Gayman Gazette

• Wednesday, March 22nd @ 3:30-4:30PM: iRun for Life Training
  
• Thursday, March 23rd: Health Instruction Forms due for 5th & 6th Grade Students
• Thursday, March 23rd @ 5:30PM: 2nd/3rd Grade Adult & Child Book Club
• Saturday, March 25th @ 7:00AM-2:00PM: Dine & Donate at Borough Bagels
• Monday, March 27th @ 11:00AM: 2nd Trimester Grades posted in Parent Portal
• Monday, March 27th & Tuesday, March 28th @ 11:55AM: Early Dismissal/ Parent & Teacher Conferences/ No Kindergarten
• Tuesday, March 28th @ 7:45AM: Band Practice
• Wednesday, March 29th: AM Kindergarten Attends/ PM Kindergarten Conferences
• Wednesday, March 29th @ 3:30-4:30PM: iRun for Life Training
• Thursday, March 30th: AM Kindergarten Conferences/ PM Kindergarten Attends
• Thursday, March 30th: Assembly: The Power of Yet featuring Jim "Basketball" Jones
• Thursday, March 30th: Spirit Day: Wear jerseys or Gayman gear to show your team spirit!
• Friday, March 31st: March Madness Spirit Day: Celebrate "Cinderella stories" by donating $1 and wearing slippers and/or pajamas. All proceeds go to Roxy Readers.

Recently, Mrs. Christine Stevens accepted a position as the Assistant Principal's secretary at Tohickon Middle School. Please join me in wishing her well in this promotion!

We are pleased to announce that Mrs. Jennie Temple will be our new Attendance Secretary. Mrs. Temple has been working at Gayman Elementary School as an educational assistant in special education. We are delighted that she is moving into this new role! Congratulations, Mrs. Stevens and Mrs. Temple!

Next week, you will receive a letter communicating that your child will be participating in health instruction in the coming weeks. Prior to instruction, we ask for parent/guardian consent from elementary parents/guardians.

Once you receive the form, please complete it and return by March 23rd to your child’s homeroom teacher.

Report cards will be available for families to view in the Parent Portal on March 27th at 11:00AM.

Please note: some report card descriptors are ungraded in the second trimester. These descriptors will be gray, or they will be left blank. In mathematics, there are many new additional skills that students will be learning. Therefore, the descriptor is ungraded, for now. In reading, the information on the indicator is incorporated into another indicator.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

Looking ahead, the PSSAs will take place in April and May for 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students. The dates for the tests are listed below:

• April 24th, 25th, & 26th: English Language Arts for Grades 3-6
• May 1st and 2nd: Mathematics for Grades 3-6
• May 3rd and 4th: Science for Grade 4

More information about this state exam can be found on the Pennsylvania Department of Education's Website.

Our VIP & Me Book Club @the library is in Full Swing!

Thank you to all of the 2nd and 3rd grade students and VIP’s who are gathering together on Thursday evenings to read Mr. Wolf’s Class by Aron Nels Steinke. Most recently, we learned different ways to read graphic novels with our VIP’s, played with palindromes, and began creating our own Mr. Wolf’s class!

Thank you to all the 4th, 5th and 6th graders who attended Character Does Matter last week. It was an inspiring presentation by our veteran mentors, Chris Kearns and Becca Cornell, and some incredible pillowcase artwork was done by the kids for Operation Gratitude!

For any intermediate student who wasn't able to attend AND for those in grades K through 3rd, there's still an opportunity to contribute this month! Please consider writing a letter or making a card for a deployed service member. You can find information here on how to write to a troop. Drop your cards off in the main office by FRIDAY, MARCH 31st.

And be on the lookout for information on our special April event, when we'll clean up and plant new flowers in the Gayman gardens!

Mark your calendars! This is your opportunity to support a local business and 20% of all proceeds will be donated to our Home & School Association.

• March 25th from 7am - 2pm
• Borough Bagels (132 Veterans Lane, Doylestown PA)
• 20% of ALL proceeds go to GHSA

It is time to order your GAYMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL yearbook and customize two free pages for your child. Information on how to order (with our school code) and how to customize pages can be found below.

All orders must be placed by April 15th.

Thank you to all the families who registered to participate in this year's Color Run. We can't wait to see you at the event on April 21st.

Want to volunteer to help for the event: Volunteers/Donations Sign Up Here

We are trying something new and having the raffle baskets made/donated by each of our neighborhoods. And don't worry, if you aren't in a neighborhood, we have a group for you too! Please find the sign-up genius below that best fits your location. If you send items to school, please label it with your "group name." Thank you in advance for your contributions!

• Summer Hill/Summer Meadow Click Here! "Summer Time Fun"
• John Dyer Way Click Here! "Just Dine & Wine"
• Buckingham Estates Click Here! "Beach Day"
• The Ridings of Buckingham Click Here! "Philly Fans and Food Lovers"
• Fox Hunt/Country Ridge Click Here! " Backyard Cookout"
• Garden Village/Plumstead Chase/Point Pleasant Pike Click Here! "Let's Garden"
• Durham Ridge Click Here! "Arts & Crafts"
• Not in a Neighborhood Click Here! "Bored No More"

Click here for the CBSD New Student Registration page including necessary documents to gather in order to register your kindergarten students.

Once your child is registered, then tell us about your son/daughter! We invite you to complete our Kindergarten Welcome Survey found on our New Families Resources Page.

NOTE: Requests for morning or afternoon kindergarten are determined on a first come - first serve basis. Priority is also given to a request with a documented need by the parents' employers.

All absences may be entered through the Parent Portal. Click here for more information, including directions on how to upload a student absence: Managing Student Attendance.

For important and specific information regarding the attendance procedures and policies set forth by state code, please click here: Parent handbook (cbsd.org) (Pages 8-9)

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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