GCMS will celebrate Red Ribbon Week Oct 21-24! We will have dress up days all week:
Monday-Pajama Day
Put Drugs To Sleep!
Wear appropriate sleepwear & slippers.
Tuesday-Sports Day
Team Up Against Drugs!
Wear your favorite sports team apparel.
Wednesday-Mix It Up Day
Don’t Get Mixed Up In Drugs!
Wear crazy socks, hair, etc. Wear clothes that don’t
match.
Thursday-Wear Red Day
“Red”-y to Be Drug-Free!
Wear red to celebrate the end of Red Ribbon Week!
2024 Football Playoff shirts are still available! Online orders close at Noon on Wednesday 10/16 https://ilcloud1.infinitecampus.org/campus/store/gcms/school-store/3
Middle School Sports Schedule This Week:
Tuesday, 10/15: Girls Basketball vs El Paso-Gridley in Gibson City - 7th Grade Game starts at 5:30 with the 8th Grade Game to follow.
Thursday, 10/17: Girls Basketball vs Iroquois West in Gibson City - 7th Grade Game starts at 5:30 with the 8th Grade Game to follow.
GCMS Middle School book fair is only one week away! You can set up your student's ewallet now. You can also share the link to the wallet with family & friends, so they can also add funds for your student to spend at the book fair https://www.scholastic.com/bf/gcmsmiddleschool1
The GCMS High School Basketball team store is now open! Online orders are due by 10/21/24 https://stores.inksoft.com/WS108987
High School Parents, Mr. Carter will be available during parent teacher conferences to discuss your child's four year course plan, postsecondary college/career options, NCAA athletic requirements, FAFSA/financial aid information, etc. If you would like to set up an appointment please contact the GCMS High School office at 217-784-4292 or email Mr. Carter (carter.josh@gcmsk12.org).
GCMS will dismiss at 11:30am tomorrow, 10/11 for an SIP day. There will be no school on Monday 10/14 . Enjoy the long weekend!
Ford County Schools are discussing the difference between truancy and chronic absence with students in their schools. Both truancy and chronic absence can impact a child's education, but they're not the same thing.
Truancy is when a student intentionally skips school without a valid excuse.
Chronic absence is when a student misses 10% or more of school days, regardless of the reason.
It's important to address both issues to support a child's academic success and well-being.
GCMS After Prom will be hosting a Monster Dash 5K Run & Walk on Saturday Oct 26 at 9:00am at North Park in Gibson City. Registration is $30 each or $25 each for 3+ family members of the same household. You can download the registration form at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g4u1STuLEfKrTqdI10LcEUz3Fxcpe60y/view?usp=sharing
The parent meeting for Middle School Boys Basketball will take place on Thursday, October 10th at 7:00 pm in the Middle School Library.
Please reach out with any questions.
Thank you
Middle School Sports Schedule This Week:
Monday, 10/7: Girls Basketball vs. Tri-Valley in Downs - 7th Grade game starts at 5:30 followed by the 8th Grade game.
Tuesday, 10/8: Girls Basketball vs. LeRoy in Gibson City - 7th Grade game starts at 5:30 followed by the 8th Grade game.
Thursday, 10/10: Girls Basketball vs. Lexington in Gibson City - 7th Grade game starts at 5:30 followed by the 8th Grade game.
Congratulations to Parker Baillie on Breaking the Fisher-GCMS Soccer Career Shut-Out Record at 28 shut-outs. Record was previously held by Ethan Kasper since 2018. Way to go Parker!!!
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!!!
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
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 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
