MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH

Good afternoon GMSS families,

Despite the weather to kick off the second semester has been wonderful. It was great to see our students back and believe it or not we see growth after a break! We have a lot to do in the spring semester and this growth will continue!

Our second round of MAP testing is coming soon. These test are important to gather real time data on growth of students and important for making appropriate scheduling decisions for students next year.

We had our grade level community meetings on Friday! We celebrated the growth we have seen and discussed goals and resets for the next quarter. Proud of our students!

Stay safe and warm

Robin Murdock

Our PTO meetings are the 1st Tuesday of the month at 7:00pm. We run our meetings virtually and hope to have many attend!

Our next meeting is February 4th!

Join with Google Meet

Questions can be directed to:

President Sarah Narloch sarahnarloch@me.com

Vice President Angelia Holliday ahollidayrealty@gmail.com

Treasurer Christine Warrick christine.warrick@sbcglobal.net

Secretary Nimrah Clark Nimrah.Clark@nationwidechildrens.org

Welcome back South!!

We are very excited to begin the third quarter and get things rolling. As Q3 begins, we wanted to share a new focus that we're adding in...tardies to school. We have been monitoring and talking with students, personally, about tardiness to school and its realities and challenges. So we wanted to put a quick blurb in this first newsletter of the new year sharing that we are going to begin officially tracking tardies to school with diligence.

Students are officially marked tardy if they arrive to school [without a medical excusal] any time after 9:05. Similar to being tardy to class, tardiness to school is something which we tremendously value -research supports that any loss of instructional time puts students at a deficit.

As always, we appreciate any form of communication regarding absences and hope that those continue to come in!

Thank you all - here's to a wonderful second semester!

ATTENTION 8th Grade:

Dear 8th-Grade Parents,

It is time to submit a baby picture of your student for our yearbook. We'd like to encourage you to select an image older than an infant so students can try to guess the students. Please include your student's first and last name in the subject line.

We will be accepting pictures from Monday, January 6th-Wednesday, January 15th.

Please submit digital pictures to baldwinj@gjps.org

Julie Baldwin

6th Grade English Language Arts

Student Leadership Team

Gahanna Middle School South

baldwinj@gjps.org

As the weather changes and the days get colder, we do have resources for our families in need of winter essentials. Please reach out to your counselor for further information.

January is the beginning of scheduling for next year!

January 8th, High school counselors shared High School information presented to our 8th grade students.

Current 7th grade students were sent google surveys to choose a Foreign Language selection for 8th grade. Information will be shared with families and students again.

Current 6th grade students will have information presented in ELA classrooms to choose an appropriate ELA selection for 7th grade.

More information will follow

Grades for quarter 2 were released Friday- please reach out to teachers with any concerns.

Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns.

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

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

Mrs. Johnson - Mental Health Specialist johnsona@gjps.org

Please reach out to our athletic director with an questions! AND come root on our boys and girls basketball, wrestling and cheerleaders this winter!

Phil Dorn: dornp@gjps.org

Final Forms:

Gahanna-oh.finalforms.com

Please find a full schedule of events on our home page

https://southms.gahannaschools.org/school-info/calendar

Jan 15, 2025: KONA ICE at Lunch $4.00

Jan. 20, 2025: Martin Luther King Day - No School

Feb. 12, 2025: Parent/Teacher Conferences- INVITE ONLY

Feb. 12, 2025: KONA ICE at Lunch $4.00
Feb. 14, 2025: PD Day - No School
Feb. 17, 2025: Presidents Day - No School

Mar. 7, 2025: End of 3rd Quarter
Mar. 10, 2025: Staff Work Day - No School

Mar. 12, 2025: KONA ICE at Lunch $4.00
Mar. 31-April 4, 2025: Spring Break- No School

April 9, 2025: KONA ICE at Lunch $4.00
April 18, 2025: Comp Day - No School

April 22, 2025: 7th FUN Night 4:00-5:30 pm
May 2, 2025: PD Day - No School

May 6-9: 8th Grade DC Trip

May 14, 2025: KONA ICE at Lunch $4.00
May 23, 2025: Last Day of School for Students
May 24, 2025: Class of 2025 Commencement

https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1712669846/gahannaschoolsorg/lbvgeo4nawje77ydwm0n/NEW-2024-2025SchoolCalendar.pdf