💡 The home varsity games scheduled for tonight will take place at the scheduled time of 6 p.m. 🏀
Per Mr. Merasco: Tonight is also boys youth basketball night at the High School. The boys will need to arrive by 6:30. We will have a designated seating area behind the G-A team bench. Please wear your G-A youth basketball shirt and lanyard that was handed out Tuesday at youth basketball practice. If you were not at practice I will have your shirt and lanyard at the school. Entry to the game for all students is FREE. The boys will be introduced at halftime of the boys game, and will do some BB drills.
Per our athletic director: The JV games scheduled at Gobles for tonight have been cancelled. Gobles does not have power. Also, the status of the varsity games scheduled at G-A tomorrow night will be determined sometime tomorrow afternoon. We currently do not have power at the high school. We will need it restored by 2 p.m. tomorrow to make it work.
The district, including daycare, will be CLOSED tomorrow (Friday 2/24).
Parent Teacher Conferences are canceled.
Due to the weather and road conditions, there will be NO SCHOOL tomorrow (Thursday 2/23).
Daycare will also be closed, and tomorrow's conferences are canceled.
Announcement: All after school practices and games are cancelled. This includes youth basketball, JV basketball, and MS wrestling.
Attention Class of 2023!
The Avanelle Hutchings Powell Scholarship is due on Monday, February 20th. A completed application, essay and transcript request is required to apply. Click or Copy/Paste the link below to access the application.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a4ibQrFeYVmqSosyoG__P-IBJc--sExr/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=106239432364916134946&rtpof=true&sd=true
Girls Middle School basketball game tomorrow at home vs Constantine. 7th grade starts at 5:00, 8th grade plays after finish of ths 7th grade game. Come support our girls.
Congratulations to our G-A High School Band students that performed at MSBOA District 11 Solo & Ensemble Festival on Saturday, February 4 at Schoolcraft High School!
Sophie Corsi (9th grade) performed a trumpet solo, earning a Division 1 rating.
Karina Nigg (12th grade), Gabe Schwendinger (12th grade), Korbin Nigg (11th grade), and Jaden Fawcett (10th grade) performed a trombone quartet, earning a Division 1 rating.
Emily Fletcher (12th grade) and Nick Martin (12th grade) performed an alto/tenor saxophone duet, performing for comments only.
Congratulations to all on their hard work and excellent performances at Solo & Ensemble!
Check out our Bond Projects webpage for new photos and a new update about what's happening with construction right now at the Primary School and High School.
https://www.g-aschools.org/o/gacs/page/bond-projects
We also want to remind you of our Brick Fundraiser. The link for this can be found on our Bond Projects webpage, or you can go straight to our brick website to learn more and order.
https://polarengraving.com/galesburgaugustacommunityschools
Coloma will not be accepting cash at the JV girls basketball game tonight.
Tickets can be purchased at the gate with a debit or credit card. They also just sent this link to buy tickets at: https://gofan.co/app/events/803756?schoolId=MI4170.
Exciting News!!!! We are planning to field a MIDDLE SCHOOL SOFTBALL this spring. We are working on specific details. Games will be on Wednesday’s and Saturday mornings. We need 12-15 girls in grades 6th-8th. If your daughter is interested we will have a meeting and sign up this week at school. If you have questions please contact me.
G-A softball.
Just a reminder that we have home girl's and boy's varsity basketball games this Friday (Jan. 6th) starting at 6 p.m. Spread the word and come on out to support our student-athletes.
Ticket Sales for tonight's wrestling match at Parchment:
https://events.ticketspicket.com/agency/7ef183ea-0474-46d2-a76d-946068bc5dc8/events/c4485381-bdb2-45e6-8e12-f56b9547bd80
They do not accept cash.
Middle School Girls Basketball (7th-8th) starts practice on Tuesday, January 10th. Practice will be from 3:30-5:30. You must have an MHSAA athletic physical turned in before you can practice.
It is imperative that you attend every practice. Be ready to practice on Tuesday with all your practice clothes and physicals. Our first game is Monday, January 23 which gives us only 9 practices before the first game. Coach Dooley and Coach Smith will pass along any other information that you need to know before Tuesday.
The wrestling tournament scheduled at Martin HS tomorrow has been cancelled. This tournament will not be rescheduled.
- Mr. Woodard
Good Afternoon G-A Families,
As you are likely aware, the National Weather Service has issued a blizzard warning for our area, effective tomorrow afternoon. To ensure our students, staff, and bus drivers get home safely tomorrow, we have made the decision to close early.
The High School will close at 12:30.
The Primary School will close at 12:40.
The Middle School will closed at 1:15.
Daycare will close at 3:30 tomorrow.
There will also be NO SCHOOL on Friday, December 23.
We appreciate your continued support as we work to keep our students and staff safe, and we look forward to seeing everyone back after the winter break on Monday, January 9th.
The boys JV and Varsity basketball games scheduled for Thursday (12/22) vs. Eau Claire have been cancelled. We will be working on finding a make up date.
- Mr. Woodard
Check out our Bond Projects webpage to see what's happening at the Primary School and High School right now!
www.g-aschools.org/o/gacs/page/bond-projects
We have been seeing some questions about whether or not there is school tomorrow (Tuesday 12/20). The answer is yes, there is school tomorrow! We looking forward to seeing you, and having a great rest of the week before winter break!
Also, as a reminder, this Wednesday (12/21) is a half day.
There will be NO SCHOOL tomorrow (MONDAY 12/19) due to the high number of staff illnesses. Daycare will remain open.