Thank you to everyone who made their way out to attend our Open House last week! There were 300+ people, big & small, who attended! The flow of people ran steadily throughout the evening! Your support and dedication to GME is what makes us who we are! We are better together!

Our Family Photo wall is GROWING!!! We are still waiting for some of you! It's never too late to send in a picture of your family! We will be waiting!

Talk with your children this month about the importance of RESPECT in families, neighborhoods, schools, & communities! Let's rally around our children to help them grow into respectful young people who go out and make a difference in our world!

Hello Everyone! Ms. Sam Messmer is our Resource Coordinator! Sam has put together afterschool activities at GME Monday-Thursday! Read more information & sign up via the flyer LINKED HERE!

Our annual health screenings for Kindergarten, 1st, 3rd & 5th graders will take place on FRIDAY, September 6th! Nurse Lori will have a team here at GME to assist! Please reach out if you have any questions!

September is Attendance Awareness Month! Celebrate with the Stay in the Game! Attendance Network by participating in planned events and activities each week to celebrate attendance!

Week 1: All students should TAKE THE ATTENDANCE PLEDGE!

Week 2: ATTENDANCE MATTERS Decorations!

Week 3: Spirit Week!

Week 4: At-TEN-dance! September 27th at 10:00 AM!

Monday, September 30th - PERFECT September Attendance Certificates & AWARDS!

Please make sure you have established your FOCUS parent portal account! Once you have created an account, you can update information for your child, complete the Back to School packet of information and so much more!

Having issues? Contact FAMILY TECH SUPPORT 513-363-0688 or fts@cpsboe.k12.oh.us

We are almost there! Our goal is to end our dismissal by 3:25 PM each day! Thanks to YOU we have improved our time by over 10 minutes in the past week! We are getting closer each day - we are right around 3:30 PM! Let's go TEAM!

Please review the CPS Cell Phone Policy 5136 LINKED HERE! GME follows all Board policies as they are written. If you have any questions, please reach out!

Are you interested in serving on a school-based committee? We need parent representatives to serve on our Instructional Leadership Team which meets on the 1st & 3rd Mondays of the month from 3:45-4:45 PM. We also need parent representatives to serve on our Local School Decision Making Committee which meets on the 3rd Tuesday of the month from 4:00-5:00 PM! Please email Mrs. Ridley at ridleym@cpsboe.k12.oh.us if you are interested in either committee or if you have any questions prior to volunteering to serve!

We are seeking male family or community volunteers to assist in a monthly male mentor program for our 9-12 young men!

WHEN? 1st Friday of the month at GME from 12:15-1:00 with Assistant Principal Mr. Drakeford.

During these mentor sessions, we will eat lunch with the mentees! Discussions around mindfulness, our PBIS monthly virtue such as citizenship, respect, kindness, etc. and peer relationship building will be had! We will engage in recess with our young men while playing board games or sports.

Sessions will include the following and more:

• Team Building Activities
• School Community Service
• Field trip(s)
• Watching Sports Highlights
• Games with mentors/students
• Community Service Project

If interested in mentoring our 9-12 young men, please email or call Mr. Drakeford at drakefd@cpsboe.k12.oh.us / 513-363-9691

SEPTEMBER - Virtue - Respect

SEPTEMBER is ATTENDANCE AWARENESS MONTH

2nd NO SCHOOL - Labor Day

6th Montessori Men Mentor Program

11th PTO Mtg 5:30 PM

12th PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention Support) Mtg 3:45 PM

16th ILT (Instructional Leadership Team) Mtg 3:45 PM

17th LSDMC (Local School Decision Making Committee) Mtg 4:00 PM

18th Districtwide LSDMC Mtg 6:00 PM @ Board of Education

23rd NO SCHOOL - Professional Development Day

24th GME Tour for Prospective Families 9:30 AM

25th Midterm Reports Home

27th Work with Me Day 9:00 AM

27th Walkathon Kick Off 10:00 AM

27th At - TEN - dance!!!

30th PERFECT September ATTENDANCE Certificates & AWARDS!

GME FAMILY GOOGLE CALENDAR LINK

Use the link above to access our FAMILY GOOGLE CALENDAR! This calendar is LIVE and will be updated as events are scheduled and/or canceled! Stay in the know! Add this to your phone!

GME WEBSITE

Access our school website via the link above! School supply lists, contact information, a link to our calendar & district information!

GAMBLE MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY FAMILIES FACEBOOK GROUP

This is a Facebook group established by GME families. This is not monitored by the school.

GAMBLE MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FACEBOOK PAGE

This is a Facebook page established by the school. It is a work in progress.

Cincinnati Public Schools

Montessori Magnet School PreK-6th Grade

Website: https://www.cps-k12.org/gmes
Location: 2700 Felicity Place, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Phone: 513-363-9600
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GambleMontessoriElementary/