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Students from Mr. Hoogstraat’s Latin American Culture celebrated Día de los Muertos today. They made ofrendas to honor celebrities who have passed.
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Congratulation to the Middle School October Students of the Month!
6th Grade - Kenleigh Friday
7th Grade - Evan Killian
8th Grade - Reagan Miller
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GCMS After Prom is sponsoring a Falcon apparel sale until 11/12 with guaranteed Christmas delivery. You can order online at https://fancloth.shop/BCZLA?fbclid=IwAR35bvCrd5aCEVP7vgqNVuZRpwndHFmoFD81R0pD2Q88kj8qOHIfttsxmww
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Congratulations to our 8th Grade top readers for Q1!
5th place: Jack Willoby with 2,131 pages
4th place: Elizabeth Goode with 2,478 pages
3rd place: Shay List with 3,313 page
2nd place: Denver Johnson with 3,704 pages
The overall Top Reader: Avery Morris with 10,641 pages!
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Tickets are still available for our High School Variety Show this Friday at 7:00 PM at the Gibson City Bible Church! Contact the High School office at 217-784-4292 to purchase tickets.
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Life Skills students presented Mr V and Ms Slaughter with a card today to tell them how much they appreciate them and everything they do for them.
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Our Middle School Book Fair will be open late both tonight and tomorrow during parent teacher conferences. You can also shop online at https://www.scholastic.com/bf/gcmsmiddleschool
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Good morning,
The middle school girls basketball teams will be playing in the 3rd place games tonight for the TCC Tournament.
The 7th grade team will play at 5:30 in Cullom and the 8th grade team will play at 5:30 in Piper City.
The bus time for both teams is 4:10 PM. The girls should be at the school by 3:55.
Sorry for the confusion and GO FALCONS!
Mr. Bielfeldt
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GCMS Families,
Reminder that we are dismissing at 2:20 today and tomorrow for Parent / Teacher Conferences! Also, no school on Friday the 29th.
We hope to see many of you over the next couple of days!
Sincerely,
Mr. Darnell
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Good afternoon,
We have an update for the rescheduled 7th Grade Girls Basketball Game on Tuesday (10/26).
The game will take place in Piper City at 5:30 PM. The bus time for the game is 4:20.
Thank you,
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Senior Parents, We are having a FAFSA completion night this Thursday, Oct 28 from 5:30-7:00pm in the HS library. Please email Mr. Carter at carter.josh@gcmsk12.org by Wednesday night if you plan to attend to ensure we have adequate staff support.
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Good afternoon,
We still have spots available for Parent/Teacher Conferences this Wednesday and Thursday. Call the Middle School office to set up an appointment to meet with your students' teachers. We look forward to seeing everyone!
Thank you,
Mr. Bielfeldt
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Good morning,
Due to flooding in Cissna Park, they are unable to play the 7th grade game scheduled for tonight in Cullom. Practice for the 7th grade team will be from 5:30 to 7 PM at the middle school. The game will take place tomorrow (Tuesday) at 5:30 in Cullom with a 4:10 bus time.
The 8th grade game tonight in Piper City is as scheduled. The bus time has been changed to 5:15.
Thank you,
Mr. Bielfeldt
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Good afternoon! We will be allowing kids to wear Halloween costumes at the elementary school on next Thursday (Oct. 28th). No scary masks, weapons, or anything else that is inappropriate for school. You know that I will be wearing something fun :)
Mr. Kean
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Our Middle School book fair is next week! You now have the option to set up an eWallet for your student that can be used to buy books at the fair. Learn more at https://players.brightcove.net/1543299976/Eyj59PHsg_default/index.html?videoId=5831064261001
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Families,
Please be aware that demolition of our storm damaged dugouts on the Middle School grounds will begin today and be completed by the end of this week. Please stay clear of these spaces.
Thanks for your cooperation.
- Mr. Darnell
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Our Middle School Book Fair is next week! The fair will be open late Wed & Thurs so you can stop by during PT conferences. You can also shop online or set up an eWallet for your student to use at https://www.scholastic.com/bf/gcmsmiddleschool
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We are proud to announce our 2021 GCMS High School Variety Show! This year we shift venues to the Gibson City Bible Church, masks are required. The show is Fri Nov 5, tickets are $5 and will go on sale next week first to students then to the general public. Tickets are limited!
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GCMS Families,
Couple of announcements:
1. In case you missed it we had 4 dogs that ventured up to the middle school from a couple of blocks away this morning during drop off. The dogs were friendly and no issued occurred. Thanks to GC PD's Roy Acree and Carrie DeWall for jumping in to help wrangle the dogs in to the police cruiser. They have been safely returned and the issue is being addressed.
2. The Track at the athletic complex will be closed to all visitors from today, October 19 through Friday morning, October 22 for painting. Please do not use this space.
3. We are seeing increased train traffic due to harvest season so please plan accordingly. Also, please encourage your children to use extreme caution when trains are present if walking to or from school.
Happy Fall!
Go Falcons!
-Mr. Darnell
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Join us this Friday for Falcon Family Pre-Game Celebration!
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