Dear GMS Families, After a remote learning period, we are so ready to have students back in the building with us. While it was great to see how well the students and staff did with this transition, the building just isn't the same without them. Yesterday, you were sent an email regarding this return and some changes that will be put into place. If you didn't get a chance to see that email, the text is in the link below. This coming Wednesday and all Wednesdays going forward will be early releases. The schedule for dismissal will be as follows: Yellow Group 12:15 Pink Group 12:23 Blue/ Purple Group 12:30 Buses 12:35 Thank you for your cooperation in keeping our pick up procedures running smoothly. This coming week will end with our celebrations of Halloween. Specific information about class parties will be coming out from individual teachers, but I wanted to take a minute to discuss some school wide expectations, especially for this year. First, costumes will be allowed at classroom discretion, but we ask that they not require any changing or adult support. Bathrooms will not be allowed to be used for changing, so they will need to be worn (at teacher discretion) or be able to go over the student's clothes. While some makeup is allowed please remember that the students will still have to follow our mask expectations. Finally, as always please refrain from gore, blood, and weapons. We cannot wait to see the creativity of the costumes and are really looking forward to the sense of celebration that will be in the building. Finally, we want to express our sincerest thanks to you all for making this transition to remote learning as well and as seamless as possible. It means an awful lot to us and the staff and speaks volumes to the quality and caliber of community we have here in Litchfield. Thank You! As always Be Well, Be Curious, and Have a Great Weekend,
Dan Mitchell, Principal Maura Clinton- Jones, Assistant Principal
Upcoming Dates | October 29 & 30 | Scarecrow Jamboree | | November 3 | No School- Parent Teacher Conferences | | November 11 | No School- Veteran's Day |
GMS NewsBook Fair
The Scholastic Book Fair is coming soon. More information and details will be coming out in the next week.
News from the SAU/ Superintendent News from the PTO Fall Activity: Unfortunately, based on the circumstances, we will not be having our annual Pumpkin Festival this year. Instead, we invite your GMS student and/or family to participate in our Virtual Pumpkin Decorating Contest. Please see our flyer here. PTO Family Directory: The Family Directory has been completed and will be emailed out to those that signed up shortly. Since it is a google document, we can always add more names so if you want your child to be included, please sign up at https://tinyurl.com/GMSFamDirectory2020. Room Parents – Room Parents have been selected and contacted. Please be on the look out for information from them! Our next GMS PTO Meeting is Tuesday, November 17 @ 6:30pm Don’t forget to check out our Private Facebook Page for up-to-date information – GMS PTO NH 2020-2021. Please be sure to answer the questions to be approved quickly.
As always, please let us know if you have any questions – Heidi Ames (hames@mooreames.com) and Jenny Eisenbeis (jeisenbeis@gmail.com). Thank you!”
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Repeated News and Announcements Don't forget to join the GMS SEL classroom with Mrs. Hayes and Ms. Poli. Click the link to join https://classroom.google.com/c/MTQyODg4MjYzNDIy?cjc=333dr33 Music Google Classroom We ask all students to please go on and accept the invitation for the Music Google Classroom. All students must do this regardless if you have had music already, are currently having music, or haven't yet had your music block. Once all students are enrolled in the Classroom, we will then be able to synchronize with the publishers online platform. Thank you for your time and attention to this matter. End 68 Hours of Hunger Litchfield Schools are pleased to inform you about a free, confidential food program which provides students with meals from Friday after school until they return on Monday morning. The program is sponsored by “End 68 Hours of Hunger,” a local, private food program whose mission is to help families feed their children over the weekends. If meeting the weekend nutritional needs of your child is challenging at this time, we would like to help meet that need. All food is non-perishable as well as easy to prepare and we do our best to accommodate food allergies when necessary. Guaranteeing your child’s confidential participation in the program is also a top priority. For additional information or to sign up, please contact Jennifer Hayes, GMS School Counselor, at 424-5931 x1106 or jhayes@litchfieldsd.org.
A Message from our Art Teacher, Mrs. Starrett Mrs. Starrett has set up a virtual art gallery on Artsonia.com. She has created accounts for all of the students currently enrolled at GMS, however student work will only be displayed publicly if the parents/guardians have given permission through a link that was sent via email over the summer. If you have not received an email please contact Mrs. Starrett (kstarrett@litchfieldsd.org). Use the following link to browse through the artwork that our students at GMS have created so far this year: https://www.artsonia.com/schools/school.asp?id=273 Powerschool Parent Portal This summer we switched our Student Information System to Powerschool. As part of Powerschool, you are able to access the Parent Portal in the Infinite Campus feature of this system. Please follow the link below to set up you parent portal account. Please contact the main office if you have an issues creating an account. For Parents - Directions for Parent Access
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