ELEPHANT TRACKS – GCSS NEWSLETTER
12/16/2011
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ALL SCHOOLS
12/16 End of 2nd Nine Weeks
Holiday Energy Shutdown
12/19-1/3 Winter Holidays
1/3 Choice Day
1/3 School Board Work Session 6:00 pm
1/4 Students Back to School
First Day of Second Semester
1/10 Report Cards (Grades K-12)
COMMON CORE GPS STATE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING JANUARY SCHEDULE
Content Area Audience Date Time
ELA Kindergarten 1/25/12 10-12
ELA 2nd Grade 1/31/12 10-12
ELA 7th Grade 1/31/12 2-4
CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY
12/16 Chick-fil-A Biscuit Sale
Faculty Holiday Party 6:30 pm
1/4 1st Grade Level Meeting During Planning
Connections Grade Level
Grade Level Chair 3:00 pm
RTI
1/5 Tech Support/Creasman
Skate Country Night 6-8 pm
1/6 Chic-Fil-A Biscuits
Report Cards Due to E. Wiley
ENOTA ELEMENTARY
12/16 Compliance Director Modules Due
1/4 Leadership Team Meeting
1/5 Student Council Meeting in Culinary Arts 12:15-12:45
Action Team Meetings 3:00
Skate Country 6:00-8:00 pm
FAIR STREET ELEMENTARY
1/4 Kindergarten Collaborative GANS Meeting 8:50
First Grade Collaborative GANS Meeting 9:35
Second Grade Collaborative GANS Meeting 10:30
Fourth Grade Collaborative GANS Meeting 11:40
Third Grade Collaborative GANS Meeting 12:30
Fifth Grade Collaborative GANS Meeting 1:45
GAINESVILLE ELEMENTARY
12/17 Annual Christmas Dinner for GEA Families
1/4 GAN Meetings During Planning
1/5 Ronald McDonald Visits GEA K-2 8:15 3-5 9:25 am
1/10 Report Cards Go Home
1/13 Perfect Attendance Assembly
NEW HOLLAND ELEMENTARY
12/16 Polar Express Visits New Holland (And Maybe Santa, too)
Christmas Sing K-2 1:30
Compliance Director Mandates Completed
1/4 ESOL/EIP/Connection PLC
Faculty Meeting 2:45
1/5 PLC for 3, 2, 1
1/6 PLC K, 4, 5
GMS
1/6 Spelling Bee During Enhancement
Grades Due
GHS
12/16 Final Exams 2nd & 4th Periods
Varsity Wrestling John Smith Invitational @ Lumpkin Co. High School
JV Basketball Franklin County @ Home Girls 4:00 Boys 5:30
Varsity Basketball Franklin County @ Home Girls 7:00 Boys 8:30
12/17 Varsity Wrestling John Smith Invitational @ Lumpkin Co. High School
12/19-23 53rd Annual Lanierland Basketball Tournament
12/19 Varsity Girls Basketball Lanierland vs. Flowery Branch @ East Hall 9:00 am
Varsity Boys Basketball Lanierland vs. Johnson @ East Hall 1:30
1/3 JV Boys Basketball vs West Hall @ Home 4:00 pm
Wrestling @ Franklin Co. 5:30
Varsity Basketball vs. West Hall @ Home Girls 6:00 pm Boys 7:30 pm
Basketball Boys & Girls Night
1/4 9 Pre-Tests for EOTC
1/6 Wrestling Area Team Duals @ Oconee Co. High School
JV Basketball Oconee @ Home Girls 4:00 pm Boys 5:30 pm
Varsity Basketball Oconee @ Home Girls 7:00 pm Boys 8:30 pm
Basketball Middle School Night
1/7 Wrestling Area Team Duals @ Oconee County High School
JV Basketball Walnut Grove @ Home Girls 3:00 pm Boys 4:30 pm
Varsity Basketball Walnut Grove @ Home Girls 6:00 pm Boys 7:30 pm
Basketball Alumni Night
Directions to:
EastHall High School- Go Jesse Jewel Parkway . Go under I-985. Road changes into Old Cornelia Highway . School will be approximately 2 miles on your right
Franklin Co. High School-Take I-85 North to first Carnesville exit. Turn right. Take a left at dead end. Go part of the way around Town Square . Take Hwy. 145. School will be 2 miles on left.
Johnson High School-Go 985 South to Exit 16 (Oakwood). Go left when you get off the Interstate. Go approximately 1/2 mile to big intersection and take left onto Atlanta Highway . Entrance to school will be just past South Hall Middle School on your right.
3305 Poplar Springs Road, Gainesville, GA
Lumpkin Co. High School-Take Highway60 N. to Dahlonega. In Dahlonega, go part of way around Square. Take Highway 19 North. School will be approximately 1 mile on left past middle school on right.
Oconee County High School-Go 985 S. to Exit 16. Go left on Winder Highway (Hwy. 53). Go east on Hwy 53 through Winder. Past Winder, take a right at the golf course. Go approximately 20 miles from Winder. You will cross over Hwy. 316. The High School is on the right (this is still Hwy 53) about 12 miles after you cross Hwy. 316.
Winter Break will be Dec. 19 through Jan. 3. Students will report back to school on January 4, 2012. Faculty and staff will have a choice day on Jan. 3. If they worked on August 2, they will not have to work on Jan. 3. If they did not work on August 2, they will have to come back on Jan. 3.
Reminder
The Gainesville City Board of Education will have a board work session on Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. at the School Board Office. The board agenda is located on the district website under School Board Governance and will be available for public viewing on Friday at 4:00 p.m.
The 53
rd Annual Lanierland Basketball Tournament will be Dec. 19-Dec. 23. The first round will be at East Hall High School and the other games will be at Johnson. In the first round, Gainesville girls play Flowery Branch at 9:00 am on Dec. 19 and the boys play Johnson at 1:30 pm. If the girls win they will play the winner of the East Hall/Johnson game on Dec. 20 @ 7:30 pm at Johnson. If they lose, they will play the loser of the East Hall/Johnson game at 3:00 pm at Johnson on Dec. 20. If the boys win, they play the winner of the North Hall/Lakeview game at 6:00 pm at Johnson on Dec. 21. If they lose, they play the loser of the North Hall/Lakeview game on @1:30 on Dec. 21 @ Johnson.
The next Gainesville Middle School Title I Parent Involvement Program will be on January 10 (English Only) at 9:00-10:00. It will also be on Jan. 12 (Spanish Only) at 9:00-10:00 and 5:30 – 6:30.
Meetings will be held in the Media Center. The topic is
12 Ways Busy Parents Can Help Children Succeed on Standardized Tests.
Then on Thursday, Jan. 20 from 9:00 – 10:00 Am and from 5:30 – 6:30 pm, there will be a workshop entitled
Instilling the Desire For Success in Your Child. It also will be in the Media Center
. When it comes to success, it isn’t just a matter of how smart children are, or how much talent they have. If they don’t have the desire to succeed, they probably won’t succeed in school or in anything else.
Voluntary conditioning for girls’ high school soccer is Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays after school. They will have tryouts on January 23rd.
Please consider joining the Gainesville Booster Club. The Booster Club provided approximately $10,000 in funds last school year to the GCSS classrooms and sports that were not sanctioned by GHSA. The membership drive is the sole source of fundraising for the club. The club needs your support. For additional information, e-mail Karen.jackson@gcssk12.net
GHS COUNSELOR’S OFFICE SCHOLARSHIP INFO
Scholarship Qualifications Amount Due Date Info
North GA College Excellent physical 39 full scholarships www.northgeorgia.
Military Scholarships condition, 3.0 GPA that pays for room edu/gmssteps
(cumulative), SAT meals, tuition, fees,
scores of a min. of books, & uniforms
440 math & 480 for all four years at
critical reading. Must NGC&SU
commission as a
second lieutenant
in the Georgia Army
National Guard upon
graduating NGC&SU
Coca-Cola Scholars High school seniors $3 million awarded
www.coca-cola
Foundation who demonstrate in scholarships scholars.org
leadership, commitment
& academic
achievement
Youth Exchange American high school students YES Program’s Website
Scholarships for to spend a semester or an
US High School academic year in Bosnia &
Students- The Herzegovina, Egypt, Ghana
Kennedy-Lugar India, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Youth Exchange & Mali, Morocco, Oman, Thailand,
Study (YES) Turkey
Abroad Program
Youth Exchange Secondary school students Scholarships are now USAGermany
Scholarships for live with host families, attend available for academic Scholarship.org
US high school students local schools, & participate year 2012-13
The Congress- in community life in Germany
Bundestag Youth Young professionals (under-
Exchange Program graduates) & high school
CBYX graduates of vocational
Studies ages 18-24 study
And participate in practical
training.
Youth Exchange American high students and Several different Recruitment Am.
Scholarships for educators travel abroad on a organizations areas & Youth
US High School three-to-four-week long implement this application Leader-
Students The Am. Exchange program to gain program and deadlines ship
Youth Leadership first-hand knowledge of each has vary, please Program
Program foreign cultures & to organized an check website.
Collaborate on solving academic &
Global issues. Experiential educational
exchange focused on
dialogue & debate,
leadership development
& community service.
Scholarships for Hispanic/Latino Students:
http://www.latinocollegedollars.org/
http://www.scholarships.hispanicfund.org/applications
http://www.chci.org/scholarships/
http://www.hacu.net/hacu/Scholarships.asp
hhp://www.scholarshipsaz/org/
http://dreamact.info/
GE-Reagan Students that demonstrate $10,000 renewable 2/17/12 http;//www.
Foundation exemplary leadership, scholarships (up to reagan
Scholarship drive, integrity and $40,000 per student. foundation. citizenship org/GE-RF
scholarships.
aspx
Ronald McDonald House Students who are 1/27/12
www.rmhc.
Charities U.S. Scholarship exemplary role org
Program role models in their
communities and have
the initiative to fulfill
their educational
goals.
Jackson EMS-A.T. Must attend Gainesville 1/20/12 www.jackson
Sharpton Restricted State College. Judges will emc.com/
consider academic ability, scholarships
standardized test scores,
extra-curricular activities,
Involvement, personal sketch
and recommendation. Applicants
must either be a customer of
Jackson EMS, or be the son or
Daughter of customer & live
as a primary resident in their
parents/guardians household.
Jackson EMS Awarded to students enrolled 1/20/12 www.jackson
Unrestricted or planning to attend any emc.com/
accredited two-year or four-year scholarships
U.S. college, university, or
technical college. Judges will
consider academic ability,
standardized test scores,
extra-curricular activities,
involvement, personal sketch
and recommendation. Applicants
must either be a customer of
Jackson EMS, or be the son or
Daughter of customer & live
as a primary resident in their
parents/guardians household
Walter Harrison A statewide scholarship $1000 1/20/12
www.jackson
Scholarship sponsored by Georgia emc.com/
EMS. Award based on scholarships
Academic ability & financial
Need. The Harrison Trust
Application must be sent to
Jackson EMC not GEMC.
Important Date for GHS Students
January 23, 2012 – Make-up Graduation Announcement Orders & Letter Jacket Orders during lunch in GHS Lobby.
The Boys & Girls Club is offering free membership for all high school students this school year. Please contact the Boys & Girls Club for more information.
The Hall County Quilt Guild is sponsoring the 2012 Chicken Festival Quilt Show Contest for students grades 5-12. The Show will be April 28 at the Georgia Mountain Center. Students are encouraged to create a quilt wall hanging 20 inches by 20 inches. The quilt must represent the quilter as a chicken. For ex., a quilter who is a bus driver makes her quilt of a chicken driving a school bus or a student makes his/her quilt pertaining to school. There will be prizes given to each age group and to the viewer’s choice. The deadline is April 1, 2012. For more information or questions contact: Judy Wangemann @ 770-534-5861 or
jartwang@yahoo.com.
Gainesville High School has been awarded as one of five "High Flying Schools" in Georgia! This is a prestigious national award and a great honor to be chosen. New Holland received an Honorable Mention Award!
Gainesville High Schools and Gainesville College's partnership in the "Near Peer Project" was the emphasis for this award.
Gainesville High School Football Team finished in third place in the final Georgia Associated Press Poll for 3-AAA schools. The future looks bright for next year.
Gainesville’s Volleyball Coach Randi Orr Is Area Coach of the Year
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/28/article/60354/
Gainesville Volleyball Player Kaylin Walden Is Player of the Year
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/28/article/60356/
The Times All-Area Volleyball Team:
First Team
Kaylin Walker
Second Team
Lauren Carter
Honorable Mention
Daphne Rigone
Anna Walker
Katelyn Whelchel
Congratulations to the following GHS students who were selected into the GMEA District Honor Band.
Representing GHS at this event in February will be:
Chris Kelley
Patrick Kelley
Dillon King
Cassidy Pendleton
Kelsey Kirkpatrick
Morgan Mercer
Thuy Hanh Tran's drawing for the Dream Art contest on Civil Rights has been selected as a semi-finalist. She will be attending a reception/ceremony in February at the King Center in Atlanta where the winners will be announced.
GHS student
Patrick Kelley made a perfect score (100%) on Economics EOCT!!! This is quite an accomplishment and speaks well for him and his teachers
The Times Athlete of the Week Honor Roll
Shaquan Cantrell-Scored 25 points and had nine rebounds in a win over Oconee County. Scored 18 points in a loss to East Hall.
Kane Smith - Scored 19 points in a loss to East Hall.
The Gainesville Boys Basketball Team beat Oconee County 68-45. Shaquan Cantrell scored a team-high 25 points with nine rebounds. Caleb Hayman (13 points), Deshaun Watson (12 points) and Chase England (11 points) all scored in double figures.
Gainesville Schools May Expand Engineering Education
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/6/article/60448/
2011 A Year of Change for Schools
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/6/article/60406/
More Than Football to be Affected by Realignment
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/116/article/60398/
Red Elephant Football Met and Exceeded Expectations This Year
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/196/article/60350/
Fair Street Students Bring Wonders of World to Life
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/6/article/60342/
