GVMS Weekly Update
November 4th, 2019
Garnet Valley Middle School
Email: stenzl@garnetvalley.org
Website: https://gvms.garnetvalleyschools.com/
Location: 601 Smithbridge Road
Phone: 610-579-5100
Twitter: @GarnetValleyMS
Weekly Update
GVMS Drama Club Update
Agenda from October 30th Meeting
GVMS Drama Club Audition Contact Information:
After School Club Pick Up Reminder
We ask that, for the safety of all students, parents adhere to the procedures for after school activities. Our coaches and teachers supervising the various organized activities and sports establish a set schedule with specific pick-up times.
It is important to note the schedule and have an assigned adult to pick up students at the designated times. We do not have personnel available to supervise students after the club or practice as ended. We also need to reinforce that students are not permitted to stay after school to watch practices. Our coaches cannot facilitate their practices while supervising additional students.
Our supervising staff will remain with students until all students are picked-up by a parent/guardian. Please make sure that the supervising staff members have your current contact information. After one documented late pick-up, the student will not be able to stay after school. The student will be placed on probation and miss the next scheduled activity. In order to attend any future scheduled organized activity the parent/guardian must provide a written note confirming that an adult can guarantee transportation for the scheduled session.
Every effort should be made to pick-up students by a parent, relative or set-up a convenient carpool arrangement with other families. This is the safest option for our students.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. Please contact the main office if you have any questions at 610.579.5102.
GVSD Chess Tournament - Saturday November, 9th
Attention Garnet Valley Families,
A student from Garnet Valley High School is organizing a chess tournament on Saturday, November 9th for students! The proceeds raised from the tournament will be donated to the BSES Nature Trail to buy native plants to put on the nature trail:
For more information, you can contact ujjwalap.16@gmail.com.
Haven't experienced the BSES Nature Trail? Click the link below to learn more:
Links to Important Information
GVMS Student Item Drop-off
We have a few considerations to think about as we continue to maximize our expanded 57-minute classes. We are hearing from our teachers that the 57-minutes has improved engagement, opening, and closing of lessons, time to process, and expanded opportunities for student collaboration. In our discussions, we have learned that the number of school-wide announcements and interruptions to the classroom have disrupted the learning environment. In researching the concern, we have approximately 80-100 drop-offs in one day (i.e. gym bags, lunches, homework, instruments, etc.). We will always find a way to feed a student that forgot their lunch. Our teachers will work with you to improve your students' organizational planning for homework and projects.
We kindly and respectfully request that drop-offs are limited to critical needs. We are not calling into rooms or making school-wide announcements that interrupt the flow of instruction. We post all office pick up alerts for students on our TV screens in the cafeteria and hallways as a form of communication. Please note that the TV screens will be updated once a day before all the lunches. Any items dropped off after 10:00 will not show up on the TV announcements. Additionally, limiting the number of drop-offs will better prepare us for our own future front entrance renovation, similar to the high school's front entrance renovation. Thank you so much for your consideration.
Early Dismissal Notes
GVMS HSA Information
GVMS Box Tops for Education
GVMS is finally registered with Box Tops for Education!! It’s a super simple way to raise money for our school! And we no longer have to cut out the Box Tops & bring them into school! The new system makes everything so easy!!
Here is a link to the website!
https://www.boxtops4education.com/en/How%20To%20Earn
Find Garnet Valley Middle School as one of the listed schools. Register online to raise money for GVMS. Download the app. Then start scanning the box tops! It’s that simple!!
HSA Updates and Announcements
GVMS Pure Vida Bracelets
HSA Meeting
Join us at our next GVMS HSA meeting on Monday, November 4th at 7:00 in the library. We'd love for you to join us as we help to plan & organize the upcoming events for our students and school community! Meetings usually last one hour. This is the perfect venue to find out how HSA helps support GVMS!
2019 Craft Fair
Save the Date - Saturday, December 7th is the 2019 GVMS Holiday Craft Fair! Pencil this fabulous HSA fundraiser into your calendar! we hope that you can come check out the fabulous vendors, shop for yourself and your loved ones, have lunch, hang out with friends, and have a wonderful Saturday raising money for our GVMS HSA! More details to come soon!!
AMAZON SMILE
GVMS HSA is registered as a nonprofit educational charity with Amazon Smile. Raising money for our school has never been easier. The next time you are shopping on Amazon, please considering registering to participate in Amazon Smile. When you select Garnet Valley Middle School HSA as your charity of choice, Amazon will make a donation to our school whenever you shop through Amazon Smile. Here is a link to the GVMS HSA Amazon Smile page for more information & to register: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/23-3075301
Box Tops for Education
GVMS is finally registered with Box Tops for Education!! It’s a super simple way to raise money for our school! And we no longer have to cut out the Box Tops & bring them into school! The new system makes everything so easy!!
Here is a link to the website!
https://www.boxtops4education.com/en/How%20To%20Earn
Find Garnet Valley Middle School as one of the listed schools. Register online to raise money for GVMS. Download the app. Then start scanning the box tops! It’s that simple!!
Interested In Volunteering?
If anyone is interested in volunteering for any of our upcoming HSA events, there are endless ways to get involved! Please contact Missy Rosenthal at mmrosenthal@comcast.net or Andrea Romaniello at andrear.ed@hotmail.com for more information on volunteering this year at GVMS with our HSA! Or check out our HSA website at https://sites.google.com/garnetvalley.org/gvmshsa/home for more details! We love our volunteers!!
Garnet Valley Communities That Care
GV CTC Quick Tip #9 Mental Health
The results are back from the 2017 Pennsylvania Youth Survey for Garnet Valley’s 6th, 8th, 10th, and 12th graders. We also have results from 2013 and 2015.
The results of this anonymous survey are self-reported and represent 83.9% of our students.
Did you know? “A mental health condition isn't your fault or your family's fault—it develops for complicated reasons that researchers are only starting to understand. But we understand a lot about how you can live well with a mental health condition—and you have the power to take the steps necessary to improve your mental health”(National Alliance on Mental Illness, NAMI).
Call to action… “Mental health services and supports are available and the earlier you access them the better. Many teens and young adults live full lives with a mental health condition. More and more teens and young adults are speaking out about their experiences and connecting with others. You are not alone—there are others out there going through the same things you are” (NAMI). To read more from NAMI paste the link below into your browser
https://www.nami.org/Find-Support/Teens-Young-Adults
For free and local mental health help for any age, call the Delaware County Crisis Connections Team - 855-889-7827. You can access help over the phone or they can come to you if needed.
CALL THE NAMI HELPLINE
800-950-NAMIinfo@nami.org
M-F, 10 AM - 6 PM ET
FIND HELP IN A CRISIS OR TEXT "NAMI" TO 7417
Garnet Valley Middle School
Email: stenzl@garnetvalley.org
Website: gvms.garnetvalleyschools.com
Location: 601 Smithbridge Road
Phone: 610-579-5100
Twitter: @GarnetValleyMS