We are approaching the final two weeks of school prior to Winter Break. There are lots of various activities that are planned both during and after school. We have noticed families waiting for their students after school are allowing siblings to play football and soccer by the Kindergarten Walk Up Area. We kindly ask that you move the game away from the building and more in the field. There have been incidents where equipment has been hitting the building. We appreciate you helping facilitate these after school games. Looking forward to a fantastic last two weeks of school of 2024.

Christina Carver

Tuesday, December 10th- FAST PM2 ELA for Grades K-2

Wednesday, December 11th- FAST PM2 Math for Grades K-2; SAC Meeting 2:45 PM in the Media Center

Thursday, December 12th- 4th Grade Field Trip to St. Augustine

Friday, December 13th- EARLY RELEASE DAY at 1:15 pm

Tuesday, December 17th- 6th Grade World Bazaar

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday- December 18th, 19th and 20th- EARLY RELEASE DAYS 1:15 pm

The Holiday Cookie Party was Sweet-

PTO wishes to extend a huge thank you for your generosity in donating cookies and baked goods for our staff cookie party. The spread was absolutely epic! The assortment of treats was beyond and the room smelled like pure bliss!

Your kindness and thoughtfulness are deeply appreciated, and you made this event unforgettable for everyone.

*Your Tupperware/dishes have been washed and are available for pickup in the front office vestibule.

Gemini Night out is Saturday 12/21 at Long Doggers Indialantic all day! Don't forget: you MUST tell your server you are here for the Gemini Fundraiser for us to earn credit. If you attended, please fill out this survey for your child(ren) teacher to be counted in the EOY class with the most attendees: https://forms.gle/TbMnDmdr86CDkkTD9 This survey will close on Friday 12/27.

DONATIONS DUE BY DECEMBER 18TH. GEMINI DROP OFF BOX IN THE FRONT OFFICE FOYER.

Secret Santa for Seniors Holiday Drive

Happy Holidays! My name is Dr. Maria Silva. I am a licensed clinical psychologist in the area and currently am working for a wonderful company called Balanced Wellbeing that provides psychiatric and psychotherapy services to residents in various nursing home and rehabilitation facilities here in Brevard County. The holidays can be a difficult and lonely time for many of our residents and so I am putting together a Secret Santa Holiday Drive for our Seniors (think of it as a Toys for Tots but for Seniors) to let them know they are thought of and not forgotten. There is no contribution or donation too small all gestures are greatly welcomed and much appreciated. Donation boxes will be located in a few places across town listed below. The items below are just some recommendations of some of the things our residents are in need of this holiday season:

· Blankets, Shoulder Shawls, and Lap Blankets Puzzles

· Books (Thrillers, Mystery, Classics, Romance) Shampoos and Conditioners (Male and female)

· Soap/Body Wash/body spray, deodorants (no aerosol) Hairbrushes/combs/hair wraps/claw clips

· Word Searches (Large Print) Large Print Crosswords

· Markers/Crayons Coloring Books/Books (large print)/picture books

· Playing Cards Slippers

· Socks (Men and Women) Simple Paintings or art for room decor

· Crafts made by kids Calendars 2024

· Simple Radios Stuffed Animals/Dolls

· Digital Clocks Chapstick, Lip Balm

· Travel Mugs (with handle) Notepads, Stationary, Pens

· Picture Frames Reading glasses (Various Strengths)

· Model Cars Earbud headphones

· Beanies (hats)/mens baseball hats Sweatpants and Hoodies (Men’s L-3XL)

· T Shirts and Buttons Down Shirts (Men’s L-3XL) Pajama Sets (Men and Female M-2XL)

· Cardigans (Women’s M-2XL) Little Debbie Snacks and Tasty Kakes

· Wallets and change purses Fashion scarves

· Costume Jewelry (earrings, brooches, bracelets, necklaces)

· Lipstick, nail polish, makeup bags Juice boxes/capri suns

· Small packages of cookies, crackers, pretzels, chips, pop tarts, cans of ravioli, spaghetti O’s etc.

· Microwave popcorn Candy (regular and sugar free)/hot chocolate

· Backpacks or Tote Bags Magazines (History, Sports, Automobile)

·

Happy Holidays and Thank you!!

Location Drop Offs:

§ Grace Lutheran Preschool- 1805 Oak Street, Melbourne Beach

§ CrossFit OwnIt- 149 SW Shannon Ave, West Melbourne

§ Balanced Wellbeing Melbourne Office Downtown- 2015 Grant Place, Melbourne

§ Wild Knot Salon- 105 South Riverside Drive, Suite 200, Indialantic

§ Café Surfinista- 2 Wavecrest Ave, Indialantic

§ Cuticles Salon- 142 Fifth Ave, Indialantic

Thanks to the Brevard Schools Foundation Grant, our Jog-a-Thon earnings and our wonderful PTO, we have been able to purchase 10 iPads for the STEM lab! These iPads will allow us to code and program robots, create digital design projects and much more. Thank you to everyone for helping make this first year of STEM successful! Be sure to visit our Gemini STEM Lab website to get a glimpse of all the fun we've been having in STEM this year so far. www.geministemlab.com (google.com)

Stay inquisitive,

Mrs. Pimentel

The Rotary Club of Melbourne Beach will again staff, teach and support the 2025 Gemini Jet Starters Entrepreneur Club. The Club will be held each Wednesday from January 14th to Mar 5th after school from 2:45 - 3:45 pm. The goal is to develop a business with products prior to the The Children's Business Fair in Ryckman Park on March 8th. You are not required to participate in the Fair to join Jet Starters.

We'll cover a number of topics including:

What is an entrepreneur?
Develop your big business idea
Make a business plan
Design your brand
Make marketing magic

We're extremely fortunate to work closely with Ms. Julie Roye Samuel coordinator of the Children's Business Fair and Ms. Erin McMullen as Club Sponsor. We will open the club to 25 members. Please contact Ms. McMullen to register your student. mcmullen.erin@brevardschools.org

Sincerely,

Carlton Ray

Julie Lang Kirkpatrick

Mary Lou Church

Lenny Jenik

The Rotary Club of Melbourne Beach

*The Rotary Club of Melbourne Beach meets most Tuesday mornings from 7:30-8:30 am at Oceanside Pizza. Please join us if you are interested in learning more about Rotary.

Beginning Monday, August 26th, there will be one day a week that parents can sign up, in advance. Please include your child in the number of people you are signing up. • Parents must be on time for their child’s scheduled lunch time. • Parents must communicate with their child’s teacher that they will be coming to lunch on that day. • Parents must sign in at the front office and will be escorted to Center Court and supervised if they are not a registered volunteer. Registered volunteers do not need to be escorted or supervised during their lunch in Center Court. • Parents may only have lunch with their child. • We strongly suggest that younger siblings stay home as we will have limited seating available. • Please be mindful of time, your child will need to report back to the cafeteria before the end of their lunch period. Parents will sign out in the front office.

CLICK BELOW TO BE DIRECTED TO THE SIGN-UP WEBSITE TO RESERVE A SPOT.

The Hoover Hawks will be hosting a REACH Program Parent Night on Thursday, December 12th from 6:00 pm- 7:30 pm for any 6th grade parents that would like to find out more about the program.

YEARBOOK UPDATES

Sixth Grade Ads are Sold Out and ready for designing! To find out how to design your student's ad, please visit the Tutorial link for 6th Grade Ad Design. All ad designs must be submitted by Friday, December 13th.

Parents, if you have any additional photos you would like to submit to our YEARBOOK PICTURE PORTAL for the below events, please submit them by December 13th. Just click on the event below to submit your photos. THANK YOU!!

• JOGATHON PICTURE PORTAL QR CODES FOR UPLOADING
• FALL PHOTOS PICTURE PORTAL QR CODES FOR UPLOADING

Still need to purchase a yearbook?

CLICK HERE to purchase a 24-25 YEARBOOK

Did I buy a Yearbook or 6th Grade Ad?

Thank you!

Carrie Wilson

The Yearbook Lady

We would like to thank the following for advertising with Gemini. Your support of our school is greatly appreciated.

Allstate Insurance- Niki Jones

Brevard Ballet Academy

Curri Properties- Cindy Rhoton

Oceanside Pizza- Melbourne Beach

Roll Tite Shutters East, Inc.

Sunnyside Cafe

Your Family Chiropractor

Schumacher Orthodontics

Banners are now being made of mesh materials to hold up to our beachside weather better.

If you would like to find out about advertising with us. Please contact Susan McCauley with B2K12 Branding.

Susan McCauley

Account Executive

321.216.3144 (main)

321.848.3714 (cell)

B2K12.COM

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