenge Day and want to do it again?  We'd LOVE it!  Interested in participating and want more information?  Check out their website HERE or cut and paste this: https://www.challengeday.org/our-programs/schools/#challengeday  

Please email Mrs. Bates at ElizabethBa@fsusd.org to sign up!  WE NEED YOU!

We are already planning for and fielding phone calls for 8th grade promotion!  Please mark your calendars for Thursday, June 7 beginning at 10 am!  Here are a few things to note:

• All 8th graders get 4 tickets ONLY
• Tickets are available AFTER Memorial Day weekend and will be signed over to the students directly!
• Rain or shine, we will be outside in the amphitheater
• We ask that all signs, balloons, or anything else blocking the view of other families be left outside or we will hold it in our front office
• Gates for families promotion will not be opened until 9:30 AM
• Any sibling that attends GVMS and wants to attend promotion, must be signed out by an adult on their emergency card
• All 8th graders are dismissed immediately after promotion ends

More information will come out as we get closer to the date of promotion!

REU (Rodriguez Entertainment Unit) has been at GVMS during both lunches for several days, to introduce and entice our students to REU!  Students who are interested in being a part of Drum line or Color Guard are highly encouraged to attend their clinics from 5-7 going on NOW!!  Want more information?  Email Scott Miller at ScottM@fsusd.org and get involved!

We know you are well aware of our upcoming SBAC/ CAASPP testing in Math and English that is coming up from April 30- May 18.  We will be on block schedule and we will be sending the schedule home with students via email.  In the meantime, we are getting our Vikings ready for this assessment!  

How can you help at home?  Check out THIS WEBSITE and the video above for more information and how you can support your Viking at home!

ALSO!  Please make sure that your Viking brings their own earbuds for the entire length of the test.  We will provide them, however, we know that most students prefer to use their own!  THANK YOU!

The SPRING FLING IS COMING!!  We are gearing up for our 4th Annual Spring Fling at GV Cellars on Saturday, April 28 from 4-8 PM and WE NEED YOUR HELP!  Do you have connections for tickets to sporting events, time shares, winery tours, limo tours, etc?  Tickets will be on sale FEBRUARY 1st for $25.00 and the Sign Up Genius has gone out!  Click HERE to see if you can donate! Please reach out to your connections and help us make this year's event even more fun and successful than last year's (that may be hard as last year was a TON of fun!).  More details, donation letters, and Sign Up Genius links will be sent at the beginning of February!  You DON'T want to miss this!

Please remember that we have DAILY morning announcements (HERE), where important information is shared with all Vikings!  While it is shared over the loud speaker, all teachers project it and hard copies are always available in the front office and the library.  Additionally, it is always updated on our website!  Please make sure that you (along with your Viking) stay up to date on all information from GVMS.  Thank you!