Hello Middle School families. I hope you have a great weekend.
Things to know:
SEPAC, Welcome Back ! Please join SEPAC on Thursday, 9/25 @7:30 pm for casual conversation and desserts with other parents and caregivers of the Groton Dunstable community.
We are excited to host our Welcome Back Block Party for the second year! It will be held on Saturday, September 13 from 2:30p to 4:30p behind the North Building and will continue to be free of charge, although registration is required.
We are looking for several volunteers to help ensure the event is another success!
Get all the details for registration, as well as information on your grade's contribution category, and how to volunteer to help make it a success on our website.
The Scholastic Book Fair will run from September 15 through September 19 and will include a Family Night during Open House on 9/18. Your student will have the opportunity to visit the fair during the school day at a designated time in their schedule between Monday and Thursday, so be sure to load those e-Wallets now!
Please sign up to help staff the fair! Your support ensures our fair is a success for everyone!
GDMS PTO FALL GENERAL MEETING & PARENT WORKSHOP
We invite you all to join us at our Fall General Meeting on September 25 at 7p via Google Meet. This is an opportunity to get involved, help build community at the middle school, and help us with our upcoming events and activities.
Immediately following our meeting we will hold our first parent workshop of the year - Welcome to Middle School. This free workshop is geared primarily to parents of new middle school students, however it is relevant to grades 5-8.
Please be sure to register to get the link for the meeting and workshop.
Reminders:
We are doing “Screen Free Wednesdays” at the middle school this year. We are trying to do our part to help students get out from behind the screens.
Cell Phones and Apple Watches, At the middle school cell phones are off and away. Powered down and in their backpacks in their lockers. Apple watches are considered watches until they are not just watches. If a teacher sees your child using their apple watch to text or do anything else other than tell time they will be considered phones and the expectation will be that they too are off and away. These are our Middle School consequences for phones.
1st violation- warning
2nd violation-taken and given to the office, form filled out
3rd taken to the office, call home and an adult has to come get the device.
Buses, If you have questions about bus routes, stops etc please direct these calls to Dee Bus. At the school Ms. Dutton, Ms. Fisher and myself really have no control over where the bus stops or the time it will arrive at the stop.
Bus Contact Erica Renna
The number for Dee Bus is, (978) 448 - 3322
The email is, erenna@deebus.com
Core Values: We are our new Core Values for the Middle School. Teachers and staff worked on these together last year. We will have students help us design posters over the course of the school year.
Ownership, Own your space, Own your learning, Own your behavior.
Awareness, Be aware of yourself and others, Be aware of your surroundings, and Be aware of your impact.
Kindness, Be kind to yourself, Be kind to others, and Be kind to your surroundings.
Dates to remember:
Bookfair Mon 9/15-Thurs 9/18
9/16 For our Bus students we will practice our Bus Evacuation protocols.
Open House Thursday 9/18 6:30-8
District ½ Day Friday 9/19
Sincerely your Groton Dunstable Regional Middle School Principal
Wendy Salvatore