United
We Read: Glenwood's One Book Program
This summer the students and faculty of GMS will
be reading Schooled by Gordon Korman. When we return to school in
August, we will be using this shared experience as a part of our
opening activities. We will be hosting the author, Gordon Korman,
in December to celebrate the program.
Synopsis of Schooled: Homeschooled on an isolated
"alternate farm commune" that has dwindled since the 1960s
to 2 members, 13-year-old Cap has always lived with his grandmother,
Rain. When she is hospitalized, Cap is taken in by a social worker
and sent—like a lamb to slaughter—to middle school.
Smart and capable, innocent and inexperienced (he learned to drive
on the farm, but he has never watched television), long-haired Cap
soon becomes the butt of pranks. He reacts in unexpected ways and,
in the end, elevates those around him to higher ground. Hysterically
funny, this book packs a subtle message about remaining true to
oneself in the middle school mayhem. –Booklist,
starred review
Junior Editions bookstore is working with GMS to
provide our students the opportunity to purchase Schooled at the
discounted price of $12.20 (tax included). If you are interested
in purchasing a copy through the school you can click on the link
below to download the order form. Please return
the bottom of this order form and a check for $12.20 (payable to
Glenwood Middle School) to your child’s English teacher by
May 23rd. Your child will receive their book during the week
of June 9-13.
Schooled
Order Form for Current GMS Students
Schooled
Order Form for Incoming Sixth Graders
Events Calendar
In an effort to better serve the GMS community,
we will be posting a monthly events calendar. Check out the Events
Calendar link for more information.
GMS Bell Schedules
There have been some minor changes in our bell
schedules on early dismissal and delayed opening days. Click
here to see the regular bell schedule. Click
here to see the early dismissal and delayed opening schedules.
Extended Absences from School
for Vacations and Religious Observances
If you are planning an upcoming vacation or absence
for a religious holiday, please download the Extended
Absences Form and send the completed form to Mr. Wilson.
News
from the Media Center
Stumped about how to help your child access good
quality information for his research project? JUST SAY NO
TO GOOGLE and check out GMS' Research
Resources page. Here you will find links to
the following online databases:
SIRS Knowledge Source- a
comprehensive on-line interface providing integrated access to thousands
of full text articles, documents and graphics from
SIRS Researcher, SIRS Government Reporter and SIRS Renaissance .
SIRS Decades-features
more than 5,000 hand-selected primary and secondary source articles
highlighting key events, movements, people and places in 20th Century
America. This is a perfect resource for History Day projects.
Gale Student Resource Center
Junior- a fully
integrated database containing thousands of curriculum-target primary
documents, biographies, topical essays, background information,
full-text coverage of over 1,000 magazines, newspapers, over 20,000
photographs and illustrations and more than 8 hours of audio and
video clips. World Book Online - an excellent source
of reliable, easy to understand information for students.
CultureGrams - offers
concise, reliable, and up-to-date country reports on 182 cultures
of the world.
NoodleTools - an
online bibliography tool that helps students formatbibliographies
in MLA format.
Note: All GMS students will receive
log-in and password stickers to place in the front of their agenda
books. These stickers will allow them to access all research databases
from at school or remotely.
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This site last updated: 5/08/08 by Courtnay
Moore, Media Specialist
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