GEMS

Big news! GEM's eighth-grade project Ohio Veterans: Our True American Heroes has been accepted
into the EL Education's Models of Excellence collection, an amazing and very selective resource of exemplary student work open to educators across the country. Take a look at the work created by students that will be used as a model to raise questions, provoke thinking, and inspire excellence: https://modelsofexcellence.eleducation.org/projects/ohio%E2%80%99s-veterans-our-true-american-heroes. Congratulations Mrs. Cohen and GEMS 8th grade students!

Greetings Gryphons, this is Heather Markward, Dean of K-4, with your weekly announcements.

• First off, thank you for joining us for our first K-4 awards assembly.  Our students and teachers were proud to celebrate their accomplishments.
• This week all students in grades 5-8 will take the mid-year MAP assessments. Please remind your student to get a good night's rest and eat breakfast each day
• The Family Teacher Organization, or FTO, is meeting on Tuesday at 6PM in the library.  All families are welcome!
• If you are able, please donate new pajamas newborn-adult sizes by Friday, December 21st
• Also, please make sure your student is coming to school with a coat so they can participate in outdoor recess.
• Here’s to a great week!

Dear GEMS Families and Friends,
It’s time for the Scholastic Reading Club Great Bedtime Story Pajama Drive. This PJ drive benefits Pajama Program, a nonprofit organization that provides new pajamas and bhttp://www.scholastic.com/pajamadrive/ooks to children in need. GEMS has participated every year since 2012 and we are excited to continue this tradition again!