Gayman Gazette

NOVEMBER:

• 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: 6th Grade 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

DECEMBER:

• Thursday, Dec. 1st @ 7:45AM: Orchestra Rehearsal
• Thursday, Dec. 1st - Friday, Dec. 16th: Giving Tree Tags
• Friday, Dec. 2nd: Say YAY to Pajama Day! (Donate $1 and wear your PJs.)
• Friday, Dec. 2nd @ 11:55AM: Early Dismissal/End of 1st Trimester
• Tuesday, Dec. 6th: 6th Grade Band Rehearsal
• Wednesday, Dec. 7th @ 8:00AM: Student Council
• Thursday, Dec. 8th @ 7:45AM: 6th Grade Band Rehearsal
• Thursday, Dec. 8th @ 7:45AM: Orchestra Rehearsal
• Thursday, Dec. 8th @ 7:00PM: December Concert: Band, Strings, and Orchestra Concert
• Monday, Dec. 12th - Tuesday, Dec. 13th @ 11:55AM: Early Dismissal/ 1st-6th Grade Parent-Teacher Conferences/ No Kindergarten
• Wednesday, Dec. 14th: AM Kindergarten attends in the AM/ No PM Kindergarten (PM Kindergarten Conferences)
• Thursday, Dec. 15th: PM Kindergarten attends in the PM/ No AM Kindergarten (AM Kindergarten Conferences)
• Thursday, Dec. 22nd: Holiday Sing! (Sing along assembly for K-6)
• Friday, Dec. 23rd: No School for Students/Teacher In-Service Day
• Monday, Dec. 26th - Monday, Jan. 2nd: CBSD Closed (District Holiday): Winter Break

* Click here for the 2022-2023 District Calendar.

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

• Gayman School Directory
• NEW Student Registration Information
• November Breakfast Menu
• November Lunch Menu
• Reading Olympics Information

Our first trimester conferences will take place on Monday, December 12th and Tuesday, December 13th. Parents/guardians will have the opportunity to select an in-person conference or a virtual conference. Fall conference sign-ups will "go live" on Tuesday, November 29th at 3:30PM through specific teacher Sign-Up Genius links.

If you are having any difficulty selecting a conference time, please contact your child(ren)'s teacher to make other arrangements.

Conference Dates:

• Grades 1st-6th: December 12th and 13th
• Kindergarten: December 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th

Next week, you will receive a letter communicating that your child will be participating in a health unit, Personal Safety, in the coming weeks. Prior to instruction, we are required to receive consent from parents/guardians in elementary. On Nov. 28th, you will be sent the Personal Safety Form. Please complete the form and return by December 9th to your child's homeroom teacher.

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

Friday, December 2nd is Pajama Day! Say "Yay!" to Pajama Day by sending in a donation for the patients and families at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).

The time for breakthroughs is now. CHOP is on the cusp of life-changing discoveries for children. They are transforming the well-being of children and creating healthier communities throughout Philadelphia and across the world. We are raising money because we want to help make today's innovative ideas, tomorrow's realities.

During this season of kindness and generosity, we want to say thanks for supporting the needs of children everywhere!

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.

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.

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
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cbschools/
Twitter: @CBGaymanES