Georgia Association of Middle School Principals

Good afternoon, the Georgia Association of Middle School Principals Facebook will be moving to GAMSP. More work to come.

We are excited about the upcoming GAMSP Fall Conference, October 24-25 at Lake Lanier. This conference is combined with our elementary friends. There is a great line up of speakers! You don’t want to miss it!

Congratulations to GAMSP’s 2021 National Distinguished Principal, John Savelle, Principal of Lee County West Middle School.

Better late than never. Congratulations to Rhonda Lowe Gulley, principal of Upson-Lee Middle School, on her award as a 2020 National Distinguished Principal.

Great start to a new school year at .

Please consider attending the Annual GAMSP Fall Conference at Lake Lanier Islands in October.

Special Note from GAESP Executive Director Hal Beaver:
"Our conference is now on line at the GAEL website and up and running. We need at least 125 participants to hold the conference. Social distancing will be enforced and masks encouraged.
To help with social distancing, we are limiting the vendors /exhibitors to 20/25 booths. Last year we had 50 booths.
Seating and meals will also be spaced. Please go ahead and register for the conference. Room rates are $159 which is the same as last year. Room registration is also on the conference registration site. In addition, GAMSP needs to be responsible for two TED TALKS (appropriate for grades K-8). Let me know if you are interested in the TED TALKS and give me a topic."

The GAMSP family is mourning the recent death of Dr. John Lounsbury. Dr. Lounsbury was one of five professors who are considered the founders of the national middle school movement, and he is often referred to as “the father of the middle school philosophy.” Throughout his life Dr. Lounsbury served as an advocate for middle grades education, serving with the Georgia Middle School Association, the Georgia Lighthouse Schools to Watch program, and the Association for Middle Level Education (formerly National Middle School Association). Dr. Lounsbury made such a profound impact on middle grades education that in 1997 Georgia College and State University, where he served as professor emeritus, opted to name their College of Education after him. The education community is richer because he lived, and poorer today because he is no longer among us.

This photo was taken from the GCSU website. In 2017, at the age of 93, Dr. Lounsbury was still working with undergraduate students.

“Hey GAEL!” What an incredibly motivating message from Principal Kafele!

Wow! What a great performance by the Central Carrollton Honor Chorus this morning.