Our third-graders have been working hard today!
Miss Duckworth's class learned about the scientific method through "The Great Cookie Dunk" lab in science today. 🍪
And in Miss Speck's class, students are working on creating their own timelines for social studies! 📍
Fact Frenzzzzy in Mr. Rinehart's 4th-grade math classes today! Students "rolled" dice on Google and preformed one of the operations for them! ➕➖➗✖️
Don't let kids tell you math isn't fun 😉
Caught up with Mr. Willeke's 3rd-grade gym class today (Miss Speck's homeroom) as they completed partner challenges - they had to complete each task with a different classmate each time! They are working on not only fitness, but collaborating with peers to get tasks done ✅
Picture day is almost here! Prepare those bright smiles for THIS Friday 📸
Order some using the form sent home or https://my.lifetouch.com/mylifetouch/#/ using the code: EVITOKHQC
There is no campus wear on this day - but clothes must be school appropriate! 👕
Our school is getting PUMPED for our running competition this year. So much so that 5th-grader Keegan came back from our assembly and made this!!
A reminder that ALL year, ALL Fridays a students can wear a SHIRT representing their House color!
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Mrs. Garver's multi-age classroom did their first science experiment of the year, and these kiddos made elephant toothpaste! 🐘 They started by gathering their supplies. making a hypothesis what will happen when everything is mixed together, and then watched to see if they were right 👀
Our library/media center is a busy, busy place these days!
🏈 Jaxin, Max and Grady research pigskins and create a 3D print. Miss Campbell's classroom.
📚 Our school shelvers hard at work. Joslyn, Kaidyn and Mackenzie.
☕️ Skyla paints a mug in Makerspace
🐰 Elaina studies various animal tales.
✍️ Carson is rewriting a screenplay.
And just like that, it's September already! Check out our GIS September newsletter 🧡
Get the smiles ready, Lifetouch will be here Friday, September 8th for picture day! 📸 Forms will be coming home shortly, or pre-order using the QR code/link in picture. There is no campus wear on this day - but clothes must be school appropriate! 👕
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This year we are implementing HOUSES! A friendly competition in which students "battle" to be the top house. Classrooms can earn Tiger Paws for positive, whole-class behavior from any adult in our building; the most earned combined in their house, will get a surprise monthly!
On FRIDAYS, students can wear any school-appropriate shirt within their HOUSE color! Each homeroom has a designated House they belong to, so please make sure they are wearing that color on Fridays or their campus wear.
And special shout out to our GHS Cheerleaders and Roary for stopping by for our assembly today!
Today was a special day!
Mrs. Rundell, our attendance secretary, rang our bell in honor of her 3-year-old grandson, Mark, who also got to ring the bell for entering in remission for his Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma 💚
Ms. Prince and Ms. Showecker came to celebrate as they sent cards previously to Mark while in the hospital getting his treatments 🔔
As a district, we will continue to prioritize safety, explore the best methods, and ensure that current safety measures are accurately functioning. Friday afternoon (9/1) at approximately 1:30 p.m., Galion City School District will conduct a districtwide lockdown drill to assess the recently installed Centegix CrisisAlert system, which notifies district administrators and first responders in an emergency. This drill will be the first district wide test of the system for the 2023-2024 school year. The Galion Police Department will participate in the exercise to ensure the communication is received and dispatched properly.
Practicing the procedures and systems we have in place ensures that they work as they should. We will continue to communicate with families regarding safety practices and updates to our procedures.
We understand our families may have missed our request for "headphones" at the top of our supply lists. It wasn't stated in each grade-level lists - and we apologize!
We do need students to have WIRED (plugged-in) headphones. They can be in-the-ear (earbuds) or over-the-ear 🎧
If you are able, please try your best to pick a pair up for your student as soon as possible!
Alexa, Lillya, and Addy of Miss Campbell's 5th grade visit Makerspace. Their Inquiry: What makes a game fun?
I know what makes Makerspace fun, and that's Mr. Lehman!
5th-graders, Adalynn and Kiley, from Miss Campbell's classroom visit Makerspace to determine Earth's distance from the Sun (93.79 Million miles) ☀️ look at these STEM ladies go!
Students in Ms. Prince & Ms. Showecker’s 5th grade class created a mystery collaborative poster this week.
Once each student colored their piece of the poster it was assembled to create a “We Can Do It!” mural. Then students thought about goal setting and what they want to achieve in the first quarter of a new school year. They placed their goals on post-it notes and placed them on our goal setting mural.
We can’t wait to see these goals accomplished 🙌
Did you know we partner with Health Partners of Western Ohio to provide school-based dental care - at no out of pocket cost! 🦷
They will be on-site on February 6th, 2024 this year at GIS for all those who sign up for a cleaning!
Consent forms will be heading home with your students shortly. Please fill out and return to our office if you're interested.
Caught a few snaps of our 3rd-graders enjoying their Friday Club last week 🐯
Vocabulary, spelling, and problem solving, OH MY!
Mrs. Guy 5th-grade ELA classes did a word ladder for their learning this week 🪜
Mr. Rinehart's 4th-grade Math classes spent some time this week reviewing their math facts. We love seeing those math brains working! ⚙️
