Gayman Gazette

A shout out to second grade! Every second-grade class wrote a book on what kindness looks like and sounds like. They published their literary thinking in a hard bound book!

• Tuesday, March 14th @ 11:55AM: Early Dismissal/ End of 2nd Trimester
  
• Wednesday, March 15th @ 3:35PM: Kids Care Club: Travis Manion Foundation
• Thursday, March 16th @ 2:30PM: 2nd Trimester Mustang of the Day Celebration
• Thursday, March 16th @ 5:30PM: 2nd/3rd Grade Adult & Child Book Club
• Friday, March 17th: Gayman Lucky Spirit Day! Wear green!
• Friday, March 17th: Registration due for the Color Run
• Monday, March 20th: Yearbook Cover Contest Submissions Due (For 6th Grade)
• Tuesday, March 21st @ 7:45AM: Brass & Percussion Band Practice
• Wednesday, March 22nd @ 3:30-4:30PM: iRun for Life Training
• Thursday, March 23rd: Health Instruction Forms due for 5th & 6th Grade Students
• Thursday, March 23rd @ 5:30PM: 2nd/3rd Grade Adult & Child Book Club
• Saturday, March 25th @ 7:00AM-2:00PM: Dine & Donate at Borough Bagels
• Monday, March 27th @ 11:00AM: 2nd Trimester Grades posted in Parent Portal
• Monday, March 27th & Tuesday, March 28th @ 11:55AM: Early Dismissal/ Parent & Teacher Conferences/ No Kindergarten
• Tuesday, March 28th @ 7:45AM: Band Practice
• Wednesday, March 29th: AM Kindergarten Attends/ PM Kindergarten Conferences
• Thursday, March 30th: AM Kindergarten Conferences/ PM Kindergarten Attends
• Thursday, March 30th: Assembly: The Power of Yet featuring Jim "Basketball" Jones
• Thursday, March 30th: Spirit Day: Wear jerseys or Gayman gear to show your team spirit!
• Friday, March 31st: March Madness Spirit Day: Celebrate "Cinderella stories" by donating $1 and wearing slippers and/or pajamas. All proceeds go to Roxy Readers.

• GHSA Color Run Registration
• GHSA Color Run Volunteers/Donations
• GHSA Spring Teachers' Luncheon Sign Up Genius
• iRun for Life Registration Information
• Kindergarten/New Family Registration Information
• March Elementary Breakfast Menu
• March Elementary Lunch Menu
• Yearbook Cover Design Contest (For 6th Grade Students)
• Yearbook Ordering Information

Every day one Gayman staff member selects one student to be our "Mustang of the Day"! Students are selected for demonstrating one of the "Gayman 5" character traits: respect, responsibility, kindness, perseverance, and cooperation.

Congratulations to Trent Graber, William Thomas, and Ava Liberatore!

Recently, Mrs. Christine Stevens accepted a position as the Assistant Principal's secretary at Tohickon Middle School. Please join me in wishing her well in this promotion!

We are pleased to announce that Mrs. Jennie Temple will be our new Attendance Secretary. Mrs. Temple has been working at Gayman Elementary School as an educational assistant in special education. We are delighted that she is moving into this new role! Congratulations, Mrs. Stevens and Mrs. Temple!

Goodbye and good luck, Mrs. Stevens! We will see you at Tohickon Middle School.

Next week, you will receive a letter communicating that your child will be participating in health instruction in the coming weeks. Prior to instruction, we ask for parent/guardian consent from elementary parents/guardians.

Once you receive the form, please complete it and return by March 23rd to your child’s homeroom teacher.

The Health Office has seen an increase in the number of students with normal cold symptoms, as well as GI illnesses. Below is a reminder of the illness policy in Central Bucks. If your child becomes ill at school and meets the criteria below, one of the nurses will call the first person on the emergency contact list to arrange for a pickup.

If your child is sick at home, and you are unsure if they should return, feel free to call the Health Office, or email me and we can talk it through.

Central Bucks reserves the right to exclude children from school based on the following criteria:

1. Illness that prevents the child from participating in activities.
2. Fever (100.4 or higher). Students may not return to school until free of fever without fever medication for 24 hours.
3. Diarrhea or vomiting during the previous 24 hours. Student may not return to school until their appetite has returned to normal.
4. Rash with a fever.
5. Other conditions deemed appropriate after assessment by the certified school nurse and/or the staff nurse.

Stay Healthy!

Sara Hedges RN, MSN, CSN

Shedges@CBSD.org

Gayman Health Office 267-893-4360

Flex those "grit" muscles! Ms. Hendrickson, our student support counselor, led our Town Hall meeting on Perseverance. This "Gayman 5" character trait is the focus for March and April.

In reading, our kindergarten students learned about characters. They used their text evidence to find the name of each character and draw a picture.

Our second-grade students are reading biographies. This week, they learned how authors use pictures, as text features, to explain the story.

The 5th grade students in Mr. Maduzia's class tested their innovative boat designs using rain gutters as tracks, and bottles or milk cartons as boats.

And the fastest boat was.... Ethan's! His boat was the "first ever" wind-powered winner!

The Family Fun Color Run which will be held on April 21st at 6pm 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 March 17th. In addition to the run there will be music, face painting, outdoor games, snacks and LOTS OF FUN!

• Registration Form: SIGN UP HERE
• Cost: The cost is $20 per participant (includes T-shirt and medal).
• Venmo: @Gayman-Homeand School
• Cash: Send in envelope to school marked Color Run/Student Name
• Volunteers/Donations: Volunteers/Donations Sign Up Here
• Raffle Basket Donations: We are trying something new and having the raffle baskets made/donated by each of our neighborhoods. And don't worry, if you aren't in a neighborhood, we have a group for you too! Please find the sign-up genius below that best fits your location. If you send items to school, please label it with your "group name." Thank you in advance for your contributions!

• Summer Hill/Summer Meadow Click Here! "Summer Time Fun"
• John Dyer Way Click Here! "Just Dine & Wine"
• Buckingham Estates Click Here! "Beach Day"
• The Ridings of Buckingham Click Here! "Philly Fans and Food Lovers"
• Fox Hunt/Country Ridge Click Here! " Backyard Cookout"
• Garden Village/Plumstead Chase/Point Pleasant Pike Click Here! "Let's Garden"
• Durham Ridge Click Here! "Arts & Crafts"
• Not in a Neighborhood Click Here! "Bored No More"

Do you have a 6th grader child who would like to design the cover for the yearbook? It is time for our Yearbook Cover Design Contest.

All submissions are due March 20th. See below for more details!

Registration for sign up is FULL! For those who registered please register your child for the Gayman iRun4Life running program by going to https://irun4life.com/ and clicking on "After School Running Program" and then "Parents: Register your kids" link. It's that simple! Once you have registered on the Portal please submit payment of $30.00 per child (cash or check) made out to Gayman iRun4Life School Director, Lauren Lennon. All payments must be received by March 17th please.

First day will be Wednesday, March 22nd (3:30pm - 4:30pm). Parents please plan to pick up your child from the playground pavilion at 4:30pm.

Any questions please email Lauren Lennon at lauren.lennon@hotmail.com

Mark your calendars! This is your opportunity to support a local business and 20% of all proceeds will be donated to our Home & School Association.

• March 25th from 7am - 2pm
• Borough Bagels (132 Veterans Lane, Doylestown PA)
• 20% of ALL proceeds go to GHSA

It is time to order your GAYMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL yearbook and customize two free pages for your child. Information on how to order (with our school code) and how to customize pages can be found below.

All orders must be placed by April 15th.

Home and School is hosting a luncheon for the Teachers and Staff to kick off conference week on March 27th.

We will be providing a TACO bar and need a few additional items. If you would like to contribute, please Click Here!

Click here for the CBSD New Student Registration page including necessary documents to gather in order to register your kindergarten students.

Once your child is registered, then tell us about your son/daughter! We invite you to complete our Kindergarten Welcome Survey found on our New Families Resources Page.

NOTE: Requests for morning or afternoon kindergarten are determined on a first come - first serve basis. Priority is also given to a request with a documented need by the parents' employers.

All absences may be entered through the Parent Portal. Click here for more information, including directions on how to upload a student absence: Managing Student Attendance.

For important and specific information regarding the attendance procedures and policies set forth by state code, please click here: Parent handbook (cbsd.org) (Pages 8-9)

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