What Students Wish Adults Knew — Tonight at Gretna High!
Join Gretna Public Schools for an evening with Stephen Mackey, co-author of The Locker Room.
Exhibits begin at 6:00 PM and the presentation starts at 7:00 PM.

Come listen, learn, and connect with your community.
Tonight’s the conversation you don’t want to miss.

5 months ago, Gretna Public School District
Stephen mackey speaks photo standing with arms crossed and city behind him
We're feeling grateful this month! Follow along as the GCMS Photography Club captures what we appreciate most. First up: A huge thank you to our amazing teachers!

Graphic created by Haidyn B.
5 months ago, ERICA WALSH
A fall-themed graphic with a picture of the Giles Creek staff sitting on bleachers and text stating: We are thankful for all of the teachers at GCMS.
Congratulations to Mr. Lawrence and the GCMS choirs on their amazing performance last night!
5 months ago, ERICA WALSH
Photo of choir students standing on risers and singing with folders in their hands.
Photo of choir students seated on risers with hands in the air for their performance.
Photo from a distance showing choir students performing on stage.
Photo of choir students standing on risers and singing.

We would love for you to join us to watch the hard work of our vocal music students.

Graphic created by Yearbook student, Savanna B.

5 months ago, ERICA WALSH
Graphic with text stating: Vocal Music Concert on November 4, 2025, at Giles Creek Middle School. 6th grade vocal music and GCMS choir at 5:30 PM. 7th grade vocal music and Renaissance Show Choir at 6:00 PM.
Over 300 students at GCMS were able to participate in "Chip or Treat" - their reward for having NO TARDIES during the end of October! Congrats kids! The school staff is wishing everyone a safe and happy Halloween!
5 months ago, AMY TASICH
Students are lined up at two long white tables turning in tickets to two women for a chance to pick out an individual bag of chips.
Aerial view of students lining up at a table outside a school office. There are two women at the table handing out individual bags of chips.
Staff members at GCMS were feeling the holiday spirit today! So many "six sevens" 🤷🏻‍♀️ around the building, as well as the Lorax, Woody, and a hippie. Happy Halloween!
5 months ago, AMY TASICH
A group of 4 adults is standing together. They have on dark gray shirts that say the number 6 or 7. It alternates.
A group of adults is standing in front of lockers. They all have black shirts on. They alternate and one has the number 6 on it, the next has the number 7, and then it repeats.
A person is dressed up in orange like the Lorax from the movie and is standing next to decorative fake blue trees.
An adult man is dressed up as Woody from the Toy Story movie. He is shrugging his shoulders with his hands out in the air.
A woman is dressed in 60s/70s garb holding up a peace sign and smiling.
8th grade students finished up their spooky story unit today. If they chose to write a short story, they read it out loud. If they chose a comic, they read through it while Ms. Spoor projected a picture on the board.
5 months ago, AMY TASICH
Two students stand in front of the class with a flashlight. The lights are off and they are reading from their story.
Three students stand in front of the class. The lights are off and they have a flashlight as they read their story. The cartoon is projected on the front TV
Two students stand in front of the class with a flashlight. The lights are off and they are reading from their story. On the board is their cartoon.
Scrapbook club met on Wednesday and worked on their projects!
5 months ago, AMY TASICH
A student is standing up and using scissors to cut out items for her scrapbook page. There is a girl behind her seated at a desk.
A girl in a white sweatshirt is standing up and cutting out pieces for her scrapbook page.
A girl in a blue sweatshirt is holding her pink and white scrapbook page in front of her. She is standing in a classroom.
A student is sitting at a desk working with stickers for her scrapbook page. She has stickers on her face.
Two students are sitting on the floor with their backs to the camera. They are picking out scrapbook paper from a cupboard underneath a counter.
On Tuesday, 8th graders practiced using Punnett Squares in their genetics unit to create monsters and predict the traits of monster offspring. All while listening to DJ Siskow’s awesome Halloween Playlist!
5 months ago, AMY TASICH
A student stands at the wall, pointing at his green hand drawn monster.
Two students are sitting at a desk working on a piece of paper. There are other papers, ipads, and books on the table.
Two students are sitting at a desk working on a piece of paper. There are other papers and books on the table.
There are pictures of hand drawn cartoon monsters on the wall.
It might be raining and dreary outside, but GCMS teachers are still having a good day! Mr. Schram, Mr. Dostal, and Mr. Jones were all smiles this morning greeting students.
5 months ago, AMY TASICH
Three adult men stand together with their arms around each other. The one on the left is pointing at the ones on the right. They are all wearing black shirts and gray pants.
Happy Halloween from ASL Club!

On Monday, ASL Club had a blast learning some Halloween themed signs. Students learned new signs and then applied it to a Halloween themed Signed Bingo. We had several brave volunteers who helped call/sign each Bingo. A special thanks to Stacy Luther, for volunteering and setting up our Halloween activity.

5 months ago, AMY TASICH
A girl stands in front of the class and is signing. There is a group of students at the desks in front of her. They are playing Bingo.
Five students sit at desks playing Bingo with googly eyes as markers. An adult woman stands behind them.
A girl stands in front of the class and is signing. There is a group of students at the desks in front of her. They are playing Bingo.
A girl smiles at the camera. She is wearing a "love like Jesus" shirt and has googly eyes on her face.
A group of five girls sit at desks. There are Halloween plats on their tables.
Two girls sitting at desks smile at the camera. They have googly eyes on their faces.
Two girls sitting at desks smile at the camera. They have googly eyes on their faces.
A student stands in front of a desk to play a Halloween game. An adult woman stands besides her.
Two student sit at desks. They have googly eyes on their faces.
8th grade sightings around the building today. Students in Ms. Spoor's English class listened to Halloween music while working on spooky writings with their partners and students in Ms. Storey's Reading class came to the library for a variety of activities including new book previews, a scavenger hunt, and a bookmark station.
5 months ago, AMY TASICH
Students in an English classroom are working at their desks.
Students in an English classroom are working at their desks.
Students in a library working at tables. Two in the back are looking at new books. Two are also working on their iPads.
Three students are looking at books on a display case in a library. One is kneeling down.
Three students are working at a tall table with their iPads.
Good luck to the GCMS boys' basketball teams as they kick off their seasons tonight!
5 months ago, ERICA WALSH
Graphic of basketball court with text stating: Basketball game day. Giles Creek vs. Elkhorn North Ridge. Monday, October 27 at 4:00 PM. 7th grade is home at Giles Creek Middle School. 8th grade is away at Elkhorn North Ridge Middle School.
6th grade science students participated in the Stanley Cup Challenge! They had to design a cup that would slow the process of ice in a cup melting.
6 months ago, AMY TASICH
Students at desks working on cups. Kids in the background working at other tables.
Students at desks working on cups.
Students at desks working on cups.
Students at tables working on creating cups.
Students working at tables creating cups.
Yearbook students spent some time creating event calendars for their quarterly picture-taking.
6 months ago, ERICA WALSH
Picture of students with backs to the camera working on a paper calendar.
Picture of students looking at camera with paper calendar in between them.
Students participated in a variety of clubs this week at GCMS! Some of the recent clubs were Quiz Bowl, Photography Club, Makerspace Club, and Chess Club.
6 months ago, AMY TASICH
Four students sit at desks with a teacher in the front of the room.
Six students sit in chairs on risers singing with a teacher in the front of the room and an accompanistat the piano.
A student is waving at the camera while his teacher is across from him at a table. They are playing chess.
Four students are around a circular table with iPads. There are small robots on the floor.
A group of 5 students and one teacher is playing chess on three different chess boards.
Three students are using iPads to drive robots on the carpet.
A teacher is working with four students. The students have iPads in front of them on the desks.
The Energy Glow Lab in action in Ms. Stenger's 6th grade science class!
6 months ago, AMY TASICH
Students working at desks with an item in a cup of liquid. They are taking notes.
Students preparing the glow lab activity. Three students sit at desks and are looking at a cup with glowing straws and taking notes.
Students working at desks with a glowing item in a cup of liquid. They are taking notes.
Students working at desks with a glowing item in a cup of liquid. They are taking notes.
Students working at desks with a glowing item in a cup of liquid. They are taking notes.
8th-grade HAL students had the opportunity to visit with Mrs. Nizzi to learn more about HAL programming at the high school level. Mrs. Nizzi is the HAL facilitator at both GEHS and GHS.
6 months ago, ERICA WALSH
Photo of students sitting at tables listening to the teacher present.
Q1 Cupcake Wars! Winners were chosen from student and staff votes. Congrats girls!
6 months ago, AMY TASICH
Four female students pose with a poster board and 6 cupcakes based on popular cookie types.
Mr. Bougger's 7th grade reading students have the opportunity to participate in a "horror/suspense" Accelerated Reader book challenge. The challenge is designed to get students to read a genre they may be unfamiliar with and potentially earn a small reward!
6 months ago, AMY TASICH
Pumpkin halloween buckets sit on a counter with books wrapped in black wrapping paper inside them.
Pumpkin halloween buckets sit on a counter with books wrapped in black wrapping paper inside them.
Pumpkin halloween buckets sit on a counter in a classroom. The pumpkins have books wrapped in black wrapping paper inside them with a banner in front that says Trick or Treat.