Georgia Elementary Middle School
- Preschool Last Day
- Preschool Screening
The 6th grade STEM team would like to invite any interested community members to participate in our first ever Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Festival! The date is set for June 1st at 1:00 in the big gym at GEMS. Our students have been introduced to learning about the Engineering Design Process this year and they have been able to act as bio and industrial engineers. We are interested in having students make occupational community connections. Our hope is that they are thinking about their future and how the work they are doing in school connects to the world.
Are you an engineer? Would you consider having a booth explaining your occupation and/or having interactive project examples? We would love for our students to meet local engineers. Mechanical, electrical, biomedical, chemical or any other engineer is invited to contact us if you are interested in promoting this exciting field! Students that are enrolled in an engineering course, internship, club, or organization are also encouraged to interact with our students. Interested engineers please contact us for more information. jtremblay@fwsu.org or jsthilaire@fwsu.org
Graduation for GEMS 8th graders is scheduled for June 13th. Commencement will take place in the Big Gym and will begin at 7:00 p.m. Congratulations GEMS 8th grade Class of 2012!
It is Kindergarten registration time for the 2012-2013 school year! If your child is not currently enrolled in the GEMS Preschool Program, please contact the GEMS office at 524-6358. Those currently in the GEMS Preschool Program do not need to register for kindergarten. 
The 7 & 8 Grade Baseball and Softball schedules are updated on the calendar!
Don't know how to find it? On the left of this screen, click "Athletics", on the next screen click on "Baseball & Softball". You will be brought to the Baseball & Softball page where there is a calendar on the right-hand side of the screen. You can choose to click on the date to see what is going on, or opt to view the whole calendar. GO CHARGERS!
During the month of March, Sarah Frechette and Jason Thibodeaux, of Puppetkabob, worked with GEMS third and fourth graders creating original stories to bring Vermont and Georgia history to life with shadow puppet presentations. The students were able to show the elementary student body and their parents what they learned about shadow puppetry and their local and state history in a presentation at the end of the month. If you would like to see the presentation that was recorded by LCATV, click here. The program was made possible by grants from the Vermont Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, Georgia Enrichment Program, Georgia Friends of the Arts, and the GEMS PTO and a donation of flashlights was provided by Energizer of St. Albans. We would also like to thank whoever provided the anonymous donation!
Would you like to do something special for your student's teacher(s)? Starting to think about Teacher Appreciation coming up in May? The GEMS PTO would like to remind parents to check out the Wish Lists for their student's teacher(s). These lists include needed and desired items for their classrooms. 
Immunizations must be up to date PRIOR to the first day of school| PreK | 1MMR | 1 Varicella* | 4 DTaP | 3 Polio | 3 Hep. B | Hib/PCV |
| K | 2 MMR | 2 Varicella* | 5 DTaP | 4 Polio | 3 Hep. B | |
| Gr 7 | 2 MMR | 2 Varicella* | 5 DTaP | 4 Polio | 3 Hep. B | 1 Tdap |
- Varicella= Chicken Pox. Vaccination is needed or history of the disease.
- Transferring students must meet all state requirements.
Sports Physicals are required for students in grades 5-8 wishing to play any afterschool sport. Athletes may not practice/play without this form on file.
Students in these grades are very physically active so we ask that ALL students have a current copy of the sports clearance form from their doctor. These forms are kept on file for physical education classes, field trips and extra curricular sports.
