Five Ways to Celebrate African American History Month
Read about African American leaders who shaped our history.
Learn about the many famous firsts in African American history.
Listen to African American music that has influenced American arts and culture.
Visit an African American cultural institution or event in person or online.
Explore events that have shaped African American history in the United States.
What are Restorative Practices? Restorative Practices strengthen relationships between individuals as well as one's connections within their learning community.
What are some examples of Restorative Practices?
- Using Affective Statements - Affective statements, referred to as “I” statements tell the listener how the person feels and why it makes them feel that way. They are an effective way to teach students how to express their emotions appropriately.
- Community Circles - A Community Circle is a discussion space in which students and the teacher sit in a circle so that everyone is visible. What distinguishes a Community Circle from an everyday group discussion is that Community Circles are used as an opportunity for students to build community.
- Small Impromptu Conferencing - Bringing students together to resolve a problem/disagreement by discussing the situation and how to resolve it.
- Setting Classroom Agreements/Norms - Some examples of general class norms are: Come prepared to class, respect others and yourself, and be kind.
Vernon Animal Shelter
A very special thank you to everyone who purchased a Candy-Cane-Gram during the month of December. As a result of your generosity, the National Junior Honor Society donated all of the proceeds ($262.00) to the Vernon Animal Shelter. A special thank you to Mrs. Amato for organizing the event and to Azraelle for delivering the check!
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Friendship Squad Goals! Students had a great time dressing up with their squad during the Student Council Spirit Week! Fun times! | PE Department Squad Goals! The Physical Education Department certainly showed their School Spirit! | The Dream Team Squad! Mrs. Studley, Mrs. Vaszlavik, Mrs. Frawley, and Mrs. Brady as the Dream Team squad! |
Friendship Squad Goals!
Students had a great time dressing up with their squad during the Student Council Spirit Week! Fun times!
PE Department Squad Goals!
The Physical Education Department certainly showed their School Spirit!
The Dream Team Squad!
Mrs. Studley, Mrs. Vaszlavik, Mrs. Frawley, and Mrs. Brady as the Dream Team squad!
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Twin Day! ... or in this case, Triplet Day! Mrs. Ramirez, 8th-grade student Joe Villano, and Mrs. Sisto all wore matching 21st CCLC shirts to show their school spirit! | Snow White... ...and her amazing paraprofessionals! Way to show your school spirit, Mrs. Sisto's class! | 7th Grade Hangout Night A great time was had by our 7th-grade students at the Glen Meadow Middle School 7th Grade Hangout Night! |
Twin Day!
... or in this case, Triplet Day! Mrs. Ramirez, 8th-grade student Joe Villano, and Mrs. Sisto all wore matching 21st CCLC shirts to show their school spirit!
Snow White...
...and her amazing paraprofessionals! Way to show your school spirit, Mrs. Sisto's class!
7th Grade Hangout Night
A great time was had by our 7th-grade students at the Glen Meadow Middle School 7th Grade Hangout Night!
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Area Band Performance Mid-January, four GMMS students performed at the area band concert, held at Mount Olive High School. Way to go, Aedan, Matthew, Shane, and Matthew! You did a fantastic job! | Engineering: Fairy Gardens Mrs. Stigler's engineering class pursued passion projects during the final weeks of their semester class. Here, three students display their fairy gardens! | Engineering: Bridges Students built bridges and tested the amount of pressure that their bridges could withhold. This student's bridge withheld 165 pounds of pressure! |
Area Band Performance
Mid-January, four GMMS students performed at the area band concert, held at Mount Olive High School. Way to go, Aedan, Matthew, Shane, and Matthew! You did a fantastic job!
Engineering: Fairy Gardens
Mrs. Stigler's engineering class pursued passion projects during the final weeks of their semester class. Here, three students display their fairy gardens!
Engineering: Bridges
Students built bridges and tested the amount of pressure that their bridges could withhold. This student's bridge withheld 165 pounds of pressure!
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Propeller Cars Students in Mrs. Stigler's class built amazing propeller-driven cars and then measured the distance that they traveled! | Tiny Houses Engineering students researched and built tiny houses using many different materials from school and home. Such creative minds! | Bridges This 8th-grade student built a solid bridge structure and then tested the amount of pressure that it could withhold. Way to go! |
Propeller Cars
Students in Mrs. Stigler's class built amazing propeller-driven cars and then measured the distance that they traveled!
Tiny Houses
Engineering students researched and built tiny houses using many different materials from school and home. Such creative minds!
Bridges
This 8th-grade student built a solid bridge structure and then tested the amount of pressure that it could withhold. Way to go!
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A Visit from Jeff Veley On January 13th, Mr. Jeff Veley came back to GMMS to share his powerful and positive message. Here is Mr. Veley pictured with Alanna! | Resiliency is Key Students were taught about the power of resiliency and how to utilize the Peace Sign approach, such as Justin is doing here! | Cyber Safety Presentation On February 1st, Detectives Perez and Rutledge met with GMMS students to discuss online safety when using the internet. Thank you to the SCA for organizing this for us! |
A Visit from Jeff Veley
On January 13th, Mr. Jeff Veley came back to GMMS to share his powerful and positive message. Here is Mr. Veley pictured with Alanna!
Resiliency is Key
Students were taught about the power of resiliency and how to utilize the Peace Sign approach, such as Justin is doing here!
Cyber Safety Presentation
On February 1st, Detectives Perez and Rutledge met with GMMS students to discuss online safety when using the internet. Thank you to the SCA for organizing this for us!
The Glen Meadow Way
#TheGlenMeadowWay is built on three core principles:
- Respect Yourself and Others
- Take Responsibility for Your Actions
- Reach Your 100%
Here at Glen Meadow, we focus on respect, responsibility, and reaching our goals. We accomplish this by following the 5 Ps. We are Prompt, Prepared, Polite, Positive, and Productive!
Who Will Win the "Soup"er Bowl?
Students are encouraged to bring in canned goods beginning on Tuesday, January 31st through Friday, February 10th to cast their vote for the team that they believe will win the Super Bowl. NJHS has placed collection boxes outside of the main office. All canned goods will be donated to a local food pantry.
Pre-Order Your Glen Meadow Yearbook!
Don't miss out! You can now pre-order your child's Glen Meadow Middle School 2022-2023 Yearbook through Josten's website. Please CLICK HERE for further information.
Board Games and Card Games
If you have any unwanted board games or card games (Uno, SkipBo, Phase 10, etc.), please consider donating them to GMMS for our students to play during indoor recess throughout the winter season. When inclement weather keeps us from going outside, students enjoy playing indoor table games with friends. All donations may be brought to the main office. Thank you in advance!
2022-2023 National Bus Safety Poster Contest
The New Jersey and American School Bus Council Safety Poster Contest is underway! This year's theme is "Safely Rolling to My Destination" All entries must be postmarked before March 15, 2023. For full details and information, please click HERE.
GMMS SCA
Please consider joining us at the next SCA meeting, on Wednesday, February 15th at 9:45 am. Please click HERE for all of the wonderful happenings and fundraisers on behalf of the GMMS SCA!
Mrs. Jacquelyn M. Van Orden, Principal
Dr. Eric W. Kosek, Asst. Principal