The final edition of the GCMS Middle School Newspaper for the 2023-2024 school year is now available! https://drive.google.com/file/d/11w9S5cQhW2dysAi-kNZuB6Yt3L0jzhn7/view?usp=sharing
GCMS Families,
Here are the shortened days for the remainder of the 2023-2024 school year. Please plan accordingly for your kids transitions.
Friday, May 10 - 11:30 Dismissal
Monday, May 20 - 2:20 Dismissal
Tuesday, May 21 - 2:20 Dismissal
Wednesday, May 22 - 11:30 Dismissal (last day of student attendance).
Thanks for your attention!
Sincerely,
Mr. Darnell
From May 6-10 we will be celebrating our GCMS Staff Celebrities!
You can use this link to sign-up to bring in a side dish on May 9 : https://bit.ly/4b5cgas
A number of our Middle School science classes had a visit from the University of Illinois Extension 4-H who shared their Star Lab!
Registration for our Summer 2024 Volleyball Camp is now open! You can register online through Infinite Campus at https://ilcloud1.infinitecampus.org/campus/portal/gcms.jsp or pick up a form at one of the school offices. Registration closes May 23!
The JV baseball game vs Ridgeview scheduled for Thrusday 5/2 has been cancelled.
Good afternoon! Our annual elementary awards assembly will be on Tuesday, May 21st at 9:30 am. While we do not plan to open the doors to guests that day, we do plan to have a livestream for anyone who wants to watch (a link will be sent out closer to the event). Thanks!
Mr. Kean
We have once again partnered with Schoolkidz to offer school supply boxes for next year for grades K-5th. Please know that this is just an option for those who don't want to search out all of the supplies themselves. All orders will be done online at www.shopttkits.com (no paper orders). Our school account # to order online is 12346. Please make sure that you are ordering for the grade that your child will be in NEXT year. These kits will be available to purchase online until May 24th and will be in the classroom on the 1st day of school if you order one. Thanks!
Mr. Kean
We have another schedule change for Baseball. Varsity Baseball will play Dee Mack this Saturday, May 3 at 11:00am. The JV Game on the same day has been cancelled. There will no longer be a makeup game vs Dee Mack on May 10.
The after school program CAPS has openings for the 2024-25 school year. CAPS is for students in grades K-5 enrolled at the GCMS Elementary school. Registration for CAPS starts Monday, May 5 at 2pm online or in person. Registration is first come first served and requires a non-refundable registration fee of $25 per student (max of $50 per family) to hold your spot. Email capsteachers@yahoo.com or call 217-784-4223 for more information or to be added to the email list to receive the registration link. You can also keep up with information on the CAPS Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/GCMSCAPS?mibextid=ZbWKwL
Our own Mallory Rosendahl has been nominated for The News-Gazette Athlete of the Week! Vote for Mallory at https://www.news-gazette.com/sports/prep-sports/
GCMS High School Families,
Please click the link below for High School End of the Year Dates.
https://bit.ly/3w4D7Vp
Please reach out to the high school office with any questions.
The Varsity Baseball game scheduled for this Wednesday (5/1) vs Watseka has been cancelled due to a scheduling conflict.
****CHANGE **** Today's softball game at DeeMack is a go! The baseball is postponed.
*Update, the softball game is back on schedule, the baseball game is delayed but will still be played.*
Today's (4/29/2024) Softball and Baseball games at Dee Mack have been cancelld.
Today the middle school recognized our Fantastic Falcon award winners. These students went above and beyond in displaying our school-wide expectations. Congrats to all!
GCMS Elementary highlighted Respect this month. Congratulations to our winners!
K= Piper Dibble, Parker VanVickle, MaKenzie Painter, Ben Huber (not pictured)
1st= Waylon Gibson, Cashtyn Burmaster, Teagyn Robinson, Ellie Whelehon
2nd= Chase Zanardelli, Lyra Milan, Grace Able, Aria Armstrong
3rd= Joey Braddock, Easton Walter, Lane Whitehouse, Beau Fields
4th= Ava Czerwanka, Cadence Able, Sawyer Donovan
5th= Braelyn Bunting, Landon Donovan, Maddox Pittman
If you attended our Elementary Open House last night you may have noticed the animal videos created by our 1st graders. You can now view all those animal report videos on our YouTube Channel! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnsSeC3bBFW3pkIUcGCsN3Ec9xQBECTWH
Elementary students shared exhibits for the Titanic Museum at our Open House last night. Great job by all the students that contributed!
Today's (4/26/2024) Baseball and Softball games at Tri-Valley have been cancelled due to weather.