GCS Robotics participated in the National Robotics Challenge Autonomous Vehicle Competition. Each team's robot had to navigate an 200 foot long obstacle course solely on sensors and programing. Great Experience!
Due to scheduling conflicts, there will not be soccer club this month. The last soccer club meetings will be May 6th for K-3rd and May 20th for 4th-6th.
UPDATED. Join the GCS Theater Department in celebrating Star Wars Day (May the "4th" be with you). Students in grades 4th through 12th can dress in Star Wars attire and costumes on May 3rd for $1. Due to a field trip planned that day, the K-3rd grade students will have their Star Wars day on May 6th. Be creative! No weapons or anything scary, please.
This week one of the Fab Vocab words in music class was Niente, meaning almost inaudible. The 6th grade tried to create a sound with the longest resonance in the gym. Christopher won with 2.64 seconds!
We will be selling Star-O-Grams during our spring play, April 26th-28th. However, if you want to purchase a star beforehand, contact Mrs. Jones at aleta.jones@gileadchristianschool.education.
Today, the theater class took a trip to The Marion Palace Theatre. There, they met with the technical director and toured the theater, learning about theater sound and lighting.
The south campus students went head to head in an all-school volleyball match yesterday. The high schoolers won against the middle school 24-8! 💥🙌🏽
The enrollment fee of $200 per student for the 2024-25 school year has been added to your Blackbaud Tuition account and will be on your June invoice. Regardless of the payment arrangement that you have had in the past, the fee will be due in June unless you contact Erica Nash to make other arrangements. Thank you!
Fine Arts Cafe highlights
All living things need energy. God's plan for His creation include a very powerful source: the sun. Today Physical Science students are taking data to determine the energy, power and efficiency of radiation heat transfer. Praise God we do not feel the complete output.
You're invited to join us for dinner before the opening night of our Spring play. The cost is by donation. Please RSVP by April 22nd by calling 419-946-5990.
Proceeds go towards the South Campus gymnasium renovations.
Please join us for an evening of art, music, and coffee at our first Fine Arts Cafe. We have put together a list of talented performances that you will not want to miss!
The event, the coffee, and light refreshments will be provided free of charge. The theater class will also be selling baked goods for a donation that will go toward their upcoming field trip. We hope to see you there!
At the North Campus, the 3rd-grade class sold the most during our Spring flower sale. As a reward, they received an ice cream party. Job well done 3rd grade!
We have a few job opportunities coming this Fall for the 2024-25 school year. Please contact our school office at 419-946-5990 to apply.
We have 3 weeks till opening night! A dinner will be in the cafe on the 26th, 5-6:30 PM for donation. Please RSVP by 4/22 by calling (419) 946-5990. Proceeds will go towards the gymnasium renovations. The Jr. Class will also be providing concessions before the show and during intermission. In addition, "star"grams will be for purchase where you can write a special message for an actor to receive. We hope to see you there!
The deadline to be added to the performance/ display list is tomorrow (4/5). Contact Heather Millinger (heather.millinger@gileadchristianschool.education). All GCS parents, staff and Grade 4-12 students are invited to participate. If you have been blessed with any talent in the arts -music, literature, theater, dance, visual art- then, please join us and share your ability. We really want to make this a celebration of the talents God has given to our school community!
Our Tech Theater class started learning about lighting today. To demonstrate how color is due to reflection and absorption of light, students tried to sort M&M’s under red, green, and blue lights. It is not an easy task!
March Students of the Month's theme was attitudes.
Kindergarten: Cub & Millie, 1st: Hudson & Brooklyn, 2nd: Ava, 3rd: Teagan & Allan, 4th: Levi, 5th: Jesse & Nora, and 6th: Lilly. Miss Hibbits was awarded Teacher of the Month, and Ms. Shepherd received Staff of the Month (not pictured).
In 5th grade social studies, we learn about the culture of the Western Hemisphere, both ancient and current. As we have looked at many different people groups, we have learned that a common characteristic is the ability to make useful things out of environmental resources. In order to experience this in a small way, the students made coil baskets out of clothesline and yarn.
