The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to the GCMS Middle School! SAVE THE DATE for October 18th - 24th and get ready to empower your reader with book choice. Start exploring together: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/gcmsmiddleschool1 #ScholasticBookFairs
Saturday (10/5/24) at 9:35am Fisher-GCMS Soccer will honor their 13 Senior Members for Senior Day against Reed-Custer. Game will be held at Kellar Field (Fisher) 10:00am. Let's Go Bunnies!!!
Reminder that any students wanting to participate in winter sports need to have an updated sports physical completed prior to the first day of try-outs/practice . Sports physicals are good for 13 months. If a student does not have an up to date physical, they cannot participate in practices until a sports physical is completed and turned into the office.
GCMS Volleyball will participate in Volley For The Cure during their game vs Dwight on Monday, Oct 7. Fans are encouraged to wear pink, the JV games will begin at 5:00pm.
Attention all Parents/Guardians whose child is interested in trying out for Middle School Boys Basketball:
Registration Packets can be picked up in the Middle School Main Office. Tryouts will begin on October 21st (there was a wrong date on the packet). There will be a parent meeting on October 10th at 7:00 pm in the Middle School Library to go over more information, so please plan to attend.
Please reach out with any questions.
Thank you
GCMS Middle School Sports This Week:
Monday, 9/30: Baseball vs. Decatur Our Lady of Lourdes in Forsyth @ 4:30 (IESA Sectional Championship)
Monday, 9/30: Girls Basketball vs. Fisher in Fisher - 7th Grade starts at 5:30 followed by 8th Grade
Tuesday, 10/1: Girls Basketball vs. Ridgeview in Gibson City - 7th Grade starts at 5:30 followed by 8th Grade
Thursday, 10/3: Girls Basketball vs. Watseka in Gibson City - 7th Grade starts at 5:30 followed by 8th Grade
Congrats to the GCMS Middle School baseball team on their regional championship!!!
GCMS Elementary began our Falcons With Character program and the following are our first representatives of the year! This month we were highlighting Respect.
K= Colton Smith, Marin Diego, Aiden Knowles, Elle Young
1st= Sawyer Buhs, Maverick Glascock, Aubri Fancher, Parker Van Vickle
2nd= Josephine Teal, Remi Holzhauer, Xander Foster, Paisley Griffith
3rd= Maggie Mateo-Diego, Lindsay Brown, Emmeri Swanson, Blake Bielfeldt
4th= Easton Walter, Ehvah Morris, Makinlee Darnell
5th= Kennedy Cortez, Ganon Adams, Cooper Whitehouse, Elliot Thorp
Good morning,
The middle school baseball team will play in the regional championship game tomorrow morning at 10:00. The game will be held at Shepard Park in Normal and will be vs. Fisher. Bus time is 8:10 and will leave from the middle school. Here is the address for Shepard Park:
750 Hershey Rd
Normal, IL 61761
Please let me know if you have any questions, and GO FALCONS!
Check out Senior Anna Warren's work as our student contributor for the News Gazette's High School Confidential! Anna will post weekly updates on all the happenings at GCMS and what it is like to be a student in our schools!
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/photo-gallery-2024-25-high-school-confidential-reporters/collection_a32d11ec-72a5-11ef-a8f6-17b4dd1a64b4.html
MIDDLE SCHOOL BASEBALL SCHEDULE UPDATE:
1. Practice for this evening, September 24th, has been canceled due to weather.
2. The regional semifinal game scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday, September 25th, has been rescheduled for Thursday, September 26th with a start time of 4:15 in Gibson City. The earlier start time is to mainly account for the lack of lights at the baseball field but is also an attempt to allow our players to enjoy part, if not all, of the homecoming parade that evening.
Please stay tuned for any updates as the unpredictability of the weather may cause additional rescheduling.
Thank you, and GO FALCONS!
High School Parents,
Please check the link below for a Parent/Teacher Conference letter and information about a Financial Aid meeting for junior and senior parents and students.
https://bit.ly/3rlYKhz
Have a great day!
Mr. Bielfeldt
High School Families: We need to make a change to today's lunch menu. Lunch will be Hamburgers and Butter Chicken. Gyros will be served on Friday.
SCHEDULE UPDATE:
The 7th grade middle school girl's basketball game for tonight vs Hoopeston-Area in Hoopeston has been canceled. There will only be an 8th grade game with a start time of 6:00 pm. The 7th grade team is still being asked to ride the bus and support the 8th grade team tonight. There has been NO change to the bus time.
Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you.
Today's (9/23) Tennis match vs. Danville Schlarman has been cancelled.
Middle School Sport Schedule This Week:
Monday 9/23: Baseball vs. Normal Metcalf in Gibson City @ 4:30 (IESA Regional Quarterfinal)
Monday 9/23: Girls Basketball vs. Hoopeston-Area in Hoopeston - 7th grade starts @ 6:00 followed by 8th grade
Tuesday 9/24: Girls Basketball vs. Nash in Clifton - 7th grade starts @ 5:30 followed by 8th grade
Wednesday 9/25: IESA Regional Semifinal in Gibson City @ 4:30 - Teams TBA
Here is your week at a glance for Homecoming 2024. It is going to be a week full of great activities!
GCMS Elementary Yearbooks are now on sale for their lowest price of $15! Prices will increase after 9/27. Order yours at https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/productBrowse/1075133/Gibson-City-Melvin-Sibley-Elementary-School/2025-Yearbook/2024080104241020354/CATALOG_SHOP
GCMS High School is looking for a Paraprofessional to join our team!
Today Ford County students will be reflecting on their attendance in the first 5 weeks of school. Students will be tracking how many days they have been present versus how many days they have been absent. At this point in the school year, missing more than three days in the first 5 weeks of school puts a student on track to being chronically absent. When your child returns home from school today, ask them about their attendance. #bepresentbepowerful
