From Our Principal:
IMPORTANT DATES
November 18-27th: SkyTree Book Fair (running on campus)
November 26th: Dress Out Day (pay to participate)
November 27th: Grandparents Day Assembly (Details below)
November 27th: HALF-DAY, Thanksgiving Break Begins
November 28-29th: NO SCHOOL, Thanksgiving Break
December 2: Christmas Showcase, 1st-4th @ 5:00pm
December 5th: Choir Concert @ Without Walls Church 7:00 pm
December 6th: Chapel (K-2 @ 8:35a, 6th-8th @ 9:25a, 3rd-5th @ 10:20a)
December 7th: Pancake Breakfast and Christmas Market @ Val Vista
December 10th: Band Christmas Concert, 5th-8th @ 5:30pm
December 17th: Dress Out Day (pay to participate)
December 19th: Christmas Chapel (K-2 @ 8:35a, 6th-8th @ 9:25a, 3rd-5th @ 10:20a)
December 20th: All Campus Worship @ 8a, GYM
December 20th: HALF-DAY, Early Release (6th-8th @ 10:50a, PK-Kinder @ 11:00a, 1st-2nd @ 11:10a, 3rd-5th @ 11:20a)
December 23rd-January 3rd: No School-Christmas, New Year’s Break
January 6th: No School, Professional Development
January 7th: School Resumes, Quarter 3 Begins
FROM THE HEALTH OFFICE
TO SEND OR NOT TO SEND?
As we enter into cold and flu season, it can be hard to know when to keep your child home. If your child should have any of the following they should be kept home:
*Fever of 100 degrees or higher
*Eyes that have drainage
*Rashes, hives, blisters, skin drainage or other skin abnormalities
*Vomiting
*Diarrhea
If your child has been diagnosed with an infection (strep, etc.) that requires the use of antibiotics they must have been on the antibiotics for 24 hours before they may return to school.
It is safe for them to return to class once they are fever free, no longer vomiting/diarrhea for 24 hours without the use of any medication. During this season you can help to ensure your children stay well by helping to encourage healthy habits such as good nutrition, plenty of rest, adequate hydration, coughing/sneezing into our elbows and most importantly, HAND WASHING, (our best defense against illness). If you have any questions, please contact the Health Office.
SkyTree Book Fair
We are hosting a SkyTree Book Fair from 11/18-11/27. SkyTree is a nonprofit organization committed to family-friendly, rooted in truth, book fairs that let kids be kids. Please see the flier and catalog for more information. We will have most products on hand at time of purchase.
**We are looking for volunteers, if you are interested please sign up HERE
LOST AND FOUND
Our Lost and Found sections are overflowing. Please stop by the elementary and middle school sides of campus to look through them. All items not claimed will be donated at Christmas Break.
GRANDPARENTS DAY
We would like to invite all Grandparent(s) to a special assembly on November 27th. You will be blessed with performances from Pre-K through 5th grade classes to honor YOU! Grandparents RSVP HERE
**Don’t forget to fill out the release permission slip by 7pm on 11/26.
Grandparents may begin arriving at 9:00 am for refreshments by the gym. The program will begin at 9:30 in the Gym. Photo backdrops will be stationed throughout the campus for family pictures after the program. Permission slips will go home soon so that students may be signed out from their classroom after the performance, as this is an Early Dismissal Day. Be sure to visit the Sky Tree Book Fair as part of your morning events in the Office Breezeway.
CANDY GRAMS
STUCO will be selling Christmas Candy Grams for $1.00/each or 11/$10.00 every morning before school from 12/2-12/13. They will be located in front of the middle school gate from 7:15am-7:40am. Parents and students can purchase candy grams and write a sweet note to their child, a friend or staff member on the back. **Please bring exact cash or change to make your purchase.
LEFTOVER CANDY? WE CAN HELP WITH THAT!
Drop off any leftover candy to Mrs. Stanley in the office to contribute to our Annual MS Gingerbread House Decorating Contest in December. Also, if you are able to contribute any other basic items to this event, please sign up HERE and bring them to the front office by December 13th.
YEARBOOK
Order your 2024-2025 Yearbook for $25.00 (now through January 6th), and then prices will go up! To order, go to ybpay.com and enter our School Id: 15329725.
FELLOWSHIP FRIDAYS
In an effort to facilitate an opportunity for parents and kids to fellowship together on campus, we will be opening our playground on most Fridays from 3:30-5 PM. **This is not a school supervised event. Please be prepared to stay and monitor your child. We are only providing a space for Friday fun.
MEAL TRAIN
If your family is in need of the blessing and support of a meal train, or you know a GCS family that would benefit from one, please email: [email protected]
ROOTED IN PRAYER
Please join other parents on Friday mornings from 7:45-8:30 am in the Conference Room to pray over staff and students. If you are unable to attend, please use the link HERE and pray with us, from wherever you are, for these specific individuals and/or classes. “For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” Matthew 18: 20
VOLUNTEERS
Lunchroom: Want to help out in the lunchroom? Check out our Lunchroom Volunteer Sign Up!!
Other Campus Volunteer Opportunities: If you are new or have settled in and are now available to volunteer- please fill out this form to see how you can get involved.
Staff Meeting Snacks: If you’d like to help provide snacks for any of the All Staff Meetings this year, please use the link HERE to sign up.
*Volunteers who already have an Approved Background Check for the 23/24 year, DO NOT need to fill a Volunteer Agreement or Background Check for the 24/25 next year. They’re good for 2 years. Only NEW families need to fill one out.
DRIVELINE
During the AM and PM driveline please make sure to use your blinker as you are entering and exiting the curb line. It greatly helps our driveline staff, the family’s walking along the driveline, and those trying to cross the street at the end of the driveline. We appreciate your partnering as we try to load kids as quickly and safely as possible.
STAFF CHRISTMAS PARTY RAFFLE
We’re collecting donations for the Staff Raffle Party. If you would like to bless our staff & create a raffle basket or donate items, we are collecting them in the front office starting now through 12/2. We appreciate all they do for our students & can’t wait to bless them at their Staff Christmas Party. Ask the front office if you have any questions, or email [email protected].
