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Each week, as part of our PBIS program, a student in each grade level is nominated for the Student of the Week. Students may be recognized for displaying one or more of the six Pillars of Character Counts, or the GRMS Expectations of Growth, Respect, Mindfullness, Safety.

🔜 First SAC Meeting is Thursday, September 18 at 3 pm

Gamble Rogers Middle School is committed to encouraging partnerships that will enhance the education of its students.

✍What does serving on the Council entail?

• Collaborative Planning: Review, monitor, and evaluate the School Improvement Plan (SIP)
• Budget Involvement: Members decide how funds are spent to support the SIP's goals/ teacher may request funds.
• Communication Hub: Facilitates two-way communication between the school, parents, teachers, and the broader community/highlighting the goings on of GRMS.
• Community Representation: Parents/teachers/Community members share different perspectives and ensure that school decisions address the needs of various stakeholders/Community outreach/GRMS School Improvement
• Needs Assessment and Solutions: SAC members assess school needs, identify local resources, and offer solutions to challenges that may hinder student success.
• Membership Expectations: Voting members must commit to regular attendance, in-person or virtually
• Interested?: If interested in knowing more about membership, email our SAC Chair, Ms. Jaclyn Racano, at jaclyn.racano@stjohns.k12.fl.us

⏰Mark your Calendars and Come Join the 2025-2026 GRMS Student Advisory Council! - Scheduled for the 3rd Thursday of each month

• September 2025: September 18
• October 2025: October 16
• November 2025: November 20
• December 2025: December 18
• January 2026: January 16
• February 2026: February 19
• March 2026: March 19
• April 2026: April 17

👥ALL meetings will be held in person in the media center and online on Microsoft Teams.

⏳*** All meetings will be from 3:00 to 3:45/4:00 unless otherwise stated.

We are down to 6th grade and make-up testing.

Monday and Tuesday, September 15th and 16th – 6th grade

Beginning Thursday, September 18, we will make-up tests for those who missed one or both during the scheduled time.

Mrs. Wilkinson and her science students were exploring energy in class recently.

Mrs. Wilkinson: We are exploring types of energy and energy transformations. The students did a circuit to ascertain what energies were represented and how we use different types of energy to get our usable energy.

Below are links to each home game. You should be able to find similar links to away games by visiting web sites of the host school. Tickets are $4. Cash will be accepted at door for home games, but this may not be the case for away games. There is no charge for elementary students or younger.

https://schoolpay.com/pay/for/Volleyball--LMS-vs-GRMS-Sept-16-2025/Sef0blo - Sept 16th - LMS vs. GRMS

https://schoolpay.com/pay/for/Volleyball--SMS-vs-GRMS-Sept-18-2025/ScEJgHp - Sept 18th SMS vs. GRMS

https://schoolpay.com/pay/for/Volleyball--MMS-vs-GRMS-Oct-7-2025/Sdwakkr - Oct 7th MMS vs. GRMS

https://schoolpay.com/pay/for/Volleyball--PBMS-vs-GRMS-Oct-16-2025/ScRVC0q - Oct 16th PBMS vs. GRMS

https://schoolpay.com/pay/for/Volleyball--FCMS-vs-GRMS-Oct-21-2025/SbWl2ig - Oct 21st FCMS vs. GRMS

https://schoolpay.com/pay/for/Volleyball--SPMS-vs-GRMS-Oct-23-2025/SbvaauI - Oct 23rd SPMS vs. GRMS

Thank you to the students in Art Club who decorated our pop-up cart on Thursday. We greatly appreciate your efforts, and really love your work!

So, as you can see below, we are far short of our $6000 goal. We are extending this for one more week, ending on September 19th. Thank you for participating to the extent possible.

Help support the entire student body at GRMS by participating in our schoolwide Charleston Wrap fundraiser. Proceeds will go towards our PBiS program to reward students as they show the qualities of the Character Counts! Pillars and G – Growth, R – Respect, M – Mindful, S – Safety (PBIS Schoolwide Expectations). We have weekly and quarterly activities, field days, and other activities throughout the year. We also have drawings at the end of each quarter where students having earned and submitted their tickets are eligible for higher priced rewards. We earned a little short of $3000 last year and only a small percentage of students participated. Our goal is $6000 this year. We appreciate your support but please only purchase things you would use and comfortably within your discretionary budget. Attached are letters on how to participate as well as incentives for students. Below is also an update on how we are progressing towards our goal.

There is a resource available for students if they are in need of academic support outside the classroom. Varsity Tutors is free to students and accessed through Clever using their S# and password. Below is more information to assist.

September 16: Home Volleyball vs LMS - 5:30 Girls with Boys to follow; $4 entry fee

September 18 (change from the 25th): SAC in GRMS Library at 3:15 pm

September 18: Home Volleyball vs SMS

September 19: Professional Learning Day - No School for students

Everyone should have received information regarding the new communiction tool, Parent Square.

This will enhance the ability for all stakeholders to connect.

This newsletter is still be created using Smore and shared via School Messenger. However, this will be changing in the near future as yours truly has more time to get comfortable with the new resource. Below are introductory flyers that will help you get started, in both English and Spanish.

The mission of Gamble Rogers Middle School is to support the development of positive character and academic achievement that meet the unique needs of each student.

Office hours are Monday thru Friday, 7:00 am - 2:50 pm.

If you call and get the machine, please leave a message. There are times when the receptionist is on the line and unable to answer. Thank you for your patience.

Why did the cops arrest the chickens? They suspected fowl play.

I thought I might have bad pusture, but it was just a hunch.

I once skipped school to go bungee jumping with friends. We all got suspended.

GRMS has a new Facebook page: GRMS Facebook