GES Families,

Thank you for your continued participation in our One School One Book reading program. We have had so much positive feedback from students and families enjoying the book together. This week we are enjoying a fun Spirit Week themed to our reading. We loved seeing all the camo on Monday. Tuesday's theme is community. Let's write positive notes to each other and build our campus community through kindness just like Roz. Wednesday is "Wild Wednesday" and students may wear animal print or an animal costume. Thursday we will celebrate feeling at home at GES with our pajamas! 

To end our Spirit Week, we will have a Glow Day followed by Friday night's Glow Dance! This is a fundraiser for our 5th grade Graduation and Celebration that our PTA helps sponsor each year. Tickets are $5 each and may be purchased at the door if you didn't purchase in advance. There will be dancing in the gym, concessions and glow items for sale in the cafeteria, and a movie in the music room.

Last but not least, there is still plenty of time to enter our Roz and Brightbill Family Contest! This is a completely optional opportunity for those interested in participating. There will be up to 10 prizes awarded! Click the LINK to read more! All entries are due by Feb. 7th when we finish the book. 

If you are new to GES or want to share the resources with other family members who may be supporting your child, you can find our digital resources here: 

• One School One Book: The Wild Robot Parent Letter

• The Wild Robot Reading Calendar

• The Wild Robot Trivia Slips

• The Wild Robot Family Discussion Questions

All my best,

Mrs. Hale

Lunch Visitors

Visitors may join us for lunch with their child if they are signed up in advance HERE. Available Dec 2-19. Please be sure to share our Sign-up link with your family members who wish to come eat with your child. Also, it is critical that anyone coming to lunch with your child, if not accompanying the guardian, is on your child's emergency contact list. 

Lunch guests will sign-in through our secure vestibule with a valid ID, stop by the front office to check-in and receive a visitor badge, and then meet their GES star at the entrance to the cafeteria. Families will have the option to sit outside in the picnic table area for lunch or in our cafeteria at an empty table near the windows. Parents are welcome to bring in outside food when having their lunch with their child. We ask that you please be courteous to the rest of the community and limit lunch visits with your child to no more than one per month so that all families have the opportunity to visit. We appreciate your cooperation. 

Each family needs only 1 slot reserved. For example, Mom, Dad, and sister may all come eat lunch with Nancy. Only Mom needs to be registered as 1 visitor to reserve 1 picnic table together. When it asks for quantity of visitors, please select just 1. Lunch visitors may only eat with their child or student. You may not invite friends to sit with you when coming for lunch. 

Volunteer Background Check

We LOVE our volunteers at GES! This year we are encouraging all families who plan to come to campus and interact with students to go ahead and complete the background check. Volunteers must complete this EACH YEAR beginning in August! It can take 1-2 weeks for your background check to clear. If you plan to be a guest reader, volunteer at a class party, chaperone a field trip, volunteer with PTA, open car doors with our Dad's Club, etc. you will need a completed Background Check!  kjkhkuh

The following link takes you to the online Volunteer Handbook and background check: https://www.gcisd.net/o/gcisd/page/volunteer-background-check 

In order to volunteer at GES, or around GCISD, all volunteers must:

1. read the Volunteer Handbook (this replaces the previous face to face volunteer trainings held on campus)

2. watch the appropriate video included in the handbook

3. electronically sign the verification Google form for each campus you plan to volunteer

4. complete the volunteer background check. A link is included in the handbook.

When you are ready to volunteer at GES, feel free to call the front office at 817-251-5735 to verify that both of the required steps have been recorded as completed. We appreciate your support as you complete these steps and volunteer to work with our GES students.

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