Grant Middle School

Reminder the GMS Girls & Boys Basketball team store through BSN is available for the next 12 days. Please consider purchasing basketball spirit wear to support our girls and boys programs! Link to the store https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/TVMWNkoLpa

Upcoming Important GMS Dates: Monday 10/28: Reading Night with Families! Come see if you can be a detective and soleve the Murder Mystery! 6-7:30pm at GMS Wednesday 10/30: Halloween (and 1st School Dance) : No Referrals from October 14-26th to be able to attend. 6-7:30; $5 tickets for purchase Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday at lunch the week of the dance. Costumes are encouraged, however no weapons or masks are to be worn at the dance. S'mores and fire pit in the back yard! Costume contests, food and items for purchase! Just a reminder as well that students will not be able to attend home athletic games if they receive tardies or referrals on the day of a game.

Reminder: 7th & 8th Grade Boys Basketball Tryouts will be Monday 10/21 and Tuesday 10/22 from 4:00 to 6:00 PM. Students will need to go home after school and report back for tryouts. You must have gym shoes to tryout. -Mr. Goss

As a reminder, Thursday, October 17th, will be a 60-minute early dismissal for all students to accommodate Parent-Teacher Conferences. Additionally, there will be no school on Friday, October 18th, as conferences will continue throughout the day. We value the opportunity to connect with you during these conferences to discuss your child’s academic progress and growth. Your involvement and partnership are essential to their success, and we appreciate your commitment to their educational journey. Please be sure to plan accordingly for the schedule changes for the remainder of the week. Thank you for your support and collaboration!

There will be no after school activities including learning lab and boys and girls club tomorrow, Thursday, October 17 in preparation for parent -teacher conferences that will start at 5pm on Thursday. It is also a 1:30 dismissal tomorrow - Thursday. No school on Friday for PTC as well from 8am-3pm.

There will be no after school activities including learning lab and boys and girls club this Thursday, October 17 in preparation for parent -teacher conferences that will start at 5pm on Thursday. It is also a 1:30 dismissal both tomorrow (Wednesday) and Thursday this week! No school on Friday for PTC as well from 8am-3pm.

Just a friendly reminder that all Avanti's orders are due this Wednesday and will be available for pick up during parent conferences this Thursday from 5-8pm at GMS.

Just a friendly reminder that there is no school tomorrow, Monday, October 14 in honor of Columbus/Indigenous People Day. We also have parent Teacher Conferences next week on Thursday (5-8pm) and all day Friday (8am-3pm).

Just a friendly reminder that there is no school this upcoming Monday, October 14 in honor of Columbus/Indigenous People Day. We also have parent Teacher Conferences next week on Thursday (5-8pm) and all day Friday (8am-3pm).

Reminder! There will be girls volleyball open gym from 6PM to 8PM tomorrow 10/10/24. Coach Jenna will let athletes in the 1900 side doors close to 6PM. See you then!

Any 8th grade student interested in the Washington DC/NY trip, please attend an informational meeting tonight from 6-7pm at GMS. Come hear about exciting opportunities to cut costs and make the trip affordable for your family! Any questions, please contact Miss Gibbs at kgibbs@sps186.org. Hope to see you there!

Reminder today's girls game is at Rochester starting at 4:30. Good luck Generals

Good afternoon GMS Families, Our food program has started. We have several of food bags located in the front of the school. You are more than welcome to take as many as you need. Thanks to The Central Illinois food bank

Parent teacher conferences will be held Thursday, October 17 from 5:00-8:00pm and Friday, October 18 from 8:00am-3:00pm. Please use the following link to sign up to meet with your student's teachers. https://www.myconferencetime.com/gmsgenerals/

Good evening Generals. Tomorrow 10/3 there will be the 1st volleyball open gym from 6PM to 8PM and every Thursday. Coach will let you in at the doors by 1900. This is for all 6-8 girls interested in participating in volleyball!

Good morning General families and athletic supporters today's girls game versus Washington will be an eighth grade only game due to the other team not having enough seventh graders that game will start at 3:30. We look forward to seeing you then – Mr. Goss.

Hi Grant Middle School Families! We are so excited about our upcoming parent meeting for our Washington, DC and New York City Trip next summer! This is for current 8th grade students only! Here are some important details about the meeting: Meeting Date: Wednesday, September 25th, 2024 Meeting Time: 6:00PM Meeting Location: Grant Middle School Before the meeting please visit our custom webpage at: https://worldstrides.com/custom/2025-ulysses-grant-ms-dcny-217643/ where you can find a lot of helpful information! Please don't hesitate to send me an email if you have any questions (kgibbs@sps186.org)! I look forward to seeing you at the meeting! Sincerely, Katie Gibbs P.S. We want as many families at the meeting as possible so please share this message with other parents of students in the 8th Grade!

As of now the XC meet at Lincoln Park today is still scheduled to run! The bus will leave GMS at 2:30 if anything changes we will let you know! -Mr. Goss

Hello GMS families, Are you interested in supporting the GMS Cross Country team? Check out the PDF to buy some awesome GMS Cross Country Spirit Wear! Part of the proceeds will go back to GMS as well. The store will be open until 9/27/24.We thank BSN Sports for designing such great gear for our school community! Also linked here : https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/27ucpctnZp

Tomorrow is picture day! All students will have their pictures taken today if you are ordering pictures or not- this is how they get their school ID card. Retakes will be next week 1/24.