Germantown Hills School District #69

Congratulations to Coach Davis on his nomination as the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association, 8th Grade Girls Jr. High School, District 18, Co-Coach of the Year! This is much deserved. Great job Coach Davis!

Congratulations to this week's dude.we.see.you winner, Cordelia Bachman. Here is what another student said about her: "She is always super supportive and nice. Whenever I am in a bad mood, she can cheer me up." Awesome job, Cordelia. We see you!

The Chess Team had their Walk of Champions this afternoon! Congratulations to Ryan Crebo, Owen Hall, and Jaxon Godinez, who all won bronze medals at the State Chess Competition.

We had 163 students with perfect attendance for the month of February. They got Capri Suns at lunch today. Awesome job!

The 7th graders have been giving how-to speeches in their Language Arts class this week!

7th graders got the chance to learn about the Revolutionary War in a unique way this week. The 7th grade Social Studies teachers were able to get a traveling trunk of uniforms and other items brought into class. The students had a blast traveling through stations and time.

Congratulations to this week's dude.we.see.you winner, Isla Uppole! Here is what another student said about Isla: "She helped me with homework and she is helping me with a big project. She is kind and welcoming and I feel like she should be nominated for her kindness." Awesome job, Isla! We see you.

Today was a beautiful day for the Purple Team (8th and 1st grade) to celebrate their 2nd trimester win for the most WOW tickets and Dude. Be. Nice tickets. The Buddies were able to enjoy some ice cream, chase bubbles, decorate with chalk, play on the playground, and have a dance party!

We are hosting the IGSMA Organizational Contest tonight. Band and chorus students will be performing all evening. Come out and listen to some great music!

Our Daily Life class finished up a unit on nutrition and are now focusing on the importance of exercise. Today we did a circuit exercise and they had to tell what muscles they used. They are then going to create a workout routine that hits all the muscle groups.

GHMS Track Workouts start on Monday February 26th and will run all week, Monday through Friday after school until 5:00. Participants must have an updated sports physical on file with the school in order to participate in Track & Field Practices starting Monday March 4th. Please check with the GHMS office if you are unsure if your child's sports physical has expired. Track is for 6th-8th grade students.

Next week we will have dress up days to help "Celebrate Reading".

Our 4th grade had the opportunity today to hear Kim Tomsic, the author of The Elephants Come Home: A True Story of Seven Elephants, Two People, and One Extraordinary Friendship. They were also chosen to ask her two of their own questions! Way to represent 4th Grade! Thank you also to Mrs. Poole for arranging such a great opportunity.

Congratulations to this week's dude.we.see.you winner, Hunter Becker! Here is what another student said about Hunter: "After math, I was walking out of the classroom to lunch when I dropped my water bottle and a piece of it fell off and went somewhere. Hunter and I were both a little late to lunch because he stayed to help me look for it." Awesome job, Hunter!

The 8th graders finished their 10-Chapter Stories today. Collectively, they wrote almost 800,000 words. Mr. Ringle has his work cut out for him reading all weekend!

Yesterday, the Student Council handed out Crush sodas for Valentine's Day!

Yesterday, 7th graders presented their Online Book Dating Profiles through a “speed dating” platform in Mr. Vaughan's class and did an amazing job working on interpersonal communication skills!

6th grade participated in a STEM challenge today! They had to build the tallest tower made completely out of paper hearts.

Congratulations also go out to this week's dude.we.see.you winner, Natalie Harrison! Here is what another student said about Natalie: "She is always nice to everybody and makes sure that people are okay." Natalie, we see you. Thank you for your kindness!

Congratulations to the Germantown Hills Middle School Cheerleading Team on placing 4th (out of 30 teams) at the IESA State Cheerleading Finals in the Small Team Routine Division! It was the cheer team’s best performance and highest score all season!