All Band and Color Guard Parents! Your student was sent home with information about the Chili Supper Fundraiser today, including what item they are responsible for supplying. If you do not receive this, please email Mr. Bateman at rbateman@gcssd.org and he will send all the information to you.
If you are not in the Remind group, please join, as this is the band's primary form of communication. Mr. Bateman will also email Remind instructions if you need them.
Ms. Mains and Mr. Stevens homeroom students were treated to McDonald's for lunch today for having the highest averages on their recent CASE test in the 7th grade.
Students in the 7th grade Career Exploration class were visited by speakers from Centennial Bank today. Renee Morris, Misty Sharp, and Ryan Barnes spent time discussing time management, interviewing skills, goal setting, and jobs in the Business career cluster.
8th Grade Students will be taking the Pre-ACT on Friday, October 27th. The test will take most of the day. The Pre-ACT results are used to help determine who is eligible to take honors classes in high school. Get a good night’s sleep and eat a healthy breakfast. Good luck on the test!
On Friday, 7th graders in Career Exploration class were introduced to careers in Law enforcement by listening to Sergeant Micheal Sullivan, Trooper Chris Crocker, and Dispatchers Leslie Pipkin and Raelyn Chumney.
8th grade students in Mrs. Malone’s Career Advising and Planning classes learned about careers in the Business/Finance career cluster. Ms. Melanie Luckey from JEA spoke to students about the finance career path and exposed them to budgeting.
Trunk or Treat
Pink Out will be Monday, October 23rd and this year we are raising money for one of our students who is currently undergoing treatments at St. Jude. We will be selling t-shirts, beads, bracelets, and sunglasses with all proceeds going to this family. T-shirt order forms and money will be due Tuesday, October 17th. Beads, bracelets, and sunglasses will be sold at school beginning Tuesday and will continue through Monday, October 23rd. Bracelets will be sold for $1, beads for $1, and sunglasses for $5 . Again, all of the proceeds will be donated to this family. The grade level to raise the most amount of money will be rewarded with a popsicle party!
Boys Soccer Tryouts will be October 30th, 31st, and November 1st.
In order to try out, students must have a completed physical.
SGMCS is celebrating National School Lunch Week! We are so grateful for our school cafeteria workers, who do a great job providing our students a nutritious breakfast and lunch each and every day.
8th grade students can now begin applying for the “Work Ethic Distinction” award. GCSSD will honor eligible 8th graders with this award who have met the following criteria: keep standards always met, complete 15 hours of community service, ensure they arrive at school and classes on time, make every effort to attend school and classes each day, be respectful and cooperative to students, teachers, and administrators, and do their best when completing assignments.
On Wednesday, Mr. Jim Droke spoke to 6/7/8 graders in Mrs. Malone's Career Exploration class about manufacturing, maintenance, and the paths that students can take to reach their goals.
On Thursday, to wrap up the College Application month, students dressed for the career they want in the future!
As our 5th grade students are studying Davy Crockett's role in the War of 1812 and the Alamo, Mr. Crenshaw dressed today as Davy Crockett. We are so grateful to have Mr. Crenshaw as a part of SGCMS this year as he shares his passion for history with his students.
Due to intramurals on Friday, we are moving our final Career Awareness dress up day to tomorrow. Tomorrow's theme is "dress for the career you want when you enter the workforce".
Congrats to SGCMS football team on their Bowl Game Victory over Crockett Co. 48-0.
South Gibson All District Players (L to R)
Bryson Ward, Jaxon Young, Jacob Laman, Drake Lewis, Drey Scott, Carson Droke
Drake Lewis – Defensive MVP
Drey Scott – Offensive MVP
School picture proofs and order forms are coming home today. All orders need to be turned in by October 10th.
Congrats to the Lady Hornets for winning the District Championship on Saturday.
In the first game of the day, they defeated Gibson County 17-0. In the second game, they defeated Milan 12-0. Then advanced to the championship game defeating Crockett County 11-5 .
Eliza Whittemore was the clear MVP of the season and day leading her team in hitting and being the ace on the mound. She saved her best pitching performance of the year for the district championship. Throwing a complete game against a very good lineup allowing only 1 earned run, walking only 1, striking out 6 and giving up 4 hits.
The bats came out hot giving Eliza lots of run support in the championship game.
Riley Ferrell went 3-4 with 4 rbi and a walk
Acie Allen 1-3 with 2 rbi and walk
Leah Prescott 3-4 with 1 rbi
Eliza Whittemore 2-3 with a walk
Keyleigh Puckett 1-4
Peyton Barrios 1-3 with a walk
Hattie Claire Simpson 2-4, 2 rbi
All District Players:
Eliza Whittemore
Leah Prescott
Riley Ferrell
Acie Allen
For those interested in joining the SGCMS PTO you can get a registration form on the school Facebook page or pick one up here at the school. We are in the process of restarting our school PTO after several years of being inactive.
From the School Nurse Clinic: We have seen an increase in the number of students with elevated pulse rates and elevated blood pressures due to drinking energy drinks at school. Parents need to be aware of the health issues this can cause. Energy Drinks are not allowed to be brought to school. Please make sure your child is aware of the rule.
Thank you
Renee Morris and Misty Sharp from Centennial Bank spoke to 7th graders in Career Exploration class today about interviewing, goal setting, future career paths, and jobs in the Finance career cluster.
Officers from the CTSO (Career and Technical Student Organizations) clubs at SGCHS presented information about their clubs to 8th grade students in Career Awareness Classes today. The clubs represented were FFA (Future Farmers of America), FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America), FCCLA (Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America, and HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America).
