GMS Falcon Update

Each teacher at Graham Middle School will be sending home a Course Syllabus by the end of next week at the latest. This syllabus is individualized for each course taken. It will include a variety of information we want to be sure is shared with you including teacher contact info, content covered, student expectations, etc.

Please be sure to check with your students about these papers coming home and also please reach out with any questions.

Parents/Guardians/Siblings transporting students to and from school are asked to follow the below AM drop-off procedures in the parking lot to minimize congestion and maximize student safety. We have been blessed with large sidewalk areas, so we expect them to be utilized for drop off, preventing students from walking across traffic. Please refer to the drop off traffic patterns. Students should not be dropped off in the driving aisles or parking spaces. We do not want them crossing traffic.

In order for any school drop-off or pickup plan to work, it requires responsible and respectful driving habits of all involved.

Front doors open at 7:10 and students need to be in their classrooms by 7:25. Students will be dismissed at 2:20. As long as you pick up by 2:25, you will likely avoid all buses leaving GMS, as they park behind the building and take 5-7 minutes to load and be dismissed.

Want to help your school??

Before you head out to the grocery store, please consider linking your Kroger card to Graham Local Schools. When you spend, we earn!

Graham Local Schools has been accepted into the Kroger Community Rewards program. Funding earned through this program will be used to directly support student needs. If you and your family and friends shop at Kroger in Ohio, please take 2 minutes to link your Kroger Plus Card to Graham Local Schools. Linked accounts earn our school money from your shopping trips.

Thank you for supporting our students!

Graham Local Schools can now receive funding from Kroger Community Rewards. Funding is generated when our staff and friends and family link their KROGER PLUS CARD to Graham Local Schools. Grocery shopping at Kroger with a linked card will help us earn money to support students in the district directly.

Linking your card is easy!

If you have an existing Kroger Plus Card:

Step 1: Visit https://www.kroger.com/i/community/community-rewards, scroll to the bottom and click on this image:

Step 2: Your Kroger Plus Card is set to a preferred store. Some stores in our area are within the Columbus Division of Kroger (Urbana, Bellefontaine) and some stores are within the Cincinnati Division of Kroger (Springfield, Dayton areas). You will put in the code or GRAHAM LOCAL SCHOOLS into the organization you wish to link to.

To Use the Kroger Community Rewards Program:

CINCINNATI REGION CODES

Simply encourage your participants to visit http://www.kroger.com. Once logged into their Kroger account they can search either by name GRAHAM LOCAL SCHOOLS or WI866 and then click Enroll. New users will need to create an account which requires some basic information, a valid email address and a rewards card.

COLUMBUS REGION CODES

Simply encourage your participants to visit http://www.kroger.com. Once logged into their Kroger account they can search either by name GRAHAM LOCAL SCHOOLS or NH792 and then click Enroll. New users will need to create an account which requires some basic information, a valid email address and a rewards card.

Step 3: CONFIRMATION

Donation Summary

Status:

Enrolled

Organization Name:

Graham Local Schools

Organization Number: NH792 or WI866

Last year, the Central Buckeye Conference raised prices for tickets. For the record, Graham Local Schools voted AGAINST a rise in ticket prices, however the vote passed 9-3 so middle school event prices increased for families. Graham students are still FREE for home events. We will still honor Graham senior citizen passes as well.

**High School event prices are different than middle school.

Be sure to put money into student accounts either online or through secure drobox outside the cafeteria.

Teachers are not able to accept money for student accounts. Cafeteria staff is not able to process cash or checks in the lunch line. Account funds must either be added through the student PaySchools Account, or placed into the marked envelopes and into the secure drop box in the cafeteria.

https://www.payschoolscentral.com/#/user/login

Reminder: Information for incoming grade 7 students:
Ohio Law requires that all seventh graders must have received multiple immunizations. Before starting school, students in the 7th grade must have a Tdap (Tetanus, Diptheria, and Pertussis) and a Meningococcal vaccine. Written proof of receiving these vaccinations must be on file in the school office. Students who do not have evidence of proper immunizations will be excluded from school after 14 days, per Ohio Revised Code.
If your doctor says immunization might be harmful to your student, a waiver must be on file. If you object to immunization for good cause, for example religious convictions, a waiver must be on file.
If you need them to be faxed, our Fax number at GMS is 937-663-4674

Support the Graham Cheerleaders! All funds will go towards team bags, rain gear and other items the team will need to have a successful season. We appreciate your support! Go Falcons!

Mrs. Rice has a sample here at GMS in the office if you would like to see one as you consider purchasing. Please direct any questions to her as well. RiceH@grahamlocalschools.org

https://mydesigns.teamthrows.com/f/cheer-blanket-fundraiser-

**ProgressBook Access Keys will be sent home with all grade 6 students and new to GMS students next week on Thursday**

Frontline Education has released the ProgressBook Parent and Student Mobile App (aka ParentAccess app) to the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. This app is available for your parents/students to download and use now. For those that choose to download, the app takes the place of the mobile web version of ParentAccess that parents and students have long used. In addition, Frontline has produced an overview video that can be shared with your users (video link is also in the attached instructional sheet).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8WtHQKAe4w

All students will receive a flier Thursday with information/registration for the dental outreach program offered through or partnership with Health Partners of Western Ohio. If you are interested in your student participating, the forms are due back by September 17th to the GMS office. No late forms can be accepted. Treatments will begin in November.

For more information you are welcome to visit their website: https://hpwohio.org/

Direct questions to Sophia Allen (937) 776-5410 or sallen@hpwohio.org

Jessica Fairchild (937) 450-2962 or jfairchild@hpwohio.org

Be sure you update Final Forms with any changes in address or phone numbers.

Check our Graham Middle School Website. Call- (937) 663-5339

Follow us: Facebook- @gmsfalcons Twitter- @GrahamMidSchool

August

23 - Volleyball @ North Union Tri Match

25 - Volleyball vs. Shawnee GMS (cancelled - playing Saturday, 8/23 in Tri match)

25 - Matilda Auditions 5:30-7:30

26 - Matilda Auditions 5:30-7:30

26 - Football @ Covington MS

27 - Volleyball @ North Union MS

28 - ProgressBook Access Keys sent home in HR

28 - Dental and Vision Outreach Forms sent home in HR

September

1- No School (Labor Day)

2 - Volleyball vs. Urbana GMS

3 - Volleyball @ Tecumseh MS

5- Final DC payment due

6 - Volleyball @ Bethel HS/MS

8 - Volleyball @ Bellefontaine MS

10 - PBIS Assembly 1:30

10 - Volleyball vs. London GMS

11 - Football @ Bellefontaine MS

12 - KONA Ice

13 - Volleyball @ Jonathan Alder MS

15 - Volleyball vs, Kenton Ridge GMS

17 - Volleyball @ Indian Lake MS

18 - Football vs. Northwestern Home

20 - Band Festival @ GHS 7pm start

22 - Volleyball @ Benjamin Logan MS

24 - Volleyball @ Northwestern MS

25 - Quarter 1 Interims sent home in HR

25 - Football vs. Indian Lake Home

29 - Volleyball @ Shawnee MS

30 - GMS Parent Teacher Conferences #1 (3:00-6:30)

Vicki Packard-Cooper - Assistant Principal

Keara Kettler - Pupil Services Coordinator

Holly Rice - Secretary

Grades 6-8

Email: guideran@grahamlocalschools.org
Website: www.grahamlocalschools.org
Location: 9644 W US HWY 36 Saint Paris, Ohio 43072
Phone: 937-663-5339
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gmsfalcons/
Twitter: @grahammidschool