REMINDER: All FUN DAY t-shirt orders are due tomorrow to your student's homeroom.
We will be having an outdoor “Brown Bag It” Spring Concert on Thursday, May 2nd (rain date 5/7) on the playground black top behind the school starting at 6pm. Bring your lawn chairs/blankets (seating will not be provided) and have a picnic!!!
The Spring Book Fair has come to an end. It was a very successful fair, with over 1500 books put into the hands of our students. I would like to thank the parents that volunteered at the fair. Whether it was setting up, helping with little kids during the fair or dipping ice cream during our family event, thank you. A special shout out to my 5th grade girls that came after school one night and helped set the fair up, you girls rock. But most of all I want to thank everyone who shopped at the fair, who sees the value of encouraging our students to read. It is a great joy to work with you all. Thank you, thank you, thanks you.
Optional FUN DAY t-shirts for K-4th grade students are due this Friday. Student signatures are on the back of the shirt in their MGS graduation year! Adult sizes available, perfect for FUN DAY volunteers. $15 each.
A sweet treat along with a STEM activity makes for a great end to IAR testing! 8D students made a solar oven and tested it by making smores. Thanks to Geos Pizza for donating the pizza boxes!
Tomorrow 8th grade will be having their homeroom pizza parties for lunch thanks to generous donors! The pizza parties were purchased through the MGS Foundation Buy-A-Share fundraiser. The students are looking forward to it! Thank You!
K-6th graders! Check out the new 2024 STEM summer camp program that Camp Invention has to offer! See the attached flyer for details! You can also visit https://www.invent.org/programs/camp-invention
Optional FUN DAY t-shirts for K-4th grade students are due this Friday. Student signatures are on the back of the shirt in their MGS graduation year! Adult sizes available, perfect for FUN DAY volunteers. $15 each.
Don't forget, the ice cream social is tonight from 6 - 8 in the cafeteria. The Spring book fair will also end tonight at 8:00. See you there!
Today is early dismissal. K-4 will be dismissed at 11:20 and 5-8will be dismissed at 11:25. Everyone have a great weekend!
Mrs. King put her class to the test to see if they had what it takes to join her as an astronaut! They worked in partners and visited all of the planets and completed math review skills to earn their astronaut status! They even got to try out a special astronaut snack...freeze dried ice cream sandwiches! I am happy to report they were successful and we have a new crew of official astronauts!
March 2024 Marks the 39th Music In Our Schools Month®
This Year’s MIOSM® Theme Is “I See ME in Music Education”
https://nafme.org/blog/march-2024-marks-the-39th-music-in-our-schools-month/
ISU is offering Summer Band Camps!! This is a fun Summer Opportunity!!! Please let me know if financial assistance is needed. We have some scholarship opportunities available!
https://finearts.illinoisstate.edu/bands/band-camps/
All April long, National Jazz Appreciation Month celebrates the heritage and history of jazz. As a truly American art form, jazz's soulful and rich culture dates back to the 1890s. The roots of jazz can be found in the blues.
https://nafme.org/resource/jazz-appreciation-month/
Just a reminder the Scholastic Book Fair starts tomorrow. It will continue through April 12th. There will be an Ice Cream Social on the 12th from 6pm- 8pm to end the fair. Come for a cool treat and shop the book fair. Direction for setting up e-wallets and times can be found at the link on the Library's webpage.
Current 7th grade Families Save the Date! There will be an informational meeting about next years 8th grade trip to Washington D.C. on Wednesday, April 3rd, at 7:00 pm in the MGS cafeteria. If you have any questions, please email Amy Abney aabney@mgsredbirds.org I Iook forward to seeing you there!
Reminder - MGS will be on Spring Break from March 25-April 1. We look forward to seeing everyone back on April 2nd!
5B and 5D engineers took a shot at engineering a Mars lander that would keep astronauts safe as they landed on the "Red Planet". We quickly learned that building such a contraption takes a LOT of engineering. Check out some of the ideas the kids had.
Why should the adults have all the fun? 5th graders had our own Mini Glo Bingo tonight!
Who/What: A brand new scouting troop is starting in Germantown Hills! This troop is open to girls 5th grade and up and will be linked with the existing Germantown Hills boys scouting troop.
Where/When: Meetings are held Monday evenings at Willow Hill church, and there is usually one campout a month.Scouting is very accommodating of other activities. Come to what you can, when you can, and advance at your own pace. Scouts in our existing troop participate in many other activities, including robotics, cross country, marching band, basketball, soccer, chess team, scholastic bowl, hockey, theater, baseball, rock climbing, track and chorus.
Why: Scouting builds competence and confidence in kids. Adult leadership is present at all events, but activities are largely run and directed by the scouts themselves. Scouts work together as a group, having fun and solving problems that arise. They learn critical skills such as first aid and cooking, and can earn merit badges in 100+ subjects.
Contact Dan Wear (309-397-3009) or Lori Hanson (724-816-1443) for more information!
