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Dear GSCS Employees,
If any of you ever watched WWE wrestling on TV you may have seen Dwayne Johnson a.k.a. The Rock. One of The Rock's sayings was "Finally, The Rock is back!" and that is how I felt this week. Finally, the week of the 60th anniversary parade is here. I am writing this message on Thursday, the morning after the parade, as I reflect on our accomplishment one word comes to mind...fantastic! Seeing the different floats, marching units, schools, employees, organizations, and the crowd was amazing! What a sight it was to see our community cheering for our teachers, principals, assistant principals, staff and students as they paraded by. Griffin showed its support for public education and yesterday was the day. The community turned out. They were there for you. I particularly enjoyed being with many of you as we prepared for the parade; just seeing the excitement that surrounded all of us in the Food Depot parking lot. After the parade I overheard a comment that remained with me "the school system looked like a school system;" we were together as one. I want to thank you for the hard work that was put into showing our community who we are. I hope that you took as much pride in the parade as I did. It was very gratifying to see our first inductee class for the Educator Hall of Fame participating with us. I had the chance to speak with each of the inductees yesterday and I guarantee they were proud. I am looking forward to seeing them be officially inducted into our Hall of Fame tonight at the game. If it rains, our plans are to hold the induction on Saturday as we open the GSCS museum. And remember Saturday night from 5 - 9 p.m. at Memorial Stadium is our 60-year class reunion. You can still join in the fun! It has been a good 60th anniversary week; I hope that you all enjoyed it as much as I did. We have much to be proud of and have accomplished a lot. Congratulations! Enjoy your weekend, Curtis |
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Governor Deal and the Governor's Office of Workforce Development Recognize Six School Systems for Go Build Georgia High School Teams
Gov. Nathan Deal and the Governor's Office of Workforce Development (GOWD) recognize Atlanta Public Schools (APS), Bartow County Schools, Douglas County Schools, Oconee County Schools, Griffin-Spalding County Schools and Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools for having 100% of the system's high schools organized with a Go Build Georgia High School Team. As part of Gov. Deal's Competitiveness Initiative, Go Build Georgia was launched through GOWD in January 2012. Read more...
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2014-2016 School Calendar Feedback
Give us your feedback on the 2014-15 and 2015-16 school year calendars. Click HERE to view the different options and take the survey. Please complete the survey before November 15th. |
Georgia Parent Survey
Message from Martha R. Reichrath, Ph.D., Deputy State Superintendent The time to administer the Georgia Parent Survey for the 2013-2014 school year has arrived. This is the first year that the Georgia Parent Survey has been administered. The questions on the Georgia Parent Survey will mirror the school climate questions in the Georgia Student Health Survey II and the Georgia School Personnel Survey. Read more... |
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Fire Safety Contest Winner
Message from Rachel Long, Crescent Elementary specials teacher
 Susannah Murray, kindergartner at Crescent Elementary, attended the 21st Annual Fire Safety Luncheon for winning 3rd place in the Statewide Fire Prevention Poster Contest.
Susannah pictured with the Georgia Insurance and Fire Safety Commissioner, Ralph T. Hudgensand and the State Fire Marshal, Dwayne Garriss.
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Race to the Top Literacy Training
Message from Crescent Elementary second and third grade teachers Recently we attended a Reading Strategies Workshop led by Robin Dykes. She provided us with several hands-on learning activities that we could immediately take back to our classrooms and use. Read more... |
Number Talk
Message from Nikki Hudson, Cowan Elementary Instructional Coach Teachers view hands-on training as a hot commodity! This hands-on training was provided through a live Number Talk session with Mrs. Mendenhall at Cowan Road Elementary. During her training, Mrs. Mendenhall coached teachers in ways to utilize manipulatives and connect mathematical ideas, develop students' number sense, and clarify and justify students' understanding of mathematics.
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PIE Prize Patrol visits GSCS Teachers
Griffin-Spalding Partners In Education granted $26,000 to GSCS teachers for both classroom and field trip grants. Grant recipients were surprised in their classrooms this week by PIE members with balloons and their check. The teachers and students were very excited. Congratulations to all of the recipients!
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 PIE Cinema For A Cause Griffin-Spalding Partners In Education received $1,085 from Georgia Theater Company's Cinema For A Cause event. This year's charity recipients were Partners In Education, Safe House
Coffee, and United Way, which all received one-third of the events
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Cowan Road Middle's
5th Annual Jingle Bell Jog
December 5, 2013 at 5:30 p.m.
- 5K awards male & female overall & male and female 3 deep in age groups
- Scenic course through Wyomia Tyus Park
- Splits at 1 & 2 miles and water at 1.5 miles
- Special appearance by Santa Claus
- Glow bracelet or necklace & tee-shirt for all pre-registered participants
- Race Day registration available
- WALKERS WELCOME!
ENTRY FEE: Other GSCS Students - $10.00 Adults/Non-students - $15.00 Click HERE for entry form |
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The Griffin-Spalding County School System Communicator
October 28 - November 1. 2013
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