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2026-2027 & 2027-2028 GSCS School Calendars Survey
Please take a minute to complete the GSCS Thought Exchange Survey, offering your feedback on the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 school calendars. The survey is accessible using the QR code on the flier or by clicking on this link: https://my.thoughtexchange.com/scroll/735732876/welcome
View the 2026-27 calendar options at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NMXw08dxJjVyyFZY8-7ApyKl7IeZY6JUTbhVm4DYL3Y/edit?tab=t.0
View the 2027-28 calendar options at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KGNzyOILkxEjwjM-DrBDWZ5HYdaERE1YLi-NGRl9hfw/edit?tab=t.0

Today is IT Professionals Day! Our schools and students rely on technology for everything from lesson plans to attendance. Today, let's celebrate our IT professionals who keep our computer systems running smoothly and securely. We appreciate the work you do behind the scenes to ensure our students, teachers and schools are always connected!

Thank you, Kiwanis Club of Griffin, for allowing our Exceptional Students to have the best day ever at the fair!

September 8-12, 2025, is Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Week! Join us in recognizing Mr. Kalo Oglesby, Rehoboth Road Middle School Athletic Coordinator! Athletic administrators are the leaders who make education-based athletics possible. They work behind the scenes to schedule games, support coaches, ensure safety, and most importantly, create opportunities for student-athletes to grow and succeed. Please join us in thanking our athletic administrators for their dedication, vision, and commitment to building school pride and shaping the student experience.

September 8-12, 2025, is Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Week! Join us in recognizing Mr. Derek Wilder, Kennedy Road Middle School Athletic Coordinator! Athletic administrators are the leaders who make education-based athletics possible. They work behind the scenes to schedule games, support coaches, ensure safety, and most importantly, create opportunities for student-athletes to grow and succeed. Please join us in thanking our athletic administrators for their dedication, vision, and commitment to building school pride and shaping the student experience.

September 8-12, 2025, is Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Week! Join us in recognizing Mr. Travis Smith, Griffin High School Athletic Director! Athletic administrators are the leaders who make education-based athletics possible. They work behind the scenes to schedule games, support coaches, ensure safety, and most importantly, create opportunities for student-athletes to grow and succeed. Please join us in thanking our athletic administrators for their dedication, vision, and commitment to building school pride and shaping the student experience.

September 8-12, 2025, is Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Week! Join us in recognizing Ms. Shacoria Jones, Carver Road Middle School Athletic Coordinator! Athletic administrators are the leaders who make education-based athletics possible. They work behind the scenes to schedule games, support coaches, ensure safety, and most importantly, create opportunities for student-athletes to grow and succeed. Please join us in thanking our athletic administrators for their dedication, vision, and commitment to building school pride and shaping the student experience.

September 8-12, 2025, is Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Week! Join us in recognizing Mr. Thomas Hoffmann, Spalding High School Athletic Director! Athletic administrators are the leaders who make education-based athletics possible. They work behind the scenes to schedule games, support coaches, ensure safety, and most importantly, create opportunities for student-athletes to grow and succeed. Please join us in thanking our athletic administrators for their dedication, vision, and commitment to building school pride and shaping the student experience.

September 8-12, 2025, is Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Week! Join us in recognizing Mr. Brian Pollete, Cowan Road Middle School Athletic Coordinator!
Athletic administrators are the leaders who make education-based athletics possible. They work behind the scenes to schedule games, support coaches, ensure safety, and most importantly, create opportunities for student-athletes to grow and succeed.
Please join us in thanking our athletic administrators for their dedication, vision, and commitment to building school pride and shaping the student experience.

This week, Dino the Dalmatian from Griffin Fire visited all elementary schools to deliver free fair tickets to all students. The Spalding County Kiwanis Fair is September 9-14. Purchase MEGA Tickets (must be purchased by September 9) for unlimited rides at https://www.kiwanisofgriffin.com/2025fair. Proceeds from the fair and the Kiwanianne Korn Dawgs benefit students through scholarships. Thank you, Kiwanis Club of Griffin!

Attention SHS & FRE Families: The water main repair project, affecting SHS and Futral Road Elementary, has been successfully completed. All school operations will return to normal tomorrow.

The water main break impacting Spalding High School and Futral Road Elementary School will take five to six hours to repair. For parents who would like to check their students out of school, this will be considered an excused absence. For working parents unable to pick your child up from school, we will have bottled water, portable toilets and portable hand washing stations. We will continue normal school activities including regular school lunch and regular dismissal. All after school activities will continue as usual.

GSCS is seeking dedicated school nurses. Apply at https://www.applitrack.com/griffin/onlineapp/default.aspx?all=1

This month, all GSCS schools will help fight hunger in our community by participating in the Manna From Above Food Drive. You can help by sending canned goods to school with your students this month.

Nominations close Sept. 5 for the 2025 Griffin-Spalding County School System Educator Hall of Fame Class of 2025 inductees. Don't miss out on nominating an exemplary GSCS educator! Nomination forms are available on the district website at www.gscs.org or at this link https://forms.gle/wKru5F9GeGxyMKp66. The 2025 class will be inducted during a special ceremony on October 21 at the Griffin-Spalding Board of Education meeting.

Educators should be nominated for his/her outstanding and significant contributions to students, staff, parents and the community during their employment at GSCS. Nominees must have been employed at GSCS for a minimum of 10 years and be retired for at least five years.

GSCS is excited to share that our Fall Fling 5K and Bazaar will be held on Saturday, September 27, 2025! Register to participate in the 5K or just plan to come shop from our employee vendors. The event proceeds will benefit staff and teacher appreciation initiatives throughout the district.

Now that school is back in session, do you ever wonder "what's going around?" Over the next several months, we would like to give an overview of some common childhood illnesses, ways to manage them and when it's okay to return to school. Please note this is for informational purposes only and not intended to take the place of your child's physician. Please contact your child's doctor for questions or concerns regarding your child's health.

All GSCS schools & offices will be closed on Monday, September 1, 2025, in celebration of Labor Day.

Interested in sponsoring or playing in the 24th Annual Griffin-Spalding Partners In Education Golf Tournament? Complete the sponsorship/registration form at: https://5il.co/3oqcn. All proceeds benefit the students and staff of GSCS!