Hello and Welcome to Gibbons Middle School,
We hope that our students and families are enjoying a well deserved Summer Vacation. Gibbons is hosting a number of very exciting events this summer.
Currently our Summer Academy is in full swing. Mirroring our very successful experience from last year, our Summer Academy is an interdisciplinary, project based learning experience that focuses on a central theme of students designing and developing their own ‘Model City’. Students need to select their cities: biome and natural resources, the type of government their city will use; students will need to design a functioning city layout to incorporate residential, agricultural and commercial zones as well as recreation, education and infrastructure. Our students and Summer Academy teachers are engaged in dynamic and appropriately challenging work that captures our students’ curiosity and provides them with significant real world experiences.
Additionally, our custodial crew is busy with our annual summer deep clean for our classrooms, corridors and teaching spaces. We are also hosting the Extreme Summer Recreation program, SkyRise Children's theater productions and several sports camps.
We will be sharing information about the release of student schedules/team assignments and open door days by the end of July. Additional information about our Summer Math Placement exams will be forwarded to the families of students who have registered for the exams.
Our Admin team is very busy developing our student scheduling matrix for next year and interviewing/hiring for a number of positions. Please call ahead or email if you have any questions or concerns, as we are scheduling around our staff’s summer vacations.
Thanks and Enjoy your Summer!
Sincerely,
Jack Foley and the GMS Team