Grant Middle School

GMS will start our MAP Testing next week! English will be testing the week of 9/16- 9/20 and Math will test the following week 9/23-9/27. Please make sure that your students get a good night's rest and are on time each and every day. These assessments provide teachers with the needed information to best guide their instruction while it also shows your students academic progress throughout the year.

Hello Parents, ELA MAP testing will take place the week of September 16 and Math MAP testing will take place the week of September 23. If possible, we would like students to be present everyday of MAP testing. Students need to eat breakfast each day before testing and bring their charged Chromebook. Please read the attached letter. If you have any questions, please contact the guidance office. Thank you.

GMS & FMS celebrated 8th grade night for baseball tonight. It was great night honoring our Generals!

Cross Country Parent Meeting will be Wednesday 9/11 at 6:00PM in the GMS Library. We will see you then!

Hello 6th Grade GMS families, 6th Grade Boys Basketball Tryouts will take place Monday 9/9 and Tuesday 9/10 from 2:30 to 4:00. Students must have gym shoes to participate!

Please sign the read and sign the GMS Compact Please copy the link into your browser and complete. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fC5RIYV5glmu4raeLYYiHsm6xRt4XCzyIagvfzEGxps/edit

Please do not forget to come meet your student's teachers and check out the 20+ community partners that will be joining us at our first ever Back to School Bash! We will start at 4pm with teachers in rooms from 5-6pm and will end the evening at 7pm. Please come and enjoy food and fun for the whole family! Here is a list of some of the community partners coming: County Market, CACC, SMTD, sign up for your voter registration card, Safe Families for Children, Springfield Urban League, Motherland Gardens, Toasty Subs, B's Creative Studio, She Got the Nerve Coaching and Consulting, Memorial Health, IECU, and Sojourn Shelter just to name a few!

Update! The correct address for any spectators for cross country today (9/3) at Chatham is 711 South Park Avenue. Good luck Generals!

GMS Cheerleading Popcorn Fundraiser! Please consider supporting GMS Cheerleading by purchasing popcorn using the link below. Thanks in advance for your consideration! The fundraisers runs through September 5th! https://s.dgpopup.com/65rdac36

9/5 from 4-7 Meet the Teacher Night & Grant's FIRST ever Back to School Bash (classrooms will be open to meet your student's teachers from 5-6pm). 9/10 Jazz band will start meeting after school from 2:45-4 on Tuesdays . 9/12 Show Choir will start meeting after school from 2:45-4 on Thursdays (all are welcome). 9/18 Progress Reports will be sent home 9/19 Fall Picture Day 9/14 Picture Retake Day 9/10 Jazz band will start meeting after school from 2:45-4 on Tuesdays. 10/1-10/9 Miles of Smiles will be at GMS during this time. 10/17 End of Quarter 1 10/17 and 10/18 Parent Teacher Conferences (more information to come).

Reminder today and tomorrow are the last two nights of our Texas Road House Dine fundraiser for GMS Poms! 10% of all receipts turned go to PMS. Drop your reciept in the red mailbox to the front door for all orders. Thanks in advance for your support!

Please join us for an evening of fun at our GMS meet the Teacher/Back to school Bash You will get to meet your students Teacher's Get welcomed by the GMS Cheer Team Live DJ Food Vendors GMS Pom's Team performance Date: September 5, 2024 Time: 4pm-7pm Location: 1800 West Monroe Springfield, il 62703 Please use the QR code on the flyer to RSVP or the link below. This event is open to the community. Here is the link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeGkcedvn8xb-a7xz-FsXfNDxkQpjwAmjdcVlJJT8pKdD6DEQ/viewform?usp=pp_url

Attention GMS Baseball and Softball families. Tonights games on 8/27 have been cancelled due to the extreme heat!

Good Evening GMS Families. Please know that admin is cautiously watching the temperatures for student safety if/when going outside. Students are encouraged to being CLEAR water bottles with only WATER in them. If students bring water bottles that are not CLEAR, they will be asked to keep them in their locker.

Semester 1 students will start dressing out for PE starting tomorrow, Monday, August 26. Athletic shirt, shorts, socks, and shoes. Shorts have to be at least a 5 inch inseam and no spandex or yoga pants. If you would like to purchase a PE uniform, shirts and shorts are available for $10 each ($20 for both).

Pom's tryouts will start with clinics on Monday 8/26 and Tuesday 8/27 with official tryouts on Wednesday 8/28!!! You must be able to attend all 3 day to learn the dance and tryout.

Calling all 6th grade girls!! Basketball tryouts are Monday and Tuesday from 4:15-6pm at GMS. No experience needed! If you are not staying for Boys and Girls Club, you will need to go home and then come back.

Please join us tomorrow, Saturday, August 24 from 10am-1pm at GMS for a peace walk with the Faith Coalition for the Common Good Educational Task Force. Please see the attached flyer for details! We look forward to partnering with the community surrounding Grant Middle School.

Semester 1 students will start dressing out for PE starting Monday, August 26. Athletic shirt, shorts, socks, and shoes. Shorts have to be at least a 5 inch inseam and no spandex or yoga pants. If you would like to purchase a PE uniform, shirts and shorts are available for $10 each ($20 for both). .

Today, around 2:30 p.m., Springfield Police responded to a disturbance near the 500 block of Douglas, an area frequented by some of our student walkers. As a precaution, we temporarily held students who typically walk in that direction during dismissal. Once we received the all-clear from Springfield Police, those students were released. The safety of our students is our highest priority and we value open communication with our families.