News and Updates

• We hope your family can join us for this year's GSES Family Fall Festival on Friday, November 10th. Tickets are pre-sale only, $10 per person (2 and under free), and include access to 11 fun bouncies, petting zoo, crafts, and other activities. We also have several food truck options for snacks and treats. We look forward to seeing you all Friday for a great night of family fun!

  • The festival will be set up along the playground side and back of the school. Plan to check-in and enter the festival at the side parking lot beside the playground. Golf carts may park along the cut-through road between GSES and WJMS. Other vehicles may park in the GSES or WJMS parking lots.

  • Click HERE to pre-order tickets (on sale through November 8th).

  • We are still in need of volunteers to help with the event. Are you able to work a shift during the evening? Click HERE if you can help!

• We look forward to honoring our GSES veterans and active service members during Friday's Veterans Day program. We hope all of our students will wear red, white, and blue to help show our appreciation.  If your family completed the RSVP form that you will be attending the ceremony, please look for an email early this week with information about check-in and parking.

• Our GSES Student Technology Competition will take place this Friday, November 10th. Participating 3rd-5th grade students should plan to have their electronic projects easily accessible (such as in their Google Drive), as well as have their prepared speech practiced and ready to present. The resources below include some helpful suggestions for project planning. Please contact Mrs. Gassman (monica.gassman@jcss.us) if you have any questions.

  • Technology Competition website (including project rubrics)

  • Technology Competition Speech Planning Template

• Congratulations to our Claw of the Month--YELLOW CLAW! They received the most PBIS positive behavior tickets for the month of September!

• We have an opening for a Copy Crew volunteer TOMORROW, 11/06. If you are available to fill this need, please sign up HERE.

• Families may now sign up to join your child for lunch at GSES. Please read the guidelines at the top of the form carefully before signing up. Click HERE to select your spot for November or December.

• Attention, adventurers! Our Book Blast event starts next week where we will set off in search of treasure to build our students' home libraries. Follow the steps on the Treasure Map (coming home Tuesday) to embark on an epic quest to earn exciting rewards and books!