G-Masters Racing recently won 2 awards at the Santa Sprints Greenpower Race. Gardner Newman Middle School students created a presentation on the pros and cons of gasoline engine versus electric motors. G-Masters Racing won 3rd place out of all the teams participating. Students also decorated their Pit Area and won 3rd place in the Spirit of Santa Award for their race themed decorations. GreenpowerUSA is a growing STEM program in Troup County.

The Student Growth Reports are available to parents through the SLDS Parent Portal (accessed through Infinite Campus). Use the following steps to locate the report:

1) Log into the Infinite Campus Parent Portal
2) Choose the SLDS portal (may have to click "More" for the option to appear)
3) Choose Performance
4) Under downloadable reports, The Student Growth Report Option will be available as well as the Individual Score Report and any other state assessment results, including GAA, GKIDS etc.

On Monday, TCSS hosted a Town Hall Meeting at Gardner Newman Middle School. The purpose of the Town Hall was to address and share the school system budget with the community. The presentation from the Town Hall can be downloaded here:

Town Hall Presentation - 12.09.19

Jonathan Murphy, Troup High School senior, is passionate about music and composition. In fact, he plans to major in music education, and possibly composition, when he goes to college. He got a little taste of what success looks like when he was asked to participate in a music composition competition earlier this year. 

He won.

As part of the Georgia Music Educators Association (GMEA) composition competition, students from all across the state submit their musical masterpieces to be judged by professors and music educators. The pieces have to be ten minutes and written for up to eight voices or instruments. Jonathon’s winning piece “Elevator Music” was one of 14 pieces chosen. 

Recently, the Georgia Department of Education released its list of 2019-2020 Distinguished and Reward Schools. Three Troup County School System (TCSS) elementary schools made the list:

• Long Cane Elementary – Distinguished School
• Franklin Forest Elementary – Reward School
• Rosemont Elementary – Reward School

“It is an honor to see our schools recognized for making progress and great improvements on this year’s GMAS. It shows we are on our way,” said Dr. Brian Shumate, TCSS Superintendent.   

To receive a distinguished school designation means that a school is one of the highest-performing Title I schools. They are among the top five percent of Title I Schoolwide schools and Title I Targeted Assistance schools in Georgia.

G-Masters Racing is excited about its upcoming Santa Sprints Race this weekend at Long Cane Middle School. Students have been working on updating the race cars. Recently, Santa dropped by to check on the team's progress.

Congrats to Callaway High School alum Jontavious Willis. He graduated in 2014 and has gone on to earn a Grammy nomination for his album Spectacular Class in the Best Traditional Blues Album category. Way to go Jontavious! See Jontavious on Georgia Public Broadcasting.

Wednesday, December 18th C Block (Rotation Schedule - E D C B A)

Thursday, December 19th D & E Blocks (Rotation Schedule - E D C B A)

Friday, December 20th A & B Blocks (Rotation Schedule - A B C D E) 

91% of GNMS students are living above the line with no referrals in November.
95% of 6th graders had no referrals.
90% of 7th graders had no referrals.
87% of 8th graders had no referrals.

When students purchase a yearbook online, they’ll additionally receive 20 FREE Holiday Photo Cards ($25 value). They will receive a promotional code in their yearbook email receipt with instructions on how to order their FREE cards. They will have from November 18th through January 31st to go online and redeem their FREE photo card promotional code. The holiday card website link for ordering will be provided in their email receipt.

Congratulations to our FANTASTIC lunchroom staff! Staff were asked to dress up, decorate and show school spirit during National School Lunch week. They won the award for having 100% participation! #theGNMSway

At the beginning of the year, Advanced Graphic Design students were presented with a yearlong project. The project involved them gathering information, writing articles, taking photos, and laying out the information in a newsletter template that we created. The students were divided into groups and assigned a CTAE teacher/pathway. We had a friendly competition to develop the masthead for our monthly newsletter.

We are pleased to share with you that our first newsletter which introduces each of the career pathways is attached below. The students have worked hard and we are extremely proud of them and the product they have produced.

Click Here to view their finished product!

A huge THANK YOU to all of those who came out! We had a great time! A very special THANK YOU to: the Health Department, Dr. Salman Fidahussein, Kona Ice, Good to da Bone, Taco Truck, LaGrange Memorial Library, and our PTO!

                                

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"Friends don't let friends do drugs"

Students Moses Brown & Robert Skinner Jr. at the State Capital with Georgia's School superintendent Richard Woods for their Student Advisory Council meeting!

        

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Congratulations to Moses Brown & Robert Skinner Jr. who were recognized at the Board of Education Meeting for being chosen to serve on the Student Advisory Council for the state of Georgia!!

Congratulations to Mrs. Luke-Hill and Ms. Fuller for winning teacher of the year for Gardner Newman!!

Pictured: Mrs. Luke-Hill with administrators Mrs. Yates, Mr. Moat, and her class

Pictured: Mrs. Fuller with administrators Dr. Adams and Dr. Travis

Have you heard your child discussing Lexile levels? Click to find out more about Lexiles - including what the scores mean and how to use them!

Congratulations to our G-Masters Racing team on its first Greenpower race of the season.  Our #92 Mustang car won 2nd place and our #50 Viper won 3rd place at the Chambers County Grand Prix this weekend. Our #92 car had the fastest lap and received bonus points! Special shout out to Mrs. McNamee for our awesome posters for the team presentations! We had a great time and thanks to these students for their hardwork at the race: Tucker Borders, Jackson Bozeman, Richard Heddings, Kayden Jameson, Seth McNeal, Matthew Pyles, Eli Rebennack, Sean Shirey, and Hollis Stephens.
     
     

Fellowship of Christian Athletes at GNMS this morning!

All parents are encouraged to participate in the Georgia Parent Survey. The data will be used as part of the calculation of the School Climate Star Rating. Survey responses are anonymous and will be submitted directly to the Georgia Department of Education for analysis. The Georgia Parent Survey is also available in Spanish.
Georgia Parent Survey:
https://gshs.gadoe.org/Pages/Parent.aspx
(if the link does not work, please copy and paste into your browser)
Thank you in advance for participating! It should only take five to ten minutes.

This event is not just for school personnel, but also open to the community!

Please come show your support and donate to this wonderful cause!

Mrs. Maroney's classes enthralled by the novel, THE OUTSIDERS, as the murder climax is revealed!

Check out students in class are learning about the elements on the Periodic Table on the new Promethean board!

GNMS is the first middle school in the county to have not one,

but THREE female football players!

Congrats to our students who won money for selling chocolates during our

PTO Fundraiser!
 

Our students are exploring dichotomous keys with Jelly Belly jelly beans!

Do you have a few minutes to complete a survey about Positive Behavior Intervention & Support (PBIS) @ GNMS? We will use these scores to see where we are now and where we need to go from here. Click the link to complete the survey today! 

https://bit.ly/2znYQqa

This was Mrs. Lockhart and Mrs. Luke-Hill's first community field trip this year to the Mike Daniel Rec Center. They always represent Gardner Newman Middle School well! So proud of these Mustangs!!

Congratulations to Gardner Newman Middle students Robert Skinner Jr. (pictured left) and Moses Brown (pictured right) who were selected for the State Student Advisory Council! The advisory council is a group of around 50 high school students from across the state who are selected based on their responses to a variety of questions. They meet three times a year with the state superintendent and serve as liaisons between the Department of Education and the students of Georgia!
 

Thank you to American Solutions for Business for their help in producing our brand new GNMS magnets! Thank you so much for helping us spread our Mustang Pride! 

Our students had so much fun at the practice races with Long Cane & Callaway Middle school! They are excited and ready for racing season to begin! Their first race is against Chambers County Grand Prix on Oct 4-5. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, click here!