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
Mr. Frye's 6th-grade science classes are presenting their comic strips over the water cycle today! Check out these student work samples! #digdeepergcms
The top 10 raisers for the Walk-a-thon got to be in a chicken race with their teachers this morning! Check out this video! #digdeepergcms
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_Xmx4TrzkAchNE77ir6BOYqASA_LNX9r/view?usp=sharing
New teachers up & at it bright & early this morning learning how Cougar Zone can help our students & how to give effective feedback based on Hattie's research. #digdeepergcms
Mrs. Armstrong gave her team 1 math students a choice on how to make corrections on their math practice test. Thanks for trying a different way to review for your students! #digdeepergcms
Students that collected $75 by today for our Walk-a-thon got to play battleball this morning! #digdeepergcms
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14fXkRoAzRtq6QMqmyKjl4jRE2eD6cR1M/view?usp=sharing
ATTN GCMS FAMILY:
Here is Kentucky's new 5-star school rating system explained & the school report card link.
https://animoto.com/play/kipHOQkAq4Tn8afTDDCfpg
www.kyschoolreportcard.com