This is our new communication to you that I will send out every Thursday. I will continue to post announcements on Facebook and Twitter, but this tool will be a weekly post with more details for you to check out. Please take time to subscribe to my blog by email so that when a new post comes up, it will be sent directly to your email. My hope is that you will have one more way to stay informed with the happenings at GES.
This has been a great week at GES. Our students had their first CHAMPs assembly today and it was a lot of fun. We recognized our classes that were in the GREEN ZONE for Attendance, Behavior and Learning and we celebrated our great writing from individual students. It was a fun week.
Tomorrow, we will send home our CHOCOLATE fundraiser. We are selling chocolate so we can buy 25 new iPads to place in our classrooms. We appreciate your support in helping place technology in our students' hands.
I hope you will take time to come to school for Bring your Parent to School Day. We will have these events beginning on Friday, October 26 for grades K & 3 and continue them on Friday, November 2 (PK & 2nd) and November 9 (1st & 4th). The time will be from 7:30 - 8:45 and parents can join their kids in the classroom and have a first hand glance at the instruction that we are providing to you child.
Last, you are invited to come to our Parent Involvement Committee meetings on Tuesday, October 23 at 7 a.m., 12 p.m and 6 p.m to give us your input on keeping you more informed in your child's education.
Here are the announcements for this week and next week:
Wednesday, October 17
- Early Release begins at 12:30
- Flash Mob Dance Party for 2nd - 4th grade at 8:15 in the gym.
Thursday, October 18
- School Holiday for Yamboree
Friday, October 19
- School Holiday for Yamboree
Monday, October 22
- Amazing Race - 2nd Grade Review for Benchmarks
Tuesday, October 23
- PICNIC - Parent Involvement Committee Meetings will be held at the following times to get your input on how we can build stronger ties between the home and the classroom.
- 7 a.m. in the library
- 12 p.m. in the library
- 6 p.m. in the library
- Benchmark Testing for Grades 1-4
Wednesday, October 24
- Benchmark Testing for Grades 1-4
- STARS Mini-Camp from 3:30 - 5:00 in the gym. See the bottom for more information.
Thursday, October 25
- Benchmark Testing for Grades 1-4
- 4th Grade Field Trip - The following classes will go to the Kilgore Oil Museum
- Low
- Collie
- Tucker
- Behnke
Friday, October 26
- Bring Your Parent to School Day for Kindergarten and 3rd Grade - We hope that you will join us in the classroom from 8:00 - 8:45 and learn with your children in class. You will be able to see first hand what the kids are doing and how we are teaching your child in class this year. Breakfast will be available from 7:20 - 8:00 in the cafeteria.
- End of 3 Week Grading Period - Grades will go out the following week.
- 4th Grade Field Trip - The following classes will go to the Kilgore Oil Museum
- Pegues
- Davis
- Wright
- Lyon
- Hite
STARS MINI-CAMP
WHEN: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24TH
TIME: 3:15-5:30
WHERE: GILMER ELEMENTARY (GYM )
AGES: pre-k – 6th grade
PERFORM BEFORE THE GILMER/SPRING HILL GAME (Friday, OCTOBER 26th)
(Price includes T-shirt)
WHAT TO WEAR: T-shirts & shorts or dancewear, tennis shoes
*You don’t have to pre-register – just show up ready to dance
T-shirts will be issued out before the performance on the 26th
Instructions for game night will be given out on camp day
Questions? – email Donna Lane
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