April News!

April 4th is Career Day!  7th graders will attend during PE and 8th graders will attend during English class.

April 8 is the NCAA basketball championship.  Which team will win? Students and staff wear a shirt the color of your TEAM!  Not blue and orange for UVa but your School Team color based on your first period class!  Which TEAM will have the most school spirit? There may be a surprise for the winner!

CONGRATULATIONS to Mrs. Hubscher's Foxes Den for winning the Multicultural Door Decorating Contest!

April is Military Child Appreciation Month and April 10, 2019, is “Purple Up! For Military Kids Day". Join our community and wear purple to show support and thank military children for their strength and sacrifices.  

8th graders...During the next two weeks, Mrs. Daughtridge will be going into the History classes to discuss a very important topic, Cyberbullying: Be Upstanding!  Students will learn about the difference between being a passive bystander versus a brave upstander in cyberbullying situations. They will bring home a family tip sheet in hopes to share the information they learned.  If you have any questions, please contact me at adaughtridge@kgcs.k12.va.us or call 540.775.2331.

Counseling Update

KGMS will be wearing mismatched socks on March 21st in recognition of 

World Down Syndrome Awareness Day!

 

KGMS Foxes Den Door Decorating Challenge is on!  The contest is a 

Multicultural Theme.  Judging will occur March 29.  It will be nice to 

have our school decorated for the 6th grade parent orientation 

and 6th/7th grade dance.

 

CONGRATULATIONS to Mrs. Fallon/Ms. Bryant's Art class and 

Mrs. Abel's class for winning the PERFECT ATTENDANCE challenge.  

They received their reward Monday morning, pancakes with fruit 

and bacon and sausage!

Service Academy Day with Congressman Rob Wittman, May 11, 2019, 

9:00 am - 11:00 am at Marine Corps Base Quantico, call 540.659.2734 

for more information. 

 

The 8th graders took the PSAT 8/9 in the fall.  Parents, please 

encourage your child to create an account on collegeboard.org and 

look at all the information that can be accessed online.  Your child can:

* See every test question and get an explanation of why it was wrong.

* Get free personalized SAT practice via Khan Academy.

* Student access to Roadmap to Careers online tool

* College readiness data

* Access to AP potential

Check out collegeboard.org

The Counseling Office is preparing for the 2019-2020 school year.  8th graders heard from the counseling staff at the high school about options and 7th graders will learn about and select their classes for next year during this week.  Please be on the lookout for the paperwork.  A parent signature is required.