Gayman Gazette

Thank you for your generosity! The students and staff at Gayman Elementary School raised $806 on Friday for CHOP Hospital in Philadelphia! Together, we are making a difference in the lives of children.

DECEMBER:

• 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, Orchestra, and Choir Concert
• Friday, Dec. 9th: Personal Safety Forms DUE
• Monday, Dec. 12th - Tuesday, Dec. 13th @ 11:55AM: Early Dismissal/ 1st-6th Grade Parent-Teacher Conferences/ No Kindergarten
• Wednesday, Dec. 14th @ 1:00PM: 1st Trimester Grades posted in Parent Portal
• 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)
• Friday, Dec. 16th: 2nd Grade Polar Express Day
• Friday, Dec. 16th: Science Fair Sign Ups DUE
• Friday, Dec. 16th: Kids Care Ornaments for Pine Run Residents are Due
• Wednesday, Dec. 21st: Kindergarten Hot Chocolate & Frosty Day
• Wednesday, Dec. 21st: 1st Grade Grinch Day
• 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

Save the Date:

• Thursday, January 19th and Friday, January 20th: GHSA Family Fun BINGO!

* Click here for the 2022-2023 District Calendar.

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

This holiday season, we have the opportunity to show the spirit of warmth and love to families from our local area.

We would love for you to be part of our Holiday Gift of Giving. Our giving tree will be displayed in the hallway. You may help by taking a tag and purchasing a gift card for either Walmart, Target, Kohls, and Amazon. For every gift card received, an ornament will be placed on our Giving Tree. Gift cards should be returned by Wednesday, December 14th.

We, as a staff, would like to extend our sincere gratitude for your generosity! This is a wonderful opportunity for us to set an example for children of giving joyfully to others.

Warmest holiday wishes to you and your family,

The Staff of Gayman Elementary School

Our first trimester conferences will take place next week.

On Monday the 12th and Tuesday the 13th, parents may use the entrance under the "Gayman Elementary School" sign. Then, you are welcome to walk directly to your child's classroom. Since, there are no students in the building at this time, parents do not need to sign in the main office.

If you have scheduled a conference for a different day, then please check in at the Main Office. You will be asked to show your driver's license and a badge will be printed for you.

Conference Dates:

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

Report cards will be available for families to view in the Parent Portal on December 14th after 1:00PM. Please be aware that teachers will not report on all of the report card descriptors in the first trimester. The descriptors they do not report on will be gray or they will be left blank. This is not a mistake. Students have either not yet had formal instruction on all the skills they will learn this year, or information on that indicator is incorporated into another indicator.

We are looking forward to speaking with you further about your child's progress at your conference time!

Prior to instruction for the Personal Safety lessons, we are required to receive parent/guardian consent. Last week, your child brought home a letter about the health instruction that will be delivered in your child's classroom. Please complete the form and return it by December 9th to your child's homeroom teacher.

If you need an additional copy of the form, please email Christine Stevens at cstevens@cbsd.org.

Calling all scientists! Consider participating in our Science Fair on Thursday, February 9th 5:30-7:00 PM by completing a project individually, with sibling(s), or with partners. Projects must be dropped off on Wednesday, February 8th 4:00-5:00. The Science Fair is a great way for all Gayman students to come together and share our learning and love for science!

Click here to sign up by Friday, December 16th. Each participant needs to complete the contract in Forms, even if working in a group. For details, click here to view the informational packet.

We can’t wait to see your projects this year!

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.

The official competition date will be released in January. Students will not be required to formally commit to a team until the date is released.

Want more information or to see the reading list!? Visit the Reading Olympics Website at: Library / Reading Olympics (cbsd.org) If you have any questions, feel free to email Hannah Thomas at hthomas@cbsd.org.

Going into the winter season...

If there is inclement weather in our forecast, then there may be a 2-hour delay. Should that occur, please plan for the following schedule.

• Grades 1-6: 10:35AM - 3:15PM
• AM Kindergarten: 10:35AM - 12:20PM
• PM Kindergarten: 1:30PM-3:15PM

Home and School is hosting a luncheon for the Teacher's & Staff to kick off conference week on December 12th. THANK YOU for your generosity all items have been fulfilled!

Let's send our Teachers & Staff off with some Cookies, Candy, and Cocoa for the Holiday break! We ask that all cookies, bars, and candy be dropped off to the main office on 12/22 by 9am please. Click here to donate cookies

Writer Anne Lamott recently said on a podcast that she encourages her Sunday School kids to "flirt" with senior citizens. "Nobody notices old people," she said, and explained how a little attention — especially from young kids — goes such a long way toward making the day of a senior, especially one who feels invisible.

Since Covid continues to keep us from going into Pine Run nursing home the way we used to in December, to share cookies and sing carols with residents, we're going to find another way to bring some joy to their holiday season: we're going to flirt from a distance!

BEGINNING ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 5th, your student can pick up a kit from the main office that includes a decorate-it-yourself ornament, as well as supplies to make a holiday card. Please return everything to the office by FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16th. The cards and ornaments will be dropped off at Pine Run that weekend, and a lovely woman named Maureen Riley, their director of life enrichment, will distribute our creations to the residents.

Thank you for your help and kindness this holiday season. Any questions or concerns, please contact Megan at meganmonforte9@gmail.com.

It's time to register for Kindergarten!

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.

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