Gayman Gazette

• Now through Nov. 17th: Thanksgiving Food Drive
• Now - Friday, Nov. 18th: American Education Week

Tuesday, Nov. 15th @ 9:15-10:15AM - 6th Grade Open House

Wednesday, Nov. 16th @ 10:15-11:15AM - 2nd Grade Open House

Thursday, Nov. 17th @ 9-10AM - AM Kindergarten Open House

Thursday, Nov. 17th @ 12-1PM - 3rd Grade Open House

Thursday, Nov. 17th @ 1:30-2:30PM - PM Kindergarten Open House

Friday, Nov. 18th @ 1:15-2:15PM - 5th Grade Open House

• Monday, Nov. 14th @ 7:45AM: 5th & 6th Grade Choir Rehearsal
• Tuesday, Nov. 15th @ 7:45AM: 6th Grade Band Rehearsal
• Tuesday, Nov. 15th: The Lion King Auditions for 5th & 6th Grade Students
• Wednesday, Nov. 16th: 3rd Grade Field Trip - DaVinci Science Center
• Thursday, Nov. 17th @ 7:45AM: Orchestra Rehearsal
• Monday, Nov. 21st @ 7:45AM: 5th & 6th Grade Choir Rehearsal
• Monday, Nov. 21st: Stuff the Shelves for Barclay!
• Tuesday, Nov. 22nd @ 7:45AM: 6th Grade Band Rehearsal
• Wednesday, Nov. 23rd: No School for Students/Teacher In-Service Day
• Thursday, Nov. 24th - Friday, Nov. 25th: Thanksgiving Break
• Monday, Nov. 28th @ 7:45AM: 5th & 6th Grade Choir Rehearsal
• Tuesday, Nov. 29th @ 7:45AM: Band Rehearsal
• Tuesday, Nov. 29th: Assembly: Hip Hop Character Traits with DJ Reggie
• Tuesday, Nov. 29th @ 3:30PM: 1st Trimester Conference Sign-Ups "Go Live"
• Wednesday, Nov. 30th: 2nd Grade PEN Field Trip

* Click here for the 2022-2023 District Calendar.

** Click here for access the 2022-2023 Gayman School Calendar.

• Gayman School Directory
• GHSA Square One Art Orders
• November Breakfast Menu
• November Lunch Menu
• Reading Olympics Information

American Education Week is an opportunity to visit your child’s classroom and watch your children in action as they learn something new, participate in a curricular activity, or give a special presentation for visitors. For this week's schedule, see the "Mark the Calendar" section of this Gazette.

We invite you to come and join us, remembering that cell phone use while in the school is not permitted, and that this is an “adults only” visit as small children may disrupt instruction during this time.

This year we will once again extend the spirit of giving to the Thanksgiving Holiday. As a school community, we would like to offer support to Gayman families in need by means of food baskets. Each classroom will be collecting items to prepare a Thanksgiving dinner for a family in need. We are suggesting that each child bring in a food item from the list below. Contributions will be collected in the classrooms until Thursday, November 17th.

If you would like to make a monetary contribution, we will use the funds to purchase grocery store gift cards for families. Please send your donation (cash or check made payable to “Gayman Elementary School”) to the school office in an envelope marked “Thanksgiving Fund.”

We appreciate your voluntary participation in this worthwhile project. We truly believe that in giving we also receive, and helping others immeasurably enriches our children’s lives.

Kindergarten:

• Stovetop Stuffing or Stuffing Mix

1st Grade:

• Instant Mashed Potatoes

2nd Grade:

• Box of Granola Bars
• Box of Cereal

3rd Grade:

• Box of Brownie or Cake Mix
• Container of Frosting

4th Grade:

• Can of Sweet Potatoes
• Other can Vegetables

5th Grade:

• Jar of Applesauce
• Can of Cranberry Sauce
• Can of Pie Filling

6th Grade:

• Container of Juice
• Jar of Chicken or Turkey Gravy
• Bag of Hot Roll Mix

5th and 6th Grade Reading Olympics Teams are forming now!

Reading Olympics is a reading competition for elementary students in grades 5 and 6 at Gayman Elementary School. Students participating in Reading Olympics work as a team to read a list of 25 books and compete countywide to answer quiz-style questions about their reading. This year, competition will take place IN PERSON for the first time in three years. The official competition date will be released in January. Currently, the Bucks County Elementary Competition windows are the weeks of March 27, April 11, and April 17, 2023. Students will not be required to formally commit to a team until the date is released in January.

What will the Reading Olympics program offer students in 2022!?

• A reading challenges.
• A community of readers.
• Optional book clubs.
• A book-and-a-movie night (tentative)
• Optional T-shirt design contest.
• A chance for academic competition!

What if my student worries, they aren’t a strong reader!?

• All are welcome! The Reading Olympics list offers all kinds of books for all kinds of readers, and we will work with ANYONE!

Want more information or to see the reading list!? Visit the Reading Olympics Website at: Library / Reading Olympics (cbsd.org)

Got questions!? Please e-mail our Reading Olympics coordinator at hthomas@cbsd.org

Thank you to everyone who placed an order of your child's artwork! We don’t want anyone to miss out so we have extended the order deadline to NOVEMBER 18th. Please note all orders are shipped directly to your home within 2-3 weeks of order date!

ORDER HERE: Square 1 Art

Kids Care Club had a fantastic event last week, decorating shopping bags for Wrapping Presence. It was a year in the making, since last November's session was canceled due to Covid — but it was well worth the wait. Thirty-five Gayman Mustangs gathered in the library to learn more about the mission of Wrapping Presence, and then put their creativity into action.

Cheryl Paradiso, our guest speaker and director of Wrapping Presence, shared this via email: "What a wonderful afternoon I had sharing the mission of Wrapping Presence with so many enthusiastic students and caring moms. Their artwork is all fabulous. It is so great to see the students participating in activities that will help make them into solid, kind adults who will understand that service to others makes the world a better place."

If your child was unable to participate but you'd like to learn more about Wrapping Presence and be of service this holiday season, please visit their website. Thank you!

Click here for more information, including directions on how to upload a student absence:

Managing Student Attendance.

To volunteer at a class party or chaperone a field trip, your clearances must be up-to-date.

If your clearances are current, upload them into the App Garden - Volunteer Tracker. If your clearances have expired, or you need to begin the clearance process, click on the Required Documents for the directions. For more information, consult the Human Resources Volunteer Required Paperwork webpage.

Any Central Bucks family who may need a little extra food assistance is welcome to join us at Barclay Elementary School. Our markets will operate on the 2nd and 4th THURSDAY of each month at 4:30pm.

No advanced sign-up is necessary. We kindly ask that you do not line up before 4:30 so as not to interfere with our student dismissal, and that you do not block our neighbors’ driveways.

Email: kcarter@cbsd.org
Website: https://www.cbsd.org/gayman
Location: 4440 Point Pleasant Pike, Doylestown, PA, United States
Phone: 2678934350
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