Join us on Wednesday, September 11th, at 5:00 at the Galion YMCA for the Superintendent's Series: Talk About Galion Schools. This month we welcome Melisa Watters, Chief Academic Officer, who will be there to answer questions and listen to your ideas or concerns. This series will continue every second Wednesday of each month. Hope to see you there!
September is Attendance Awareness Month. Did you know that regular school attendance will help improve reading scores by 3rd grade, helps middle school students achieve greater academic success, and increases the likelihood of graduating from high school? Galion City Schools is dedicated to working with families to reduce absenteeism rates for the 2024-25 school year. Look for more information about attendance and absenteeism to come throughout the month of September and the remainder of the year.
September is Attendance Awareness Month. Did you know that regular school attendance will help improve reading scores by 3rd grade, helps middle school students achieve greater academic success, and increases the likelihood of graduating from high school? Galion City Schools is dedicated to working with families to reduce absenteeism rates for the 2024-25 school year. Look for more information about attendance and absenteeism to come throughout the month of September and the remainder of the year.
The Technology Department at Galion City Schools would like to remind everyone of some basic internet safety tips. Check back each week this month for more Tuesday Tech Tips and information.
We hope you have a fantastic day! We will see everyone back on campus Tuesday, September 3rd.
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Wow, what a day it was! As we have often said, safety is always at the forefront of our thoughts and decisions. Today we had a unique opportunity to exercise part of our mission statement by providing an additional safe environment for our students. We want to express our sincere gratitude to Pastor Paul Walter at Grace Point Church for allowing us to use their facility as our place of safety for the students of Galion Intermediate. A special thank you goes to our maintenance staff and Fox Plumbing for quickly repairing the leaky regulator. Thanks to them we will all be back in school tomorrow as normal. A shout-out goes to our amazing kitchen staff, aides, and teachers for getting lunches out the door and our students to their designated place of safety and keeping them entertained while waiting to be reunited with their families. Finally a huge thank you to all of you, our parents, guardians, and emergency transportation contacts. Your graciousness and flexibility are greatly appreciated. We are extremely pleased with how the situation unfolded. Thank you for your support today! It truly is a great day to be a Tiger!
Thank you to all parents of Intermediate students and our
amazing staff members from all buildings who jumped in to help us today as we had to evacuate one of our buildings. All students are enjoying lunch and games as they await family members to pick them up. Stay tuned for more information to come this evening regarding today's event.
School attendance 🤝🏻 School achievement We want to have your student(s) in our building as much as possible! But, we understand that life happens; sickness hits, appointments set, etc. That is why we at GIS celebrate GOOD attendance, not just perfect. Let’s set good attendance goals this year together! 🐾
Good morning, GIS families!
We are off to a great start for the year. We are excited to see how our students grow in their academics and thrive in our building.
If you have any questions/concerns please reach out to your new principal, Mr. Matt Dick, at dick.matt@galionschools.org
A district-wide lockdown drill will take place on our campus on Monday, August 19th at 2:15 PM. This is an annual event to review safety procedures with all students and staff. Our technology team will use this drill to ensure the Centegix Crisis Alert system works properly. There may be extra emergency vehicles on campus during this time.
We had an amazing turn out for our 2024-25 Open House tonight. Thank you for attending! Families were able to meet teachers, bus drivers, cafeteria staff, pick up schedules, try out lockers, and sign up for several school activities. Thank you PTO, Key Club, Teen Institute, and many more organizations for sharing information with our community. We appreciate all our teachers and staff members who stayed to greet our families. Don't forget tomorrow is a 2-hr delay! Get some sleep and we will see you here in the morning. It's a great day to be a TIGER!
🚌 Here Comes The Bus!
Here Comes the Bus is a free app that will allow parents and students to know the location of the bus and if it is on time or delayed.
Access the app from your smartphone, tablet or computer. Receive push notifications and/or email alerts!
How to get started:
1. Download the Here Comes the Bus app* or visit herecomesthebus.com
2. Click the "Sign Up" button
3. Enter school code 85511 and click “Next” followed by “Confirm”
4. Complete the “User Profile” box
5. Under “My Students,” click “Add.” Enter your child’s last name and student ID number
6. Once you confirm your information, you’re ready to begin using Here Comes the Bus!
**Student ID Numbers are located next to their name in Final Forms
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Questions/concerns? Contact us!
Email: transportation@galionschools.org
Director of Transportation: DiAnna Danner
419-468-6500, ext. 11022
A big thank you to our GHS Boys Golf who got the front of our building looking nice and fresh for the new year! 🪴⛳️
Can't wait to see everyone back in school on August 15th!
As a reminder, below is our drop-off/pickup procedures! A few notes regarding this:
🔁 If you are picking up/dropping off in the loop, you must be against the curb.
🚘 If you are parked, you must walk your student to and from the sidewalk between the coned area by our front doors. We will not allow students cross the parking lot by themselves.
🚸 We take safety very serious, and we thank you for following these procedures!
Galion Intermediate School is pleased to introduce Mr. Matt Dick as the new principal this year. Mr. Dick moves across campus from Galion High School where he has been the assistant principal for the past four years. Mr. Dick and his wife Sara have five children attending school in Galion. Sara is an Intervention Specialist in the district as well. Mr. Dick, or Coach Dick as many refer to him, has been the head coach of our varsity football team for the past 8 years and will continue to coach this season. Please welcome him to the GIS Team and GO TIGERS!
The start of the 2024-25 school year is just around the corner. Be sure to keep an eye on our social media pages, subscribe to our Calendar of Events and set your notifications within the Galion City Schools app.
If you have a passion for working with students and helping them meet their academic goals, then we have the job for you! We have an opening for our Online Academy Coordinator. The start of the new school year is right around the corner, so don't hesitate. Apply now! galionschools.org/employment.
Don't miss the Second Harvest Mobile Drive-Thru Food Pantry on July 30 from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m.! In effort to keep our students safe and our parking lots free during dismissal, we have a new distribution location set up on our campus. Vehicles will not be permitted to enter campus until 3:00 p.m. Once school is back in session, we ask that all buses be given the right-of -way. Please be courteous and patient with us and each other as this new traffic pattern becomes routine. For more information or to register, visit galionschools.org/food-pantry
