TCPS will be closed Monday, January 26, 2026. Employee Code 10.

❄️🥶Students, if you need food for the upcoming storm, please send an email to Mrs. Tammy or tell a teacher, so we can get it to you before you leave tomorrow!! ❤️💛
A message from Coach Sparks:
🥎🥎There will be a middle school parent meeting tomorrow at town hall @6:30 for any middle school girls interested in playing club soft ball.🥎🥎
TCPS will operate on a virtual schedule for Tuesday, January 20, 2026. Meal service will be provided from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. All employees report at 10:00 a.m.

The GMS First Responder/CERT team completed a AED training today. Billy Bigfoot was a good sport! ❤️💛


Please note that there will be no school on Monday, January 19, 2026, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Thank you, GMS PRO, for the delicious lunch!! We appreciate it so much!! ❤️💛



TCPS will operate on a virtual schedule for Friday, January 16, 2026. Meal service will be provided from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. All employees report at 10:00 a.m.

Tazewell County Public Schools will operate on a two hour delay, Friday, January 16, 2026.

The Labor of Love Mission has asked us to help spread the word that they will be giving out free coats for adults and children from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Monday, January 19, 2026, at Nuckholls Hall in Tazewell.

TCPS will operate on a virtual schedule for Thursday, January 15, 2026. Meal service will be provided from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. All employees report at 10:00 a.m.

TCPS will operate on a 2-hour delay, Thursday, January 15, 2026.

🎉Happy Virginia School Principal Appreciation Week!!! ❤️💛 Thank you Mrs. McGee & Mr. Brown for all you do for GMS!!!!

View this month's Health Services Newsletter HERE:
https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/3638/TCPS/6173233/Health_Services_January_2026_Newsletter.pdf
https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/3638/TCPS/6173233/Health_Services_January_2026_Newsletter.pdf

👏Our 👏community 👏 is 👏 AMAZING! Thank you to those who have donated to the GMs Clothing/Hygiene closet. We appreciate your support, so we can provide our students with items they may need. ❤️💛


This week at GMS! ❤️💛

❤️💛Mrs. Farmer & 4 members of the GMS Kindness Committee completed a community service project.
Terri Brown runs Blackberry Winter & said they helped furnish 14 families today! Thank you for your hard work! Pictured L-R: Max C., Sloane T., Emilee H., and Maddie F. (7th graders)


Join us for a FREE presentation about vaping, nicotine, and youth on Thursday, January 29, 2026. The target audience is parents and caretakers of middle and high school students; all are welcome.
Register HERE: https://uvahealth-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ii1YqjCxQpWcNMXvzvJSrQ
GOALS:
Explain the health risks and potential long-term effects of nicotine and vape use in youth.
Identify common and new types of vaping products and nicotine delivery systems popular today among adolescents.
Outline prevention strategies proven to help reduce youth vaping and nicotine use.
Identify the poison center as a resource for poisoning prevention programs and immediate help when a poisoning is suspected via the Poison Help Line.

Remember students return to school tomorrow (Wednesday, January 7, 2026)!

Happy New Year!

