Gibson City Lions Club will host free vision screening for children & adults during Harvest Fest in downtown Gibson City from 10:00am-3:00pm on Sat, Sept 10
High School yearbooks are on sale! You can purchase your yearbook for $45 through the School Store in Infinite Campus or on our public store at https://ilcloud1.infinitecampus.org/campus/store/gcms/school-store/1 (actual yearbook cover will be different than the picture)
MS Girls Softball/Basketball Families: Please see the link for a revised activity schedule for Sept. 6-10.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IuPGw09W9GqGbdTPEi4P6mL2wQJPvesQzqlHgtaAReU/edit?usp=sharing
The Illinois State Board of Elections will be holding an informational webinar for those interested in running for office in 2023 on Tues, Sept 6 at 11:00am.
Attention HS Families: Grades at the High School are calculated by Semester, so to see your current grades click on Q2 rather than Q1 at the top of the Grades page. We are working with Infinite Campus to make this easier to navigate, thank you for your patience!
GCMS Families,
It is a great day to be a Falcon. Here are a couple of important announcements.
1. The new parking lot on the northwest side of the Elementary School property is getting a fence put in, please be aware of the posts until it is completed!
2. Construction on the new maintenance shed on 15th street across from the tennis courts has begun. Please do not park in close proximity to that build site or equipment.
3. Friday, September 2nd is an 11:30 dismissal please be sure to arrange for pick up at that time!
Enjoy your long weekend!
Sincerely,
Mr. Darnell
GCMS Families: Please see the attached document for updated vision and hearing screening requirements from IDPH: https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1586/GCMS/2411570/Vision_and_Hearing_Screening_Mandate.pdf
GCMS High School is selling Homecoming Shirts! Forms were sent home or You can order online through our School Store in your Infinite Campus account. If you don't have a Campus account your can find our public store at https://bit.ly/ShopGCMS All orders due by 3:30pm on Sept 2
Middle School fall pictures are this Thursday, September 1! Your child should have brought home an order form yesterday. In case they did not please see the form at the link here. https://www.vsi.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2022_school_order_form-01-scaled.jpg
Today's golf meet at St. Thomas More has been cancelled.
Today's JV Football game at Fieldcrest has been cancelled due to weather conditions.
There will be a Middle School Girls Basketball parent meeting at 5:45 PM this Wednesday, August 31 in the middle school cafeteria. You may bring in completed athletic paperwork. The season begins on September 6. Contact Coach Leitz or Mr. Barry if you have any questions.
Middle School fall picture day will be this Thursday, September 1. Your child will bring home their order form today. In case they do not please see the link to the order form. https://www.vsi.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2022_school_order_form-01-scaled.jpg
GCMS Seniors spent the day at the Monticello 4-H camp through the U of I Extension for a day of team building and leadership activities!
GCMS Families,
I have received several phone calls and questions about the tax bills in the past few days so I wanted to share a few facts about GCMS School Districts impact on property tax bills.
GCMS determines a tax rate based on the cost of doing business. This includes 9 funds ranging from the Education Fund which pays for personnel and supplies, to Operations and Maintenance Fund which pays for facilities and facilities management. These rates are set annually through a Levy process in the fall of the year. Here are the rates for GCMS the past 10 years.
2012- 5.41
2013- 5.46
2014- 5.74
2015- 6.43
2016- 5.90
2017- 5.85
2018- 5.69
2019- 5.68
2020- 5.69 (borrowed $8,000,000 for addition /renovation)
2021- 5.65
5 out of the last 6 years we have reduced the rate for GCMS despite the cost of business going up.
GCMS does not control property values and like all things those are rising, which is good until the tax rate is applied to a higher value on your property and your bill goes up.
We realize the tax burden is great, and we are trying to manage all of the variables in the cost of doing school business while slowly and systemically reducing tax rates. We have done this successfully for 7 years and hope to continue.
Should you have questions about the GCMS tax rates talk with myself or a School Board Member. Should you have questions about other rates on your bill, or your properties assessed value, I encourage you to go to that source.
We are the creator of the biggest portion of your property tax and do not take that responsibility lightly, but we also do not take the responsibility of providing great facilities and instruction lightly and that is growing in challenge and cost.
Thanks for your attention, and it is a great day to be a Falcon!
Sincerely,
Jeremy Darnell-Superintendent
5th Graders are eligible to join Band beginning this Fall. Please view the attached letter from Mr. Renchen regarding 5th Grade Band. Band Registration Night is Sep 13. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Renchen at renchen.kyle@gcmsk12.org https://bit.ly/3CpYocC
Today's tennis matches with BBCHS have been moved to Olivet Nazarene University tennis courts due to maintenance on their Home Courts.
The address to Olivet Nazarene University is:
ONE University Avenue, Bourbonnais, IL 60914
Due to rain, both the Middle School Softball games at Millkin Univ. and the Middle School home baseball games have been cancelled for today (Sat. 8/20). Both teams will resume as scheduled on Monday.
Good Evening Falcons! We want to share 2 important updates from Mr. Darnell. First, please take a moment to read his welcome back letter https://www.gcmsk12.org/article/809347
We also want to provide an update concering our dress code https://www.gcmsk12.org/article/809349
We can't wait to see everyone tomorrow!
More alums making their mark! Congratulations to Hannah Cliff (‘20) on her election as Student Body President of Eureka College. “Our kids” make us #FalconProud!
