Good evening,
Please join me as we recognize and honor our staff during Teacher Appreciation Week this week. They work so hard for your students every day and we will be celebrating them all week long. Our theme for the week is Totally Tubular Teachers. Students and staff are asked to wear neon colors on Monday. 6th and 7th grade students are reminded to sign up for next years electives in the student portal. Registration sheets are due tomorrow, April 27th. We will be going around to each 6th and 7th grade science class to make sure each student has signed up for electives. Finally, our FAST PM3 testing starts Friday, May 1 with 6th grade ELA. I have listed the schedule below. Have a great night.
May 1 6th grade ELA
May 4 6th grade Math
May 5 7th grade ELA
May 6 7th grade Math
May 7 Civics EOC
May 8 8th grade Math and Algebra & Geometry EOC
May 11 8th grade ELA
May 12 8th grade Science
Michael Brandon
GBMS Principal
7th grade electives: Beginning Orchestra, Beginning Band (Requires a try on), Jazz, Varsity, and Symphonic Band (Requires Mrs. Stump Permission), Gifted Enrichment (Requires an EP), Learning Strategies (Requires an IEP), Art, PE, and Computers.
8th grade electives: Beginning Orchestra, Jazz, Varsity, and Symphonic Band (Requires Mrs. Stump Permission), Gifted Enrichment (Requires an EP), Learning Strategies (Requires an IEP), Art, PE, and Hospitality Management. Spanish and DIT are high school elective options that we require an A/B average and passing scores on the FAST PM3 test.
Michael Brandon
GBMS Principal
Good evening 6th and 7th grade parents,
We are now in our second week of registration for next year. Last week, we had our applications for our ESE, Library, and Office Assistants. Those have been selected and posted. This week we have our Yearbook applications. Applications are due on Thursday, April 16th. The final roster will be posted next week. On Tuesday, April 21st, we will give out forms for all electives for the 26/27 school year. Elective options are listed below. We will have an informational meeting for any parents with questions about next year’s registration tomorrow night, April 14th in the cafeteria at 6:00. Have a great night.
7th grade electives: Beginning Orchestra, Beginning Band (Requires a try on), Varsity and Symphonic Band (Requires Mrs. Stump Permission), Gifted Enrichment (Requires an EP), Learning Strategies (Requires an IEP), Art, PE, and Computers.
8th grade electives: Beginning Orchestra, Varsity and Symphonic Band (Requires Mrs. Stump Permission), Gifted Enrichment (Requires an EP), Learning Strategies (Requires an IEP), Art, PE, and Hospitality Management. Spanish and DIT are high school elective options that we require an A/B average and passing scores on the FAST PM3 test.
Michael Brandon
GBMS Principal
Michael Brandon
GBMS Principal
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0C4AADAC29A5FE3-63225244-gbms#/
We are going to start the registration process for the 26/27 school year this week. All students will be placed in 4 core classes, Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies. There are advanced possibilities for Language Arts, Math, and Science which will be determined by grades and progress monitoring/FAST testing that will be finalized over the summer. More explanation will be given later for advanced opportunities, but we are concentrating on Electives for the month of April. We will concentrate on our application electives first.
During the week of April 6 – April 10, we will take applications for our Office Assistants, Library Assistants, and ESE Assistants. These positions are available for both future 7th and 8th grade students, but 8th graders will be given preference. We have a limited number in each category and the deadline to apply is Thursday, April 9. This will be one of your electives and you can only apply in one area as an assistant. We will inform students selected the week of April 13.
During the week on April 13 – April 17, we will take applications for Yearbook. There are less than 30 positions for Yearbook, and the Yearbook class will be one of their electives. The deadline to apply is Thursday, April 16. We will inform students the week of April 20.
During the week April 20 - 24, we will pass out our general elective options. Two of the 8th grade electives have specific pre-requisites and are high school level courses (DIT and Spanish). DIT is a computer-based program which counts as a fine arts credit for high school graduation. The requirement for DIT is 7th grade Regular Computers and/or grades and passing scores on the FAST test. Spanish is a high school level course that requires at least a B average in current Language Arts course and a passing score of the PM3 ELA FAST test. Each of these would count as one of your 2 electives.
Other elective options
7th grade electives: Application courses listed above, Beginning Orchestra, Beginning Band (Requires a try on), Varsity and Symphonic Band (Requires Mrs. Stump Permission), Gifted Enrichment (Requires an EP), Learning Strategies (Requires an IEP), Art, PE, and Computers.
8th grade electives: Application courses listed above, Beginning Orchestra, Varsity and Symphonic Band (Requires Mrs. Stump Permission), Gifted Enrichment (Requires an EP), Learning Strategies (Requires an IEP), Art, PE, and Hospitality Management.
Students will log into the Focus portal to register for their elective choices starting Apr 20. We will go to all 6th and 7th grade science classes on Monday, April 27 to ensure all students have made their elective options and collect registration forms.
There will be a parent night in the cafeteria to discuss registration on Tuesday, April 14 at 6:00 in the cafeteria.
Michael Brandon, GBMS Principal
Good morning,
We have two openings on our School Advisory Council. If you are interested, please fill out an application. Have a great day.
This tournament raises money for the Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer. Teams can raise money in addition to the entry fee. The team that wins the tournament, the team that raises the most money and the team with the best costume are treated to a Chick Fil A lunch. Cash and checks made out to Rally Foundation are accepted for the entry fee and additional money collected.
The Controlled Open Enrollment transfer period for Santa Rosa County will begin on April 3rd and go through May 18th. Beginning April 3rd you can access the Transfer Form, the 26-27 School Choice Plan and the 26-27 Controlled Open Enrollment Capacity Chart on our school district’s website under school choice. Directions for completing the transfer form and submitting it can also be found on the district’s website. Parents without internet can pick up a paper copy from the front office. If you have questions regarding the transfer process, please contact your student’s Grade Level Director at 850 983-5150. Thank you and have a good evening.
Michael Branon
GBMS Principal
Report Cards have been published in Focus. If you would like a printed report card, please contact the school. No school tomorrow, April 3rd. 7th grade writing is Monday, April 6th and 8th grade writing is Tuesday, April 7th. Have a great three day weekend.
Michael Brandon
GBMS Principal
GBHS Counselors met with our 8th grade today. There is a sneak peak at GBHS on April 7th at 5:30. Listed below is information about possible on-line classes that can be taken while still students at GBMS.
FLVS/SRO - Summer Course Registration Process
GBMS will ONLY approve Personal Finance and Money Management, Driver’s Education, and HOPE (PE class).
For online registration, please complete the following:
· Parent must email confirmation to Mrs. Hepworth that student has permission to request the course. hepworthd@santarosa.k12.fl.us · Create an account in FLVS - Florida Virtual School | Grades K-12 Online
· Click ENROLL
· Choose ENROLL IN FLVS FLEX
· Follow the Step-by-Step Process
· SRO (Santa Rosa Online is our local option and will have local teachers)
· Choose Course - (Place it in your backpack)
· GUIDANCE must approve - I will see it on my side.
· Once approved by guidance, teacher is assigned
This is Mr. Brandon, principal of Gulf Breeze Middle, with an important message for parents and families. We conducted a lockdown drill at school today as part of our regular emergency drill process as required by state law. We know that drills can cause possible concerns for our students, but we believe it’s important for them to know exactly what to do in an emergency and these practice drills enhance their safety. Again, all students are safe, and this is simply a required lockdown drill. Thank you for your understanding and support.
Michael Brandon
GBMS Principal
This tournament raises money for the Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer. Teams can raise money in addition to the entry fee. The team that wins the tournament, the team that raises the most money and the team with the best costume are treated to a Chick Fil A lunch. Cash and checks made out to Rally Foundation are accepted for the entry fee and additional money collected.