Grizzly Gazzette

Good evening Grizzly families,

Today Gilberts Elementary honored our Veterans! Our amazing 5th Graders lined our front walkway with flags and presented the significance of the white table to each classroom. We would like to send a huge thank you to all the families who submitted family member veterans to be honored in our Hall of Heroes! We actually had to turn it into "Halls" of Heros. Check out the Gilberts Facebook Page for pictures.

Please don't forget to sign up for Parent Teacher Conferences. The PTC Wizard platform will close next Friday November 20th. See below for information on how to login and schedule conferences.

Sincerely,

Pamela Zierk

Prinicpal

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November 18 - PTO Meeting at 5:30 p.m. (Virtual Link in the PTO Corner Below)

November 23 & 24 - Parent Teacher Conferences

November 25 - 27 - Fall Break - Offices/School Closed

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December 8 - Kindergarten Concert 5:45pm

December 9 - Late Start at 10:00 a.m.

December 14 - 5th Grade Band and Rrchestra Concert 6:30pm

December 18 - End of 2nd Quarter

December 21 - January 1 - Winter Break, No Student Attendance, Main Office Closed

January 4 - Classes Resume

Parent-teacher conferences will be taking place on November 23rd and 24th. This year, sign up will be online using PTC Wizard. The following information will help you to make this as smooth a process as possible:

• Parent-Teacher Conferences are scheduled via the web at https://app.ptcwizard.com/ges300/login
• Use your username in PowerSchool parent portal as your username and password to access the PTC Wizard account for scheduling
• Conferences will occur on Monday, November 23 from 11:00 AM- 8:00 PM
• Conferences will occur on Tuesday, November 24 from 8:00 AM until 1:00 PM
• You have from Friday, November 6 at 10AM through Friday, November 20 at 12 noon to schedule your conference.
• Instructions on signing up for conferences can be found here.
• If you have problems registering from the on-line directions, please contact the office at 224-484-5900
• If you do not have online access, the office can manually schedule your child’s conference for you.

Parent-teacher conferences play a vital role in the success of children. We strongly encourage you to participate in conferences and look forward to seeing you.

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED! PLEASE REGISTER AND CONSIDER DONATING TO HELP SUPPORT THE GILBERTS PTO! Raise Craze is a unique way for us to raise money for our school while making an impact in our community. During this fundraiser, students ask friends and family for donations via the online Raise Craze platform while paying it forward serving others. What a great way for us to teach our students the importance of kindness and gratitude while raising much needed funds. Students will spend time serving, not selling! REGISTER: https://raisecraze.com/join CODE: 022-173 1. 2. 3. Enter your student’s name Select at least 3 Acts of Kindness Enter 5-10 email addresses of potential supporters.

Your support and donations will help raise funds for the Gilberts PTO. They will use these funds to support programs, students and staff at Gilberts.

Thank you to all of our parents, students, teachers and volunteers who helped make our Book Fair such a HUGE success! With your support our school has earned over

$4800 in new books for our Library!

A special thanks to our volunteers:

Kate Liston, Kelly Wede, Kristin Kilian, Kenneth Lateer,

Amy Johnson, Jenn Jesse, Megan Martin, Colleen Cohn,

Diana Scifo, Rachel Pelkey, Gigi Sutton, Chris Snider,

Brandi Kopecky, Mike Kopecky, Payton Kopecky, TJ Kopecky,

Lauren McManaman, Emily Ryan, Stephanie Schleehauf,

Jaclyn Lynch, Adriane Schauf-Richardson and Jordan Yousif.

We couldn’t have done it without you! 💗

I am excited to announce the Dental Clinic will be returning in December. Please be on the lookout next week for paper dental clinic forms if you are interested in your child receiving a checkup. Here are digital copies for your reference.

Carrie Rodebeck BSN, RN, CSN-PEL

PH: 224-484-5911

Carrie.Rodebeck@d300.org