Graham Middle School

GMS Open House Tuesday!

Graham Middle School staff are excited to welcome our grade 6 students to their special grade 6 orientation tonight from 6-7pm. These grade 6 families will have the whole building to themselves tonight (minus the volleyball game in the gym). Open House for all students will take place Tuesday from 4:30-6:30pm. We hope you can join us! Please utilize the front event entrance if you plan to attend either of those opportunities.

Grade 6 Optional Orientation Monday!

Graham Middle School reminders to start the year - Grade 6 Orientation is scheduled for Monday 6:00-7:00pm. GMS Open House for all students is Tuesday from 4:30-6:30pm. These are opportunities to meet teachers, put supplies in lockers, check bus routes, learn about community support opportunities, and more! First day of school for all GMS students is Wednesday!

Schedule Pickups Thursday and Friday!

Good evening, Graham families!
Please remember to complete your student’s Final Forms for the 2025–2026 school year. These must be updated annually before schedules and class lists are released. If you’ve already completed them, thank you! If not, please do so here: https://graham-oh.finalforms.com/

📢 Free & Reduced Meal Applications are now available!
✅ Must be completed every school year
💻 Apply online: https://www.payschoolscentral.com/
📄 Paper copies in every office
📩 Questions? Email Jodi Lough at loughj@grahamlocalschools.org

GMS Newsletter 8/8/25 - Back to School Edition! - https://secure.smore.com/n/u5pe6

Back-to-School Season is HERE, Falcons!

The Summer 2025 TeleGraham should be in mailboxes today—your one-stop guide for everything you need to kick off the school year right!

Inside you’ll find:
✅ First day info for each building
✅ Supply lists by grade
✅ Open House and orientation dates (note edit to GES Open House, it is Tuesday, not Wednesday)
✅ Final Forms reminders
✅ Transportation and schedule pick-up details
…and more back-to-school updates to help your family get ready!

💻 Prefer to read it online? Catch up on all current and past issues here 👉
https://www.grahamlocalschools.org/documents/district/telegraham-newsletter/398522

✨ Stay in the know, Falcon families!
We’ve got all the key dates for the 25/26 school year in one place—from breaks and no-school days to special events like Homecoming and Graduation.

🦅 Make sure you’re ready for everything the year has in store!

Mrs. Wilson had the opportunity to showcase and celebrate Katherine McAlexander, Hannah Smith, and Juliette Warden today at the K12 Gallery in Dayton during the OAEA West Region Summer Art Show. Great job students, and thank you Mrs. Wilson for providing these opportunities!

📚✨ Mark Your Calendars: School Start Dates! ✨📚

We hope you are enjoying your summer! Here are the start dates for the 2025–2026 school year. See you soon, Falcon Fam! 🦅

2026 Graham Middle School tryouts and 12U Softball/Baseball Select tryouts: GYAA will be holding tryouts for the 2026 Graham Middle School & 12U select Baseball/ Softball Teams starting July 24th from 6:30-8pm, August 10th 6:30-8pm and August 17th 6:30-8pm. We will have a secondary set of tryouts in November for kids who can not make these dates, we would like to get an on the field tryout to better evaluate the players. Dates in November are yet to be determined. Players must attend 2 tryout dates to be considered for any of the teams. Softball will take place at GYAA field #2 Baseball will be at GYAA field #3 Players will need: Cleats, Pants, Bat, Helmet, and Glove. Parent information will be collected at the beginning of each tryout. 12U Select Baseball is can not be 13 before May 1st, 2026 12U Select Softball can not be 13 before September 1st, 2025 Please Park in one of the two designated GYAA parking lots, either off of Dump Road or at the old Jr. High Parking lot. For More details, please contact Erin Davis 937-210-8481 or Josh Barger 937-605-4958

🚨 Attention Falcon Families! 🚨

We’re moving ALL school communication to Rooms via the GLS Falcons app 📱—and will no longer use Class Dojo, Remind, Telegram, etc. beginning the 2025-2026 school year.

✅ Stay up to date on district news, events, and classroom messages in ONE place!
✅ Download the GLS Falcons app from your App Store or Google Play today.
✅ Enable notifications to never miss an update!

Before the start of school, you will receive a text or email notification with instructions to activate your parent account in Rooms. This will ensure you have access to classroom-specific announcements and messaging with your child’s teachers.

With Rooms fully integrated into our GLS Falcons app, you will now have one central place for everything Graham Local Schools.

Thank you for your support as we make this transition to keep our Falcon Family connected!

Due to multiple factors, the recycling center at GMS will cease operations immediately. Over the last six years, we have been able to operate this center thanks to volunteers, mainly from our GMS staff. The company asked that we keep it locked and monitor the use so correct items are entered into the bins. We have tried to leave it unlocked in the event of no volunteer availability, however inevitably someone chooses to put in restricted items which presents issues. We have also on several occasions had others volunteer, outside of our staff, that have been unreliable, leaving our patrons frustrated with the school when we are simply trying to provide a service to our community. We appreciate those that choose to recycle and hope you can bring your items to surrounding communities that have these opportunities. Some we are aware of are located in West Liberty, Quincy, Urbana, Springfield, and the truck that visits St. Paris. 

Graham Middle School will have a co-ed soccer team in the fall of 2025. If you have an incoming 7th or 8th grader interested in playing soccer, there will be an open field on Saturday, July 12th at the middle school football/soccer field from 9:00-10:30 AM. Middle School soccer practices will officially start Monday, July 14th. Practices will be every Monday & Wednesday from 5:00-6:30 at the Graham middle school field. Games will start at the end of August and will continue through early October. GMS will travel to West Liberty, Bellefontaine, Calgary Christian, Ben Logan & Fairlawn in addition to hosting some home games at Graham. Additional information will be shared including ordering of jerseys and game schedules soon. If your child is interested in playing, please have them attend the open field this Saturday or contact Brevin Harlow at (937) 417-1815 or Josh Johnston at (937) 216-0430. Middle School soccer is sponsored by the Graham Youth Soccer Association.

*please share* The recycling center at GMS will be CLOSED on Saturday, 7/5. The company was unable to dump the bin and for those here two weeks ago, you will remember it is packed full. Also, the yellow/green paper bin has been full since April and the company (separate from large bin) cant keep a driver consistently. Unknown when it will be dumped again.

Congratulations to our Quarter 4 Honor Roll Students!

Ever thought of becoming an OHSAA Certified Official? More officials are always needed! Special discounted rates for current high school students. Learn more here: https://www.ohsaa.org/officiating/permits