MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH

Good evening,

I hope you enjoyed this beautiful weekend! Reminder that teachers will be in professional development tomorrow so your children will be enjoying one more day off.

Last week our 6th graders had a wonderful Adventure Day! Thank you to all of our parent support that made it such a successful day.

We are over half way through the first nine weeks of the school year! Please check your infinite campus for grade progress and do not hesitate to reach out to our teachers with any questions or concerns.

Have a great week

Color Battle! Our annual Color Battle is around the corner! Stay tuned for information coming your way the first week of October!

Parent Teacher Conferences will continue this week. Please use the following links to sign up. The dates are 9/26 & 9/28. We currently are full in the 6th grade. We do have a few slots for 7th and 8th grade on 9/28. Please call the office to be placed on a wait list! IF you need to cancel, please do so asap so we may accommodate others.

7th Grade

9/28

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050A48A4AE28A4FE3-7thgrade7

8th Grade

9/28

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050A48A4AE28A4FE3-8thgrade7

September's theme at GMSS is Kindness! We will be working with students through lessons and activities to promote kindness!

ROX

We are excited to introduce Ruling Our eXperiences (ROX) to our 7th grade girls! ROX is an evidence-based female empowerment group that focuses on leadership skills, healthy friendships, assertive communication, body image, social media and academic success. The course is a 20-week program that will take place in a small group setting once a week during lunch beginning mid-October. For more information, check out the links below:

"What is ROX Video"

"ROX information handout"

"Parent Resources"

We believe every girl benefits from the ROX program and will do our best to accommodate those wishing to participate. If we have more girls interested than space allows, we will select girls via lottery. In an effort to expose as many of our female students to this program as possible, those who have already completed the ROX program in elementary school are not eligible to participate a 2nd time. If your 7th grade daughter is interested in going through the ROX program, please email Ms. Lubinski (lubinskij@gjps.org) and/or Mrs. Johnson (johnsona@gjps.org) no later than next Friday, 9/21.

Sincerely,

JJ Lubinski, School Counselor

Andrea Johnson, Mental Health Specialist

Reminder -GMSS works closely with GRIN to support our families. GRIN offers weekend food for families. Please fill out the form below:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUU0BbbmjXUJ0aqb9iKAanXp_YIjYquJvbvaAZRX68CJldlQ/viewform

Do not hesitate to reach out to our counseling team with any questions or concern.

Mrs. Artis (students with last names A-K) artisa@gjps.org

Miss Lubinski (students with last names L-Z) lubinskij@gjps.org

Thank you for those of you that were able to donate food items for our teachers dinner on Parent conference night. It was so appreciated.

We do have 2 more nights this week. Please see the sign up genius below and thank you in advance.

Tu, 9/26: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094BA8AB22ABFA7-44345226-tu926

Th, 9/28: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094BA8AB22ABFA7-44341949-th928

Blood Drive: Thursday, October 12th - 2Pm - 7 Pm in the Library. Please see flyer

Gahanna Home Admission- NO CASH SALES

- Online sales only (Presale & at the Gate)

- $5.00

Gahanna Athletics Box Office Link:

https://gahannalincolnathletics.com/buy-tickets/

Gahanna South Events Week of 9/25-9/30

September 25 Teacher PD Day No School for Students

September 26 Parent Teacher Conferences

September 28 Parent Teacher Conferences

October 12th - Blood Drive- GMSS Library 2pm-7pm

October 13 Final Picture Make up Date

October 10th - 21st - Color Battle

October 23rd- Conferences Comp Day - No School

October 24th - Teacher PD Day No School for Students

November 13th - Teacher PD Day NO School for Students

November 22nd- 24th Thanksgiving Break

December 21st- January 2nd- Winter Break

February 16th - Teacher PD Day No School for Students

March 11th - Teacher PD Day No School for Students

April 8th -12th - Spring Break

May 3rd - Teacher PD Day No School for Students

May 24th - Last Day of School

2023-24 GJPS District Calendar (PDF)