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GARRISONVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
February 5, 2024
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February 5, 2024
Jump Rope For Heart
Our school's PE program is holding our annual Jump Rope For Heart Fundraiser for the American Heart Association! There is still time to visit www.heart.org/Schools to register your Gator (for free!) and to complete Finn's Mission
Our goal is to raise $10,000 for the American Heart Association, and we are already over halfway there!
If we reach our goal of $10,000, all students who complete Finn's Mission will get the opportunity to cover Mr. Sargent in slime! Students can collect online donations or bring in cash or checks on February 14th. All of our donations help individuals and families dealing with heart health related issues. Thank you for your help with our life saving fundraiser!
We will wrap up our program on February 14th by wearing red or pink to show support for the American heart Association.
Gator Week Spirit Days
Gator Week is coming! We will be sending a full SPECIAL EDITION Gator Gram this week but wanted to let our families know about the spirit days for planning purposes.
Monday: Word Parade (Dress up as a word from the book, Stella Diaz Never Gives Up)
Tuesday: Tourist Tuesday (Dress up as a tourist or traveler, or wear something to represent a place you have been or would like to visit.)
Wednesday: Wacky Wednesday (Make a crazy mismatched outfit with your clothes!)
Thursday: Students Voted, We Listened! Pajama Day! (Wear your school appropriate pajamas, slippers, and/or robe to school!)
Friday: Super GATOR Spirit (Wear as much orange and green as possible!)
Book Fair
The Scholastic Book Fair is coming! We are very excited to hold the Book Fair in our beautiful school library. The book fair will run from February 26th - March 1st. This is a great time to purchase books and other materials for your children. Book fair is a fun and happy event for the whole family to enjoy! All the money we raise from the book fair helps to enhance the school library by allowing us to purchase new books, items for our makerspace and books for our storywalk!
Book Fair dates: February 26 - March 1, 2024
∗ Open for students to shop during the school day
∗ Open for family members to shop daily from 12:30 - 2:00 (Entrance-Library Door)
∗ Open after school on Tuesday, February 27th from 3:30-5:00
Online shopping is open 2/26 - 3/10 at https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/garrisonvilleelemschool
You can set up an e-wallet for your child(ren), by visiting https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/content/fairs/ewallet.html
If you would like to volunteer, please reach out to Ms. Golles (gollesmt@staffordschools.net).Our mission is to create Super Gator Readers! We hope to see you there!
Updates from PTO
Sweethearts Dance is this Friday, February 9th from 6pm-8pm! We are looking forward to having a fun night of dancing with you and your Gators. Please come dressed to impress! We will be accepting payments at the door the day of event. Please be on the look out for another email this week.
Next PTO Meeting is February 13th at 5:30pm and will be 100% virtual. Please use the following link to join! https://meet.google.com/exx-audf-yzu
If you ordered a Sweetheart Pizza Kit from Zibibbo 2757 Jeff Davis Highway, please pick it up at the restaurant on February 15th between 4-7pm.
GES PTO Bingo Night
PTO is in the process of planning our BINGO night on April 5th. Please consider filling out this form so we may gauge interest for the event.
Get Rid of Litter 3-D Art Contest
In collaboration with the R-Board, Stafford County Public Schools calls all student artists to participate in a community-wide anti-littering and pro-recycling 3-D art contest!
Submissions are due on March 20, 2024.
Prizes will be awarded in each of the folowing catergories:
Elementary K-5
Middle School 6-8
High School 9-12
A Community Choice Award will also be voted at the Festival!
For more information and to get an entry form, please visit the Stafford School website. https://www.staffordschools.net/Page/34164
AM Car Rider Drop Off
Please make sure if dropping off your Gator in the morning that you follow our AM car rider path to the back of the school. Please do not drop off Gators in the front of the building while car riders is open. We have buses moving and middle school staff parking in the front, which create a safety risk for our students coming from various directions. The car rider line moves super fast once we start allowing students to come in at 8:05 am and closes at 8:20am. Please bring your students into the office and sign them in if there is no staff member outside.
We appreciate you helping us keep everyone safe!
Reminder of Office Pick Ups/ Early Release
The safety of our Gators is our number one priority. Please make sure our front office staff is made aware of all schedule changes, such as the need to pick up early or a change in afternoon dismissal plans. Please remember that when needing to pick up your children early from school, the last office pick up is at 2:15 pm, or families will need to wait for car riders to start at 2:50 pm. Our office is very busy after 2:15 as we prepare to dismiss over 750 children and we do not want to miss getting your child home via your intended route. Thank you for your understanding!
Reporting an Absence
The online form can also be found on the GES website.
Did you know that children who are chronically absent in preschool, kindergarten, and first grade are much less likely to read on grade level by the third grade?
Visitors
Save the Date!
February 7 | ASE Session 2 of 4: 3:10-4:40 pm
February 9 | PTO Sweethearts Dance 6-8 pm
February 13 | Virtual PTO Meeting 5:30 pm
February 14 | Jump Rope for Heart Donations Due - Wear Pink/Red
February 14 | ASE Session 3 of 4: 3:10-4:40 pm
February 16 I No School - Staff Professional Development Day
February 19 I No School - Offices Closed
February 21 | ASE Session 4 of 4: 3:10-4:40 pm
February 26 - March 1 | Gator Week
February 26 - March 1 | Book Fair Open
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Garrisonville Elementary School
Email: whiteam1@staffordschools.net
Website: https://www.staffordschools.net/Domain/13
Location: 100 Wood Drive, Stafford, VA, USA
Phone: 540-658-6260
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gesgators/
Twitter: @GESGATOR