🎉 Today we celebrate two very special groups who help make Gifford Middle School a great place to learn and grow! 🎉 🍎 Happy National School Lunch Hero Day to our incredible cafeteria staff! Thank you for the hard work, care, and dedication you show every day by keeping our students fueled and ready to learn. Your kindness and commitment do not go unnoticed! 🏫 Happy National Principal Appreciation Day to our outstanding school leader Mr. Thimmer! Thank you for your vision, leadership, and unwavering support of our students, staff, and families. Your dedication helps make GMS stronger each and every day.

Vero Beach High School Color Guard Auditions are coming soon! If you love dance, movement, teamwork, and school spirit, this is your chance to join an incredible program.
📍 VBHS Band Room
📅 May 11th, May 12th & May 13th
⏰ 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM

The Gifford MS Music Department is selling beautiful wooden roses just in time for Mother’s Day! 🌷
🌹 Pricing:
$1 = 1 Rose
$5 = 6 Roses
$10 = 12 Roses
🗓️ On sale during all lunches
📍 May 4 – May 8

🎶🌸 Join Us for the Gifford Middle School Spring Concert! 🌸🎶
Come enjoy an evening of incredible student performances featuring the Tigers Jazz Band, Advanced & Beginning Bands, GMS Chorus, and Colorguard! 🎷🎺🎤
📅 Tuesday, May 5, 2026
🕖 7:00 PM
📍 VBHS Performing Arts Center
🎟️ Admission: $5
👧 Children 5 and under are FREE

Our campus was full of extra smiles as staff members brought their children to experience a day at work! It was a great opportunity for them to see firsthand what a day at Gifford Middle School looks like. 💛✨

🌱🏙️ Sustainable Cities in the Making! Students in Ms. Long’s class are getting creative by using recycled materials to design and build zero carbon footprint cities for their project with McKee Botanical Gardens. ♻️🌿

Our Biology students are making their thinking visible as they prepare for the upcoming Biology EOC

Mr. Thimmer's Weekly Phone Call: Week of 4/20/26

Rock your Crocs & Slides on 4/24/26

GMS Drone Team Shines at the REC Drone Challenge! Gifford Middle School brought home top honors with awards for Coding, led by Jackson Golightly, and Communications, led by Charlie Challenor! 🏆✨

Today during lunch students from VBHS and SRHS came to speak to our 8th graders about high school life. Thank you for the wonderful conversations and insight!

GMS PBIS Presents Autism Awareness Spirit Week April 20-24!

🎾 GAME. SET. MATCH. 🐅
Introducing our 2026 Gifford Middle School Tennis Teams!

📣🐯 We are excited to announce the 2026–2027 Gifford Middle School Cheer Team! 💛🎀

Mr. Thimmer's Weekly Update: Week of 4/13/26

Our Gifford Middle School Sphero team brought home 1st Place in the Middle School Division at the Meta Blazers Robotics League!!! 🏆 A special shoutout to Ezra and Seth, who crushed their mission and helped lead the team to victory.

Congratulations to our 2026 Gifford Middle School Flag Football Team! 🏈💪
These Tigers showed up, competed, and earned their spot!
Let’s get ready for an exciting season!

Be here. Be awesome. Be rewarded. 🐯
Hit 95% attendance (April 6 – May 6) and you’re invited to the Ice Cream Sundae Party! 🍦🎉

Ms. Hyde's digital discoveries students took coding to the next level by designing and programming their own autonomous obstacle courses. These courses were inspired by their personal wonders of the world. From tunnels to slopes to slalom challenges, every detail was researched, imagined, and brought to life through the engineering design process and code using Sphero robots.

Reminder: Join us for Instrument Discovery Night
📅 Wednesday, April 8th
⏰ 6:00–8:00 PM
📍 Gifford MS Cafeteria
Any current student or any incoming 6th grade students interested in joining band will have the chance to try out instruments like flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, percussion, violin, and more!
✨ Come explore, play, and start your musical journey!
📩 Questions? Email: giffordband@gmail.com
📞 Call: 772-564-3591