GENERALS Report. April 28, 2023
- Monday, 05/01/2023 – Regular Start time 7:40am
- 05/03/23- Special Olympics today hosted by Brentwood High School
- 05/09/23- May PTO Meeting, 11:30am in LMC
- 05/09/23- Choir concert in GPAC at 7pm
- 05/11/23 - Orchestra concert in gymnasium at 7pm
- 05/12/23- 7th/8th grade band field trip (contest) to Pigeon Forge
- 05/16/23- GMS Band Spring Concert, 7pm
- 05/19/23- 8th Grade exams start today. They will also be Monday (22nd), and Tuesday (23rd).
- 05/19/23- Spring Dance (no more than 2 strikes and no missing work)
- 05/23/23- End of Semester Exams for 8th grade
- 05/24/23- International World’s Fair & End of Year STAR Behavior Celebration (Spring Fling)
- 05/25/23- Last Day of 4th Nine Weeks/2nd Semester/School Year (1/2 Day)
- 05/25/23-8th grade recognition at GMS Gymnasium in AM at 8:30am
- 06/2/23- 4th 9 weeks Report Card Posted to Skyward
For Upcoming 7th Grade Parents: Important information from your child’s School Nurse
Students entering 7th grade will be required to bring an updated Tennessee Department of Health Certificate of Immunization showing a Tdap booster shot or exemption before the first day of school in August 2023. Immunization Records may be brought to the School Nurse as soon as the shot is obtained.
"Reminders" will be sent until you have fulfilled this TN State requirement.
Feel free to email GMS School Nurse (peggy.sutton@wcs.edu) with any questions. If you have an updated Shot Record, you may email, fax, or upload to Skyward it as well.
Thank You!!
Adidas Discounts
Make your purchase on adidas.com/us and use code GMS18ADP and get 15% off and free ground shipping and Adidas donates 10% to Grassland Middle School! Get your athletic gear at adidas.com/us
Attendance Notes
Please email all attendance notes to Mary Martha Dutton
Bus Notes
At this time, we will no longer be able to grant any requests for students to ride buses with other students to a friends’ house or move over a block for a different load, etc. This is due to the department dealing with driver shortages, absences, traffic, etc. Therefore, at this time, we will not be able to approve these requests for more riders or changes in bus stop requests. Thank you very much!
Car Rider Drop Off & Pick Up
In an effort to assist with making our morning car rider drop-off both safe and efficient, we wanted to send a quick reminder about procedures. Parents are asked to form one line as they enter the side-walked drop-off zone, and if you are the first car, you will pull completely forward to the red line seen on the following page.
Students are then asked to exit their cars for the entirety of the drop-off zone as there is a sidewalk for students to walk safely to the building. There is a sign (Unloading Starts Here) that alerts the beginning of the drop-off zone and students are asked to go ahead and exit their cars as soon as they cross into this zone. See picture above.
Thank you so much for your cooperation and helping your children arrive on-time and READY TO LEARN!
Please, remember to pull all the way forward until you are directed to stop. The first car will pull up to the red line. Wait for your car to roll to a stop before your child enters your vehicle. Your attention to this reminder will further ensure a safe dismissal each day. We are grateful for our community!
GMS Community Outreach Family Form
The Counseling Department at Grassland Middle School provides support to students and families in need of assistance throughout the school year and particularly during the holiday season. Services include Fuel Bags (food items brought home for the weekend), Thanksgiving food baskets and Holiday gift assistance. If you are interested in any of these services, please complete the form below.
Please take a few minutes and register your Kroger Plus card to benefit Grassland Middle School. Sign in to your Kroger account, then go to “my account”, then to “community rewards” and choose Grassland Middle School-LT693. Please help support your school by updating your Community Rewards to GMS! Thank you so much!!
Drama Club
Drama Club meets every Tuesday until 4:00 in the Theatre!
LaCrosse
GRASSLAND GENERALS BOYS LACROSSE
The Spring 2023 season will begin the first week in February 2023. REGISTRATION is now open. The Spring season will run from February 7th through May 4th and is for players in grades 2nd - 8th. For the Spring season players in 2nd - 4th will practice on the upper fields while 5th - 8th will practice on the lower fields.
Spring 2023 INFORMATION
The Spring 2023 season will begin on 2/7/2023 for (Grades 2 thru 8)
2nd-4th grade will practice on the upper fields, Tues & Thurs 6:00 - 7:30
5th-8th will practice on the lower fields. Mon, Tues & Thurs 6:00 - 7:30
Games
The 2nd-4th grade teams will play their games on Sundays like last year
The 5th-6th grade team will play on Saturdays
JV/V will play their games mostly on Tues and Thurs will the possibility of some weekend games.
https://www.grasslandboyslax.com/home
GMS Library
GMS participates annually in the Volunteer State Book Award. All students are invited to read at least three of the twenty nominated VSBA books before the end of April. Students who read at least three VSBAs can complete a short evaluation of the titles read and earn an invitation to our pizza voting lunch in the spring. VSBA books can be placed on hold and checked out from our library or obtained elsewhere. Additionally, for our competitive readers, our GMS Battle of the Books team (reigning district champions) is recruiting new members! For more information, contact Susan Oldham
Medications at School Reminder
Students who need prescriptions and/or over-the-counter medications need the Medication Authorization Form completed. Alternative medications not approved or regulated by the FDA will not be administered at school per WCS guidelines.
Parent's Club (PTO)
Parents, are you looking for communication from our Parent's Club (PTO)? Be sure to check out www.gmspc.org
Register your phone number at the Publix website! Log in to Club Publix, select "My Publix Partner", and select Grassland Middle School Then every time you enter your phone number when you check out, GMS receives a percentage of what you have spent! Thank you so much for taking the time to support Grassland Middle School!
Williamson County Schools has a new way for you to pay most of your school fees and expenses! It is called School Cash Online and instructions are attached. Simply log in and your child’s personalized fees are there and easily paid with the click of a button! Sign up now! https://wcs.schoolcashonline.com/
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