At 8:45 tonight we hope you’ll join us uptown as we welcome home our newest state champion, Isaiah Chatman. He’ll get a fire truck and police escort into town so please line Sangamon and we’ll end at the high school. Help Isaiah celebrate that medal!
Isaiah Chatman is a STATE CHAMPION in the 300 hurdles!! WooHoo! What a way to end his senior year. Congrats, Isaiah; you make us #FalconProud
Congratulations to Coach Ryan Tompkins on his selection to coach in the IBCA All Star game on June 26 in Pontiac. Coach Tompkins is an excellent role model who teaches much more than just the game of basketball. We’re #FalconProud to call him ours! Good luck, Coach!
GCMS HS is in need of a tennis coach! If you’re interested, please contact our athletic director, Mike Allen at Allen.Mike@gcmsk12.org.
Gibson Area Hospital is offering additional Pfizer and Moderna vaccine clinics this summer.
GCMS Elementary School is looking for a Special Education Teacher with an emphasis on early grade endorsements. Apply online at https://www.applitrack.com/roe9/onlineapp/JobPostings/view.asp?FromAdmin=true&AppliTrackJobId=17317
Community Band is back!
GCMS Elementary is looking for Librarian/Media Specialist. Apply online at https://www.applitrack.com/roe9/onlineapp/JobPostings/view.asp?FromAdmin=true&AppliTrackJobId=17254
Today's Baseball and Softball games vs EPG have been cancelled.
GCMS Family,
We made it!
2020-2021 school year came with many challenges, obstacles, twists, and turns, but we have collectively weathered the storm and provided great in person learning opportunities for our children. Thank you to all who invested and took on this unique experience to do the best we could for our children.
The 2020-2021 totals for COVID experience for GCMS are as follows:
120 Child Positive Cases
26 Staff Positive Cases
900 Child Quarantines
43 Staff Quarantines
We are fortunate to report that we had minimal medical impact on the students and staff of GCMS. We also sympathize with those outside our system that were not so fortunate.
As we close the door on 2020-2021 we look forward to entering 2021-2022 school year with a renewed focus, and expectation, for teaching and learning with all students back full time. We will refocus on the expectations of regular attendance, on time completion of work, and continuing the partnership with families to maintain safe and effective schools.
Thank you for your patients and grace in 2020-2021! Get some rest over the summer and come back ready to hit the door running in August. You can expect some clarification on school guidance in late July or early August.
Enjoy your summers!
Sincerely,
Jeremy Darnell
darnell.jeremy@gcmsk12.org
217-784-8296
Good afternoon,
Here is the link to the 8th grade video created by Ms. Ferguson.
https://www.wevideo.com/view/2177984974
Have a great summer!
Mr. Bielfeldt
In our final BUG video of the year students must use all the qualities they have learned this year in order to save the school! Thank you to all the 5th graders that made these videos happen in a very unusual year! https://youtu.be/EvruncGQuDM
The 8th grade portion of our Middle School awards will begin at approximately 9:10am https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3DVfE694ks
Congratulations to our 8th Grade Top Readers for 4th Quarter!
Overall Top Reader Esther Zook
2nd Kaleb Lockhart
3rd Lizzie Giroux
4th Gaines Parsons
5th Spencer Kleist
Good morning, This year's All School End of the Year Awards Ceremony will take place this morning. We will recognize students from each grade level for their achievements this school year. The ceremony will begin at 8:30 beginning with the 6th grade. Our 8th graders will be recognized for their achievements as well as receive their promotion certificates at this time. The ceremony will be broadcast live through our YouTube page through the following link: https://www.youtube.com/c/DigitalFalcons Thank you, Mr. Bielfeldt
Good afternoon,
This year's All School End of the Year Awards Ceremony will take place on Tuesday, May 25. We will recognize students from each grade level for their achievements this school year. The ceremony will begin at 8:30 beginning with the 6th grade. Our 8th graders will be recognized for their achievements as well as receive their promotion certificates at this time. The ceremony will be broadcast live through our YouTube page through the following link: https://www.youtube.com/c/DigitalFalcons
Thank you,
Mr. Bielfeldt
Softball vs Tremont is live now at https://youtu.be/CLqbLiH4Vyg
I apologize for not including the link in the last message.
Here is the link for the YouTube live stream for the Middle School Talent Show.
https://www.youtube.com/c/DigitalFalcons
Thank you,
Mr. Bielfeldt
The Middle School Talent Show will take place today beginning at 12:45. Below is the link you can use to view the talent show through our YouTube page. It is our district link and the event will appear here: https://www.youtube.com/c/DigitalFalcons
Thank you,
Mr. Bielfeldt
GCMS Families,
Just a reminder that our last two days are 2:20 dismissals! Hard to believe we have reached the end of a challenging, but great year!!!
Thank you for all of your cooperation and support.
-Mr. Darnell