UPDATED Girls VB info for game times tomorrow at Watford City. Bus will be leaving from WMS at 7 am. They are allowing out of town spectators this weekend. There will be no concessions and spectators will need to bring a mask and socially distance.
Badlands Elementary 300 3rd St SE
7B 11 am CT
7A 12 pm CT
Middle School 100 3rd St NE
8B 11 am CT
8A 12 pm CT
Let's try this again: UPDATE from Mr. Buckley (AD): Miles City PS has notified us that they are NOT allowing any out of town spectators into their athletic events at this time. This would apply to our middle school football game in Miles City tomorrow night 9/10/20.
On another note. We received word from Watford City that they will allow spectators this weekend for our volleyball games. The 7th grade will play at Badlands Elementary and 8th grade will play at middle school. There will be no concessions and spectators will need to bring a mask and socially distance.
We just wanted to get the word out to parents so you can plan accordingly. Thanks.
Message from GPS:
Please check your email or Infinite Campus account for an important message from Glendive Public Schools regarding ordering Breakfast/Lunch for your student's offsite days. Please contact your student's school to update your information or to find out more information about this message.
The Glendive Public Schools nurses wish to advise parents that COVID-19 testing will NOT be a part of your student's routine screenings. As always, please call with any questions or concerns. We are looking forward to a safe and healthy school year!
UPDATE from Mr. Buckley (AD): Please see the attached updated volleyball schedule for WMS. GO DEMONS!!!
#WMSDEMONS
I apologize for the technical difficulties. In order to meet the needs of our Washington students/families, we are trying an order form for parents to order offsite meals instead of having our students order. Please fill out the following form only if you would like to order meals for your WMS child when they are offsite. If you would like to order for more than one child at WMS, please fill this form out for each child. The offsite meals that are ordered will be sent home with students on their onsite days for the following day when they are not physically at school. Your regular meal cost will apply to the meals that are ordered. This order form is a trial run for the week and will be tweaked as needed. Thank you for being flexible as we figure out the best way to serve our students!
https://forms.gle/NagQVjMkEoBVbfhV7
Beginning Monday, August 31, Glendive Public Schools will offer breakfast and lunch meals for children to take home for their offsite days. A meal count will be taken in each homeroom/1st period, first thing each morning. On Monday and Tuesday, children may sign up for an onsite lunch for that current day and for a breakfast and/or lunch meal to take home for the following day.
On Wednesdays, “A day” students may request meals for Thursday and Friday breakfasts and/or lunches during meal count. Thursdays “B day” students may request meals for Friday and Monday breakfasts and/or lunches during meal count. A staff member will be in a designated area to distribute the requested meals as students leave school each afternoon.
Please do not hesitate to contact Food Service Director, Anne Sadorf at 377-2555 if you need assistance or have any questions.
Please click on the following link to see the GPS Active COVID cases. Check back as we will update the document once we get more information. You can also go to www.glendiveschools.com to find this link and get the updates.
GPS Active COVID cases: https://rb.gy/50iklu
We are so excited to have students in our buildings again. Below is some information that might help you out for this first week.
Face coverings:
Please remember that students/staff will be required to wear face coverings on school property at all times except for the following circumstances: where social distancing can be maintained, at recess if the groups/cohorts are less than 50 students, consuming food and drink, and while engaging in physical activity.
This applies even if we drop below 4 active cases in Dawson County. Our plans were in place before Glendive had enough cases for the Governor's order to go into effect based on guidance from our Health Department and the CDC recommendations.
Online:
If you have opted out of Face-to-Face instruction you should be getting information from each school on when your student will start. If you still haven't seen anything, please call the school that your child goes to for more information.
Offsite:
With this being the first week of school, we will not be doing the offsite days. We want to make sure that we have everything set up. Next week, we will be starting the offsite days with all students. Your student's teachers will be sending work home or in their online platform for the students to complete.
Recess:
Each school is set up a little differently with how recess will work this year. Each school is trying to set up times for students to be outside without their masks. The general rule is that students can be outside without their masks if they are grouped with fewer than 50 students and they are outside for less than 15 minutes. There will be times where this is not possible (i.e. mornings when all students come to school on the playground). Please know we will continue to try and create opportunities for students to be able to take off their face coverings. Please help us by encouraging your students to follow these procedures so that we can continue to try and offer these opportunities and keep our schools healthy.
Food Service:
This week we will be offering Breakfast and Lunch for onsite students only. Next week, we will start offering the opportunity for students to also request Breakfast and Lunch on their offsite days. Please watch out for more information coming out this week about how the offsite process will work along with the process for students that are online.
MESSAGE FOR OUR STUDENTS: We are so excited for the first day of school tomorrow for our A group (students with last names A-K) students! When you arrive for your first day we will be doing something different than previous years. You will see that the playground is sectioned off into 3 parts. You are required to stay in the area for your grade level once you arrive on campus unless you are going to eat breakfast and have to walk through the 6th grade area.
Also, don't forget that face coverings are required at different points during the day. Being outside on the playground before school is one of those times. Please make sure you have one on and keep it on until the bell at 7:50 am. At that time the 6th grade will go towards the 6th grade entrance (cafeteria line up area), 7th grade will exit the playground and go towards the front of the school where they will stand outside of the middle entrance door, the 8th graders will wait until all 7th graders are off the playground before heading towards the entrance we usually entered through past years on the south side of the building. Teachers at each entrance will call out the students that are coming with them to their room where schedules will be given out and we will go over a number of things before we go through our typical 7 period schedule. For the B group students, the same thing will happen on Thursday. Looking forward to seeing you all soon! GO DEMONS!!!
The following is guidance and protocols developed by the Dawson County Health Department to help mitigate the risk of COVID-19 spread at Glendive Public Schools. Please check out the following link. We will also be sending out a Frequently Asked Questions sheet developed by the Health Department in the next couple of days.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gBmrDjKhix4AThfhBR41dIhbb0uYmphHKze8Hqc4YX4/edit?usp=sharing
RE: GPS will NOT be charging the Tech Fee for 20-21 school year
Thank you for your patience as we travel to new waters for Glendive Public Schools. Recently it was announced that parents were going to need to pay a $30 rental fee for the Chromebooks and Ipads that the students will be receiving this year. After last spring, we heard from many parents and staff members that the online learning was difficult for many reasons. Some of those reasons had to do with not having the proper devices, not being able to keep their student on task, not being able to control what their student was doing, etc. We heard loud and clear and were able to purchase Chromebooks for all students grades 3-12 and IPads for students grades PK-2. Not only were we able to get a device for every student, but we also wanted to make sure that they meet all student privacy requirements and applicable technology laws. In addition, we wanted to make sure that we were able to control all aspects of the device at school or at home for their offsite days.
We have received many emails and have talked to many parents over the last week about the rental fee. We will NOT be charging this fee this year as we agree that it was announced too late. If you have already paid the fee, the school will be contacting you to give your money back. We understand that grants were used to purchase this equipment. The school district will need to find a way to help make this sustainable moving forward. There will still be a device checkout sheet that will need to be signed so parents are aware of the process for checking out the device. If you have any questions about this, please contact your student’s building administrator.
We are really looking forward to having students start back in the schools tomorrow. Again, thank you for your patience and grace throughout this difficult time.
Just a reminder for all sixth grade parents and students that tomorrow the A group students will be at Washington middle school from 2 to 330 for the WEB student orientation. Students do not need to bring anything with them they will bring their school supplies the first day they attend with the rest of the students. The B group students will attend on Tuesday from 2 to 330 as well. Parents are not attending this event as it is only for students. We are so excited to see you and have you join our WMS family! GO DEMONS!! #WMSDEMONS
WMS PRACTICE TIME UPDATE: After discussions with the GEA (teachers union), Mr. Buckley (AD) and Mr. Schreibeis (GPS Superintendent), the decision has been made that all sports practice will start at 4:00 pm district wide. With that said, practice times for Monday, 8/24 will be moved from 3:30 to 4:00 (football, 7th grade volleyball & cross country). 8th grade volleyball practice will take place at 5:30 pm. 6th grade volleyball will have their first practice on 8/26 @ 4 pm in the cafeteria gym.
Just another reminder that athletes are required to have a sports physical prior to participating and they must be turned into the middle school office. Face coverings are also required of all athletes during different parts of practice, so please make sure to bring them. Athletes also need to bring their own water bottle as drinking fountains are not allowed to be used at this time.
We apologize for the late notice. We are trying to work through many different aspects of reopening including our extra curricular offerings. Please call the school if you have any questions. 377-2356 GO DEMONS!!! #WMSDEMONS
Info on Transportation:
With the A/B Hybrid Schedule, Glendive Public Schools will have busing available for all students that need it! Busing will be available starting the first day of school. Here is the new bus schedule for the 20-21 school year.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rhUUChgIlVbDlDstRJtI5yyXN-KGAUgD1dnrGMmk-6E/edit?usp=sharing
Thank you for your patience and grace in this difficult time. We have been working on a document to get out to our staff, parents, and community. Below you will find a link to the GPS Reopening Plan 20-21. This is not intended to be an all encompassing document, but a resource that you can go to for some information about reopening our schools for the 20-21 school year. Please also check out our website where you can find additional information and who to contact if you have questions or concerns.
http://bit.ly/GPSReopeningPlan20-21
This year we will have different schedules to accommodate all the changes that need to be made. Below you will find the start and end times for each school. Please note that these can be changed as new information arises before the first day of school.
Students will not be allowed to be onsite at the school before 7:45 a.m.
JES - Start time: 8:00 a.m. - End Time: 3:20 p.m.
LES - Start time: 8:00 a.m. - End Time: 3:05 p.m.
WMS - Start time: 8:00 a.m. - End Time: 2:46 p.m.
DCHS - Start time: 8:00 a.m. - End Time: 2:46 p.m.
Thank you for your patience with this. There have been so many changes and we could not finalize these times until we had everything set.
Please check out our Frequently Asked Questions Sheet for more information: https://bit.ly/GPS20-21FAQ
FALL SPORTS UPDATE! Attached you fill find our fall sports schedules. All fall sports (Cross Country, Football & Volleyball) will have their first day of practice on Monday, August 24th. Football practice will be at 3:30 pm and players are asked to use the entrance coming off the playground. Volleyball and cross country will use the gym doors. Practice for volleyball will be at 3:30 pm (6th & 7th) and 5:15 pm (8th). Practice for cross country will be at 3:30 pm.
Participants must have their physical form completed and turned into the middle school office prior to practicing. Face coverings are required of all participants and coaches.
Please contact the school office if you have any further questions at 377-2356. GO DEMONS!!! #WMSDEMONS #GPSPRIDE
Message for our incoming 6th graders and parents! This letter got mailed out today but we wanted to post it online as well. We are so excited to see you soon. This year is going to ROCK!!! #WMSDEMONS #GPSCOMMUNITY #WMSWEB
