Pennies for Playground!

If you have extra change floating around at your house, car, drawers bring them into school!  YEP Pennies for Playground!  This year there has been a committee meeting regarding a New and Improved Playground!  Each homeroom teacher has a jar that you can donate your Pennies!  This will be an on-going process and the great thing is that a committee of students whom have been apart of the committee will help design GSES playground! Michelle McReynolds (teacher) and Amy Connerton (parent volunteer) are persons you can contact for more information or volunteers to help this wonderful process! 

2012-2013 PTA Officers!

For the upcoming year of 2012-2013 PTA Members we voted at the last PTA meeting!
President - Jessica Stott
Vice President - Katie Winder
Secretary - Amy Connerton
Treasurer - Tina Schrader

Thanks to all who attended and a BIG THANKS for our upcoming officers for next year!

March GSES Grizzly Alerts

There is some great information that is going on with the school!  Please read the March 2012 GSES Grizzly Alerts!  It is a great way to know what is going on in each grade level in addition to just general information!

3rd Grade Team CO-Sponsoring Kids Night Out

Come support the 3rd Grade Team! They are CO-Sponsoring Kids Night Out!
Date: 1-20-2012
Time: 6:00 to 9:00pm
Where: GSES Cafeteria
Movie: Kung Fu Panda 2
Pizza, Drinks, and Desserts Provided / Advance tickets are available for $10/child or $25 for family of 3+ kiddos. Tickets are available at the door for $15/child or $30/family. See you then!

PTA Meeting Monday, 9th, 2012

Happy New Year, Grizzlies! A quick update for upcoming events: January PTA meeting is at 5:30 p.m. January 9th, followed by our fundraising committee meeting from 6:30-7:30. Come for one or both - FREE CHILDCARE! Volunteers are wildly needed and greatly appreciated to help with our spring event - please let us know if you can help. :) Our January Kid's Night Out will be held Friday, January 20th hosted by the third grade team. More details coming soon!

PTA Meeting - Monday, Dec 12th from 5:30 to 6:30 pm

Hello GSES community -

Happy holidays!

Join us Monday, December 12 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. for our monthly PTA meeting in the GSES library. As always, we'll be offering FREE CHILDCARE! It's going to include a great, informative presentation by RE1 Assistant Superintendent Brad Ray on the new gradebook system in the Parent Portal. This is a fabulous resource for keeping tabs on all of your RE-1 students' progress in their classes - not just at GSES but district-wide.

Following our regular PTA meeting, we'll have a short planning session for our Fundraising Committee. In order to continue to provide the level of support to our school and students that we have in the past, WE NEED MORE VOLUNTEERS! The fundraising committee will meet from approximately 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the latest. If you can pop by and help in any way, it would be very much appreciated!!!

Here's a quick rundown of Monday's agenda:

Be sure to invite a friend - we'd can't to see you there!

5:30 p.m. PTA Meeting
1) Welcome / Call To Order
2) 30 minute Q&A session on Parent Portal Gradebook (Brad Ray, Assistant Superintendent)
3) Volunteer Coordinator Update
4) Treasurer Update
5) Meet the team - SPED & Title Teachers
6) Close

Fundraising Committee Agenda - following the regular PTA meeting. Come for one or both!
1) Welcome/Call To Order
2) 30 minute Brainstorming Session
3) Set Committee Chairs
4) Set Committee Goals & Next Meeting Date
5) Close

***Our goal is to do a large fundraiser in the spring for our school wish list items. In order to put on a large event like our Pasta La Vista pasta dinner/silent auction last April, WE NEED YOUR HELP! Instead of overwhelming every PTA agenda with fundraising items, we need to set up a separate fundraising committee that would meet outside of the PTA meetings and report to the PTA board. REMEMBER: Any help you can provide is fantastic! Please let myself or Katie know if this is something you can assist with. Even if you can't make the meeting, we can still find a spot for you!***

Thank you to each and every one of you! Your support this year has been amazing - we couldn't do it without you!

Sincerely,

Jessica Stott
GSES PTA President
319-6620
stottfamily4@gmail.com

Moving On!

All you wonderful Grizzly Parents, hopefully you had the opportunity to read the latest and greatest GSES Grizzly Alert - Dec - Jan. 2011-2012.  There is some great information regarding the process of "Moving On" We encourage you as a parent to continue to communicate with your child (s) teachers on your child (s) progression in their education.  The next accountability meeting will be Jan 5th, 2012 hope to see you there so we can continue the discussion "Moving On"