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Virgil I. Grissom Middle School News

Please join us for an informative parent evening discussing three very important issues affecting our community’s youth Vaping, Underage Drinking and Synthetic Marijuana Usage.

Please join us as we discuss the effects of mental health and what we can do to as a community to maintain a positive and safe learning environment for our children and students.

Show your school spirit! Student Council invites students and staff to participate in our theme days May 14th - 18th.

In recognition of retiring Band Director Raymond Forlenza’s 32-year career in District 140, the Band Parents Association commissioned a work by world-renowned composer William Owens. The original piece

Grissom Middle School seventh grader Serena Naji won the District 140 Spelling Bee on May 2nd. Naji clinched the victory by correctly spelling “dialect”.

Student-athletes from Kirby School District 140 excelled at the Area E Special Olympics Track & Field Spring Games held at Thornwood High School in early May.

Through a partnership with the Oak Brook Chapter of Trout Unlimited, select eighth grade students from Grissom and Prairie View middle schools raised brown trout from eggs to fingerlings in a classroom tank.

On Thursday, May 3rd, GMS sixth grade students celebrated Medieval Fest. The day began with ...

The Grissom Media Center would like to take a moment to remind students and staff that the library will be open through Tuesday, May 22nd. All books must be returned and over due fines paid no later than Wednesday, May 23rd.

In order to qualify for a discount on registration fees, you must return your student's packet to your home school by Friday, May 4th.

Congratulations to the Symphonic, Concert, and Cadet bands on outstanding performances ...

Grissom Middle School will celebrate our students during Student Appreciation Week Monday, April 30th through Friday, May 4th. Be prepared for a week full of fun surprises!

Congratulations to the 110 seventh grade students who were inducted into the Grissom and Prairie View chapters of the National Junior Honor Society (NJHS).

Best of luck to the sixteen KSD 140 athletes participating in the Special Olympics Track & Field Spring Games at Thornwood High School on May 5th!

Friday, May 4th is a START Day. Elementary schools will be dismissed at 12:30 p.m. and middle schools will be dismissed at 1:20 p.m

On April 18th, volunteers from the Oakbrook chapter of Trout Unlimited brought in live cold water stream specimens ...

Congratulations to our thirty top-notch sixth, seventh, and eighth grade spellers who competed on April 23rd in Grissom's annual Spelling Bee.

Combining both a social studies unit on Ancient Greece and a math lesson on the metric system, sixth grade students at GMS competed ...

More than 20 students from sixth, seventh and eighth grades went head-to-head in Grissom's annual Battle of the Books ...

Grissom and Prairie View middle schools will be offering Summer Sports Camps for students in grades 5-8.

On Thursday, April 12th, combined choirs from Grissom and Prairie View traveled to Fernway and Keller elementary schools and performed ...

Congratulations to our GMS Declamation team on their performances at the Southwest Interscholastic Conference (SWIC) competition on April 10th at Central Middle School.

Please join us at our KSD 140 Parent Night: Helping Children Learn Over the Summer featuring Dr. Margaret Carroll.

Just a reminder ... Wednesday, April 11th is a START Day. Elementary schools will be dismissed at 12:30 pm and middle schools will be dismissed at 1:20 pm.

We really enjoyed visiting with everyone who stopped by our booth at the Discover Tinley Expo on Saturday, April 7th.  It was wonderful to hear ...

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