1. Teacher Appreciation Week is May 2nd - 6th! Take a minute to 'Thank' the teachers that continue to connect with and care for your children :) Click here to see a White House Proclamation for this week.

2. Washington D.C. Trip (8th Grade) . . . There will be a mandatory All Travelers meeting for the Washington D.C. trip on May 4 at 7 p.m. in the cafeteria. Chaperones going on the trip need to attend as well! You can RSVP below in this newsletter.

3. 8th grade dance tickets go on sale this Wednesday and will be available in student services through Wednesday, May 18th. They are $10 each and are available for GCJHS 8th graders only.

4. The GCJH Athletic Department is clearing out some old uniforms and apparel. Items are available for students to purchase for $3 or $5. Students must complete this Google Form (​​https://forms.gle/RQFAwxNjF1gpvSRx6) for each item they wish to purchase. Everything is first come, first served. Money must be collected before the items will be distributed. The form includes pictures of each item available for purchase, as well as sizes/quantities of each item.

5. Hello 8th graders! We are excited to have you joining us at the high school in just a few short months! It is time for us to begin the process of selecting your freshman class officers for next year! If you are interested, please read through the guidelines and fill out the forms using the link below or the QR code. All applications are due May 13 and elections will be held on May 17 at the On the Road to High School Day. Please let me know if you have any questions. (smccall@gcsc.k12.in.us)

Class Election Packet

6. Information about a FREE Beginner Wrestling Camp for grades 4-7 can be found in the flyer section below. Coach Holden will be at GCJHS during lunch next week to tell the students about it.

7. On May the 17th our 8th Grade students will be visiting our High School to tour the building and learn more about Life as a Freshman :) That same morning we will have 6th Grade students from GIS & MIS visit our building to take a tour and learn more about LIFE @ GCJHS :)

8. We will have two separate End of the Year Awards Ceremonies on May 26th. See the calendar invite below for more information.

9. SUPPORT INCLUSION/SPECIAL OLYMPICS/UNIFIED CHAMPIONS = POP FOR A PURPOSE . . . During Homeroom this week students will enjoy a video presentation about Inclusion. Thanks to all who made donations last week to support Special Olympics/ Unified Champions.You can see a copy of the video at https://youtu.be/cSXRHodKmIg. Contact Mrs. Finley if you have questions or want to assist in any way.

Happy Harry Potter Day!

-In the French version of Harry Potter, Tom Riddle’s name is Tom Elvis Jedusor, which rearranges to “Je suis Voldemort”

-It took the Harry Potter production team months to get the owls trained to carry and deliver letters

-J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter have the same birthday

-Rupert Grint rapped in his audition to be Ron

-J.K. Rowling first wrote down the words Gryggindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff on the back of an airplane vomit bag.

-Whenever Harry, Hermione, and Ron are doing schoolwork in the Harry Potter movies, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson were actually doing their homework.

-If you look closely, you’ll notice that the scar on Harry’s head on the book's cover and in the film are different.

-Rowling spent the first five years writing Harry Potter just setting up rules on what the characters could and couldn’t do

-Fred and George Weasley were both born on April Fool’s Day

-Makeup artists applied Harry’s scar over 2,000 times, and Radcliffe went through 160 pairs of glasses

1. Select “I’m a student”

2. Using the student’s information, fill in the boxes in the “General Information” section. The student’s G-C email address can be used when required. It is the student’s ID number “@students.gcsc.k12.in.us.”

3. Create a username and password and provide the account security questions/answers.

4. Provide the required parent information.

5. Once the account is established, and you’ve logged in, click on the student’s name at the top of the screen. Then select “PSAT/NMSQT, PSAT 10, and PSAT 8/9 scores”

6. In the “Score Overview” and “Score Details” areas of the site, you can see the student’s overall score (range of 240-1440), their percentile compared to other students who took the assessment, and their individual scores for reading/writing and math.