Gayman Gazette

Congratulations on the incredible achievement of bringing this musical to life! Your hard work, dedication, and passion have truly paid off. From the first rehearsal to the final performance, each of you has contributed something special to the production, and the result is nothing short of magical. To the cast, your talent and energy have breathed life into every character, and your performances have captivated the audience in ways words cannot fully express. To the crew, your behind-the-scenes efforts have been the backbone of this production, ensuring everything ran smoothly, from our stunning sets, fun costumes, creative props and perfectly timed set changes.

This musical would not have been possible without each and every one of you, and you should all be incredibly proud of the collective effort that made this experience unforgettable. Here's to the power of collaboration, creativity, and the joy of bringing art to life!

Once again, congratulations to everyone involved – you truly made something special.

Gayman had some very special guests in the audience at last week's in-school performance of "Pure Imagination." Five former students in the cast of Tohickon's "Beetlejuice Jr" came to watch their siblings on the Gayman stage. Because both musicals' performance dates overlapped, the in-school performance was the only opportunity the Tohickon kids had to see the show. Alexa, Sofia, Gretel, Leah and Matt were the proudest big siblings, and had rave reviews for "Pure Imagination!"

Big thanks to Mr. Dudley, principal of Tohickon, and our own Mr. Ortman for facilitating this special visit!

• Wednesday, March 12th @ 3:30PM: Kindness Counts Club
• Friday, March 14th @ 11:55AM: Early Dismissal - End of 2nd Trimester (PM Kindergarten Reports)
• Monday, March 17th @ 7:45AM: Chorus Rehearsal
• Monday, March 17th: St. Patrick's Day - Wear Green 💚🍀
• Tuesday, March 18th @ 2:30PM: 2nd Trimester "Mustang of the Day" Celebration - Invite Only
• Wednesday, March 19th: CB Rock Band Show for 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade
• Friday, March 21st: Wear mismatched Socks for World Down Syndrome Day
• Monday, March 24th @ 7:45AM: Chorus Rehearsal
• Monday, March 24th @ 1:00PM: 2nd Trimester Grades post in Parent Portal
• Tuesday, March 25th: AM Kindergarten Attends in AM - No PM Kindergarten - Parent/Teacher Conferences in PM
• Wednesday, March 26th: PM Kindergarten Attends in PM - No AM Kindergarten - Parent/Teacher Conferences in the AM
• Thursday, March 27th: Phillies Spirit Day
• Thursday, March 27th & Friday, March 28th @ 11:55AM: Eary Dismissal for 1st -6th Grade ONLY- No Kindergarten classes
• Monday, March 31st @ 7:45AM: Chorus Rehearsal

🟣🔵 SAVE THE DATE - Color Run is April 25th 🔵🟣

* Click here for the 2024-2025 District Calendar.

** Click here for access the 2024-2025 Gayman School Calendar.

* Click Here for the 2025-2026 District Calendar.

CBSD has launched a new Volunteer Tracking System through RAPTOR. We are encouraging everyone to open up an account as soon as possible. If you have a current account with App Garden you can download all your clearance documents from that account and upload them into RAPTOR.

• Click Here to create your RAPTOR Account

• Clearance retrieval from App Garden/Volunteer Tracker: Please Click Here for instructions on how to retrieve your current clearances.

Please make sure you have ALL the clearance documents ready to be uploaded when creating your RAPTOR account.

Please call the Gayman front office if you have any questions.

It is time to order your GAYMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL yearbook!

School Passcode: 10157566069198

Yearbook costs $21.60 and includes 2 CUSTOM PAGES for FREE.

These pages are printed only in your yearbook. You can add more custom pages, each additional 2 pages is $.99.

All orders must be placed by April 21st.

The 2nd trimester ends on Friday, March 14th.

On Monday, March 24th @ 1:00PM, 2nd trimester report card grades will be posted in the Parent Portal.

NOTE: Report cards can be found in documents, as opposed to backpack, to view the current year’s report card.

In Central Bucks, we are teaching writing in a systematic and explicit way. Writing develops along a continuum from simple to complex, and our goal is to provide clear and meaningful feedback about student learning on the progress report.

To that end, please look for an email from your child’s classroom teacher that explains the changes. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

CHORUS REHEARSAL - DAY 2

STRINGS LESSONS - DAY 4

BAND LESSONS - DAY 5

• Gayman Elementary Website
• Gayman Facebook Group
• March Breakfast Menu
• March Lunch Menu
• Color Run Sign Up

Invites were emailed if your child received the "Mustang of the Day" certificate during the second trimester. Please RSVP by Thursday, March 13th.

From January 1 through March 31, the GIANT Company invites customers to join in supporting its "Feeding School Kids" initiative by rounding up at the register. The GIANT Company will directly support customers’ generosity by matching all donations up to $100,000. The Barclay Elementary School Farmers Market is the beneficiary of the funds, which help to support families across CBSD's 23 schools.

Calling all kindergarten to 6th-grade students -- it's almost time to lace up your sneakers for the first annual CB Kids Run event on Saturday, April 26 then get ready to TRI something new at the third annual CB Kids Triathlon on Sunday, June 8. Registration for both events opens Feb. 28. Learn more and register!

Central Bucks School District recently made a change to the age of admission for student enrollment in kindergarten. Effective beginning the 2025-26 school year, students may be admitted to kindergarten who will be five years of age from September 1 through October 31. Learn more and access information on how to apply.

The district and board again thank the many members of the CBSD community who attended the second town hall to discuss the future of Doyle, Kutz, and Linden Elementary schools on Feb. 27. Read more about the event and access the video recording and over 40 new questions and answers.

Did you know there's a webpage on CBSD.org where you can get information on various community events and activities happening around Central Bucks? Recent additions include flyers from the Bucks County Tennis Association, PA Rush spring soccer, and a Bucks County Kids Book Fest flyer to the e-flyer folder this week. Check it out now!

Join Us for "Screenagers: Elementary School Age Edition" on March 25 at Lenape. Are you watching kids become too accustomed to using technology at too young an age? Physician and filmmaker Delaney Ruston saw this happening with her kids and wondered about the impact and the friction occurring in homes and schools around negotiating screen time. The result is "Screenagers: Elementary School Age Edition."

On Tuesday, March 25 at 7 p.m. in the Lenape Middle School auditorium, parents, guardians, and caregivers are invited to a screening of the film, which will kick off a CBSD series on digital wellness. "Screenagers: Elementary School Age Edition" is a version of the original "Screenagers" movie and addresses issues that elementary school aged kids, parents and educators are facing, such as smartwatches in class, unhooking from and monitoring video gaming, social media pressures, exposure too young, and what research shows is a healthy amount of screen time. Solutions are also offered.

No pre-registration is required. This event is for parents, guardians and caregivers only. There will be no child care available.

Lunch costs have increased by $.10 for the 24-25 school year.

The district is continuing to offer free breakfast!

Lunch Cost: $2.85

CBSD utilizes the online platform MySchoolBucks for school meal payments, making it easy to oversee a child's meal choices and maintain their account balance. It is important that an account is created for every student, regardless of whether they take part in school meals or not.

You can access MySchoolBucks to view and/or set up an account for your student(s) here.

To set up an account, you will need your child(ren)'s student identification number(s), which can be found in the Parent Portal.

The application for free and reduced meal pricing for the 2024-25 school year is open. You can access the online application for Free & Reduced Meals by clicking here. The application must be submitted each year AND for each child. If your child received free or reduced lunch last year, you must re-apply for the 24-25 school year.

Learn more by visiting the full informational webpage here.

The Family Fun Color Run which will be held on April 25th at 6:00pm is a FUNDRAISER event for the whole family to participate in. It is a walk/run around school property where five stations of color are set up and will be sprayed/tossed onto each participant as they pass by. T-shirts and Medals are available for all runners/walkers who register by 3/14.

In addition to the run there will be music, outdoor games, color, and LOTS OF FUN!

🟣Registration Form: SIGN UP HERE!

Cost: The cost is $20 per participant (includes T-shirt and medal)

• Venmo: @Gayman-HomeandSchool
• Cash: Send in envelope to school marked Color Run/Student Name

🔵Volunteers/Donations: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - SIGN UP HERE!

Raffle Baskets: There will be grade level raffle baskets. Tickets will be $1.00 each! All donations for the baskets will be coordinated through Homeroom parents so look for an email coming soon from them! We thank you in advance for all of your donations as these baskets are always a big hit with kids and parents! The themes this year are as follows:

• Kindergarten: Sweet Tooth
• 1st grade: Summer Bucket List
• 2nd grade: Rainy Day Fun
• 3rd grade: Outdoor Adventures
• 4th grade: Sports Fanatic
• 5th grade: What a Girl Wants
• 6th grade: Keep it Local

It’s hard to believe, but the end of the year and our 6th graders' time at Gayman is upon us.

Each 6th grader will be given a Tohickon T-Shirt! Please click the following link and fill out the form no later than APRIL 11th for your child's shirt. T-SHIRTs & YARD SIGN FORM If your child is not attending Tohickon, but will be attending another Central Bucks Middle School, please indicate the school name at the bottom of the form.

If you are interested in ordering a yard sign indicated in the form linked above. We have arranged a discounted price if we order 30 or more signs. Once we have an idea of the number of signs that will be ordered, we will request payment via VENMO or you can send CASH into school on Friday, 5/2.

Payment will be between $20-25.

Please direct any questions to Jennifer Davis (jenmdavis03@gmail.com).

The Mustang Muse is now accepting submissions for the Spring 2025 issue! ALL students are invited to submit artwork, poetry, stories or essays. Due to space limitations, only ONE PIECE PER STUDENT may be printed. Work may be submitted to your teacher OR via email: gaymanmustangmuse@gmail.com.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Friday, April 4, 2025.

Gayman Home and School is excited to offer another 4-week session of the Mindful Movement Club (YOGA) after its previous success! Space is limited, so be sure to sign up early.

The club will be held on Thursdays from 3:30pm - 4:30 pm, starting on April 3rd and running through May 1st. No class on April 17th!

The cost is $80 per child for all 4 weeks.

Jess Winn, a dedicated yoga teacher with over a decade of experience, brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the practice. She holds a prestigious 500 E-RYT certification and, best of all, she is a Gayman parent!

To sign up, enter your child's name and teacher in the comment section here: MINDFUL MOVEMENT CLUB SIGN-UP, and then submit payment via Venmo @Gayman-HomeandSchool or send a check payable to GHSA to the Gayman office. Please memo the payment ‘yoga club’.

Due to high interest, we hope to continue offering the Mindful Movement Club in the future!

Namaste!

Learn more about the organization in this video: https://www.waituntil8th.org/our-story

School reminders that will remain in all issues of the Gazette.

All absences must be entered through the Parent Portal.

Click here for more information, including directions on how to upload a student absence: Managing Student Attendance.

CBSD wishes to remind families of important information regarding attendance. Pennsylvania's school laws, like Act 138 of 2016 and the updated Act 16, outline what is required for mandatory school attendance and procedures to follow when students are absent or late. Learn more.

Student dismissal begins promptly at 3:15PM.

If you need to pick your child up early for an appointment, please pick them up no later then 2:45PM. After 2:45PM, your child can be dismissed with the other walkers, bus riders, and car riders in his/her classroom to ensure a safe and efficient dismissal for everyone. Thank you!

To volunteer at a class party or chaperone a field trip, your clearances must be up-to-date & on file with Central Bucks School District.

If your clearances are current, upload them into the RAPTOR Volunteer. If your clearances have expired, or you need to begin the clearance process, click on the Required Documents for the directions. For more information, consult the Human Resources Volunteer Required Paperwork webpage.

Families of students who will be eligible for kindergarten in CBSD in 2025-26 are now able to register online. Families of students in any grade who will be new to CBSD in the 2025-26 school year are also able to register. Learn more about registration here and start a new registration application here.

At Gayman, the use of student cell phones/SMART Watches/personal devices in school is prohibited. As a reminder, these devices are to be silenced and remain in backpacks during the school day. If communication is needed, it will take place with the support of the school office during the school day.

Please be sure to share these expectations with your child as this policy will be enforced by teachers/staff in coordination with District Board policies and our student handbook.

The Patriot Players of Central Bucks East are thrilled to invite the entire CB Community to the spring Production of Anastasia: The Musical. Held this April 3-5 at 7pm and April 6 at 2pm, this year's musical will feature over 140 students working together on and off stage, and in the Pit Orchestra. To ensure the best seating, purchase tickets early today on www.purplepass.com/cbeastanastasia

The Anastasia... her past is a mystery. Her future is an adventure. This dazzling musical, based on the beloved animated movie from 20th Century Fox, transports its audience from the twilight of the Russian Empire to the euphoria of Paris in the 1920s, as a brave young woman sets out to discover the mystery of her past. Pursued by a ruthless Soviet officer determined to silence her, Anya enlists the aid of a dashing con man and a lovable ex-aristocrat. Together, they embark on an epic adventure to help her find home, love and family.

Gayman Elementary School

Shawn Ortman, Principal

Jennifer Snyder, Assistant Principal

Jennifer Costello, Office Administrative Assistant

Website: https://www.cbsd.org/gayman
Location: 4440 Point Pleasant Pike, Doylestown, PA, United States
Phone: 2678934350
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Twitter: @CBGaymanES