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GCCS iTeam Families,
We've had a great start to the final nine weeks of the 2025-2026 school year! I can't believe we will soon be saying goodbye to our 6th graders as they prepare for middle school while our 5th graders will be preparing to lead our intermediate school. I want to encourage you to remind your student to stay strong in their studies until the end of the year. We still have a lot of great things in store for the remainder of the year. Since I will be gone next week with the 8th graders in D.C., you can reach out to Mrs. Johnson if you need assistance.
Blessings,
Mrs. B.
Notice: Although they are fun, the NEE DOH fidgets and anything similar will need to be left at home starting on Monday. TikTok trends ruin everything. Some students are cutting them open and playing with the glue-like substance and making a mess on our tables.
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Future 7th graders: Color Guard Information
Does your child love music, dance, and performing? We have an exciting opportunity for them to join our Color Guard team for the upcoming fall season!
What is Color Guard? It's a creative blend of dance, flag spinning, and acting performed alongside the marching band in a competitive setting and during halftime shows at the high school football games.
This is not just any activity- it's a high school level sport that welcomes middle schoolers to participate and excel. Our program includes 3 - 4 free weeks of camp right here on school grounds, running from mid-July to mid-August. As well as practices 4 days a week after school. Your child will have the chance to learn new skills, build friendships, and experience the thrill of performing.
Throughout the season, our Color Guard team performs at home high school football games, adding excitement and spirit to the atmosphere. Additionally, we compete in five to six Saturday competitions from September to early November against other bands.
Conditionings are April 9th, 14th, 16th, 23rd, & 28th and Try Outs are April 30th, both are from 3:45pm-5:45pm starting in room 711 and choir room.
Spots are limited.
For more information, please contact Miss Harr at mharr@grovecitychristian.org
This week we took a break from our normal curriculum. We had a special guest speaker. Christian author, Joshua Cooley, came to talk with us. He had a powerful message about emptiness. He reminded us that some things are better empty, like the tomb!!
iNTRAMURALS
iNTRAMURALS
Dodgeball season is underway! We had lots of interest....90 students signed up to play!! We are having fun!
Dodgeball season is underway! We had lots of interest....90 students signed up to play!! We are having fun!
The Naz - Preteen Ministry
The Naz - Preteen Ministry
Keep connected with all pre-teen ministry happenings through the NAZ YTH Pre site.
From the Office of School Counselor, Mrs. Trem
From the Office of School Counselor, Mrs. Trem
School Counselor Lesson Recap: Test-taking Strategies
Hi everyone, and happy Friday! I hope you all have had a great week. 🙂 As promised, here is the school counselor lesson recap for last week's 5th grade lesson. Since this month's focus for 6th grade was middle school success skills and scheduling, I wanted to talk about something similar along the same academic lines for our 5th graders, so we learned about some test-taking strategies for the students as they head into 6th grade. These skills can be applied to anything from timed tests and brief quizzes to more summative assessments like MAP tests. These included strategies such as reading all the answer choices, eliminating answers they know are wrong, checking their work, and using their resources like equation sheets, calculators, and rules. We also talked about the importance of going slowly when taking a test, reading directions carefully, and underlying key terms. Each fifth grader was given a handout of a wheel that detailed all of these strategies, so that they can reference it to remember these skills and also so that you can have discussions over it. You can see a copy of the test strategies wheel below! We ended our discussion by talking about test stress and how we can set ourselves up for success by doing proactive actions such as getting a good night's sleep, eating a healthy breakfast, and utilizing calming techniques like deep breathing and praying during the test.
Here are a few more study habits that could further help your fifth grader get ready for sixth grade academics next year:
Take notes during class
Make a reference or “cheat sheet” that has all of the most important rules or formulas that they can use to study. This would be especially helpful for Math, English, or Science classes
Making flashcards to study names, dates, or definitions
Studying with a friend or group of friends
You can even make a game of studying! Tools like Kahoot! can be useful in helping a student to remain engaged and still learn the material
That's all for today! If you would like for me to talk more about test/study skills or test stress with your student, let me know and we will find a time to talk in my office. As a reminder, here is a recap of scheduling information for current 6th graders. Please make your couse selections by next Friday, March 27! Let me know if I can help in any way!
Click here to see a description of our 7th grade course offerings. You can also see sample schedules at the end of the document. When thinking about electives, you can choose up to 1.5 credits, but you need to choose at least 1 credit worth of electives (one full year class or two semester classes).
If you want to see a broader picture of all the courses we offer here at GCCS, click here to see our school-wide course book. This document has information on all our course sequencing, honors course prerequisites, grading scales, and other helpful resources for 7th-12th grades!
If you were unable to attend Middle School Information Night last week, or if you would like to review the content again, you can view the presentation slides here.
Concert Band has now been renamed Middle School Band. Just be aware of this if you refer back to my original email and see the name Concert Band, although it is now called Middle School Band on the scheduling form, it is still the same class. 🙂
Once your family has decided what electives you would like to take, click here to place your course requests. Please complete the Google Form by Friday, March 27.
Our 7th grade honors placements are made by teacher recommendation. You will receive an email from me later this spring with information regarding your student’s math (7th Grade Math or Pre-Algebra) and language arts (7th Grade Language Arts or 7th Grade Honors English) placements. Let me know if you have any questions! Students’ full schedules with electives and order of classes, however, won’t be available until we return to school in August. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns, or if there is anything I can do to better support your family in the meantime. 🙂 Thank you for your time, and have a wonderful weekend!
Blessings,
Mrs. Trem
htremitiedi@grovecitychristian.org
614-875-3000 #2211
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