GTE Monthly Newsletter

This school year has been one filled with learning, laughter, hard-work, and fun. I want to take a moment to thank each of you for giving me grace during my first year at GTE. I am excited for the new initiatives we have coming next year, including new literacy resources, Leader in Me, and a new student information system. I anticipate meeting new students and staff and welcoming those of us returning.

But for now, let's enjoy the last few weeks of school making memories and celebrating!

May 6-May 10- Staff Appreciation Week

May 7- 2nd Grade Field Trip to Botanical Garden

May 8- PTO Meeting (3:35 p.m. in GTE Art Room)

May 14 & 15- GTE Used Book Sale

May 14- GTE PTO Ice Cream Social & Used Book Sale (5:45 p.m.-7:00 p.m.)

May 17- GTE Talent Show (9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.; 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.)

May 20- Kindergarten End of Year Celebration (1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.)

May 23- GTE Field Day

May 27- Memorial Day: No School

May 30- Fifth Grade Celebration

May 30- Fifth Grade Clap Out (12:30 p.m.)

May 30- Last Day of School, Early Release (school dismisses at 1:20 p.m.)

We're excited to have some flexibility in our calendar that allows us to move up our last day of school for all students this year. View the updated Academic Calendar on the district website. Read more.

Click above for a link to the GTE supply lists.

• Our building is open at 8:05 a.m. each morning and school starts at 8:20 a.m. If your child is eating breakfast, please bring them to school early enough to eat before the day begins. Students who are eating breakfast should report to the cafeteria before going to class.
• If you would like your child to celebrate his or her birthday at school, we encourage non edible treats. If you prefer an edible option, we only permit items purchased through our Child Nutrition Department. Click here for the order form.
• All visitors must check-in at the office to go through our Raptor screening. This pertains to anyone entering the building for any reason. When you arrive in a WSD building as a visitor, you will be asked to scan your ID, take a photo and complete the management system’s check-in process.
  

• Raptor will screen the information against sex offender databases and locally customized lists of banned or potentially threatening individuals, instantly alert school officials to a threatening presence, and maintain a searchable log of all visitors.

• Once approved, you will get a customized visitor badge to wear while in the building.

• If your child's dismissal plan changes, please notify the office prior to 2:30 p.m.

To report an absence please call (636-625-5600 Option #1) or email (attendance.greentree@wsdr4.org) with the reason for the absence.

We have a variety of items in the GTE Lost and Found. Click the videos below to view missing items. Any items not claimed by May 28 will be donated.

Lost and Found Size Small

Lost and Found Size Medium

Lost and Found Size Large/XL

MAP Testing begins May 7 for fourth and fifth grades and May 13 for third grade. Please make sure your child gets a good night's rest, eats a filling breakfast each day, and brings a snack for testing breaks. Parents should make every effort for your child to attend school during testing. If your child must be absent, please notify the office so we can plan for make-up testing as soon as possible.

To the Families of our Students,

Our school will be administering the Measurable Results Assessment (MRA), a survey and reporting system designed to provide insights into the progress of our school. We hope you will participate so we can use the feedback to make our school an even better place for students and families.

WHAT: Family Survey

● Survey typically takes about 5 minutes to complete

● Questions relate to the experiences you and your child have at our school.

● Answers are anonymous--to encourage people to be honest and open, no names and other identifying information will be collected.

WHEN: The survey is now available for you to take through May 24, 2024.

HOW: The survey can be taken from any computer, smartphone, or tablet with internet access,

● Click the link here.

Thank you for helping Green Tree grow together!

We are excited to announce our theme for Staff Appreciation Week this year! This year we will be celebrating our staff at Green Tree on the national staff appreciation week which is May 6 - May 10. We are looking forward to helping make Green Tree Shimmer for our Green Tree: The Appreciation Tour week. To make this week special, we need your help on a few days. Thank you in advance for your help in treating our staff!

Wednesday

We are in need of a few items to complete our Soup-erstar and Are You [B]ready For It day! These items can be signed up for on our sign up sheet HERE

Thursday

We are throwing a GTE Tailgate party for lunch! Please help us by signing up for various appetizer type foods to create a fun day for the staff. SIGN UP HERE

Student Activity

Your student(s) will be coming home with one coloring sheet that they can fill out for any staff member at GTE. Please have your student return these to the office for our PTO team to put up to surprise the staff. Please see the attached PDF if your student would like to create multiple for our amazing staff members.

Thank you for helping Green Tree PTO in making this an amazing week for our staff.