The Kindergartners encouraged Mrs. VandeSchraaf and Mrs. Hensley to be brave and touch the octopus. The octopus was here to celebrate the letter O and the ocean unit. Thanks to Mr. Dixon for providing this hands-on experience.
GHMS is looking for a Dance Team Coach for the 2024-25 School Year. If you or someone you know is interested, please email Ryan Davis davisr@ghills69.com
Two former GHMS and MTHS students presented in Senora Ganson's 8th grade Spanish class today. Lydia Alonso and Kinsey Ganson talked about the Honors Spanish program at MTHS and the school-sponsored trip to Spain that was in March 2023.
A special thank you to the community for supporting both the GHMS and GHES as they collected food for the Midwest Food Bank! GHES collected over 2500 cans and GHMS collected over 600 cereal boxes! Great work!!
Yesterday, 6th graders presented their Shark Tank ideas for Miss Ingold's Exploratory class!
Congratulations to Caelyn Burris, who won this week's dude.we.see.you award. Here is what another student said about Caelyn: "She always cheers everyone on during dance in PE."
Caelyn, we see you!
Congratulations to the 8th grade GHAA Intramural Basketball Team, who took 2nd place in their Championship this past weekend. Awesome job!
Congratulations to Vicky Garey, who was nominated for the 2024 ICCA Coach of the Year Award. Awesome job and thanks for your hard work with our team!
Congratulations to the Scholastic Bowl team who was runner up at the Tazwood Conference this weekend. The team won 3 out their 4 matches and fought hard in the championship round. We are very proud of them!
Middle school students donated 536 cereal boxes to the Midwest Food Bank last week. Thank you to the Student Council for heading this fundraiser and creating our cereal domino through the hallways. It was so fun to watch! Here is the video:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LVx-5my6rDXTbIT_nd3ympi84uvme0JQ/view?usp=sharing
Today was "Dress Like a Pirate Day." We even had a parrot!
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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!
