Call us what you want…we’re still moving forward 🫰🔥

Here’s to the power of productive struggle! 🌟

"Assigning writing to students is not the same as teaching writing to the students. This will not move the needle..." Dr. Dina Zoleo-TWR

@480Cares supporting the leadership & development of our youth males! Do you see these smiles?! #BoyJoy 🖤❤️

Our first MCJC General Assembly field trip was a success! 🎉 Our GMS SGA Vikings represented with pride, earning compliments for their manners and leadership. They saw middle school peers present for the exec board and brainstormed ideas for future events (and SSL hours!) 💙💛

Ms. Wolf Wednesday! Our ELA CS and her team led our first ELA Academic Night @GMSVikings ! 20 Families engaged in morphology puzzles, annotating, reading, & writing! Parents even had to complete an exit ticket at the end for feedback & a grade! Literacy & Justice for All!! ⚖️📚

Writing Wednesday! Dr. Rosa & team lead our Grade 8 ELD students who scored 3.5 and up are prepping for WIDA to increase their domain proficiency! Look at these writers, speakers, listeners & readers! #ContinuousImprovement @leticiarosa333

Twin Tuesday! Shout out to Mr. Rosas for twinning with his students (and me). Mr. Rosas’s sees them, he looks like them & he is them. He is their role model. It’s no secret —he is MY role model, too! He teaches history with passion, urgency & joy! #representationmatters #gmsGr8

It’s twin day and GMS admin dressed like 6 7 twins. Cringe or genius? You decide. 💙💛 #TwinDay #VikingSpirit @mcpsEDUCATOR @Advoc8_Educ8 @RosanovaE @mcps

Multilingual Monday! Today, our MLs who earned an overall 3.5 WIDA score had targeted practice in speaking, listening, reading, & writing domain stations. Dr. Rosa & her team taught us that the domains help us to test, but more importantly for life! 📚✏️🗣️👂 @leticiarosa333

Shout out to Dr. Taylor, Superintendent of MCPS, for stopping by our Viking Village today! We loved having you join the GMS community fun 💙💛 #GlobalMindsSucceedTogether #VikingVillage #WeAreMCPS @ThomasTaylorEdD @MCPS #NoSchoolAfterHalloween 🎃

🎓Scholars Saturday! Despite the cold weather, our learning was on fire! 🔥🔥🔥 Students were engaged in math fluency & descriptive sentences. Plus, we have a mom/son pair & every Saturday, mom learns English while her son learns ELA & MATH!! #212degree

✨ Listen to our convo with Melissa Orkin & Alex Osburn TOMORROW to learn practical ways to bring morphology into your classroom! 🎧 Follow the podcast! https://t.co/moEUaFv5zW

GMS is on TikTok!! Got an issue? Call an admin. 💙💛 Women in black on duty for Underground Staff Secret Service Day during our secret staff spirit week. 🕶️ Check out GMSVikings's video! #TikTok

Got an issue? Call an admin. 💙💛 Women in black on duty for Underground Staff Secret Service Day during our secret staff spirit week. 🕶️ #UndergroundStaffSpiritWeek #WomenInLeadership #SecretServiceDay #SchoolAdminLife @mcpsEDUCATOR @Advoc8_Educ8 @RosanovaE @MCPS

Big night at GMS! 💙💛 We hosted our Inaugural ELA Honor Society Induction Ceremony & welcomed 245 inductees! ✨ Proud to be the 1st middle school in Maryland to establish a chapter. 📚 Literacy matters—and our Vikings are leading the way! 🏆 #ELAExcellence @mcpsEDUCATOR @MCPS

🎙️Talk About it Tuesday! Students engaged in meaningful discussions about the author’s use of sensory language, precise words & descriptive details! Then, they brainstormed ways they will use these techniques in their own personal narratives! 📝 #standardsbasedinstruction

DWPL with my Math and Science department members was a great end to the week! #VikingsInPD 💙💛 Then they executed and aligned our learning with #Planning for Instruction! #ProudASA 💛💙

Way-makers Wednesday! Excited to co-lead with our newly elected SGA. Our Grade 8 Madam President Darlyn & her team are committed to making the GMS better! Today, we learned SGAs school vision for communication, promotion & building safer hallways! #studentleadership @GMSVikings

#HispanicHeritageMonth might be ending, but the celebration and learning can continue all year long! Here's a resource you can pass along to your team. (Via @TEDTalks & @TheMujerista) https://t.co/uuBGYg06T4