Students/Families who need assistance with purchasing the necessary school supplies for a successful school year may consider attending Project SOS. The first day of classes for SFSD is Thursday, August 25, 2022.
The very hungry Monarch caterpillars are back this summer and love feasting on dill in the GMMS garden! 🐛
The first ever GMMS summer camp wrapped up last week with two small groups of students. Students tie dyed shirts, made their own pizza and brownies, put up tents, hiked, swam, started fires for outdoor cooking, saw a science demonstration, watched a CineDome film, and even participated in a theater workshop where they learned stage makeup and stage combat. They were warmly welcomed and represented George McGovern well at the Washington Pavilion, Old Courthouse Museum, Big Sioux Rec Park, Falls Park, Levitt Sioux Falls, and the Terrace Park Pool.
We would like to thank all the places we went, as well as Amanda Berg, the Boys and Girls Club, School Bus Inc, Breadsmith, Walmart, Costco, Sunshine Foods Downtown, General Kills, Pizza Ranch, Chick-Fil-A, and Promising Futures for their generous contributions to help make these two weeks possible.
These Eagles are having a blast at GMMS Summer Camp! From field trips to STEM lessons and outdoor games to family-style lunches, they are learning and growing together and it is awesome to see! Hope all of our Eagles are having a great summer ☀️
We recognized our final Students of the Quarter this year with awards and a pizza party! These students display our core values every day and are outstanding examples of what it means to be a GMMS Eagle! Congrats, to each of them!
We celebrate hard! Today at GMMS we recognized 461 students for one of the following reasons: earning a 3 or 4, growing within their level, or moving up an entire level on the South Dakota State Assessment! Of those, 80 students moved up a level in Math and 91 in ELA. Woohoo! This news is worth celebrating and we sure did! Eagles, you should be proud!
We had so much fun welcoming the next group of Eagles to the nest! We showed off all the great things GMMS has to offer and can't wait to have the class of 2029 join in the fun!
The GMMS library, led by teacher-librarian Mrs. Wolles, was awarded the 21st Century School Library Award and recognized as Exemplary Status. The South Dakota State Library, a division of the SD Department of Education, formally and annually recognizes schools with libraries that meet the characteristics of a 21st century school library through its place, professional, and program. Congrats, to Mrs. Wolles! What an honor!
As Lions they roared, as Eagles they soared! And now they're ready to fly off onto new adventures! George McGovern retirees Tina, Steve, Jeff, and Terry leave big shoes to fill. We will miss their faces in the halls, but are excited to see where the their new journeys take them!
Look at the Eagles who were recognized during 8th Grade Honors Night! It was an awesome celebration of students' accomplishments, including academic, music, and athletic awards and the presentation of the Elite 8! Watch out world - these students are going to change you!
Thanks, to everyone who worked to make this night a success!
Goodbyes are hard, but we are so proud of our 8th grade RISE students! We held a graduation ceremony and celebration for these soon to be high schoolers last Friday and it was a wonderful time! Thanks, to all the staff and families who made this special event a huge success! These Eagles are ready to soar!
We are so proud of our 8th grade students who participated in the district-wide Poetry Slam at the Washington Pavilion! They were strong representatives of GMMS and our core values of courage and resilience! We were also so impressed by our 8th grade student body, who displayed honor and kindness while they listened to and supported the poets. We couldn't be more proud, Eagles!!
We are so proud of our 8th grade students who participated in the district-wide Poetry Slam at the Washington Pavilion! They were strong representatives of GMMS and our core values of courage and resilience! We were also so impressed by our 8th grade student body, who displayed honor and kindness while they listened to and supported the poets. We couldn't be more proud, Eagles!!
School Info 5.13.22
• Classes in-session and on-time today
• Bus routes may be impacted
• No tardies this morning
• Final day May 25, 2022
Today is National School Nurse Day and we are having a blast celebrating the one and only Nurse Tiffany, most amazing school nurse on the planet! Tiffany goes above and beyond everyday for the staff and students of GMMS! Thanks, Nurse Tiffany!! We appreciate you!
We had a great time celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week at GMMS! Student council provided teachers with so many goodies, including gift cards and Scooters coffee, and Promising Futures treated staff to bagels for breakfast today! Our teachers are THE BEST and we are so grateful for the work they do!
The most obvious way to celebrate our students' efforts on the South Dakota State assessments is to host a Pretzel Day PARTY when they're finished! The counseling department invited all students and staff to stop down for warm pretzel bites and delicious dips yesterday - YUM! We are so proud of your hard work, Eagles!!
We love the partnership we have with Jefferson High School! The JHS mentor program connects 11th grade mentors with 8th grade GMMS mentees, which offers our future Cavs an opportunity to have a connection with an upperclassmen when they begin their freshmen year! Mentors play games, help with homework, and even enjoy ice cream with their mentee (shout out to the B&G Milkyway on 12th Street for providing treats)! Thanks, JHS!
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I scream, you scream, we all scream for...TEACHERS! South Dakota State University recognized our teachers for Teacher Appreciation Week by delivering some of their famous ice cream! What a delicious way to treat our outstanding staff! :)
Parent/guardian feedback is important to SFSD! We just launched a 7-question survey - which takes 5 minutes or less - to help guide the next steps toward becoming the BEST school district in the nation!
Check your email or paste this URL in your browser: https://survey.k12insight.com/r/QDVv1e
The survey is open until the end of the school year. Take the survey once for each child enrolled. If you prefer to only take it on, please reference the oldest child in your household. Thanks for your participation!
