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Helping Students Learn Newsletter - February (Spanish)https://5il.co/15d25
RBMS Activities of the Week
21-22 Yearbook deadlines are approaching! The last day to place an 8th grade tribute ad is February 28. The last day to order a yearbook is March 25. All orders must be placed online. You may find the link on the RBMS website by choosing Menu, scroll to the bottom until you find the Parents section, then look for Order a Yearbook. You may also go directly to the YB order site by selecting the following link. https://www.yearbookordercenter.com/jobSearch/displayHome
Congratulations to the RBMS YGA winners!! Our sixth grade winner is Brex Camp with a poem titled, “Final Destination.” Our 7th grade winner is Pippa McKinney, who wrote a poem “What a Day Brings.” Our 8th winner is Enoch Liles with his poem, “Tree of Immortality.” We are proud of these students for Reaching Beyond and Being Motivated for Success!
Attention 8th Grade Parents/Guardians: Your student received a paper today at school with their registration time (Feb 15-17) to register for classes for next year. Students will meet with a member of the SHS registration team and parents/guardians are welcome to attend.
Also, there will be a Rising 9th Grade Parent Information Meeting on Feb. 10 at 6:30 p.m. at Sonoraville High School to share high school course information. Please plan to attend.
The weekend of January 22, Gordon County 4-H attended Cloverleaf Project Achievement, a public speaking competition, in Rome, Georgia with our delegation of middle school students. We had an incredible showing there, taking home the award for Highest Percentage of Winners, because ALL of our students placed in their categories. See attached for pictures of students from Red Bud Middle School that participated.
Seth Carr - Poultry - 2nd Place
Sarah Dutton - Health - 1st Place
Jet Johnston - Historic Places and Events - 1st Place
Jose Manuel Lara Olmedo - International - 1st Place
Darcy Owen - Marine and Coastal Ecology - 1st Place
Preslie Parish - Photography and Videography - 1st Place
Gage Quinn - Beef - 1st Place
William Parish also represented Gordon County 4-H at the district level as a junior board member.
A special thanks to Carrie Parish for all her efforts with these students. Red Bud Middle had the highest participation for this group, and much of that participation comes from her persistence in supporting youth in their projects.
Don't miss the RBMS activities of the week.
Attention Parents of Students in ESOL
ACCESS Testing at Red Bud Middle School will be from January 26 until February 4, 2022. Please make sure your child is present each day for testing if he or she is not sick. Mrs. Perry will have an online parent meeting on January 25th on Microsoft Teams at 10:00am and 4:00pm if you would like to ask her any questions. The meeting can be accessed by clicking on the link below. Send Mrs. Perry a message on Class Dojo if you need help entering the meeting.
Questions about ACCESS Meeting/Reunión de preguntas sobre el exámen ACCESS
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19:meeting_NzFmZjJlNWUtNjAwNC00YTAyLWExNGMtYjYzN2ExM2NmMDA3@thread.v2/0?context=%7B%22Tid%22:%22db0dc05a-072b-42cf-ab44-85f34aa76b73%22,%22Oid%22:%22b1de862c-578e-4682-99e1-5db160582e62%22%7D
Check out the RBMS events of the week!
Congratulations to Red Bud Middle School's Teacher and Staff Member of the Month, Ms. Carrie Parish and Mrs. Rachel Carter!
Ms. Parish has started our STEM lab at RBMS that the students love. She sponsors the Academic team and also helps with 4-H. She assists the chorus director during the musical production, as well as heads up the concession stand volunteers during basketball season. Carrie is a team player and very creative when it comes to the connections teachers and dress up days!!
Mrs. Carter does a wonderful job helping staff and students with iPads and general technology issues. Beginning with organizing the daily announcements to seeing students and teachers all day long, Mrs. Carter never seems overwhelmed to help others in a timely manner.
RBMS 8th Graders: Gordon County Schools offers virtual learning through the Gateway Academy for students in grades 9-12 only. If you are interested in attending high school virtually instead of in person, you may apply for this opportunity. See the attached picture for more information. Please note that the deadline to apply for the 22-23 school year is January 28.
It's almost time for spring sports! Check out all of the tryout dates!
Thank you to our local police departments, school resource officers, & school safety staff who help keep our schools safe!
#GoCoSchools #LawEnforcementAppreciation#GETGCS
Welcome to a new semester and a new year! We are excited to see what 2022 has in store for our Gordon County Schools students, staff and community.
#GoCoSchools #GETGCS
Welcome to a new semester and a new year! We are excited to see what 2022 has in store for our Gordon County Schools students, staff and community.
#GoCoSchools #GETGCS
SAVE THE DATE: As we gear up for the second half of the school year, be sure to save all the upcoming important dates! (Click on the picture to view all upcoming dates!)
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We are excited to welcome our students back on Wednesday, January 5th!
We wanted to share a few quick facts before our first day back:
-We ask that students and staff members displaying symptoms of the Covid-19 illness please remain at home.
-Students missing school due to a medically related absence will be marked as excused. Students will be able to complete their work through Schoology or make up missed assignments
-Gordon County Schools will continue practicing mitigation measures including encouraging distancing when possible, practicing enhanced cleaning procedures of all rooms and buildings, limiting visitors, encouraging hand-washing, and making hand sanitizer available.
-A detailed outline of the Gordon County Schools phases of mitigation can be found at https://www.gcbe.org/covidprotocols.
-Gordon County Schools encourages you to follow the guidance from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) and the DPH (Department of Public Health.) The latest information released from the Georgia DPH and the CDC can be found online at https://www.gcbe.org/coronavirus as well as links to additional Covid-19 resources.
We look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday!!
RBMS 7th grade students were recently treated to an educational assembly presented by magician, Chad Crews. His programs are designed to encourage students in mysterious and entertaining ways to read the classics of literature. Chad presented "A Haunted Christmas" which featured Christmas ghost stories by M. R. James and the most famous Christmas ghost story, "A Christmas Carol." The program featured story excerpts along with magic tricks designed to encourage students to read. Thank you to Mr. Chad Crews for your awesome performance.
Parents:
Please join Mrs. Perry on Microsoft Teams Wednesday, Dec. 15th at 10:00am and 4:00pm for a fun way to learn new vocabulary. Follow this link to see the accompanying material. https://www.gcbe.org/cms/lib/GA50000065/Centricity/domain/10/documents/Building%20Your%20Childs%20Vocabularypdf.pdf
