Welcome Back, Students!
We're excited to see everyone tomorrow as we kick off another fantastic school year!
A few important reminders:
Arrival Time: Please arrive no earlier than 7:45 AM.
Normal Schedule: Tomorrow will be a normal school day, so make sure you're prepared for your classes.
7th Graders: All 7th-grade students should report to the auditorium for a special meeting to start the day.
All Other Students: Please go directly to the first class listed on your schedule.
Free Breakfast: Don't forget, free breakfast is available for all students!
We're looking forward to a great year filled with learning, growth, and positivity. Let's make it a wonderful start!
Friendly reminder that bus pick up and drop off times are approximate. It may take a week or two for drivers and riders to learn each other's routines.
A couple things to note:
Our Westwood bus stop location has been moved to Westwood & Rushridge (west loop). Since this is a late change, the town route bus driver will be mindful of students who may be waiting at the old Hickory stop for the first couple of days.
On "Monday-early-out" days your bus rider will be dropped off at their normal bus stop approximately 2 hours earlier. For example - if the normal bus drop off time is 4:23pm, the "early-out" drop off time will be approximately 2:23pm (two hours earlier).
Thank you in advance for your patience!
🚨 THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU 🚨
Home State Bank provided dinner for our staff last night as they prepared for open house. We were able to enjoy a “Ram Family meal” together before welcoming families into the building! We are always grateful for the love and support from our community!!
Good Morning Ram Families!
With the first day of school only a few days away, we wanted to share some very exciting news ahead of the 24-25 school year.
Greene County Community Schools will be offering FREE breakfast for ALL students in ALL schools EVERY single school day! Our schools were awarded this option through an application from the Department of Education and the Child Nutrition Program in the state of Iowa.
A huge thank you to our kitchen teams, student support personnel, and our business office for working through this application and ensuring that our students will have at least one free meal, every single day they are in school.
Have an awesome Tuesday and we cannot wait to see our students on Friday!
CALLING ALL 7TH AND 8TH GRADERS!! If you are interested in participating in Fall Athletics you will need to make sure you have registered through BOUND, uploaded a current physical and completed the concussion protocol form. If you have questions about BOUND please reach out to our Athletic Director Dave Wright.
Fall Activities include 7/8th grade Football, 7th/8th Grade Volleyball, 7/8th Grade Cross Country.
Football practice will begin on Friday, August 23rd. Athletes will only need shirts/shorts and tennis shoes. Equipment will be handed out.
Cross Country will begin practice on Friday, August 23rd. Come ready to run!
Volleyball will begin practice on Monday, August 26th. Come ready to work!
At this time school sponsored athletics are only for 7th and 8th graders.
We are looking forward to a great Fall season!
GCMS is excited to announce that we will be partnering with Kona Ice once a month for the school year as part of our positive behavior program!
Scan the QR code and use Event Code: K699356071
What a better way to kick off the new year than a friendly game of Human Battleship! ! Today we welcomed back our teachers for the 24-25 school year with some food, fun and fellowship! We are looking forward to a great year and can't wait to welcome students back next week!
Greene County Middle School teachers want to thank Greene County Board Members for the welcome back snacks this morning! We are always grateful for their support and looking forward to a great 24-25 school year.
**REMINDER FOR 7TH GRADERS**
The Iowa Immunization law requires that all students entering into 7th grade have both a Meningococcal vaccine and a Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria, and pertussis) booster before school starts. There will be no grace/extension period for the implementation of this requirement. According to Iowa Code students who have not been vaccinated or hold a Certificate of Immunization Exemption, cannot come to school. If you have any questions please contact Nurse Lindsay at 515-386-6285.
Thank you,
Nurse Lindsay Jacobs
Greene County Community School will be holding the monthly board meeting at the admin building (101 Ram Drive, Jefferson, IA) this evening beginning at 5:15 PM. The public is welcome to attend in-person or view the livestream on the district's YouTube channel. See below for the link.
The meeting agenda can be viewed on the GCCSD Board of Education page under the Links header.
GCCSD Board Meeting YouTube Livestream Link:
https://www.youtube.com/live/VUrBIMh02WM
Board Meeting Agenda:
https://www.gccsd.k12.ia.us/page/board-home
Looking forward to seeing all our families at our Open House on Tuesday, August 20th 4:00-7:00. Kona Ice truck will be available in front of the school!
For clarification purposes on schedules:
We wanted to inform you that all students have been scheduled for an intervention time dedicated to both math and reading. During this time, students will work on skills specifically tailored to their individual needs. Some students will receive targeted instruction to help fill any gaps in their learning, while others will have the opportunity to enhance and further develop their skills. Our goal is to ensure that every student gets the support they need to succeed.
As you are aware schedules have been released on Infinite Campus Parent/Student Portal this morning beginning at 8:00 a.m. At this time we are not accepting schedule changes, unless it involves adding/dropping Band and/or Choir. Please look over your students schedule, if you notice they are/aren’t scheduled for band/choir you will be able to request those changes at open house on Tuesday, August 20th 4:00-7:00 p.m. We updated some of our policies for the 24-25 school year. Please refer to the student handbook for a full detailed update.
Good reminders!
Calling Area Businesses & Organizations!
Greene County Community School District is providing this public notice as a Request for Qualifications for a Construction Manager at Risk for the district's Solar Project. Please contact Superintendent Brett Abbotts at (515)386-4168 or through email at abbottsb@greenecountycsd.net with any questions or comments.
Greene County Community School will be holding the monthly board meeting at the admin building (101 Ram Drive, Jefferson, IA) this evening beginning at 5:15 PM. The public is welcome to attend in-person or view the livestream on the district's YouTube channel. See below for the link.
The meeting agenda can be viewed on the GCCSD Board of Education page under the Links header.
GCCSD Board Meeting YouTube Livestream Link:
https://youtube.com/live/5F5Y9WsIxPU?feature=share
Board Meeting Agenda:
https://www.gccsd.k12.ia.us/page/board-home
GCMS wishes our friends and families a HAPPY and safe 4th of July! 🇺🇸❤️🌭🤍⭐️💙
Middle School baseball & softball for today (6/28) has been canceled.
Sports Schedule Changes for today (6/18): MS softball vs Saydel has been cancelled per Saydel's request. The Varsity baseball and softball games @ Manson tonight will both start at 5:30 due to the weather forecast. Softball is a single varsity game only, baseball will have JV following the Varsity contest if weather permits.