Congratulations to sophomore Katie Steidinger, who was selected by audition for the ILMEA All State Choir. She will join other top choral musicians from the state of Illinois for a Zoom master class on Saturday, March 20th, where she will get instruction and feedback from top choral conductors and musicians. This is one of the highest honors a high school choir student can receive, and we are very proud of her hard work and accomplishment!
Join us Tuesday evening for a live Q&A with Mr. Darnell and Mrs. Nuss beginning at 7:00pm on our Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/gcmsunit5/live
Today's MS Volleyball matches at Prairie Central will be livestreamed on the Prairie Central CUSD 8 Facebook page at this link:
https://www.facebook.com/Prairie-Central-CUSD-8-235695700467855
The 7th Grade match will start at 4:30 with the 8th Grade to follow. GO FALCONS!
GCMS Families and Neighbors,
Please see the attached letter and map that explain the onset of our 2021 Renovation and Construction project! We are excited to get this underway and recognizing the challenges this will bring. Please consider the information and reach out with questions or concerns.
Letter of explanation:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12R2URl04pNTOQGXPyV_JuAGOAQgM5UtL/view?usp=sharing
Construction Map:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uxbc4yyo7iyV_Yb-Q-5NGUW0hfLlfXak/view?usp=sharing
Sincerely,
Mr. Darnell
Kudos to all students who participated in this year's Geography Club. Your hard work and dedication were impressive! Special Congratulations to Natalie Aberle, the winner of this year's GCMS Middle School Geography Bee!
Tonight's High School Girls basketball game vs Deer Creek Mackinaw will be live on NFHS at https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/gibson-citymelvinsibley-high-school-gibson-city-il/gama114d27964
GCMS will resume meal distribution to families beginning Wed March 10. Pickup will be from 11:00am-Noon at ES Circle Drive. See the attached letter for full details and sign up information. http://bit.ly/385V1rk
Tonight's MS Girls Volleyball matches at Iroquois West will be livestreamed on the Iroquois West CUSD 10 Facebook page at this link:
https://www.facebook.com/iwest10/
The 7th Grade match will start at 5:30 with the 8th Grade to follow. GO FALCONS!
GCMS Families,
This is your weekly update on the COVID related activity at GCMS. This week we have 3 positive cases to report at the Elementary School which resulted in 21 quarantines. All those directly impacted were notified immediately. Neither the high school nor the middle school had any cases last week and we have just 4 kids total quarantined from those two buildings due to outside close contact.
GCMS had over 80% of the adults (staff) who work with your children choose to be vaccinated and will be done with both doses after today. We respect the choice each person makes and embrace the added mitigation that the vaccination provides both the staff members and students they serve.
GCMS is purchasing three medical grade disinfecting units that will be another added layer of protection for students and staff. You can see them at rzero.com. These units will only be engaged when students are not present.
The Leading Forward team will continue to meet to prepare for 2021-2022. We are reviewing parent surveys, legal mandates, staffing considerations to best serve kids in 2021-2022.
As always reach out with questions or concerns!
Sincerely,
Mr. Darnell
GCMS will resume meal distribution to families beginning Wed March 10. Pickup will be from 11:00am-Noon at ES Circle Drive. See the attached letter for full details and sign up information. http://bit.ly/385V1rk
Congrats to our February Students of the Month! 6th grade Tristan Wooten, 7th grade Mesa Nugent, 8th grade Tyler Heinemann (not pictured).
Tonight's MS Girls Volleyball matches at Cissna Park will be livestreamed on the Cissna Park Volleyball Facebook Page. The 7th Grade match begins at 5:30 with the 8th Grade to follow. GO FALCONS!
Today is the last day to order the Red Army's All Sports shirts and hoodies. Orders must be to the high school office by 3pm.
Tonight's Middle School Boys Basketball games vs. Prairie Central will be live on our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngMosMLIhdw
7th Grade begins at 5:30pm with 8th grade to follow. GO FALCONS!
In case you didn't get a chance to catch the livestream, here are all the winners of our band booster raffle. Thank you to everyone for your support! https://drive.google.com/file/d/11BrPrI_9ulCwGZVYdtfnkPmh8MM31VfT/view?usp=sharing
The winners of our Band Booster Raffle will be announced live at 6:00pm on our YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/-gHnYbuk2y8 See you there!
Just a reminder there is no school tomorrow, Monday, March 1! Have a great day off!!
We are excited to announce that our schedules for Spring Football and Spring Volleyball at the High School are now available. Find all the HS Athletic schedules at https://www.gcmsk12.org/o/gcms/browse/147098
8th Grade Parents - If you were unable to attend the parent night with Mr. Carter on Google Meet last night, a recording is now available at https://youtu.be/HYBA4TbV--g
Good evening,
The 8th Grade Parent Google Meet link is:
meet.google.com/yzi-irps-xgv
An invite was also resent to your student's email account a few minutes ago.
Thank you,
Mr. Bielfeldt