End of Year Gazette/Summer Edition Gator Gazette The 2013-2014 School Year is quickly coming to an end! This year has been full of successes and wonderful achievements made by our GMS student body. As our students embark on the summer months ahead, we wish you a safe, relaxing, fun filled summer! Dear GMS 8 th grade Students: Congratulaons on compleon of your middle school career. Over the past three years, the staff and faculty at GMS have taught and given you the tools to become safe, responsible and respecul young ladies and gentlemen. You have risen to the occasion and not only accomplished this task, but have done it with remarkable success. Your hard work and dedicaon to your academics has paid off and now you can sit back and reap the rewards. You have made us all proud. While you worked hard at Gray Middle School, you will have to keep up the hard work next year in high school. Remember that the doors here at Gray Middle School are always open to our graduang students. We wish you connued success as you become a Raider or Jaguar. Goodbye Gators Farewell to our 8th Grade Students
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End of Year Gazette/Summer Edition
Gator Gazette
The 2013-2014 School Year is quickly coming to an end! This year has
been full of successes and wonderful achievements made by our GMS
student body. As our students embark on the summer months ahead, we
wish you a safe, relaxing, fun filled summer!
Dear GMS 8th grade Students:
Congratulations on completion of your middle school career. Over the past three years, the staff and faculty at GMS have taught and given you the tools to become safe, responsible and respectful young ladies and gentlemen. You have risen to the occasion and not only accomplished this task, but have done it with remarkable success. Your hard work and dedication to your academics has paid off and now you can sit back and reap the rewards. You have made us all proud. While you worked hard at Gray Middle School, you will have to keep up the hard work next year in high school. Remember that the doors here at Gray Middle School are always open to our graduating students. We wish you continued success as you become a Raider or Jaguar.
Goodbye Gators
Farewell to our 8th Grade Students
Incoming 6th Grade Orientation
Where: Gray Middle School
When: Wednesday, July 23
Time: 9:00—12:00
All incoming 6th grade students and parents, put this
date on your calendar!
This will be an opportunity for all incoming 6th grade
students to pick up their schedule, tour the building
and participate in team building activities. Parents will
be able to pick up schedules and tour the building
with their students from 9:00 to 10:00. From 10:00 to
noon students will be participating in staff led activi-
ties.
This will be a wonderful opportunity for your student
to get acquainted with Gray Middle School and fellow
students for the upcoming school year.
Gatorama
For your convenience, GMS will have a number of op-
tions for our students and their families regarding
schedule pick for the 2014-15 school year.
July 23—5:00-7:30 Gatorama for all grade levels
(pick up schedules, pay fees and tour the building)
July 29—11:00-1:00 Gatorama for all grade levels
(pick up schedules, pay fees and tour the building)
Note: If you are unable to attend the above dates to pick up your
child’s schedule, you will be able to drop by the school office on Thurs-
day, July 31, Tuesday, August 5 or Thursday, August 7 from 11:00 to
1:00 only. August 7 will be the last day for schedule pickup. After Au-
gust 7, schedules will not be available to be picked up. The next availa-
ble date will be the first day of school, August 13.
(unfortunately after July 29, the building will not be availa-
ble for tours)
Welcome GMS 8th Grade News
w elcome to the 8th Grade!!!
We are thrilled to finally meet you as your middle school jour-
ney comes to a wonderful finish!
Your 8th grade year is an exciting one. We prepare for your transition to high school
by offering wonderful opportunities to grow and learn.
As an 8 grader, you will have the chance to attend overnight camp at Camp Joy in
Clarksville, OH. Camp Joy is an amazing experience. It is a combination of history,
environmental awareness and self-discovery that will leave you with a new sense of
maturity. The cost of the all-inclusive trip is approximately $140.00. We will distrib-
ute information in early October and collect money through early November. The trip
is scheduled November 10-11 for one group and November 12-13 for the second
group.
The 8th grade will also travel to Chicago April 23-25. This two night hotel stay is a
perennial favorite at Gray!! We visit world class museums, attend the theatre and visit
Chicago landmarks. This all-inclusive trip will cost approximately $500.00 per student.
We use a payment plan for the Chicago trip, collecting installments in the months of
September, December, January, February and March. We encourage all 8th graders to
attend, but certain behavioral and academic criteria must be met in order to partici-
pate. We will distribute Chicago information in early September so that you can plan
accordingly.
All activities in the 8th grade are planned well in advance and we will do our best to
keep you informed of any trips or events in the 8th grade. We will use e-mail lists and
All-Call phone messages to keep you in the loop on all events.
Good Luck in the 8th grade this year and we look forward to working with you!!!!
Gray Middle School 8th Grade Staff
ALL SUBJECTS
Pencils
Colored pencils
Highlighters
Loose leaf notebook paper
Red, blue, & black ink pens
8 or10 pocket folder (sold in school front
office $4)
Erasers
One subject spiral notebook for Channel
One
SCIENCE
1 inch 3 ring binder w/dividers
1 set of subject dividers
SOCIAL STUDIES
1-3 subject notebook
1 pack of index cards
MATH
1 inch 3 ring binder w/dividers - or—single
subject notebook
LANGUAGE ARTS
Spiral notebook
Loose leaf paper
Index Cards
UNIFIED ARTS CLASSES
1½ inch binder
Notebook paper
Set of subject dividers (5 at least)
Calculator, hand held
Large eraser
Hand held pencil sharpener
Pencil box or bag
SPANISH CLASS ONLY
1 inch plastic view binder
Loose leaf paper
Below items not required, yet if
you’d like to send
1 box of tissues
1 container disinfectant wipes
1 roll paper towels
Gray Middle School
SIXTH GRADE SUPPLY LIST 2014-2015
General supplies for all classes
Ink Pens (blue/black/red)
Pencils
Loose Leaf Paper
12 Pack of Colored Pencils
Hand Held Pencil Sharpener
Pencil Bag (labeled with name in permanent
marker)
8 pocket folder or other organizing tool for
homework papers
Small pair of scissors
Highlighters
Science
Dry erase markers
1 inch 3 ring binder
Dividers
Language Arts
Yellow pocket folder for writing
1½ inch binder
Package of dividers (5 in a pack)
Pink and yellow highlighters
2 packs of 3x5 index cards
3 packs of notebook paper
Math
3 or 5 subject notebook
Graph Paper
Book Cover
Scientific calculator (optional)
Social Studies
5 Subject College Rule Notebook
Blue Folder
12 Glue Sticks
Jumbo Book Cover
1 pack of 3"x5" index cards
Unified Arts Classes
1½ inch binder
Notebook paper
Set of subject dividers (5 at least)
Calculator, hand held
Large eraser
Pencil box or bag
Optional Items (wish list) to be given
to 3rd period teacher for entire class-
room use:
3 packs of #2 pencils
Tissues
Hand Sanitizer
Paper Towels
Disinfectant Wipes
Gray Middle School
SEVENTH GRADE SUPPLY LIST 2014-2015
General supplies for all classes
Notebook paper
Pencils
Glue sticks
Colored Pencils
Highlighters
Math 8
Spiral bound notebook
2 pocket folder
Graph paper
Algebra 1
Red 2 Pocket folder
Graph paper
Spiral bound notebook
Geometry
Graph paper
1½ inch binder
Compass
Ruler
Protractor
Calculator (Scientific or Graphing)
Language Arts
1 inch or 1½ inch - 3 ring binder
5 Dividers
Spiral bound notebook
Science
1½ inch binder
Spiral bound notebook
2 Pocket folder
Graph paper
Social Studies
Spiral bound notebook
2 Pocket folder
Unified Arts Classes
1½ inch binder
Notebook paper
Set of subject dividers (5 at least)
Calculator, hand held
Large eraser
Hand held pencil sharpener
Pencil box or bag
Below items not required, yet if
you’d like to send
1 box of tissues
1 container disinfectant wipes
1 roll paper towels
Gray Middle School
EIGHTH GRADE SUPPLY LIST 2014-2015
GMS Library Books
Turn in your library
books!
It’s never too late to return your library
books!! If your child still has a library book
checked out from the Gray Middle School li-
brary please return it to the school office so
that it can be put back in circulation and re-
moved from your child’s account.
GMS Cafeteria
Lunch charges need to be
paid in full by May 30. Any
student who eats on May
30th and has no outstanding charges will be
entered into a drawing for a Kindle Fire!
GMS Summer School
Summer School
When: June 16th –July 3rd.
Time: 8:00—12:00
Cost: $120.00
Holocaust Survivor Speaks at GMS
On Tuesday, May 27, 2014, Gray Mid-
dle School invited Holocaust survivor
Werner Coppel to visit the school
and speak with the entire eighth
grade class. The students had been
studying the Holocaust in their Eng-
lish Language Arts classes. With less
than 200,000 survivors still living,
GMS was honored to have Mr. Cop-
pel present his first-hand experience
with students. This visit was made
possible by the Speaker’s Bureau of
the Center for Holocaust and Hu-
manity Education in Cincinnati.
Mr. Coppel was born in Germany. At
the age of 15, he joined a group of young people whose goal was to immi-
grate to Palestine. The Nazi police arrested the group’s members in 1943,
and they were deported to Auschwitz concentration camp. Through the
support of his friends and teachers, Werner was able to survive the trials
of the concentration camp. In January of 1945, Werner escaped from a
Death March, returning to Berlin shortly after the war.
Students were able to engage in a question and answer session with Mr.
Coppel following his presentation. Relating to the students very well, he
conveyed the atrocities of the Holocaust but also was able to share a
message of hope, discussing how he was able to overcome his experience
and lead a productive, meaningful life. Mr. Coppel went on to marry and
have two sons and many grandchildren. To this end, he stated, “The Nazis
won many battles, but I won the war.”
Items Needed
Spring Cleaning? Used Sheets or Blankets Needed
Gray Middle School will be collecting old blankets, sheet sets,
mattress pads, table cloths, curtains and fabric to make quilts for
the Lutheran World Relief Quilt Campaign. Gray students will be
making quilts as a community service project this summer. The
sheets are used for backs and the blankets, curtains and mattress
pads are sewn in the middle of the quilts to help make a warm
blanket. Please place clean items in the tub located in the front
breezeway of the school any time until June 16th. Contact Barb
Trickel at barbara.trickel @boone.kyschools.us with any ques-
Student Council has been amazing this year! I have been blessed with the opportuni-
ty to work with these selfless students that dedicated their time to help work on
multiple charity drives this year. They helped me organize the Christmas Drive,
which helped raise money for toys that were given to students that are less fortu-
nate for holidays. We also had another drive that was very successful called the Pen-
nies for Patients Drive. We raised a bunch of money for a cancer foundation through
a two week period. I was so lucky to be given the opportunity to work with these
wonderful people and hope that next year they continue to help out the community
as well as they did this school year.
Cameron DeKruif
Student Council President
End of Year Student Council Pizza Party Standing, left to right: Courtney Dolwick, Addi Fish, Abigail Laws, Tate Ohmer, Kyle Dolwick, Jadin Moor-man, Logan Batte, Michael Koch, Edward Uyeda. Sitting/kneeling: Kaitlyn Gillespie, Alicia Kalil, Maggie Cook, and Cameron DeKruif.
GMS Jazz Ensemble
The GMS Jazz Ensemble competed at the King’s Is-
land Music in the Parks Festival on Saturday, May
3rd. They received first place and were the only
group there to receive a superior rating. Sam
Huseman also received the “outstanding jazz soloist”
award.
Congratulations GMS Jazz Ensemble !
Go Pantry Food Drive
Gray Middle School’s National Junior Honor Society partnered with Go Pantry Sum-
mer Food Boxes by participating in a Food Drive. Together they will bring hope, relief
and security to Boone County kids struggling with hunger. Our food drive will help
Go Pantry feed Boone County kids over the summer. Every single donation helps,
and together our combined donations will make a real difference for those in
need. Thank you GMS for your outstanding support.
Pictured left to right: Jordan Reed, Garrett Holley, Carter McIntire, Devyn Eubank,
Lauren Hsu, and Hannah Gallatin.
GMS Archery News
GMS Archery is finishing this year on a high note. Our Teams
#1 and #2 are going to the World Tournament! Very few
schools can say they have multiple team qualifiers for a World
Tournament of any type - much less archery. But, our Gray Ga-
tors have done it!
The teams will be competing this July in Madison, Wisconsin against teams from
Canada, South Africa, Mongolia and many more countries.
Having just competed 2 weeks ago at Nationals, held in Louisville, Gray archers shot
against students from 47 other states, including Alaska. Team #1 finished 37th overall
- Nationally! This is no small achievement and we are all very proud of you.
18 of our 43 archers shot a "personal best".
12 of those were our female archers. The girls have become strong competitors.
Ladies, You Rock!
Did you know that we had 6 archers place in the top 100 individually for their re-
spective divisions? Let us congratulate these fine archers: Samantha Duty, Ethan
Mefford, Hannah Hamilton, Kaylin Conley, John Lyons and Kiersten Riddle.
Congratulations Samantha Duty our best archer with a score of 278 (300 is a per-
fect score).
Also to Ethan Mefford with the next highest score of 277.
A big thanks to all our archers, their parents and especially to our coaching staff:
Susan Schneider, Mike Riddle, Deanna Riddle, Kim Desmond, Mike Benton, Sherry
Robotics/STEM Summer Camp at St. Henry High School in Erlanger St. Henry High School in Erlanger will be hosting a Robotics/STEM Summer Camp on Wednesday, June 25 through Thursday, June 26 from 9 till 3PM each day. The camp is for Teachers/Coaches and students in grades 7-12 interested in starting or participating in a FIRST Tech Challenge robotics team at their school. During the camp students will partic-ipate in hands on math and science activities and build Lego NXT Mindstorms robots and program them to complete a set course. To register, contact Peggy Myatt at [email protected].
Gateway Community and Technical College is offering a summer Energy Camp for middle school students interested in having hands-on expe-riences with energy, engineering, and manufacturing. The camp will be held on the Florence Gateway Campus from June 23-26th from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. If interested, please contact Sandy Holtzapfel for more information. [email protected]
The Kentucky Middle School Association (KMSA) has named Emily Mays an eighth grade student at Gray Middle School as one of their 2014 scholarship winners. Each year 16 eighth grade students across the Commonwealth are selected to receive the award. This year’s students receive a certificate of recognition and a $50 cash award.
Emily is a veritable role model of the perfect student. She always does everything asked of her in a timely, polite, and professional manner, and always answers questions and completes assignments intelligently and in-depth. Emily is also involved in several extra-curricular and service activities. She was recently inducted into the National Junior Honor Society based on her grades, behavior, extra activities, and input from all of her teachers.
Students are selected based on a written application and must exemplify academic excel-lence, outstanding citizenship, a commendable attitude, leadership and appropriate mid-dle school college and career readiness. The application includes a student written essay explaining how the student exemplifies the traits advocated by KMSA and letters of rec-ommendation from one of the student’s current teachers and principal. Also, the stu-dent’s grades, attendance, and conduct records are reviewed. Any eighth grade student may submit an application.
The scholarship program was started as a way to recognize young adolescents that are making positive contributions to their schools and communities while also building aware-ness of scholarship programs with eighth grade students. Schools are encouraged to use the application process as a tool for teaching students about submitting applications with a written product and obtaining letters of recommendation.
The Kentucky Middle School Association (www.kmsaonline.com) is an organization that promotes and supports middle level education across the state. Membership includes in-dividuals and institutions that serve students in grades 5-8 and other individuals who work with or have an interest in the education of young adolescents.
Congratulations Emily!
Ken Ryumae - Award of Excellence
GMS 8th Grader Ken Ryumae’s Reflection entries in Music
Composition and Photography each obtained an Award of
Excellence at the Kentucky State PTA Reflection level of
competition and will now advance to the National PTA Re-
flection. Ken’s photography entry was selected to be on
the front page of the KY State PTA Reflection brochure!
Congratulations Ken!
Gray Middle School Has Beautiful Voices
8th Graders Maddie McGinnis, Sydney Malatesta, and Elli
Harmon represented Gray Middle School at the monthly
Boone County School Board Meeting by singing the Na-
tional Anthem. Beautiful job girls.
From left to right, Maddie McGinnis, Sydney Malatesta, Elli Harmon.
PTSA News
A Note From the President
Thank you for your continued support of the PTSA. My name is Diana Corbin and I will be serving as the President of the PTSA for the upcoming school year. I have two students in Gray Middle School and look forward to working with each of you. If you need to reach me my number is 404-667-7715 or my email address is [email protected]. For the upcoming school year there are several open positions and the opportunity to shadow several other positions. Open po-sitions include: Awards Coordinator, 8th Grade Dance Committee Chair, VP, Ways and Means Dance Social. Shadowing opportuni-ties include: VP Volunteers, Membership, and Reflections Chair. Please contact Beth [email protected] for volunteer opportunities or join us at PTSA meetings usually held on the second Monday of each month at 6:00pm in Room 101 (immediately across from the office) if you are interested in learning more about the PTSA. I would also like to thank our outgoing officers Carie Holley - Pres-ident; Melinda Lloyd - Treasurer; Crystal Perkins - VP Ways and Means Dance; and Michelle Kennedy - Reflections Chair. These ladies have worked tirelessly to insure that our PTSA is function-ing at the highest level. Thank you for all of your hard work.
8th Grade "Mardi Gras" was a blast this year! The students were beautiful, handsome and on their best behavior. It's amazing to see how much they have matured as they prepare to step out the door to high school... Thank you to the staff and many volunteers who helped transform Gray Middle School into our very own version of the French Quarter. Without your donations and creativity, it would have been just another dance. A special thank you to the 8th grade teachers who worked so very hard to make a slide show for the kids. They loved seeing themselves incorporated into a Mardi Gras themed show!
What a wonderful year for Gray Middle School! The PTSA is so grateful for all the volunteer assistance we have received from parents and teachers this year. Some events which greatly benefitted from your help included: - Staff Appreciation - 8th Grade "Mardi Gras" Dance - Reality Day - Dance Social Events held monthly to benefit various clubs and school groups - PBIS Reward Days - Picture Days - Reflections Art Contest - Walkathon Fundraiser - Open House - Gatorama Thank you to all our wonderful volunteers! Your time and efforts are essential to building the strong community of learners at Gray Middle School. Beth Koch, VP Volunteers Gray PTSA
PTSA News
8th Grade Dance Success
GMS PTSA Volunteers are the Best!
GMS Athletic News
Remember: Students wanting to tryout
for cheerleading, dance, volleyball, basket-
ball and/or any of the sports at Gray and
Ryle MUST have a current KHSAA physi-
cal form turned into the school before
tryouts. No exceptions!!! KEEP checking
the Gray and Ryle athletic webpages for
information on camps held during the
summer.
SBDM meetings are held the second Monday of every month at 5:00 pm.
PTSA meetings are held the second Monday of every month at 6:00 pm.
Please feel free to join us for these meetings.
5/26 Memorial Day—No School
6/3 Last day of school
6/3 8th Grade Promotion 7:00 pm
6/16—7/3 Summer School
7/23 6th grade Orientation 9:00 am—noon
7/23 Gatorama 5:00—7:30
7/29 Gatorama 11:00-1:00
7/31, 8/5, 8/7 11:00-1:00 Schedule pick-up only in School Office
