First Grade News

**Returning Student Enrollment for the 2024-2025 School Year Continues in Skyward (see below)

4/23.............No Campus Visitors (STAAR Testing in Upper Grades) 

4/25.............Library Books Due

4/26.............Math Homework Due

4/26.............Field Day (see below)

4/29.............End of Year Assessments Begin

5/1................All Read Across Texas Recording Sheets are Due

5/21.............1st Grade Awards 8am

Field Day is next Friday! We are looking forward to having families on campus to cheer us on during each of our events. First grade events are scheduled to begin at 8:30 and we will be finished up by 12:00. You are welcome to check your first grader out with his or her teacher once our events are complete and start your weekend early. Each first grade teacher will have a sign out sheet for her own class. Please keep in mind that students will only be check out to his or her parents. We are unable to check students out to parents of a friend (only emergency contacts).

Here are some ways to prepare for the big day:

• wear tennis shoes and socks

• send a water bottle labeled with your child's name

• apply sunscreen as needed before school

• wear a hat, if desired

• shorts and short sleeves may be more comfortable since we will be spending time outside

• apply bug spray as needed

• consider putting long hair in a ponytail or braids to help stay cool

Our first grade field day event schedule is listed below:

8:30-9:00  Scooter Relay (back loop)

9:00-9:30  Musical Hoops (gym)

9:30-10:00  Dance Party/ B & P Throw

10:00-10:30  Triathlon (front loop)

10:30-11:00  Olympic Relay (behind playground)

11:00-11:30  Flag Tag (back field)

11:30-12:00  50 Yard Relay (side field)

*we will share a map before the big day

End of Year reading assessments will begin at the end of April. In order to prepare for success, please continue to practice reading homework books for at least 20 minutes each evening.

If your child needs to miss school, please report the absence to Tyla, Aguilar, our Student Data Secretary. She will code your child's absence for school record keeping purposes. You may report the absence by phone our email using the contact information below. 

• email:  tyla.aguilar@gcisd.net

• phone:  (817)251-5661

*You are welcome to include your child's teacher in any communication regarding absences, too.

If you visit the doctor or dentist with your child and receive an office visit/return to school note, send it to school upon your child's return. Your child's teacher will be sure it gets delivered to the office for updating attendance records.

• Read homework books nightly

• Record minutes spent reading on the Read Across Texas recording sheet

• Math homework is due each Friday

• Return library books each Thursday

• Send a fully charged iPad to school each day

• Send a healthy snack to school each day

• Place "just in case" clothing in your child's backpack

• If you plan to attend school events such as class parties, family picnics, awards, grade level programs and more during the school year, you will need to complete a GCISD Volunteer Background Check. GCISD Volunteer Background Check

In order of appearance...

Top Row:  Emma Ackels, Amy Hisel & Sheri Thompson

Middle Row:  Valeria Carrasco (Dual Language)

Bottom Row:  Valeria Hernandez (Dual Language)