Announcements:
Announcements:
Welcome to the 2026-2027 school year!
Welcome to the 2026-2027 school year!
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Announcements:
Upcoming Important Dates
*10/26 - Choir Concert
*10/29 - Picture Retakes
*10/29 - Pizza Ranch Dine and Share (4 - 8 PM)
*11/5 - “Back To Skate Night” - PTO Event (6 - 8 PM)
*11/10 - Twisted Burger Dine and Share
*11/11, 12/9 - Upcoming Half Days - Dismissal 11:45
*11/13 - GMS International Night
*3/10/27 - GMS Community St. Baldrick's Event
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LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS
Dear Families and Community Members,
We are excited to share an upcoming 8th Grade Career Exploration Lunch & Learn series at Grayslake Middle School, designed to help students learn about a wide range of careers and pathways directly from real people in our community.
As part of this student-led initiative, we are inviting parents, guardians, family members, and community connections to volunteer to speak with small groups of students during lunch about their career.
These sessions are:
Short and informal
Focused on sharing what you do, how you got there, and what a typical day looks like
Designed to help students understand different career paths, including college, trades, military, and other options
Wednesdays 12:20-12:50 & 12:55-1:20
You do not need to be a professional speaker, just willing to share your experience and answer student questions.
If you (or someone you know) might be interested in participating, please complete the Google Form linked below. This will help us match speakers to student interests and schedule sessions.
Thank you for helping us connect learning to real life and for supporting student voice and leadership!
Sincerely,
Way of the Panther 8th Grade Students
Here's what's happening on 7 Gold:
Here's what's happening on 7 Gold:
Literacy
Literacy
Mrs. Foster- foster.rebecca@d46.org
Ms. Zuckerman- zuckerman.ella@d46.org
Hello everyone!
Our first unit, Generations, is coming to an end. Throughout this unit, we have been exploring the author’s point of view and working to answer our essential question: What can one generation learn from another? We have been writing a bunch from different points of view. They really seem to enjoy creative writing it has been fun to read what they are wriing! We also have had our very first selection test with more to come before the end of the trimester too. We also have taken two CFA's over point of view.
We are also continuing to encourage daily silent reading and working toward completing our BINGO reading sheets. All missing work is due before the end of the trimest to still get points for it,
As always, please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or concerns.
Thank you!
Mrs. Foster and Ms. Zuckerman
Social Studies
Social Studies
Mrs. Hull - hull.amanda@d46.org
E-learning Google Meet code: hullsocialscience
Happy Fall to everyone! We are in our United States Constitution Unit, and the students are doing great! This week we took our Legislative Branch Quiz, and many students received a 100%. Next week on Wednesday and Thursday, we will take the Executive Branch Quiz. All students have access to a Blooket and a Kahoot on Google Classroom to help them study for the Quizzes. We also completed study guides in class.
We continue to have the challenge of students not bringing Earbuds or Headphones to social studies class. Please ask your student if they need some for school. I can always keep them in my classroom if needed.
Thank you,
Amanda Hull
Math
Math
Ms. Abedrabo- abedrabo.sabreen@d46.org
Mrs. Stacy - stacy.sarah@d46.org
7th Grade Math
We are currently in our second unit which is all about proportional relationships. We will explore proportional relationships in a variety of real-world contexts and make comparisons using representations such as tables, equations, and graphs.
Our quiz will be Friday, November 6th. Students are bringing home a parent packet today. Please ask them for it! I will post more review material next week.
All missing work is due Friday, November 6.
If your student turns work in late or makes corrections to an assignment with a low grade, please remind them to email the teacher with the specifics of which assignment they completed.
Does your student need help with math? Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:20-4:30 in the library, Mrs. Salaban is available to answer your questions! No need to sign up ahead of time, no fee, no commitment...go as often as you want to!
7 Gold Team Website (Assignment Notebook)
Amplify Parent/Guardian Website
Advanced Math
Advanced math students are expanding what they learned in unit one transformations. They will study dilations and similar figures in unit 2. Students will also use similar triangles to explain, understand, and apply the concept of slope.
All missing work is due Friday, November 6.
The unit 2 test will be Tuesday, November 10. I will post review material next week.
If your student turns work in late or makes corrections to an assignment with a low grade, please remind them to email the teacher with the specifics of which assignment they completed.
Does your student need help with math? Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:20-4:30 in the library, Mrs. Salaban is available to answer your questions! No need to sign up ahead of time, no fee, no commitment...go as often as you want to!
7 Gold Team Website (Assignment Notebook)
Amplify Parent/Guardian Website
Algebra 1
Algebra 1
Students have been working hard on solving and interpreting inequalities. This week, we will complete Lessons 8-10. Next week, we will wrap up this unit and test sometime later in the week.
Does your student need help with math? Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:20-4:30 in the library, Mrs. Salaban is available to answer your questions! No need to sign up ahead of time, no fee, no commitment...go as often as you want to!
Mrs. Abedrabo and Mrs. Stacy
Science
Science
Ms. Jovanov - jovanovjasper.jennifer@d46.org
7th Grade Science
We just took a test for Twig's Unit 1, Lesson 1 this week. We will be moving on to Lesson 2 next week. This Lesson starts with a multi-station lab next week where students will be learning about states of matter and phases changes. We will also be learning how to draw both Bohr and Lewis atominc models.
7 Gold Bilingual
7 Gold Bilingual
Mr. Dominguez - dominguezgarcia.jorge@d46.org
Jorge Domínguez García
Reading Specialist
Reading Specialist
Ms. Everett- everett.jennifer@d46.org
Hello families! My name is Jennifer Everett and I’m the Reading Specialist working with your 7th grader this year. I’m excited to support their growth as readers and help them build confidence and strategies that last a lifetime.
Quick Tip: Encourage your child to talk about what they’re reading, even just a quick “What’s happening in your book?” at dinner or in the car. Talking about books makes reading more meaningful and fun!
Jennifer Everett
Special Education
Ms. Delaney- Fuetterer- fuetterer.meghan@d46.org
Welcome Panthers to an exciting 2025-2026 school year. I will be co teaching with Mrs. Foster in ELA and Mr. Beltran in Math. I have been getting to know the students in each of their classes and what they enjoy in school. I will support any students within the class and pull for testing/ accommodations they have in their IEP/ 504 plans. I am looking forward to having a great year.
Meghan Delaney
A Note About
PANTHER BLOCK
Panther Block is the first part of our day at GMS. During this time, students may attend band, choir, or specific individual interventions. Our school-wide focus for all students in a team-based WIN class is improvement in mathematics. Many students have the opportunity to work with their math teacher individually and in small groups, participate in reteaching of concepts learned in math class, and build skills that will prepare them for future success in math class. In addition, all GMS students have access to online math skill-building tools. For most students, those two tools are MATHia (connected to our grade level math resource) and DreamBox (a game-like tool that adapts to students' individual math performance), but can include many other online math tools determined by students' needs.
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Panther Block es la primera parte del día en GMS. Durante este tiempo, los estudiantes pueden asistir a banda, coro, o intervenciones individuales específicas. Nuestro enfoque en toda la escuela para todos los estudiantes en una clase WIN basada en el equipo es la mejora en matemáticas. Muchos estudiantes tienen la oportunidad de trabajar con su profesor de matemáticas individualmente y en pequeños grupos, participar en la reenseñanza de los conceptos aprendidos en la clase de matemáticas, y construir habilidades que los prepararán para el éxito futuro en la clase de matemáticas. Además, todos los alumnos de GMS tienen acceso a herramientas de desarrollo de habilidades matemáticas en línea. Para la mayoría de los estudiantes, esas dos herramientas son MATHia (conectada a nuestro recurso de matemáticas de nivel de grado) y DreamBox (una herramienta similar a un juego que se adapta al rendimiento individual de los estudiantes en matemáticas), pero puede incluir muchas otras herramientas de matemáticas en línea determinadas por las necesidades de los estudiantes.
Resource ELA
Resource ELA
Mrs. Sell - sell.samantha@d46.org
Students explore different growth areas through our daily rotations. We are practicing skills related to reading fluency, paragraph structure, expanding our reasoning in written form, editing skills, phonics, and individual skill growth through our IXL software program and 1:1 teacher collaboration. Students have started working in the "Growth Zone" on skills directly related to each student's growth areas; ask your student what they have been practicing.
In the My Perspectives program, students have completed their second assessment on the text " An Invisible Thread" in which students continue to focus on annotation strategies, as well as analyzing how perspective and point of view influence the reader.
Please remember to look over Google Classroom with your student. Ask them to show you the work they are most proud of!
Samantha Sell
Resource Math
Resource Math
Mrs. Sell - sell.samantha@d46.org
Last week, students completed an assessment on multiplying and dividing integers. Prior to starting our next unit on Unit Rate- students are reviewing skills related to one-step application problems, sharpening calculation skills, and skills related to money and time.
Please remember to review infinite campus and google classroom with your student. Ask them to show you the work they are most proud of!
Samantha Sell
EVOLVE
Our SEL (Social/Emotional Learning) groups will run again this year! I am thrilled to be the 7 Gold EVOLVE circle facilitator! Our first group is Tuesday, September 30th, during Panther Block. Evolve is an opportunity to build relationships and friendships in a safe and fun environment. This first cycle will run for 13 weeks. Don't hesitate to get in touch with me at schmid.yvonne@d46.org if you have any questions about this amazing program.
Yvonne Schmid
To view up-to-date homework assignments, CLICK HERE
Missing Work - Students are encouraged to keep up on their grades through Infinite Campus. If any work is missing, students should look up which assignments are missing and complete those as soon as possible. Any questions, please have your child speak with that teacher.
Late Work: Late work is accepted without a point penalty until the end of the unit. Assignments turned in after the end of the unit are subject to a point penalty.
Homework Club - This club meets Monday through Thursday, 3:20-4:30 in the library. Students do not need to sign up to attend; they can come on an individual need basis. There will be no buses available, so students will need to be picked up.
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