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Grand Rapids Christian Middle School Principal's Corner

Middle School Principal's Corner - Summer 2019

Dear GRCMS Parents,

I hope that this letter finds you and your family doing well, enjoying summer, and looking forward to the coming school year. In a few more weeks it will be Monday, August 19, and the first day of school for 2019-2020!  

The GRCMS theme for the upcoming school year is “Dream Small: Do Small Things With Great Love.”  We do want our kids to think about and aim for big ideas, but we also don’t want them to miss all of the little things that they can do each day to make a difference in building the Kingdom here.  We are going to emphasize the daily “little things” that they can do or that others do for them. We want to be observant about, practice, and appreciate those little things and, also, appreciate the people who do them for us and others. As Mother Teresa showed us with her life: we all are able to “do small things with great love.”  Check out Josh Wilson’s song “Dream Small” to better understand the theme idea.

As July turns to August, I want to highlight the first two events for you to be involved in with your children at Grand Rapids Christian Middle School so that they are on your family calendar: 

Wednesday, August 14, from 6:00-7:30 pm.
This will be the evening of our back-to-school open house, hosted by the GRCMS P.T.O. You and your child(ren) can come and check out the classroom(s) and connect and/or re-connect with teachers and friends. Please come and go as you are able on this evening. We look forward to seeing you!

Thursday evening, September 12, at 7:00 pm
“Classroom Connect”: This evening will be an opportunity for parents to meet with our teachers and to learn about routines and expectations for the year. It is an opportunity to get to know one another face-to-face and start the year well.

Homeroom and schedule information will not be available until early August.  
This information can be found by logging into ParentVue or StudentVue, selecting the student(s) whose schedule you wish to view, and then clicking on “Class Schedule.”  Again, this information will not be available until early August and could still be subject to change as final details for 2019-2020 are confirmed.

A few other reminders: The school day at GRCMS runs from 8:00 am – 3:00 pm. The first bell will ring at 7:55 and instruction will begin at 8:00.  

There is no school on Friday, August 30, because of Labor Day weekend.  In addition, for the safety of all children, please see the enclosed letter regarding traffic patterns and before- and after-school drop-off.

As we look ahead to the upcoming school year, we do so with complete reliance on our Lord to provide for all of our needs. We covet your prayers for the 2019-2020 school year: for the students and families who will be part of our GRCMS community, for the GRCMS staff members preparing for the year, and for the many preparations that happen yet in August. We look forward to the coming school year as God continues to shape us into His servants through the little things that make a difference in each and every day. 

Your partner in Kingdom service,
—Eric Burgess

Sara Seth

Sara Seth

Principal
Grand Rapids Christian
Middle School

 

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