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Check out our January Parent Engagement Newsletter! This month you can learn about Title 1, your rights as a parent, and our upcoming events. If you have any questions, please email our Parent Liaison, Anissa Andrews at anissa.andrews@gscs.org
https://www.smore.com/5eg6b-2024
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Over the last week, students wrote Letters to Santa while in the Smart La. They were just submitted to the Griffin Daily News. Pick up a paper on Dec 19th to see if yours was published! ♥️🎅🏼♥️
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All GSCS schools & offices will be closed Dec. 18, 2023 - Jan. 2, 2024, for holiday break. GSCS staff return on Jan. 3, 2024, for professional learning & planning. Students return on Jan. 8, 2024. Happy Holidays!
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Dinner is served Mustangs! @BucknersFamilyRestaurant @mc_garvin @drforehand @brantleyteacher @juliesteele123
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Here are just a few of our winners of the "Is there a snowman in your pocket?" game! @mc_garvin @drforehand @brantleyteacher @juliesteele123
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Thank you to our PTO for treating us to amazing tea and freeze dried candy from Sugar Popz Candy Shop. @mc_garvin @drforehand @brantleyteacher @juliesteele123
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Santa Garvin treated us to Christmas socks this week! @mc_garvin @drforehand @brantleyteacher @juliesteele123
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It's all smiles at our staff Christmas Dinner. Santa Garvin treated us to Buckner's Family Restaurant. @mc_garvin @drforehand @brantleyteacher @juliesteele123
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Please consider supporting our initiative to help Foster Families.
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The Board of Education approved the 2024-25 school calendar at the board meeting on Dec. 5. View the approved 2024-25 GSCS School Calendar here: https://5il.co/2afnj
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Congratulations to all of our Spelling Bee Classroom winners! @mc_garvin @drforehand @brantleyteacher @juliesteele123
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November 17 is Substitute Educators Day. THANK YOU to these individuals who arrive with very short notice, learn and assign lesson plans on the fly, and make sure our students never miss a beat in their education! #aew2022 #SubstituteEducatorsDay
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We enjoyed sharing Thanksgiving with our leaders and their parents today! @mc_garvin @drforehand @brantleyteacher @juliesteele123
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It was a great day to show how thankful we are for our Maintenance Department. Thank you for joining us for our Thanksgiving Feast! @mc_garvin @drforehand @brantleyteacher @juliesteele123
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It's time to show some holiday spirit!
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Grinch Night is back!
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GSCS Education Support Professionals are the heartbeat of our school communities. To the people who drive the buses, clean the buildings, prepare the meals and many, many more, we salute each of you for the important work you do for students every day! #EducationSupportProfessionalsDay
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We had an amazing turn out for our student-led conference night last night. Students communicated to parents about their academic, behavior, and attendance goals using their data notebooks. @mc_garvin @drforehand @brantleyteacher @juliesteele123
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All GSCS schools and offices will be closed November 20-24 for Thanksgiving break. Happy Thanksgiving from GSCS!
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GSCS needs your input on "What factors need to be considered when deciding the school calendars for the next two school years?". To gather your feedback, we're using a tool called ThoughtExchange. All of our voices matter, so your participation is crucial and valued.
Click here to participate: https://tejoin.com/scroll/401872874
You'll be asked to respond to one open-ended question, consider and assign stars to some of the ideas shared by others (20 to 30 is ideal), and learn what's important to the group.
Your thoughts and stars are confidential. You can come back as often as you'd like to participate and, in fact, we ask that you do come back to star some of the new ideas shared since you first participated. The ratings will help us understand the most important areas to focus on.
Thank you in advance for your help and input.
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