NOTES FROM THE PRINCIPAL
It is now 2019 and we are off and running again at Gretna Middle School. Many of you have discussed New Year’s Resolutions with your child and have made plans on how s/he can make improvements during the New Year. Setting goals and creating a plan of action are good ways to help students make improvements in school and their lives in general. Good luck.
Over the next several months, teachers and administrators will complete the planning process for the 2019-2020 school year. This will include staffing, budgeting, placement testing of students, and scheduling students for the next school year. Please pay close attention to the information you receive in future newsletters, mass mailings, and Wednesday folders (6th grade only) etc. regarding these events and processes.
We ended the second quarter and first semester before Winter Break. If you have any questions regarding final grades during that time, you can email or phone your students’ teachers. Many of you regularly access your student’s grades on-line and keep current on your students’ progress. If you have forgotten your log-in or password information, you can find that information out by calling the middle school office.
Student Led Conferences are coming up in early February again this year. The dates for those conferences are Thursday, February 7 and Tuesday, February 12. We have been using an on-line computer-based scheduling program to schedule our spring conferences. You will be receiving notice soon regarding the scheduling process that will be used again this year. We look forward to seeing all of our families during those conference times.
Students will be recognized for special accomplishments during the past semester. Watch for those special awards at home such as Honor and Merit Roll, and Perfect Attendance.
School Hours
The first bell in the morning rings at 7:58A.M. and school dismisses at 3:05 P.M. The inside doors are unlocked each morning at 7:30 and students may sit at the tables in the Commons. If students need to see a teacher before 8:05 A.M., they may do so by checking in at the table near the office at 7:45 A.M. Special arrangements may be made with an individual teacher. Students should not be in the building after 4:15 P.M. unless they are under the supervision of a teacher or sponsor. Consequently, it is important that all students be picked up by 4:15 p.m. In addition, the third Thursday of each month is the general staff meeting at GMS and teachers are not available in the morning before school.
Over the next several months, teachers and administrators will complete the planning process for the 2019-2020 school year. This will include staffing, budgeting, placement testing of students, and scheduling students for the next school year. Please pay close attention to the information you receive in future newsletters, mass mailings, and Wednesday folders (6th grade only) etc. regarding these events and processes.
We ended the second quarter and first semester before Winter Break. If you have any questions regarding final grades during that time, you can email or phone your students’ teachers. Many of you regularly access your student’s grades on-line and keep current on your students’ progress. If you have forgotten your log-in or password information, you can find that information out by calling the middle school office.
Student Led Conferences are coming up in early February again this year. The dates for those conferences are Thursday, February 7 and Tuesday, February 12. We have been using an on-line computer-based scheduling program to schedule our spring conferences. You will be receiving notice soon regarding the scheduling process that will be used again this year. We look forward to seeing all of our families during those conference times.
Students will be recognized for special accomplishments during the past semester. Watch for those special awards at home such as Honor and Merit Roll, and Perfect Attendance.
School Hours
The first bell in the morning rings at 7:58A.M. and school dismisses at 3:05 P.M. The inside doors are unlocked each morning at 7:30 and students may sit at the tables in the Commons. If students need to see a teacher before 8:05 A.M., they may do so by checking in at the table near the office at 7:45 A.M. Special arrangements may be made with an individual teacher. Students should not be in the building after 4:15 P.M. unless they are under the supervision of a teacher or sponsor. Consequently, it is important that all students be picked up by 4:15 p.m. In addition, the third Thursday of each month is the general staff meeting at GMS and teachers are not available in the morning before school.
