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Middle school IAR testing will take place April 13-19. Make-up days will be April 20-21. Testing will take place first thing in the morning. We encourage all students to eat a good breakfast and be well rested. Please be sure to have your students bring in their fully charged Chromebooks and headphones if they choose. Students will bring home a letter on Tuesday with additional information.
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The Elementary School will be hosting our annual Open House on April 27th from 5:30-7:00 pm. We hope to see you then! Have a great Easter Weekend!
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GCMS Families: This is a friendly reminder that today is a half day and students will dismiss at 11:30. There is no school on Friday April 7 or Monday April 10. Enjoy the long weekend!
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Today's (4/5) baseball game has been cancelled due to field conditions. To recap, both the softball and baseball games for April 5 have been cancelled.
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Today's (4/5) softball game at GCMS has been cancelled due to the field conditions.
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GCMS Families,
Looks like Mother Nature is going to deliver a storm right at arrival time this morning. Please use caution around in this transition time, around buses, and around the school facilities. We always see an increase in traffic on weather days and we want everyone to arrive safe, sound, and as dry as possible.
Thanks for your attention!
Falcon Proud,
Mr. Darnell
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Attention Seniors and Senior Parents!!!
The deadline for all local scholarship applications is Friday, April 14. Students can turn in any completed applications at anytime to Mr. Carter.
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Last week Mrs. Young's Foods II classes participated in the regional 4H Chopped challenge. 8 kitchen groups (36 students total) competed in a preliminary round on Monday, then the top 4 teams competed in the semi-final round Tuesday to decide who would represent GCMS. The winning team went to the U of I Friday to compete among 8 schools across 5 different counties. The GCMS team won an award for the Most Creative Use of Ingredients with their dish "Good Morning Blast."
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Boys Basketball Intramurals will have its last meeting tomorrow night (Tue. 4/4) from 5:15-6:30. Parents are invited to see what the boys have learned. The intramurals date listed for Sat. 4/8 is cancelled. Hope to see as many as possible at the MS gym Tuesday night!
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Registration and payment for summer athletic camps is now available in the School Store on Infinite Campus! You can also request paper copies from any of our offices. Registration for multiple camps is open now with more coming soon. Login at http://bit.ly/3lVqHKs
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Today is paraprofessional appreciation day! We are fortunate to have an incredible group of dedicated paraprofessionals that serve our students every day. Thank you for making us #FalconProud!
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Congratulations to Erin Devaney Quarnstrom (GCHS '93) on her selection as the News Gazette Girls' Basketball Coach of the Year. Erin was a member of Coach Ossie Jordan's Greyhound basketball team that placed 3rd in the 1993 IHSA State Tournament.
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The Middle School celebrated our Fantastic Falcons today. These students have gone above and beyond in displaying our school-wide expectations. We are Falcon Proud!
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Today was Space Day for SPED students at GCMS Elementary! Students researched, organized and built a space museum and even had special visitors from the High School. Great job kids, we are #Falconproud!
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Tomorrow's (4/1) softball game has been cancelled.
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Pre-registration for Kindergarten students for the 2023-24 school year is now open. If you have a student beginning Kindergarten next year that is not currently in the GCMS Pre-K program please fill out our pre-registration by April 14 at http://bit.ly/3lU2cgE
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Shout out to Senior Katie Steidinger and her work as a High School Confidential reporter with the News Gazette. Katie makes us Falcon Proud!
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I know the H.S. already sent this out, but I want to make sure that all get it. To show our support, GCMS would like to invite you to wear Prairie Central colors tomorrow to school (navy and sky blue). Thank you for keeping their school and community in your thoughts and prayers
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Good afternoon
To show our support for the Prairie Central schools and community during their time of mourning, we encourage everyone to wear their colors (navy blue, sky blue) on Monday to school.
Take care and we will see everyone on Monday.
Mr. Bielfeldt
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Today's (3/23) softball game has been cancelled due to weather.
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