Happy School Counselors Week to one of the very best! Thank you to Mrs. Waters for all she does for GMS students and staff!
The Lions open up this week with Rivalry Games vs. Eisenhower for Boys Basketball. We also host a Scholastic Bowl competition. See the action for the rest of the week listed. Go Lions!
GMS 3rd Quarter Spirit week on deck next week! GMS Lions students, let's have some fun all week long, finishing the week with our Annual PTO-Sponsored School Dance!
"School bus drivers are the people who transport children to their future."
Kristy Evers, Transportation Trainer, received the District Attitude Award after being nominated by Mr. Robert Rehse. Her nominator wrote, “As tends to happen every year, the district is short on bus drivers. That shortage is especially acute for activity drivers for sports. When the district put out feelers at the beginning of the year for coaches to sign up, lots of people were interested. At least until they saw how in-depth the training is and how much information you are required to learn. I decided to dive in anyway and once I did, I discovered Kristy was the perfect person to teach prospective drivers. She has made everything as user-friendly as possible and shows you exactly what you need to know and what are the best ways to learn it. The average person can't parallel park a car. Kristy has a method that if you simply follow the steps, you can parallel park a bus. She has a very calming presence about her teaching style and is very encouraging in her feedback. She understands that you'll make mistakes but helps you learn from them instead of dwelling on them. She made the process very bearable and helped me pass the CDL test on the first try. She is an asset to the district that often goes unnoticed so I believe she deserves this recognition.”
Winter Sports Part 2 is in full swing with a week packed with action for the Lions. Good Luck to all!
BIG Shout out to GMS and EMS for making HISTORY this evening by hosting Goddard School District's FIRST EVER all-girls wrestling meet. It was exciting, competitive, and amazing to see these young ladies battle on a Friday night at Eisenhower. Good Luck the rest of the season!
Kansas State University will be hosting the Girls Researching Our World (GROW) Workshop on Saturday, March 2nd at the K-State Manhattan Campus.
At the workshop, middle school students will participate in hands-on STEM activities designed by K-State faculty, staff and student organizations. Each activity will showcase a "STEM superhero" (past or present) and the amazing contributions they made or are making in their field. The mission of GROW is to increase girls' interest in STEM fields. All students in grades 6-8 are welcome to attend.
Attached is a flyer with more information about the GROW program, contact information for questions, and how to register for the event.
Due to extreme temperatures and dangerous wind chills that have been forecasted, there will be NO SCHOOL on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, for Goddard Public Schools. Please be safe, and have a great day! - Dane Baxa
GMS What's On this Week is back for 2024! We have both Scholar's Bowl and Boys Basketball visiting Derby North. We also make history with the first ever Girls Wrestling meet at Eisenhower Middle School. Go Lions!
Join us in thanking our school board members during School Board Recognition Month! Goddard is grateful for these individuals and their leadership. #ThankBOE
“Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education.”
—John F. Kennedy
GMS will be closed on Monday, 1/15 in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Day. We will reopen on Tuesday, 1/16.
A huge shout out to Goddard Walmart who gifted several GMS student homes with supplies for the cold weather. They donated space heaters, hand/body warmers, electric blankets and more! GMS staff also donated items to help our students and the community at large. THANK YOU!
Due to hazardous winter weather conditions, there will be NO SCHOOL on Tuesday, January 9, 2024, for Goddard Public Schools. - Dane Baxa
Due to hazardous winter weather conditions, there will be NO SCHOOL on Friday, January 5, 2024, for Goddard Public Schools. - Dane Baxa
Come and Enjoy some great sounds and music with us TONIGHT!
Congrats to the GMS Boys Wrestling Team for 1st Place Finish at the WSL D2 League Tourney in Salina this past Saturday. There were many top 4 finishes and this is a Back-to-Back Title Run. Go Lions!
What's up this week for GMS Athletics? The Final Week of Part I of our Winter Sports Season. We will see a few weekly match-ups and end with WSL Tourneys on Saturday on the Road. Students can wear Ugly Sweaters on Thursday 12/7! Good Luck to all our Lions!
Fun Times with the BUCO Lady Grizzlies for the GMS Lady Lions Basketball Teams on Saturday Afternoon!
"Always a Lion!" On Saturday Dec. 2nd, both the 7th and 8th Grade GMS Girls basketball teams traveled to El Dorado to support another former Lion, GHS 2022 Grad Maycee James, and the #3 Nationally Ranked Butler Grizzlies Women's Basketball Team.
As we celebrate National Special Education Day, we have a lot of things to be excited about as we enter our third year of being the host district in the Goddard Special Education Cooperative. Our cooperative serves 1,732 students in 21 school buildings within the communities of Goddard, Clearwater, Conway Springs, and Cheney. Our cooperative also serves students with disabilities who attend St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Wichita, Holy Spirit in Goddard, St. Joseph in Conway Springs, and St. Peter in Schulte. Our staff in these communities do an incredible job of working with all students regardless of their disability. They define the mission of our cooperative, that all students can learn together in a school community and participate meaningfully via inclusive education systems that meet the unique needs of all students.
