Elementary School News and Announcements
Homecoming Dress Up at the Elementary
During the week of Sept. 21st – Sept. 25th, we will be celebrating homecoming along with the high school. To help your child to feel a part of the festivities, we will have dress-up days as follows: Monday, Sept. 21st– Sports Team Day (wear clothes supporting your favorite Pro or College sports team) Tuesday, Sept. […]
PTA Meeting Dates 2015-2016
All scheduled PTA meetings are now available on our online calendar. You can also see the flyer below. If you’ve never been to a PTA meeting we encourage you to join! GCMS PTA Meeting Dates 2015-2016
9/11/2015 BUG Winners
Every week the staff at GCMS Elementary catches students that are BUGs (Being Unbelievably Good), and at the end of the week BUG representatives from each grade level are chosen. Here are this week’s winners! Bottom row- K= Skylar Doman, Jillian Rosendahl, Teyanna Pflibsen, Lily Giroux, Merideth Fornero, Coben Phillips 1st= Beverly Harris, Charlie […]
9/8/2015 Reading Incentive Update
Our students continue to grow as readers, here are some highlights from this week! 4D has built up to 30 minutes of stamina in class and writing excellent responses to their books in their book notes. 2D had a GREAT finish to the week in “Read to Self” – we are up to 13 minutes […]
9/4/2015 BUG Winners
Every week the staff at GCMS Elementary catches students that are BUGs (Being Unbelievably Good), and at the end of the week BUG representatives from each grade level are chosen. Here are our first winners of the 2015-2016 school year.
Reading Incentive Update!
This year we are calling our reading incentive program “The Falcon Reading Challenge”. Each week we will share highlights from the young readers in our school. Here are the highlights for September 1, 2015! Every student in Mrs. Frankie’s 4th grade class and in 3D turned in their reading logs on time! Woo hoo! 1B […]
Second Books in a Series I Like More Than the First
I love reading. I love talking about books. Throughout the year, I plan on reading many books from our library. I’ll highlight favorites in this blog. This Is Not My Hat by Jon KlassenE / KLA I grinned the entire time I read this. Fun and funny. Great for: Everyone! Sisters by Raina TelgemeierF […]
Bug Center Episode 1 – Respect
Our first BUG video of 2015-16 is now online! The BUG program at GCMS Elementary encourages character education by recognizing those students caught Being Unbelievably Good. Each year 5th grade students create videos to teach the rest of the school about different character trait each month. Our trait for the month of September is respect. Enjoy […]