Jennifer Newton from Whoop-De-Do Design came to speak to our student body today about her life's journey. She advised students to have a back-up plan & to invest in an education & career to be able to work & live in an area to support their dreams. #digdeepergcms
These GCMS students were recognized for Cougar Excellence! Digging deeper to make our school and community a better place! Congratulations! #DigDeeperGCMS
ATTENTION PARENTS:
The CSIP Committee has added a meeting date of 12-03-19 at 3:15 PM in the conference room at GCMS. Remember, the 11-19-19 meeting date has been cancelled. If you have questions or would like to serve on this committee, feel free to contact GCMS at 270-259-4175. #digdeepergcms
Students in Mr. Lockett's 6th-grade social studies classes are learning about Egypt through a gallery walk today! #digdeepergcms
Ms. Horn's 8th-grade ELA students practiced identifying figurative language while learning about Vietnam with a gallery walk, Memorial Wall, & other activities, including reading a first-hand account in the form of a letter from a Vietnam Veteran. #digdeepergcms
Reteaching classroom & school-wide expectations after a break is best practice at GCMS! Mrs. Johnson did this for her students using a fun Kahoot game with prizes! #digdeepergcms
What do you do on the 1st day of a new grading period? Procedures, of course! Related Arts showed students their high expectations today during 7th period! #DigDeeperGCMS
GCMS was pleased to welcome former GC educator Joe Taylor, who discussed beekeeping with our 7th grade science classes today! #DigDeeperGCMS
Check out the latest happenings at GCMS by following this link to our Oct. edition of Cougar Connections! https://5il.co/ao47 #DigDeeperGCMS @gcboe
Very impressed with Mr. Frye's FOCUS Class on Thursday! Using Project-Based Learning, he asked students to create alternate energy sources for GCMS. High engagement and effective learning! #DigDeeperGCMS
Another completed puzzle with our number one puzzle worker, Julian Blakeman! #digdeepergcms
What a beautiful day for a walk-a-thon! Thank you to everyone in our community & all of our staff for helping our school with this fundraiser! #digdeepergcms
Engineering Design-Cardboard Chair Design:
Students learned to design a cardboard chair in their inquiry-based learning class with Ms. Fentress! They demonstrated the use of simple tools.& gained a better understanding of the importance of teamwork. digdeepergcms
Our leadership team & faculty are working hard to continually improve student opportunity & achievement at GCMS, including a meeting after school yesterday to discuss our elective classes! #digdeepergcms
8th-grade students in Ms.Thomas's social studies class learned about slave trade by participating in a slave ship simulation! Mr. Helm even joined in to help! They reflected by writing a letter to their family about their experience as a slave. #digdeepergcms
Congratulations to Zach Pierce for winning 2nd place in the falling for the arts contest at the Clarkson Honeyfest! #digdeepergcms
Students in Mr. Lockett's 6th-grade social studies class had fun working with their classmates to try to break out of their Mesopotamia escape room today! #digdeepergcms
Students in career choices with Mrs. Franich may have a future career in business marketing! Check out the bulletin board display they made to advertise their class! #digdeepergcms
Congratulations to our September attendance winners! #digdeepergcms
The top fundraisers in the school for our Walk-a-thon got to race against the faculty in a goofy goggle tricycle race this morning! Check out this video! #digdeepergcms
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ONDM7ooMpMHw3SnSv1gjDux-0lhdTCCS/view?usp=sharing