CES Weekly Communicator

Good afternoon, Chapelfield families.

This was a busy week! We had several field trips, PAWS breakfast, PBIS celebrations, learning communities, and Middle School West readers came to visit kindergarten. Today, we ended the week with our April celebration for PAWS. We recognized students who WORKED HARD and SHOWED RESPECT! In addition, we celebrated Mrs. Gilzow for WORKING COLLABORATIVELY and Mrs. Long for having a STUDENTS FIRST mindset.

The best part of today was our Learning Communities that we call PACKS. Teachers shared a passion project with their packs. I was able to offer tennis class to 2 classes with my own tennis coach! Other students made friendship bracelets, walked on the track, played soccer, took a nature walk, painted, science boxes, worked out, played games or made crafts to name a few activities. Please ask your child what they did. We have some talented educators at Chapelfield who help make sure each child feels connected at our school.

I hope to see many of you at the PTO carnival tonight. Please have an adult with your child for supervision. That will make the event run smoothly.

Have a great weekend.

Sincerely,

Nikki Miller

Field Day 2024 is approaching and will take place on May 22nd. In the past, we have held 2 sessions, and we are going to continue this trend. Each session will be 2 hours each. 3rd-5th will go in the morning from 9-11a.m. K-2 will be in the afternoon from 12:15-2:15 p.m. We will have 10 different stations, and are hoping to get at least 2 volunteers per station to run them.

Morning volunteers – I am going to ask that you arrive at 8:30AM and stay till 11:15 AM.

Afternoon volunteers – I am going to ask that you arrive at 11:45 and stay till 2:30 PM.

Here is the sign-up link, and I will also be sending this out using talking points.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B49A5AB2AA5FBC70-48497581-cesfield

Please feel free to reach out to me directly at scheibeckm@gjps.org if you have any questions!

Thank you and have a fantastic weekend!

Matt Scheibeck

CES Physical Education

Hello Families!

Concord Counseling is offering free summer groups for Kindergarten through 6th grade GJPS students. The groups would benefit any student who could use support in emotional regulation, managing anxiety and worries, social skills, organization/time management and many other topics listed below. Please take advantage of this amazing, free opportunity!

• Calm Cool and Connected- focusing on identifying, expressing, and regulating emotions
• Worry Warriors- focusing on tools for various symptoms of anxiety
• Let's Be Friends- focusing on positive social skills to use within friends
• Keys To Success- focusing on time management, focus, organization, perseverance, planning, and self-control
• Kindergarten Readiness- focusing on adjusting to school and school expectations
• Movin' on Up To Middle School- focusing on the transition to a new school and new experiences

-Mrs. Krysten Jasin

Chapelfield School Counselor

Please visit https://www.gahannaschools.org/families/enrollment for information on how to enroll your incoming Kindergartener for next year. Please help spread the word to your neighbors and friends who have a child who will be 5 by August 1st.

Roarrrr! Little Lions, are you ready to join our PRIDE? GJPS Preschool enrollment is NOW OPEN for the 2024-25 school year! 👧‍👦 Let's play, learn and have fun together!

Click Here for all the information and to register for our GJPSPreschool!

*Friday, May 10: Carnival at 6 p.m.

*Saturday, May 11: PTO Restaurant-Whit's

*Tuesday, May 12: PTO Meeting at 7 p.m.

*Thursday, May 16: Chuck E Cheese Restaurant Night

One of our favorite events of the year is quickly approaching-CARNIVAL will be held Friday May 10th 6:00-8:30 p.m.. Without volunteers this event can’t happen and we will cancel stations. Please sign up to volunteer here! Each time slot is one hour of the carnival so everyone can also enjoy the fun!

https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/70A0F4CA9A82BABF85-48588169-ptoboard/20395936

The Gahanna-Jefferson Public Schools Central Office and Maintenance buildings will be moved to new locations this summer to create more parking space on the high school site.

Our Central Office will be in a portion of the second floor of the office building at 630 Morrison Road as a result of a three-year lease that the District has entered into. You can learn more about the move and what it means for the current site on our website.

Important Dates:

May 28 Last Day for Central Office at Current Location

May 29-30 Central Office Closed for Move to New Location

May 31 Central Office Opens at New Location

The Heart and Pride Award recognizes two outstanding staff members each month who make a profound impact on our students and Gahanna-Jefferson Public Schools.

The Heart & Pride Nomination Form will remain available year-round and is open to any member of our staff, regardless of position.

Saturday, May 11: PTO Restaurant-Whit's

Tuesday, May 14: EL 4th and 5th Field trip to the Zoo

Tuesday, May 14: PTO meeting @ 7 p.m.

Wednesday, May 15: 4th grade field trip to Clippers Game

Thursday, May 16: PTO Chuck Cheese Night @3-9 p.m.

Friday, May 17: 5th grade Field Trip to King's Island

Wednesday, May 22: Field Day

Thursday, May 23:

*Paws Breakfast @ 7:30 a.m.

*Kindergarten Celebration @ 9 a.m.

*4th grade field trip to the library

Friday, May 24:

*4th grade field trip to Sunpoint Park

*End of Quarter 4

*Last Day of School

2023-24 GJPS District Calendar (PDF)

2023-2024 School Menus

BUS SCHEDULE AND ROUTES FOR 2023-24

24-25 School Calendar

25-26 School Calendar