
Honors Night/8th Grade Moving Up Ceremony
GMS will be hosting our Honors/Awards Night on Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 6:00pm in our gymnasium.
The Eighth Grade Moving Up Ceremony will be held Wednesday, June 8, 2022 in the GMS gymnasium at 9:00am. Invitations will be mailed to the families of those students who have earned the privilege of participating in the ceremony!
WEB Leaders Wanted
Interested in joining W.E.B.? Click on this tab to watch an informational video.
Papa John's Fundraiser
GMS has partnered with Papa John's for a pizza fundraiser through the remainder of the school year! Please stop by the main office and ask for Ms. Tally or Ms. Briscoe to purchase a 10 dollar peeler card. Each card has over $150 value! $7 from each purchase will come back to GMS.
Support your school and go Generals!
After School Tutoring
Reminder **Last day for Tutoring this school year is 5/26 ** Reminder
After-school tutoring is available on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:45 – 4:00. Activity Buses leave at 4:15. Students must request a Learning Lab pass from their teacher and turn the pass in with Ms. Tally no later than 11:15 the day of tutoring. Students will report to the tables just outside the cafeteria by 2:40 to check in. Students without a pass will not be admitted. If you have any questions, please see Ms. Tally in room 117.

Parent Information
Grant Middle School Virtual Tour
Click the Link to watch a virtual tour of Grant Middle School
GMS GENERALS YOUTUBE PAGE
Please click here to go the the GMS Generals youtube page and click subscribe. We need 1000 followers before we can stream events live from GMS!
21st Century at GMS
Please see the attached flyer for information on our after-school program. The application is available on the GMS webpage. The program will start on September 7th - Ms. Walton from Boys & Girls Club is our Site Director
Access Students Cumulative Folder for Grades and Attendance
Student cumulative folders can be accessed by logging into the District Intranet using your parent username and password. Information found includes: assessment scores, grades, attendance, schedule, and teacher lesson plans. If you would like access please contact the Guidance Office.

8th Grade Moving Up Ceremony Requirements
8th Graders and 8th Grade Families: Please click on this link to view the requirements to participate in the 8th Grade Moving Up Ceremony at the end of the year.
Text Notification
Text Notification Sign-Up Form
Springfield Public Schools use text notifications for weather cancellations, significantly late buses and other important information. If you are interested in getting notifications, please see the attachment.
GMS School Report Card
Follow this link for quick information on GMS: test scores, average class size, attendance, mobility rates etc.
IAR Practice Tests
Grant parents & students - Click on this box to access practice IAR questions for ELA & MATH

What's Happening in the Community
FOOD BOX GIVEAWAY
Every Wednesday at 11:30am, The Boys and Girls Club (300 S. 15th St., Springfield, IL 62703) will be doing Food Box Giveaways!

Construction at GMS
Here is a link to check out all of the projects in phase 1 including Grant
https://www.sps186.org/ourschoolsourfuture/?p=134792



SSHS Baseball Camp
News 2 days ago Check out this flyer if interested in the Spartan Baseball Camp this summer!
LHS Baseball Camp
News 5 days ago Lanphier High School will be hosting a baseball camp for any student grades 5-9 who might be intersted. Please see the attached flyer.

GMS College and Career Day!
Photos 6 days ago The eighth graders at Grant took some time to research a college and career of their choice. From there, they created either a trifold display board or a slide show to present their research to the
Sectional Track Meet Expectations for all 186 students / athletes & spectators
News May 11 Please read and discuss with students: Effective for the track meet this weekend at Spartan Field: All spectators will be given a wrist band that they are required to wear at the track meet. All spectat
Grant Yearbooks arriving soon !!!
News May 10 Students : Get your 21-22 GMS Yearbook ordered now for only $25.00....
Track Meet vs. Chatham Cancelled
News May 9 Tuesday's track meet vs. Chatham has been cnacelled. This was scheduled for 5/10/22. Practice on Tuesday will be for those that use the starting blocks only! You will be riding the bus to practice at Springfield High School 2:50-3:50 5/10/22.

12 Angry Villians- School Performance & Cast Photos
Photos May 3 The cast and crew of 12 Angry Villians performed for a group of students in the gym after their Legacy Theater performace.
8th Grade Yard Signs
News May 2 Attention 8th grade parents: Our Moving Up Ceremony is quickly approaching, if you are interested in purchasing a yard sign this year, please see the attached flyer. Contact informaiton for A&B printing is on the flyer.

Spring Fling Dance
Photos May 2 The Beta Club sponsored the Spring Fling Dance on Friday, April 29.

6/7 AVID visit UIS
Photos Apr 29 Students visited University of Illinois - Springfield on Thrusday April 28th. We started with a 45 minute presentation to learn more about UIS. Students then took an hour long walking t