Geist Gazette

Website: https://ges.hseschools.org/

Location: 14051 East 104th Street, Fishers, IN 46037
Phone: 317-915-4260
Twitter: @TherisaSeymour

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1/27 - Study Trip (Schmitt, J Scott, Miller)

Students with perfect attendance in each quarter and those with fewer than 5 absences throughout a semester will be entered into a drawing for Gator Attendance Rewards! Five names will be drawn quarterly and ten at the end of each semester; those students will receive a gift card donated by Chick-fil-A. The following students have been rewarded for their attendance during the first semester.

Perfect Attendance Drawing Quarter 1:

Anna W, Caleigh R, Daiki K, Nadira G, Sterling L

Perfect Attendance Drawing Quarter 2:

Brecken S, Emma R, Grace C, Riley F, Yuvraj S

>5 Days Absent Drawing Semester 1:

Aila P, Elena B, Elijah W, Luisa G, Milan G, Nolan H, Samuel B, Sebastian G, Violeta C, Wyatt M

IN CLASS:

• January 21 – 24: Jumping, hopping, & leaping while landing safely with control

• January 27 – February 14: Striking an object with control using a short implement

OUT OF CLASS:

• HSE HS Athletics Schedule: https://hseathletics.com/Events

• Heart Hike: https://www.playfishers.com/466/Heart-Hike

• Storywalk - https://playfishers.com/333/StoryWalk

• Fishers Softball Skills Camp: https://fisherstigersathletics.com/Article/50945

• Geist 5K, 10K, Half Marathon: https://www.geisthalf.com

Congratulations to the Artists of the Week! The following third graders were chosen for their snowflake watercolor: Nithilan H, Oliver G, Ben C, Aaron B, Milan G, and Ana U.

GES Yearbook Sale Is On !!!

Capture the Memories with a 2024-2025 Geist Elementary Yearbook

ORDERS DUE MARCH 1

Each full-color yearbook costs $19 (plus 7% tax)

Order Online

Click or type in the website www.cripephoto.com

Select GES and click the button for Yearbooks

Questions? Please direct them to our "Contact Customer Service"

button on the website.

You can find an overview of Journey of a Student on our HSE website:

Journey of a Student (HSE)

Kindergarten

Second Step Digital Curriculum: Unit 2: Emotion Management

Lesson 9: We Can Feel Calm

Students will practice asking for help and slow breathing as ways to feel calm.

Summary:

In this week’s lesson, your child will learn two ways to help themselves feel calm when they encounter strong feelings: asking for help and slow breathing.

Try This at Home:

Ask your child to tell you some ways they’ve learned to feel calm when they get upset. Have them teach you how to use slow breathing to feel calm.

First Grade

Second Step Digital Curriculum Unit 2: Emotion Management

Lesson 9: Feeling Frustrated

Students will be able to name a reason for why they think someone feels frustrated.

Summary:

In this week’s lesson, your child will learn to use body language and context clues to figure out when someone feels frustrated. They’ll practice looking at the person’s face and body, as well as thinking about what’s going on in the situation. They’ll also learn about a new strategy for feeling calm when they get frustrated: slow counting.

Try This at Home:

Encourage your child to notice when others around them feel frustrated. Have them practice using body language and context clues to figure out when family members, friends, or characters in books, movies, or on TV might be feeling frustrated.

Second Grade

Unit 2: Emotion Management

Lesson 7: Feeling Disappointed

Students will be able to identify reasons for feeling disappointed.

Summary:

In this week’s lesson, your child will learn that we can feel disappointed when something we want or expect does not happen.

Try This at Home:

Remind your child that everyone feels disappointed sometimes. Ask them what they can do to feel better the next time they’re feeling disappointed.

Third Grade

Second Step Digital Curriculum Unit 2: Emotion Management

Lesson 9: How Happy?

Students will be able to differentiate feeling content, happy, and excited through contextual and behavioral clues.

Summary:

In this week’s lesson, your child will learn words for three degrees of happiness: content, happy, and excited.

Try This at Home:

Ask your child to explain the differences between feeling content, happy, and excited.

Fourth Grade

Second Step Digital Curriculum Unit 1: Growth Mindset and Goal SettingLesson 3: Checking Our Progress

Students will be able to evaluate progress toward a class goal so they can adjust, if needed.

Summary:

In this week’s lesson, your child’s class will work together to identify roadblocks that might be getting in the way as they work toward their 2-week goal. Then they’ll decide what they can change to remove or get around their roadblocks.

Try This at Home:

Ask your child if they’ve run into any roadblocks while working toward their class goal. If so, how will they work around them? Tell your child about a time you ran into a roadblock and what you did to overcome it.

HOT OPTIONS

Monday- Mozzarella Sticks w Marinara

Tuesday- Chicken and Noodles

Wednesday- Cheeseburger (contains Beef)

Thursday- Pizza- Cheese only

Friday- Pancakes and Sausage (turkey)

DAILY HOT OPTION: Impossible Burger (Vegetarian)

COLD OPTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Garden Salad (contains a hard boiled egg )

Chef Salad

Bento Box - Stackable box (turkey discs, cheese, flatbread and fruit)

PBJ

The GES Café welcomes lunch visitors! Sign-ups will be available one week in advance (cutoff is 10am on Friday the week prior), with a maximum of two visits per month. All visitors must have an approved valid Safe Visitor background check on file with the district before coming into the building. All visitors will need to have their ID with them to sign in to the building.

• NO restaurant food or drink may be brought in for lunch.
• Phones must be put away at all times/No pictures may be taken during your visit.
• One visitor will be allowed per grade level per day.
• Adults only please.
• Adults may purchase a lunch for $4.30 at the time of signup. Check or cash exact change only please. Please indicate your child's teacher and your lunch preference: 'Hot Lunch', 'Salad', 'Bring from Home', or 'None'.
  
• Please proceed to the office to check out when your child's teacher picks up the class.
• Sign ups for the week of Feb. 3: https://signup.com/go/gZfxmBU

Every year, we gather input from various stakeholder groups about possible revisions to our Student Handbook. Please consider reviewing our current Student Handbook https://www.hseschools.org/about/student-handbooks and offering feedback for enhancement; these suggestions could be revisions, removals, or additions. All feedback is due by Tuesday, January 28th. Thank you for your assistance in this important process! If you have suggestions, please use this link https://forms.office.com/r/EABEa3i6St

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Did you know you can raise money for our school by grocery shopping? The PTO participates in retail rewards through Kroger Community Rewards and Box Tops for Education. Here is how to enroll:

Kroger: link your rewards card here: https://www.kroger.com/account/communityrewards/

Box Tops: Download the app and scan your paper or digital receipts to earn credit for participating products.