Galion Intermediate School -

Next week (9/18-9/22) is Start with HELLO Week 💚 Each day has a different theme with a unique way to represent it! Check the image for details. *Each day, campus wear pants still apply EXCEPT Monday - students are able to wear sweatpants.

GIS let the dogs out today! 🦮 Miss Victoria, director of the Humane Society for Crawford County, brought with her the lovable German Shepherd, AJ. She spoke with students about past donations we have made to the Humane Society as well as animal safety 🐾 We will be conducting a community service project that will benefit the Humane Society starting in January.

Yesterday, students had a "browsing" day in which they got to preview all our school store items available! 👀 Students earn tickets throughout their day for demonstrating our 3 B's (BE Respectful, BE Responsible, and BE Safe). Opportunities such as following directions the first time, volunteering answering questions, and being kind to others! Students will begin redeeming prizes with their tickets starting next Friday 🎟️

Today was our first Houses Team Building day! Students met up for a "speed dating" session to get to know their new teammates by asking questions about each other's interests, some "would you rather" questions, and even some special memories. Our House Teams consist of two different grade-levels on the same team. We loved seeing our older students model leadership for our youngers! Featured here is Guy, Garver, and Keller/Seng's Homerooms (Onraka 🧡), Talbott and Duckworth's Homerooms (Isibindi 💚), and Stinehour and Prince/Showecker (Amistrad ❤️)

Attention 5th-grade band students and families 📣 For those who signed up for our band, please make sure to attend this fitting! It's not too late to sign up for band - QR codes are in each 5th-grade homeroom and our music room. They may sign up there. Band starts Monday, Sept. 18th! ** If they are unable to attend the meeting, they can get an instrument through Metronome at the store or contact Mrs. O'Deens (odeens.theresa@galionschools.org) to see if we have any instrument availability at the school!

Last Friday, Galion High School held Elementary Night at their home football game 🏈 Staff helped students get game-ready with hair color and temporary tattoos! Thank you to all the families that stopped by and THANK YOU to all the staff members who came and helped the students sport their orange and blue! 💙🧡

Our third-graders have been working hard today! Miss Duckworth's class learned about the scientific method through "The Great Cookie Dunk" lab in science today. 🍪 And in Miss Speck's class, students are working on creating their own timelines for social studies! 📍

Our third-graders have been working hard today! Miss Duckworth's class learned about the scientific method through "The Great Cookie Dunk" lab in science today. 🍪 And in Miss Speck's class, students are working on creating their own timelines for social studies! 📍

Fact Frenzzzzy in Mr. Rinehart's 4th-grade math classes today! Students "rolled" dice on Google and preformed one of the operations for them! ➕➖➗✖️ Don't let kids tell you math isn't fun 😉

Caught up with Mr. Willeke's 3rd-grade gym class today (Miss Speck's homeroom) as they completed partner challenges - they had to complete each task with a different classmate each time! They are working on not only fitness, but collaborating with peers to get tasks done ✅

Picture day is almost here! Prepare those bright smiles for THIS Friday 📸 Order some using the form sent home or https://my.lifetouch.com/mylifetouch/#/ using the code: EVITOKHQC There is no campus wear on this day - but clothes must be school appropriate! 👕

Our school is getting PUMPED for our running competition this year. So much so that 5th-grader Keegan came back from our assembly and made this!! A reminder that ALL year, ALL Fridays a students can wear a SHIRT representing their House color! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🩵🖤

Mrs. Garver's multi-age classroom did their first science experiment of the year, and these kiddos made elephant toothpaste! 🐘 They started by gathering their supplies. making a hypothesis what will happen when everything is mixed together, and then watched to see if they were right 👀

Our library/media center is a busy, busy place these days! 🏈 Jaxin, Max and Grady research pigskins and create a 3D print. Miss Campbell's classroom. 📚 Our school shelvers hard at work. Joslyn, Kaidyn and Mackenzie. ☕️ Skyla paints a mug in Makerspace 🐰 Elaina studies various animal tales. ✍️ Carson is rewriting a screenplay.

And just like that, it's September already! Check out our GIS September newsletter 🧡

Get the smiles ready, Lifetouch will be here Friday, September 8th for picture day! 📸 Forms will be coming home shortly, or pre-order using the QR code/link in picture. There is no campus wear on this day - but clothes must be school appropriate! 👕

❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🖤 This year we are implementing HOUSES! A friendly competition in which students "battle" to be the top house. Classrooms can earn Tiger Paws for positive, whole-class behavior from any adult in our building; the most earned combined in their house, will get a surprise monthly! On FRIDAYS, students can wear any school-appropriate shirt within their HOUSE color! Each homeroom has a designated House they belong to, so please make sure they are wearing that color on Fridays or their campus wear. And special shout out to our GHS Cheerleaders and Roary for stopping by for our assembly today!

Today was a special day! Mrs. Rundell, our attendance secretary, rang our bell in honor of her 3-year-old grandson, Mark, who also got to ring the bell for entering in remission for his Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma 💚 Ms. Prince and Ms. Showecker came to celebrate as they sent cards previously to Mark while in the hospital getting his treatments 🔔

As a district, we will continue to prioritize safety, explore the best methods, and ensure that current safety measures are accurately functioning. Friday afternoon (9/1) at approximately 1:30 p.m., Galion City School District will conduct a districtwide lockdown drill to assess the recently installed Centegix CrisisAlert system, which notifies district administrators and first responders in an emergency. This drill will be the first district wide test of the system for the 2023-2024 school year. The Galion Police Department will participate in the exercise to ensure the communication is received and dispatched properly. Practicing the procedures and systems we have in place ensures that they work as they should. We will continue to communicate with families regarding safety practices and updates to our procedures.

We understand our families may have missed our request for "headphones" at the top of our supply lists. It wasn't stated in each grade-level lists - and we apologize! We do need students to have WIRED (plugged-in) headphones. They can be in-the-ear (earbuds) or over-the-ear 🎧 If you are able, please try your best to pick a pair up for your student as soon as possible!