Jamie P. Green

Gainesville City School System will be closed for Spring Break,April 2nd - 6th. School will re-open on Monday, April 9th. Have asafe and wonderful vacation.

New Principals Named for GMS & GHS

Misty Freeman

In a called meeting held on Thursday, March 29th, the Gainesville City

Jeremy Williams, Ed.D.Superintendent

Board Members

John Filson, ChairWillie Mitchell, Vice Chair

Sammy SmithAndy Stewart

Dr. Heather Ramsey

Important Dates

March 30

Teacher Planning(Weather Make-up)

April 2-6

Spring Break

April 19

School Board unanimously approved the hiring of Jamie P. Green asthe new principal of Gainesville High School and Misty Freeman asthe principal of Gainesville Middle School. Mr. Green is currently theDean of Academics at Riverside Military Academy and will begin hisnew role on July 1st upon the retirement of current principal TomSmith. Mrs. Freeman has served as the Interim Principal for GMSsince November 1, 2017, and transitioned into her new position onMarch 30th. Prior to being named interim, she was the Director ofCollege and Career Readiness for the district. Congratulations to Mr. Green and Mrs. Freeman as the new topadministrators of GHS and GMS, respectively.

Hitting the High Notes in Music

GMS band members are excited to perform their music

Recently, Gainesville Middle School 7th and 8th grade bandsparticipated in the annual Georgia Music Educators AssociationLarge Group Performance Evaluations in Athens. This assessment isvery similar to the Georgia Milestones for academic assessment, butit is for the evaluation of music programs instead.

Certified state-assigned judges listened to the groups perform aprepared program of three musical selections on stage and thenallowed them to perform a sight-reading selection that band membershad never seen before. Each judge then assigned a score from 5 to 1(1 being the highest), and the average was used to determine eachband's overall score.

This type of performance evaluation is the Ultimate SummativeAssessment, showcasing not only the daily preparations that thestudents have made, but what they can do without prior preparation(such as sight-reading). Both GMS bands earned the highest possiblerating of 1 or Superior from all four judges, for an overall rating of 1(Superior). The bands are under the leadership of band director CraigBailey.

Congratulations to these fine young musicians for representingGainesville Middle School extremely well at the highest level

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Please click the links below to hear the audio clips of the 7th and 8thgrade bands' performances.

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Minds Make Maps Using Latest App

Mapping is made fun through technology

Gainesville Exploration Academy students have been creative throughthe use of technology! An app called Mindmup 2.0 was downloadedto the students' computers, allowing them to design their own mappingprojects.

The fourth grade classes designed Constitution Chronologieshighlighting important dates and why these events were significant toour country's Constitution. Fifth graders designed the six majorkingdoms, providing examples of each major group. The third gradeclasses mapped the Georgia Habitats utilizing illustrations andexamples of animals and plants relating to those regions in theirprojects.

The activity was engaging and allowed students to learn first-handhow to design maps while learning concepts in Science, SocialStudies, and Technology.

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Vision

Our students will thinkcritically, act

compassionately, workmeaningfully, choose

wisely, and live joyfully.

Mission

As ONE GAINESVILLE, we will

INSPIRE,NURTURE,

CHALLENGE & PREPAREour students

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Claiming the Gold in Recycle and Design

FCCLA award winner Molly McCleod

Molly McCleod of Gainesville High School brought home theGOLD, earning a first place medal at the 2018 FCCLA StateConference held March 9th - 11th in Atlanta. Her winning project washer Cable Table exhibit in the category of Recycle and Design. Mollyearned an invitation to compete in the 2018 FCCLA NationalCompetition in June 2018.

The Gainesville High FCCLA Chapter was awarded Honor Rollstatus at the State Conference for its effective program implementationand community service efforts for the 2017-18 school year. Congratulations to Molly and all of the GHS FCCLA members fortheir outstanding achievements!

Readers Rock at Literacy Conference

GCSS students attend TomeCon18

On March 13th, GCSS elementary school students attended theTomeCon18 Literacy event at the University of North GeorgiaGainesville campus. Students engaged in a day packed full of excitingspeakers and exhibits for the avid readers. Break-out learningsessions were offered regarding reading, writing, coding, engineering,and other topics. Students also engaged in hands-on activity sessionsthat stimulated their creativity. They even had an opportunity to wincool door prizes and sip on a frappucino or latte from the StarBuckssnack station.

New Holland students received awards in the areas of PromotionalBook Flyer (Kaylin Parson - 1st place), Book Fan Art (ChristopherSolis - 2nd place), and Library Commercial (Whisper St. Louis,Kaylin Parson, Layla Winters, Madison Ming, Diana Cabrena - 3rdplace). There were over 650 fourth and fifth grade students whoentered into the competition this year.

TomeCon was an exciting day of interesting sessions based on allfacets of literacy for students in grades 4-12. Several authors fromacross the country had discussions with students at the conferenceand offered author signings for their fans. Students also receivedawards for their participation in Tome competitions throughout theyear.

Middle and high school students also participated in the conferencefor their grade levels. Gainesville High School had several students towin awards in the following categories: Current Events Portfolio &Presentation (Ruth Moreno & Mark Moreno-1st place), ChapterDigital Scrapbook (Gladis Jaimes -2nd place), Infographic (EsmePaez - 2nd place), It-List Book Review Vlog (Ruth Moreno-1stplace), and Chapter T-shirt Design (GHS Tome Society Chapter-3rd

place).

Overall, it was a great day for students and was equivalent toattending a "rock concert for readers".

Red Elephants Never Forget

Mr. Walt Snelling (center) at Ivey Watson Field 30th anniversary event

True Red Elephants never forget - especially one of their own. TheGainesville family honors the legacy of Mr. Walt Snelling, fondlyknown as the legendary "voice of the Red Elephants". Mr. Snelling,who was a GHS Class of '55 graduate, was a strong supporter of theschool district and a huge fan of Gainesville athletics. His charisma,generosity, and - of course - his voice will never be forgotten, and hewill forever remain a "Gainesville Red Elephant" in our hearts!

GHS Class of '55

The Rock honors Mr. Snelling

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