Jr High and High School- Fall Sports Pictures will be taken Thursday, September 16th. Remember your uniforms for picture day!
Jr. High - Cross Country, Softball and Baseball
High School- Volleyball, Cross Country, and Golf.
Seniors and Parents of Seniors - On October 1st the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) will open. Here are a few points that are important to remember regarding the FAFSA and the financial aid process.
1. IT IS A GRADUATION REQUIREMENT IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. – The state requires that all 12th grade students complete a FAFSA in order to meet a requirement for graduation
2. Most colleges and universities require a FAFSA to be filed as a condition of acceptance to the school and can have impact upon on scholarships that the school may provide.
3. The process for filing is much simpler, than most people fear.
4. What if you don’t plan on going to college? Filing a FAFSA does not mean you have to go to college, so it will not hurt to file. However, if you do not file a FAFSA, there is a FAFSA Non-Participation form that must be filled out and placed on file at the school in order for you to meet your graduation requirements.
In order to file your FAFSA, you and your Parent/Guardians will both first need and FAFSA ID- to obtain your ID go to:
www.StudentAid.gov/fsa-id/create-account/launch
Once you have your ID, you can go to the FAFSA – which is located at:
www.fafsa.gov
The completion of the FAFSA is what is used to determine how much financial aid you will be eligible to receive next year in college. The FAFSA must be completed each year you are in college. (A tip) Some of the financial aid benefits are also based on timing; meaning the sooner you complete your FAFSA, you could be eligible for more benefits as some grant money is assigned to those that get their forms in the quickest.
I have included a short (25min) video from our local Illinois Student Assistance Commission representative regarding the financial aid process- it is worth the look for you and your parents, as it answers many questions.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d9Yp697odN0sgAWfcrxqNFQUVdnezcze/view?usp=sharing
Gallatin County School is asking for community input on the ESSER III federal grant. Attached is an informational letter on the grant along with a survey link below where you may share your ideas. The survey will close September 15, 2021. Thank you for your participation.
Survey Link--->https://forms.gle/64AckLiRafwjjZ9q6
ESSER III Funding--->https://5il.co/xhux
IDPH COVID-19 Decision Tree for Symptomatic Individuals in Pre-K, K-12 Schools -->https://5il.co/xhp8
Gallatin County CUSD7 Bus Questionnaire.
This questionnaire will help us determine the bus route of your student(s). It must be submitted by Wednesday, August 11, 2021 at 11:00 AM.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd87oRnhAyQ-fz_Gx5LymBAZcGn46emmdERK0cYA4qauSLg_Q/viewform?usp=sf_link
8-5-2021
Gallatin County Staff, Parents and Guardians,
On August 4, 2021, Gallatin County CUSD #7, like the rest of the state, were given a mask mandate from Governor Pritzker for P-12 schools for all students and staff. Having already developed a back-to-school plan, we will need to analyze and make necessary changes. We anticipate an updated plan to be posted by Tuesday, August 10. Thank you for your patience and understanding; we are excited to start school and see our students and staff back in the building teaching and learning.
Thank you,
ALL STUDENTS, NEW AND RETURNING, PK-12, MUST BE REGISTERED BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS FRIDAY, AUGUST 13th! ONLINE REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE AUGUST 12th.
High school parent/guardians and students:
Online registration is available now for any returning student, 9th-12th grades. Parents/Guardians should have received an email notification on Sunday with a link to online registration. If you did not receive the email or are having difficulty accessing the link, please contact the high school office, 272-3821 ext. 1224 or mlydick@gallatincusd7.com. Any NEW high school student can register in person on Thursday or Friday, August 5th or 6th, between 8A-2P.
At this time, student schedules are not showing up on TeacherEase. We are working as quickly as possible to fix this issue. Everyone should be able to access their schedules very soon. No changes to schedules will be made until registration is closed on August 12th.
As you may be aware we have a new online registration system that officially starts on Monday, August 2. You will be receiving an invitation via email(if you previously provided us with an email address) on Sunday to access the TeacherEase Portal for registration. Some parents may have received an email already and attempted online registration, this was done while we were still working on the new system. If you have attempted registration already, we urge you to log into the portal after you receive the invitation email on Sunday, and repeat the process to ensure the information was received correctly. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused as we move forward in improving these processes for our school.
We wanted to update everyone on registration. We are working very hard on getting it up and going. A few of you have logged in and been able to complete the registration process. As more of you do so, we are finding the kinks and trying to work those out. Over the next few days, until registration officially opens, there may be times the portal is unavailable as we go in to update the process. We thank you all for you patience as we ALL learn a new system.
