Hello Middle School families. Thank you so much to all of you who came out for Open House. I hope you had the opportunity to see your child’s classroom, experience a little bit of a day in the life of a middle schooler and hit the BookFair to support our teachers and PTO. Have a great weekend.
Things to know:
From the Health office:
Please complete the Student Health Information/Health Office Emergency card and return to the nurse. This form also has for Parent/Guardian permission to administer Acetaminophen and Ibuprofen during the school day https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2198/GDRSD/2440905/Nurse_s_Office_Emergency_Card.pdf
If your student has an emergency care plan or health care plan please make sure you complete the annual paperwork for the Health Office. If you have any questions about what is needed please reach out to your building nurse.
For your planning purposes we have bookmarked our MCAS dates
ELA 4/13 & 4/14 (all grades)
Math 5/19 & 5/20 (all grades)
Science 5/12 & 5/13 (grades 5 & 8)
Civic 5/27 (grade 8) back to back if we can
Grade 8 Families;
Nashoba Tech will be here in PAC on Tuesday, October 7th, from 9:05 to 9:50. Dunstable students, who are interested and have their parents fill out permission slips, will attend a tour at Lowell Tech in the coming weeks.
Please see message from youth hockey
We are gathering information to see if there’s enough interest in forming a middle school hockey team for grades 5/6 and possibly a 7/8th grade team. This is open to experienced hockey players who reside in Groton/Dunstable. If needed, we will open it up to the surrounding towns.
Click the flyer below for additional information and to fill out the interest form.
Reminders:
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.
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.
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.
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:
October 13th Indigenous People Day, no school
October 24th District ½ day
Sincerely your Groton Dunstable Regional Middle School Principal
Wendy Salvatore