Good Morning from GMS:
** The GMS 2013/14 Yearbook is now on sale. Order your child's yearbook before December 2nd. Handouts
were sent home last week.
** The November Reading Newsletter is attached below. It includes information on our upcoming family read
night.
** GMS Student Council News...The GMS Student Council collected 19 boxes of food along with $316 to support
the Avon Food Pantry. In all, the GMS students and staff collected a total of food and donations that totals over
3000 pounds of food. Way to go GMS!
A great aspect of this activity is that our students who run our student council go to the Avon Food Pantry to help
shelve the food, make dinner bags for families and help people shop for their food. This is another great
opportunity for our students to help others in our community.
** A New Intramural Session...Session 2 Intramural Packets are in the multi-purpose room, media center and front
office. If your child is interested, please have him/her grab a packet and get signed up early this week.
** Upcoming GMS Activities:
- D46 School Schedules for Next Week...Full Day Monday, the 25th, Half Day Tuesday, the 26th - GMS
Dismissal at 11:45 on Tuesday. School Closed Wednesday through Friday.
- First Trimester Report Cards go home on December 6.
- GMS FNO - December 6 - We hope to see all GMS students there!
- GMS Winter Musical - Dec. 12 through Dec. 14.
Have a great week.
Marcus and Karen
WHO: WHAT: WHERE: WHEN: WHY: HOW: RSVP: Grayslake Middle School Family Book Club/Reading Night YOU Are Invited! All 7th and 8th grade students and their families GMS Family Book Club and Reading Night Celebration Read the book, Half Brother, by Kenneth Oppel together at home, and then come to the Family Read Night Celebration in the Media Center at GMS. One book per family will be sent home prior to winter break. The Family Read Night Celebration will take place on Wednesday, February 26, 2014 from 6:30pm until 8:00pm. To have fun reading with your child and to share reading in an enjoyable, relaxed atmosphere. Students and their families will come to enjoy refreshments, discussion, and engaging activities about the novel. Please return the bottom of this form to your student’s SSR teacher by Friday, December 13th to reserve your family’s copy of Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel. THERE IS NO COST FOR THIS PROGRAM! Ben Tomlin was an only child for thirteen years. Then his parents brought home a baby chimp. It isn’t long before Ben is Zan’s favorite, and Ben starts to see Zan as more than just an experiment. His father disagrees. Soon Ben is forced to make a critical choice between what he is told to believe and what he knows to be true—between obeying his father or protecting his brother from an unimaginable fate. Want to know more? Sign up to read Half Brother! ______________________________________________________________________________ Please fill out the bottom of this letter and return by December 13, 2013 if you and your Grayslake Middle School student would like to commit to participating in the Grayslake Middle School Family Book Club/Reading Night. Name of student _______________________________________________________________________________ SSR teacher: ________________________________________________________ Grade _______________ Number of Family Members/Guardians Participating (Including your student): _______________________ Email Address: _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Parent/Guardian signature ____________________________________________________________________________________ Grayslake Middle School
Reading News
November 2013
Reading Incentive Program
GMS students read an incredible 147,000
pages for the first quarter, which far
surpassed the goal of 112, 500! Currently,
students have read 208,000 pages! They
are way ahead of schedule to reach the
second quarter goal of 225,000 pages!
Keep up the fantastic reading and
remember to turn those ladders in for
tickets and prizes! See Mrs. Miller or
Mrs. Spector if you have any questions.
Second Helping News:
A new quarter has begun and students
have discovered what reading is and their
attitudes about reading. We are
continuing to work on the two
components of literacy: word
knowledge/recognition and
comprehension through our first unit on
following directions and sequencing.
This week we explored some fascinating
legends: chupacabra, big foot, and La
Llorona. Ask your student about some of
the creepy tales we read and discussed!
Family Book Club/Read Night!
See the attached form about how your family can
participate in the GMS Family Book Club/Read
Night Celebration. This year we will read Kenneth
Oppel’s Half Brother, an intriguing story about a
family of scientists who try to raise a baby
chimpanzee as a human. Heartwarming, and filled
with surprising conflicts and moral dilemmas, this
book is hard to put down! Books will go home before
winter break; the Family Read Night Celebration will
take place on Wednesday, February 26, 2014 from
6:30-8:00 in the Media Center. See Mrs. Miller or
Mrs. DeLongchamp for further information.
Student Book Recommendation:
“I would definitely recommend Girl Stolen by April
Henry. It had a lot of action and the integrity of the
main character [Cheyenne] is amazing.”
Aaliyah Robertson— 8 Green