Welcome to the Junior High Newsletter. Junior High is an exciting time for student to take new classes and participate in extra-curricular clubs, sports, and dances. Seventh and eight grade students here at Galway have the opportunity to become as active as they choose in our school and school-sponsored activities! Junior high can also be a stressful time for parents - new expectations, more challenging classes, and more dates and information to keep track of than ever before!

With the monthly Junior High Newsletter, our goal is to share important dates, information about your child's classes, and helpful tips and suggestions geared specifically to parents of Junior High students. I hope you enjoy the first edition of the Junior High News. Please feel free to provide suggested topics for upcoming issues of the Junior High Newsletter.

- Michael Healey, Jr/Sr High Principal

The Jr/Sr High is looking for at least one parent of a 7th and 10th grade student to join our Shared Decision Making Team (SDMT). The SDMT meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 2:30 to Please email Mr. Healey.

Purpose of SDMT: The Jr/Sr High SDMT is an advisory group composed of parents, students, teachers, administrators, and community members. The purpose of the committee is to set goals that focus on improving student achievement, school climate and culture, and other issues determined by the SDT. The committee then makes recommendations to the building principal and/or superintendent.

Parents and Students, please review the Galway Jr/Sr High Dress Code:

(Click here for complete Galway CSD Code of Conduct)

All students are expected to give proper attention to personal cleanliness and to dress appropriately for school and school functions. Students and their parents have the primary responsibility for acceptable student dress and appearance. A student’s dress, grooming and appearance, including hair style/color, jewelry, make-up and nails, shall:

• Be safe, appropriate and not disrupt or interfere with the educational process.

• Recognize that extremely brief garments such as tube tops, net tops, halter tops, spaghetti straps, plunging necklines (front and/orback) and see-through garments are not appropriate.

• Ensure that underwear is completely covered with outer clothing.

• Include footwear at all times. Footwear that is a safety hazard will not be allowed.

• Not include the wearing of hats in the building except for medical or religious purpose.

• Not include items that are vulgar, obscene, libelous or denigrate others on account of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, gender, sexual orientation or disability.

• Not promote and/or endorse the use of alcohol, tobacco or illegal drugs and/or encourage other illegal or violent activities.