April 20, 2018

Our Color Run was SO FUN!!  Check out the pictures on Twitter (@gvmsvikings) and Facebook (GVMS Vikings)!  Thank you to GVMS PTC for making it happen and to all of our Parent and Leadership (both GVMS and RHS) Volunteers for all of your help!

We, at GVMS, work DAILY to remind, teach, encourage our students to be kind, caring, and empathetic to one another.  We continue to struggle with this DAILY.  We have students that come to school and say mean things to one another, continue to put their hands on one another, take things that belong to others, and more.  EVERY DAY we remind students of our school rules.  EVERY DAY we remind students to be kind, be caring and to keep their hands to themselves.  EVERY DAY we remind students to say kind words to one another, to make someone's day brighter, to be positive.

It's STILL a struggle.  Please help us reiterate this at home.  We need the help and support to encourage our students to be kind, be caring, and be empathetic.  We need our students to treat others the way that they want to be treated.  If you aren't even sure how to start, take a look at THIS ARTICLE to read some questions on how to get the conversation started!

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!

Please be courteous to our neighbors as you are coming and going from GVMS!  We have had reports of driveways being blocked, trash cans being knocked over, and people being rude to others in our neighborhood.  PLEASE be courteous to our neighbors when you are coming to GVMS!  We want everyone to work together!

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!

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!