The book fair is coming! The community is invited to shop the Scholastic book fair during parent/teacher conferences at West and Northeast Elementary schools Tues. Oct 22 and Thurs. Oct 24.
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🎉 Get ready for Fall Madness this Friday at GCMS! It's our Fall Madness Volleyball Tournament, where GCMS student teams will battle it out against each other—and even face off with the faculty team! 🏐🔥
Doors open at 6 PM. Admission is $3 for students and $4 for adult spectators. If you've formed a team, make sure to turn in your sign-up forms to the office by tomorrow. Don’t miss the action—come show your school spirit and cheer on your classmates! 🥳💪 #GCMSFallMadness #SchoolSpirit #VolleyballTournament
Glenwood TeamMates Mentoring Program Celebrated being named Chapter of the Year! You can find the article here: https://www.3newsnow.com/southwest-iowa/your-adult-best-friend-glenwood-teammates-mentoring-celebrates-being-named-chapter-of-the-year
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Join us tomorrow night for an informative session with Jodi Demonett and Christy Hagen regarding tobacco and drug use information and what parents need to know. While parents are attending this session, their children will be attending the Red Ribbon carnival that has games, prizes, and face painting. Let's not forget about the PIZZA! Hope to see you there!
Homecoming Parade 2024!
GCMS is proud to announce our September Rambassadors! Congratulations to our 6th, 7th and 8th grade Rambassadors!
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It's HOMECOMING Week Ram Nation! Here is a list of all the festivities going on this week! #GoRAMS!
It's HOMECOMING Week Ram Nation! Here is the schedule of events for this week's festivities!
Glenwood Board of Education seeks input on Superintendent Search. Please access the following survey to provide feedback. https://tinyurl.com/GlenwoodSuptSurvey
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Parents-GCMS Student Council is sponsoring many activities for students to get involved in the spirit of homecoming! During homecoming week, GCMS SC will sell black and gold beads and host Minute-2-Win-It games before school in the gym. Beads will be two for $1. Class meeting groups will compete in a door decorating contest with prizes being awarded to the top three doors that used creativity and originality while tying in the homecoming theme of 'A Day at the Zoo.' Please contact Mrs. Pontefract or the office with any questions. GO RAMS!
Mentoring Huddle!
Exciting News for Glenwood Middle and High School Students
We’re excited to announce the incorporation of Transfr virtual reality software into our Career & Technical Education and School counseling programs! 🎉 This innovative program is building classroom-to-career pathways, giving students hands-on experience with training simulators like monitoring vital signs (heart rate) and exploring comparisons between human and animal biology—a fascinating opportunity for our secondary students, Transfr, also used for workplace development, has hundreds of trainings and vocations in their library for GCSD students.
Recently high school advanced agriculture students Clara Lundvall and Joli Johnston were able to dive into both career exploration and specific trainings such as: skills with becoming a Solar Technician, where they practiced installing solar panels! The students also can use training simulators such as checking vital signs, where the students compare those between animals and a human.
At GCSD we are always aiming to equip our students with the skills they need for the industries of the future. 🚀
🚍🎉 Huge shoutout to our incredible Glenwood Transportation Department for passing this year's state inspection with flying colors—3 years in a row with ZERO write-ups! 🙌 The state inspectors go through every vehicle from top to bottom, checking everything from light bulbs to safety to any mechanical issues and so forth. This year, they inspected 24 buses and 22 suburban's/vans, and every single one passed with no issues!
Thank you to our hardworking team for always keeping our students safe and our vehicles in top-notch condition! 🚌💪 #TransportationExcellence #GlenwoodStrong #SafetyFirst
Glenwood Community Middle School is off to a fantastic back-to-school start filled with new faces, fresh ideas, and lots of energy. Here's to an amazing school year ahead at GCMS! #GoRams
Welcome to the Glenwood Rams New Teachers! 🌟 We're thrilled to have you join our district and bring your passion, creativity, and dedication to our students. Here's to a fantastic year of making a difference together! 🍎✏️ #WelcomeNewTeachers #GlenwoodRams
Back to School Night!
