Griffin Middle School

Scholastic Book Fair August 24 - 26

Starting Tuesday, August 24th and ending Thursday, August 26th students may shop before school from 8:40 till 9:15 in the Griffin Media Center with a pass from their homeroom teachers. There will be a Family Event on Tuesday, August 24th from 4:15 till 7:00 for students and parents.

 

Participate in drawings during the event for free books, find the next book in the popular “Hunger Games” series – “Mocking Jay”, and browse other books of interest.

Pinnacle Parent Internet Viewer

Cobb County announced today that the Pinnacle Parent Internet Viewer start date has been postponed until approximately August 30.  For those parents who had access last year, your user name and password should remain the same.  Any new parents who did not receive their user name and password at this week's Open House may contact us for more information on how to obtain this information.  Pinnacle is an excellent way for parents to keep up with their child's grades by allowing parents to use the internet to 'look into' a teachers gradebook.

Mr. York Issues a Challenge

At last night's Open House, Mr. York issued a challenge to all parents of Griffin students to give 8 hours to Griffin throughout the course of this year.  Parents are asked to participate in PTSA events, dances, concerts, classroom visits, and conferences.  "Over the past few years we've seen tremendous academic growth from our students.  We've made AYP and want to continue that success.  We have a team of outstanding educators here at Griffin but only with the support of parents can we continue to see student success" Mr. York states.  While the challenge was announced at the 7th/8th grade Open House it is meant for all Griffin parents.  Mr. York explained "We understand that 6th grade parents are just now in the process of transitioning to middle school.  That, in itself, takes a lot of time.  We would love for all our parents to be involved throughout the year."  With the help of staff, parents and the community Griffin will continue to make the difference in the lives of our students. 

Help Us Better Serve You

Please help us better serve you.  If you need to check your child out early please send a note with him/her in the morning.  Students may bring that note to the Registration Office before homeroom and receive an early dismissal pass.  This will allow your child to be dismissed from class at the appropriate time to meet you in the office.  This will prevent you from having to wait for us to locate your child and allow you to make your appointment on time.  This also prevents us from having to disrupt instruction by making intercom calls into the classroom.  Also be aware that we only do pre-arranged early dismissals after 3:45 p.m.  That means we will not be calling into rooms after 3:45 p.m.

Thank you for helping us serve you better and for helping us preserve instructional time.

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Early Release Days Announced

On Wednesday, August 25, 2010 and Wednesday, February 2, 2011 all Cobb County students will be dismissed two hours early for district-wide teacher training. Buses will begin their normal routes at the early dismissal time. After-School Programs for elementary schools will begin immediately after early dismissal. These early release dates are not included in the Parent Information Guide, so please update your calendars with these important dates. The school calendar is available to view or print on the District Web site at www.cobbk12.org.

Afternoon Dismissal

We would like to thank everyone for their patience and understanding with our afternoon dismissal yesterday.  The first day of school is always a little slow as we ensure that all students get on the proper bus.  Unfortunately, because of issues with both the elementary and high schools, buses did not arrive at Griffin until after 4:50  (normal dismissal time if 4:15).  While we anticipate that the issues will be resolved today, please continue to be patient.

Transportation Guidelines for Extreme Heat on Buses

In an effort to minimize heat related illnesses that could occur on school buses, the following transportation protocol to begin August 5, 2010, the first day of school;
 
Bus drivers will allow ALL students K-12, to bring water only on the bus during their AM & PM bus rides. Water containers should have a secure twist-on lid. No cups with snap on lids and no straws please. We will follow this protocol until further notice. We anticipate following this protocol through the month of September.
 
Buses will operate with windows fully open and utilizing roof hatches in the correct position to optimize air flow.