Congratulations Bearcats on placing 3rd at the 2022 GEC tournament at SIC!! Also good job to the Pope Co Pirates for 4th place!




The 2nd grade classes worked on building Lego towers for a fun STEM project today. They had to build a tower as a team and draw a picture of their tower.



Class of 2022 and Parents:
The FAFSA completion is a graduation requirement. In addition, if a student receives an institutional scholarship they may need to have it on file before funds are applied to their account. Funds do run out and if a student is eligible for those funds, we want them to receive them.
Please email Mrs. Love if you would like assistance with completing the FAFSA. Mrs. Love runs a report once a week to see who is complete. If you are unsure if the FAFSA is complete, please email, klove@galatiak12.org, or call 618-297-4199.
Stacy’s bus route will run AM and PM routes on Friday, January 28. There will be a new substitute bus driver, so pick up and drop off times may be delayed.
Stacy’s afternoon bus route will be canceled on Thursday, January 27. We are unsure about her route on Friday but will send out an all call tomorrow once we have more information.
The Galatia Grade School Spelling Bee held on January 26, 2022 was a great success. After 18 rounds, Logan Byron, 6th grade, was declared the champion, with 5th grader Garrett Arnold as Runner Up. Congratulations to all the contestants who successfully competed in their classrooms to participate in today’s bee! Full results are posted in the pictures.




2022 GGS Spelling Bee
https://youtu.be/KRgc1_gcQfA
School Environment Matters: Galatia CUSD #1 Administers Ninth Illinois 5Essentials Survey to Improve Student Learning
Information about the 5Essentials Survey at this link....https://5il.co/14ri3
Parents-please read the informational letter about the Illinois 5Essentials Survey. Students in grades 4th -12 will be taking this survey at school. Teachers will be taking this survey and we will be asking for parent/guardian participation also.
Click on this link to find the letter....https://5il.co/14rhu
Galatia Drama Club is proud to present the cast for Disney's Lion King Jr. coming May, 2022.
Students need to meet this Friday, Jan. 28th in Mrs. Girten's room from 3:00-4:30. Congratulations to this year's actors.

Tomorrow, January 26, is the Galatia Grade School Spelling Bee for 2022. It will be held in the Grade School Gym at 1:00. Parents and families of the contestants are invited to attend the Spelling Bee in person, as long as masks are worn. The event will also be livestreamed on the school's facebook page and on Youtube. Login information will be sent later for Youtube. Classes will not be in attendance in the gym, but they may watch in their classrooms on the livestream. Good luck to all the contestants!
Students in 3rd grade learned that a dinosaur’s footprints revealed how quickly a dinosaur was running. Each student tried to “outrun” a dinosaur. Students learned to calculate the “stride length” of their classmates and if they were able to “outrun” three types of dinosaurs.

We want to communicate with parents and the community about the unexpected Lockdown at the JH/HS building this morning. Sonitrol was replacing the battery in a panic button and tested the button which set off the Lockdown alarm. We were not aware this was going to happen. There was no emergency. We apologize for any worry this caused. On a positive note, everyone in the building reacted accordingly within seconds. We want to give praise to the staff and students for being prepared and taking the alarm seriously.
Parents,
P.M. PreK is closed Monday and Tuesday because of positive and probable positive Covid cases.
A.M. PreK has also had a student test positive today. After consultation with Egyptian Health Department, we do not believe the cases are related and it is safe to have A.M. PreK.
We will continue to clean and sanitize between the A.M and P.M classes to provide the safest setting possible.
Have a great evening and we will see A.M PreK tomorrow.
Reminder: JH volleyball practice will start tomorrow (Monday, 1/24) @ GGS, 3-5. Students in grades 7/8 can ride Kevin’s bus to the GS.
Updated/new Kitty Kat practice and performance schedule.

School Bus For Sale.
Attached is the updated Boys Little GEC Basketball Bracket. Consolation, 3rd place and 1st place games will be played on Saturday, 1/22 starting at 5:00 PM. All games will be played at GHS.
Congratulations to our Grade School Honor Roll Students for the 2nd Quarter! Way to go!

Congratulations Colin Jenkins for making the 2022 Little GEC Boys All Conference Basketball 2nd Team! Also, congratulations to all of the athletes representing their schools! Great job, gentleman!
