1. MARK YOUR CALENDARS . . . . all GCCSC schools will be closed for Presidents’ Day on Monday, February 21st. This is NOT an E-Learning or Make-Up Day.

2. COVID -19 Protocol Update - the State Department of Health released updated COVID-19 quarantine guidance for schools that becomes effective on February 23rd. See the message below from Dr. Olin with specific details for all of GCCSC.

3. 8th Grade Students & Parents . . . . it’s time to learn more about our High School and what life will look like for the next four years of your lives :) Check out the On the Road to High School flyer below for more information. RSVP for this event can be found below.

4. PSAT 8/9 scores are now available for 8th grade students who took the assessment in December. See the section below that has the steps you will need to take to access the score reports.

5. A presale has begun for 2021-2022 Yearbooks: The cost is $25 before April 11th and then $30 after After 11th. Click here to order.

6. Student iPads have an update available. If you can ask them to do this at home that would be GREAT!

• Found at Settings / General / Software Updates.
• This will take a total of 20-25 minutes and 15 of those minutes will be unusable.
• If they cannot do the update, please submit a tech ticket to support@gcsc.k12.in.us and I will assist.

7. Washington D.C. Trip - 8th graders attending the spring trip need to join the Google Classroom. They will use the code: h6hmqpa There is a form in there that they will need to complete to request their roommates.

8. During lunch next week our ‘Be the Change Club’ is taking orders for Kindness shirts. They cost $20 a piece. See the two shirt designs below in the flyer section.

9. Do you have a Twitter account? Check #GCSC to see some of the GREAT things going on in our school district :) Feel free to post some ‘positive’ pics too.

10. Kindergarten Round Up dates are set at our four elementary schools. See the flyer below for details.

11. Cougar Cubs Preschool enrollment for the 2022-2023 school year is currently open. There are now 2, 3, and 5 day options available at both locations. Cougar Cubs accepts CCDF vouchers, On My Way Pre-K vouchers, and the Build, Learn, Grow scholarship. To review more information about the program, please visit their website at cougarcubs.gcsc.k12.in.us

PSAT 8/9 scores are now available for 8th grade students who took the assessment in December. Parents and students can access score reports by creating a student account with College Board. To get started, use this link: https://account.collegeboard.org/login/signUp.

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.

Please contact Mr. Sincroft (jsincroft@gcsc.k12.in.us) if you have questions about how to access your student’s scores.