GARDNER GAZETTE

Congratulations to the following students for winning an Above and Beyond award for the month of September. The trait of the month was Teamwork, “People working cooperatively towards a shared goal or purpose”. Briley Menard, Zach Beauman, Olivia Mallery, Brian Elms, Lillian Kolweier, Garrett Stechmesser, Addyson Prewitt, Titan Tomanovich, Jack Adams, Leona Mercer, Belle Hennrich, Easton Maurer, Kaiden Hermann, Easton Olsson, Loralei Griffin, Luke Kolweier, Dalton Davis, Dustin Gummersheimer, Tess Nobbe, Hunter Massey, Emmett Diekmann, Sam Beck, Kendyl Rader, Christian Kendall, Kyleigh Mueller, Molly Harter, Carson Kohl, Evan Gentes, Cate Calloway, Dominic Johnson, Aubrie Umfleet, Mikayla Krebel and Ayden Juengling. Not pictured, Rogan Moore.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the TJs Pizza Pop Up! The winners of the $50.00 Walmart gift cards were Macie Espenschied, Caleb Tragesser, Kaleigh Halleran, and Quinn Menke!

Congratulations to the following students who were elected to Student Council. Braxtyn Kollack, Nolan Schmidt, Tessa Whitley, Ella Blair, Kaiden Hermann, Jason Totra, Olivia Rusteberg, Zoey Briesacher, Mason Wilhelm, Mackenzie May, Kyle Theobald, Lucy Renk, Harper Stewart, Drew Sleck, Makayla Truxal, Brody Utz, Bahtiar Baghmanli, Will Pashia, Lilly Hicks, Tyler Major, Lillian Kolweier, Rosalia Petruso, Kaleigh Halleran, Katelyn Myers, Lainey Davis, Easton Lauth, Dustin Gummersheimer, Lillian Osterhage, Sam Beck, Ren Gilbert, Easton Faries, Rosie Brennan, Nadia Spoljaric, and Drake Mifflin.

Below are the dates and themes for homecoming week! All students are invited to join in on the fun!

Monday, Oct. 11th - No school! Rest up for the week ahead!

Tuesday, Oct. 12th - Tourist Tuesday - wear your vacation clothes!

Wednesday, Oct. 13th - Wacky Wednesday - wear your wackiest clothes! **Homecoming parade at 6:00 **WHS Powder Puff game - 7:30

Thursday, Oct. 14th - Hat day - wear your favorite headgear!

Friday, Oct. 15th - Orange and black ATTACK - wear as much orange and black as possible!

**WHS homecoming football game - 7:00

Red Ribbon week is the week of October 25th. Below are the fun dress up days we are going to have!

Monday, Oct. 25th - Wear Red to kick off Red Ribbon Week

Tuesday, Oct. 26th - Put drugs to sleep - wear PJs

Wednesday, Oct. 27th - Wear your Halloween costume - guidelines for costumes is below.

Thurs. & Fri. Oct. 28th and 29th - No school!

Dear Parents,

Students will be allowed to dress up for Halloween on Wednesday, October 27th.

Please remember that this is still an academic school day so we are asking for your help in assisting your child to follow our costume guidelines listed below.

COSTUME GUIDELINES:

· Students should come to school in their costume.

· Costumes must be bathroom friendly & able to be worn all day without interfering with instruction.

· No face painting of any kind.

· Only COVID face coverings can be worn, no costume masks.

· No props or weapons of any kind. We do not want anyone getting injured or a prop being lost or broken.

· No blood, guts, etc.

· Appropriate shoes must be worn for P.E.

· Prefer no inflatable/blow up costumes

Parent-teacher conferences are on Thursday, October 28th from Noon to 8:00 p.m. and Friday, October 29th from 8:00a.m. to noon. Information on how to sign up for conferences will be shared with parents once details are finalized. Thank you!

Fourth grade is the year that report cards transition from reporting standards-based grades only, to include letter grades as well. Here are some things to keep in mind:

• Grades are just one indicator of your child’s progress-- a “snapshot” of where they are at that time. Children learn at different rates. Celebrate hard work and effort rather than “all As”.

• On the other hand, maybe this is the time to talk with your child about their effort. Are they filling out their agenda completely every day? Are they asking for help from the teacher when they need it? Are they getting enough sleep at night? Lots of factors, including overscheduling in the evenings, can affect school progress.

So, take a deep breath, don’t panic, and make sure to attend parent-teacher conferences (Oct 28-29), where your child’s teacher will share more detailed information with you.

It has been a busy month in the fifth grade hallway! Fifth graders have wrapped up Unit 1 in math, "Area and Volume." Now they will dive into Unit 2, "Whole Number Place Value and Operations." See if your student can tell you how many square feet of carpet would be needed to cover their bedroom floor. In reading students have just finished their first unit on understanding elements of reading including point of view, theme, author's purpose, and many other things. Ask your student to tell you about different types of genres! In social studies, students are using all the skills they learned in their "Map Skills" unit to make a map of their own island. See if they can tell you what is at zero degrees latitude and zero degrees longitude! Fifth grade scientists have learned what causes seasons, and what causes day and night. Ask them what interesting thing they learned about the number of daylight hours in Nairobi, Kenya! Rough drafts of a personal narrative have been written by fifth grade students. They have revised them to include an interesting lead, dialogue, and specific nouns. They will continue to revise for the next few weeks, then they will have a masterpiece published! Many spelling patterns have been reviewed this month along with those lovely there, their, and they're favorites! Ask your student the difference between a hard g and a soft g. We continue to practice grammar daily through our "Daily Oral Language" folder, and we focused heavily on pronouns. Ask you student the purpose of pronouns. As you can see, it has been a productive month for fifth grade!

After not having student council last year due to covid, we are excited to have this club back at Gardner. Thank you to Mrs. Hoffmann for being our new Student Council representative. Student Council will meet on the following dates:

• October 14th
• November 10th
• December 9th
• January 13th
• February 10th
• March 10th
• April 7th

Chorus News

The 5th grade Fall Chorus Concert is Thursday, October 7th at 7:00 p.m. in the gym. Chorus members will need to be checked in the music room by 6:50 p.m. The dress for the concert is school colors (orange and black) and jeans or long pants. A concert reminder was sent home with specific information. The chorus will sing a variety of music from folk to rock and more. Masks are required by all who are attending the concert.

Band News

The 5th grade Band is making wonderful music. We are learning how to create tones, read music, and perform in a large group. Band progress notes will be sent home in the coming weeks. Our first concert is Tuesday, December 7th. Thank you for signing the practice records.

PE classes just concluded a fun and exciting sport unit of Soccer! Students incorporated the soccer skills of dribbling, passing and shooting into game situations. Students also learned the position of goalie as well as the importance of both offense and defense. In recent days, classes have transitioned into a new unit of Football Tag. Football tag teaches football skills, and more importantly strategy and teamwork! This unit is always a fan favorite that improves student FITNESS and is undeniably FUN!

• Oct. 7th - Fall Chorus concert 7:00 p.m.
• Oct. 8th - No school - Teacher institute day/End of 1st quarter
• Oct. 11th - No school - Columbus day
• Oct. 12th - Tourist Tuesday
• Oct. 13th - Wacky Wednesday
• Oct. 13th - Homecoming parade 6:00 p.m.
• Oct. 14th - Head gear day
• OCT. 14th - Student council meeting 2:40 - 3:40
• Oct. 15th - Orange & black attack
• Oct. 15th - Report cards
• Oct. 25th - Wear red
• Oct. 26th - Wear PJs
• Oct. 27th - Wear Halloween costume (see guidelines)
• Oct. 28th - No school - Parent/teacher conferences
• Oct. 29th - No school - Parent/teacher conferences