🐾 Shoutout to our amazing GKHS Impact Club! 🐾
These students recently dropped off supplies to support The Barn on Baseline — collecting everything from pet food to paper towels and other supplies. Thanks to their hard work (and your donations!), animals in need are getting the love and care they deserve. 💙🐶🐱
Way to go, Cogs, for making a difference in our community!
Last Thursday, we celebrated the incredible dedication of our staff at our annual Service Awards Breakfast! We honored tour staff who have served our district for 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 years — as well as our amazing retirees. Thank you for the years of commitment, care, and impact you've made on our students and community. 💙🧡
It’s a pleasure to recognize Steve Brust, also known as Hard Hat Steve as this years recipient of the Nikki Gudall Volunteer of the Year Award! He has made an outstanding impact on our schools, our athletic program and the community. Please join us in thanking and congratulating Steve. We are incredibly lucky to have you at GK — and we appreciate everything you do for our schools and our athletes!
About the Award: The Nikki Gudall Volunteer of the Year award goes to a person who consistently steps up, gives their time, and makes a difference — not for recognition, but because that is who they are. This award is in memory of Nikki, who had volunteered throughout the district while her children were in school, helping staff and teachers with many tasks. She spent numerous hours organizing the Book Rooms in each of the district’s buildings.
School is out - Thank you for participating in another great year at GK! We truly appreciate all the students' hard work and parental support. Have a great summer and we look forward to seeing you in the fall! A few things to note:
Summer Hours
• All school buildings will be closed starting Monday, June 2 and reopen Tuesday, August 5.
• The District office will be open throughout the summer and closed the following days: Closed on Fridays, Holidays Closed: Thursday, June 19 | Thursday, July 3
First day of school is Wednesday, August 13, 2025
**This graphic was created by Multimedia 2 student, Cameron Gunderson. Students competed and created "Last day of school" posts using skills they learned from attending the Small Business Digital Skills Summit last week.
We’re thrilled to share that our Mr. Drews, GKHS and fifth grade band director, was selected by his alma mater to perform at the world-renowned Carnegie Hall! This incredible honor is a testament to his talent and dedication to music. Congratulations on being chosen to take the stage at one of the most prestigious concert venues in the world! Check out the awesome photos he shared and some of the sight seeing he was able to do while performing!
Fun Fact: all of the walls in Carnegie Hall are rounded or bowed to help with acoustics.
We are hiring, join the team! We currently have a sixth grade ELA teacher position open. To learn more and apply, please visit https://www.applitrack.com/dekalb/onlineapp/default.aspx?choosedistrict=true&applitrackclient=255&category=Middle+School+Teaching.
📚 No School - Monday, May 26
📚 Students Last Day - Wednesday, May 28
Potential bus route delays may happen on Tuesday, May 27 and Wednesday, May 28 due to the rerouting for Genoa Days.
🎉 Congratulations to our amazing 8th graders! 🎓 Your hard work has brought you to this exciting milestone. We’re so proud of all you’ve accomplished and can’t wait to see what you’ll achieve in high school. Here’s to your promotion and the journey ahead!
Welcome home, Jayden!
Today, Jayden and his family pulled off the ultimate surprise—showing up at lunch to surprise his sister, Payton! She had no idea he was coming home for the weekend, and her reaction said it all. 💙
Thank you for your service, Jayden, and happy birthday!
Congratulations Class of 2025!
Once a Cog, Always a Cog! 🧡💙
Members of our GKMS Community Impact Club spent the one morning at KES reading to some of our youngest learners — and the joy was contagious!
On Wednesday, we honored the outstanding achievements at Senior Awards Night! To our award recipients — congratulations! Here are a few photos from the night!
🎓 Graduates on Parade 🎓
Today, our seniors took one final walk through the hallways that shaped them — from the classrooms where they learned their ABCs to the ones where they found their voices, passions and purpose.
As they walked through their former elementary and middle schools, they were greeted with cheers and high-fives from the students and staff who helped guide them along the way.
This tradition is more than a walk — it’s a full-circle moment and a celebration of growth!
Last week, our kindergarten students made Mother's Day cards—and today, some of the classes got to witness a little magic as they released butterflies they’ve been caring for in class. 🦋💐 May has already been full of wonder, growth and heartfelt moments for our kindergarteners!
👏 Congratulations go out to Elliot Finkenhofer, who is a student in the KEC Fire Science program. Elliot recently won the GOLD medal in Firefighting at the state-wide SkillsUSA competition, and earned the opportunity to compete at the SkillsUSA's National Leadership & Skills Conference in Atlanta this summer!!
Neon lights and big smiles - the 8th grade glow dance was so much fun last Friday!
Serving looks and memories - here's your first glimpse! Stay tuned for more prom photos next week!
The PBIS HS team held an all school assembly a few weeks back where they played Family Feud! It was upperclassman vs underclassman and the winning team (upperclassman) played the teachers! Some questions that were asked were: What is the best month of the year, which teacher is the loudest and best lunch item sold at GKHS. It was a fun event that also included a Promposal!!
In honor of this Saturday’s prom, we’re taking a walk down memory lane! Our staff took a moment to reflect on their own high school dances—and kindly shared these amazing snapshots from their prom nights. As we get ready to celebrate this Saturday’s prom, we’re reminded about these fun moments! #ThrowbackThursday
Wishing our students a safe, fun and memorable prom night ahead.
💡 A huge THANK YOU to the Inventors Lab for visiting Kingston Elementary School and sharing some seriously cool science with our students!
Their water-based demonstrations perfectly tied into our One School, One Book selection — Gooseberry Park and the Master Plan — and left students wide-eyed and inspired!
Every student even went home with a “Super Slurper” — an absorbent polymer that can soak up water and transform into a gel-like substance, holding up to 2,000 times its weight! Now that’s science in action!
