Parents and community members have asked several questions about our district's plan for coping with H1N1 concerns.
The following link is to a letter from Superintendent Wakeley addressing the concerns and our district's procedures to help foster a safe environment for all students and staff.
The link for the letter is under "Health Announcement" on our district's home page.
GK Webpage
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Friday, October 30, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Temporary Volunteer Crossing Guards Needed
G-K PTO walk safe program is seeking volunteer crossing guards to help provide safe passage for all GK kids. Please contact gkpto@yahoo.com with your name and phone number if you can help with the program.
CHANGE IT! Standing Up to Bullying
"CHANGE IT! Standing Up to Bullying" is an assembly presentation the Boom Troupe will be performing at GKMS on Monday, October 26th. 6th and 7th grades will be participating at 9:00 while the 8th grade presentation is at 10:00. The performance helps students recognize bullying, explains the 4 roles of bullying, empowers victims, and, most importantly, emphasizes the strength and power of the bystander in ending the cycle.
Parents are welcome to sign in at the office and join us. As usual, things like this would not be possible without the help and support of our PTO.
For more information, check out the Boom Troupe Webpage.
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Parents are welcome to sign in at the office and join us. As usual, things like this would not be possible without the help and support of our PTO.
For more information, check out the Boom Troupe Webpage.
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Thursday, October 8, 2009
GKMS School Improvement and the "Blog"
The School Improvement Plan (SIP) is a yearly plan filed with the Illinois State Board of Education. However, as everyone knows, improvement is not something you "do" once year when complying with state mandated paperwork. Improvement is something we all do as educators and parents doing our best to help guide students through the fun, happiness, confusion, and just about every other possible emotion known as middle school. It also a lot about learning!
In filling out questions about communication with families, I listed many things. Our GKMS Newsletter mailed to every home, Assignment Connection, Powerschool grade book, and Connect Ed (those phone messages) all made the list.
I also included this blog. I hope that GKMS families do find value in these posts as at least one more source of information. I hope everyone feels their voice can be heard through this communication tool as I try to post almost every comment.
I look forward to comments to this post addressing value you have found in past postings or suggestions for future ones that can make this a better tool for communicating with GKMS families.
As always, it is a pleasure working with you and your student.
In filling out questions about communication with families, I listed many things. Our GKMS Newsletter mailed to every home, Assignment Connection, Powerschool grade book, and Connect Ed (those phone messages) all made the list.
I also included this blog. I hope that GKMS families do find value in these posts as at least one more source of information. I hope everyone feels their voice can be heard through this communication tool as I try to post almost every comment.
I look forward to comments to this post addressing value you have found in past postings or suggestions for future ones that can make this a better tool for communicating with GKMS families.
As always, it is a pleasure working with you and your student.
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