IMPORTANT CALENDAR REMINDERS!!!
Friday, October 6th is an 11:30 dismissal
Monday, October 9th is a holiday with no school
Friday, October 13th is the end of first quarter - Great time to check Infinite Campus for your students grades
Parent Teacher Conferences are on October 18th and 19th with both days being 2:20 dismissals.
Friday, October 20th - No School Fall Break
GCMS Middle School and High School areseeking community members to mentorstudents! Mentors will be paired with astudent and meet one on one each week. Abackground check and fingerprinting will berequired. Contact Stephanie Zook at the Middle School if interested.
Fans going to Lexington for MS Girls basketball tonight should be aware of both construction and P/T conferences occurring at their campus. This will lead to limited parking. Refer to the included map and park in the purple or red outlined areas on the W, N, or E sides of the building. Enter through Door 5 on the W side of the building and through Door 17 on the E side of the building. GO FALCONS!
Today is picture retake day at the elementary school for those who were absent or those who are not satisfied with their originals. Please send your original pictures with your child if you want retakes.
Mr. Kean
GCMS High School will host a Financial Aid Parent Night on Thursday, October 19, 2023 at 5:45pm in the library. A member of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission will be presenting information to help simplify the financial aid process and answer any questions.
This presentation covers college costs, types of financial aid, how to apply for financial aid, financial aid award packages, and other important information. With changes to the FAFSA this year there will likely be helpful information even for those who have gone through this process before.
This event is open to both junior and senior parents. For more information or to sign up for this event please contact Mr. Carter at carter.josh@gcmsk12.org
GCMS High School will conduct vision and hearing testing on Thursday October 12. Letters have been sent home to those being tested.
Our own Aiden Sancken has been nominated for the Pantagraph's player of the week! Cast your vote at https://pantagraph.com/sports/high-school/football/vote-for-the-pantagraph-week-6-football-player-of-the-week/collection_05333982-6188-11ee-b581-0f9efe265c95.html?mibextid=Zxz2cZ&fbclid=IwAR0J_eo3q4e-RCWpIORiBsa5whc-O4IQUp7KkXoc1OkaslqinKMvz9yk02U_aem_AYFcINQ4wMRbi5cVAGcZZ2AUFN0K1Tc3mIECkIgQbc22mck5zAbttR5I9DOp4UmoGIs#7
GCMS Families: FEMA is planning to test their emergency alert system Wednesday afternoon. You may receive a test message on your phone at that time. We just want everyone to be aware!
Help us "treat" our teachers well during Parent-Teacher Conference nights! Sign up to bring in a dessert here: bit.ly/PTCTreats
Mr. Renchen's 6th grade Music Appreciation class had the opportunity to video chat with GCMS alum Sophie Hafer (Class of 2017) regarding music composition. The students are working on creating their own music compositions and gathered insight from Sophie on how to go about creating melodies from scratch and how to refine their creations. The students enjoyed meeting a fellow GCMS student who was in the very same classroom not too long ago!
After graduating from GCMS, Sophie moved to Chicago and attended Columbia College to study music composition & piano performance. In 2018, she began working in the music licensing industry with “Pink Shark Music”. There, she is responsible for managing the Pink Shark Music catalog, writing custom music for shows, and pitching music to a variety of shows each day. The company services an average of 300 TV shows each year. Sophie has done personal work on shows like Dancing with the Stars, MTV’s Behind the Music, the iCarly reboot, Nickelodeon’s Young Dylan, Anderson Cooper 360, AFV, and many more.
Off the clock, Sophie performs in a variety of bands around Chicago, singing & playing keyboard. Some of her notable performances include playing with Jefferson Starship and opening for Chicago blues legend Buddy Guy. Sophie also travels each Spring with the Chicago Cubs as part of their house band for their late night talk show “Off the Mound". Around Chicagoland, Sophie has gained local recognition for playing Christine McVie in "The Chain" Fleetwood Mac tribute band, of which she has been a member since 2017. More information about Sophie Hafer can be found on Facebook.
Tonight's 7/8 Girls Basketball games at LeRoy will be played at LeRoy Elem. School (805 N. Barnett). The 7th Grade game begins at 5:30 with the 8th Grade game to follow. GO FALCONS!
High School Parents,
Please click the link below for information regarding our upcoming Parent/Teacher Conferences and the Financial Aid Night for Junior and Senior Parents. We hope to see you there!
https://bit.ly/3rlYKhz
If you have questions, please reach out to the office.
Thank you,
Mr. Bielfeldt
Our 2023 Homecoming royalty has been announced... King Alex Ward and Queen Rylie Huls. Congratulations to all members of this year's Homecoming court! They will preside over the Homecoming Dance tomorrow night at 7:30 with coronation at 8pm. Coronation is open to the public.
Ryan Carley took 3rd overall at the Boys Golf Regionals today! The full team will advance on to Sectionals. Great job boys!
Update! Today's pep assembly begins at 2:20pm!
Our Thursday pep assembly for Homecoming week will feature a Powderpuff Volleyball Game! You can view it for free on our NFHS channel at https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/gibson-citymelvinsibley-high-school-gibson-city-il/evt66a5c4162b The assembly will begin shortly after 2:20pm.
Parents of NHS eligible students,
The National Honor Society applications for all students eligible are due on Monday, October 2 at 12 PM. All eligible students received information via email about the application process. Any student that is eligible should contact Mrs. Funk (NHS Sponsor) with any questions.
5th grade visited the High School this afternoon for our day 1 homecoming activity "Are you smarter than a Fifth Grader?"
Congratulations to our middle school students who received their Fantastic Falcons awards today for going above and beyond in following our school-wide expectations!
Attention Middle School Families: If you would like to receive regular updates of Middle School announcements you can join our Remind group at https://www.remind.com/join/gcmsmidd
Middle school families, we are so excited for Parent Teacher Conferences next month! Conferences will be held on October 18th and 19th. For more information on how to sign up for a conference please see the letter that went home with students today. https://docs.google.com/document/d/11WXwdmX-tDyMhb1TB9ApLtRUgyvbgsLZ_Tqx1mdGq1A/edit?usp=sharing