Good morning, Cannon families, and Happy New Year (Almost)!

Warmest wishes to our Cannon Community! I hope you have had a joyful break; Wishing your family all the happiness and joy this holiday season! We are looking forward to partnering with you for a great second semester and completion of a stellar 2023-2024 school year.

I also want to take a moment to express my gratitude to our hardworking staff. They have put in a lot of effort to create engaging and memorable learning experiences for our scholars. If you have a chance, please consider sending them a message of appreciation as we enter the New Year and the second semester of the 2023-2024 school year.

Let's finish the 2023-2024 school year strong! As a reminder staff is available at 7:20 and doors open at 7:25. Scholars are late after 7:40 and breakfast is no longer available. Also, 👟please remember to send students in sneakers - especially on PE days!

We will be taking STAAR interims this month (Dates below). It's important that our scholars do their best so that we can design instruction to support their needs leading up to STAAR testing days. We administer our interims identically to official STAAR testing days. Once our scholars start, we can not interrupt them. That said, please do not schedule appointments on testing days; We will not be able to interrupt testing and release your child. Our campus will be closed for test security protocols on testing days; this does include no lunch visitors or deliveries. Thank you for your support and help to create a positive and secure testing environment.

There are many opportunities to get involved and engage in our amazing Cannon Community. Please complete your volunteer background check and consider signing up! YOU WILL NEED A COMPLETED BACKGROUND CHECK TO ATTEND FIELD DAY - PLEASE PREPARE AND PLAN AHEAD!

Proud to be your principal,

Dr. Tina Garrett

#BeCannonProud

Congratulations to our December STEM Hall of Fame Inductees! Our January STEM Habit of Mind - Growth Mindset Learner!

Those with growth mindsets embrace challenges, persist through obstacles, learn from feedback, and are inspired by the success of others. With growth mindset, we can acknowledge our struggles and obstacles, and find inspiration to keep improving.

Classes resume on Thursday, January 18th. Spaces are available if you are interested in joining today!

Senior Master Gonzalez

7th Degree Black Belt

Karate for Schools Director

972-740-8307

Winter Break - December 18-January 3, 2024 - Students Return Thursday, January 4, 2024

January Lunch Sign Up: https://www.wejoinin.com/sheets/vzeqj We welcome Skyward-approved visitors to have lunch with their Cub! You may only bring lunch for your student, and please remember to clean up after yourself!

*GET YOUR GLOW GEAR READY 🌟 - we will have a Middle of Year Glow Pep Rally for our Cubs Friday, January 5, 2024. We encourage all of our scholars to come ready to glow in the dark as we celebrate our first semester growth and prepare for second semester learning!

Thursday, January 4 - Students return to school and Report Card 2 Posts in Skyward.

Report Cards will be available in Skyward this week. To view your student’s report card, please follow the instructions below:

• Visit www.GCISD.net and click “Quick Links” at the top of the page

• Click the Skyward icon and the “Log In Here” box in the middle of the page

• Click “Progress Reports/Report Cards” on the menu to the left

• Choose 2023-2024 Report Card 2”

Friday, January 5 - Students wear GLOW Gear for our Cannon Middle of Year Glow Pep Rally

Tuesday, January 9 - Law Enforcement Day

🎯STAAR Interim Testing (Closed Campus) ~ Practice for the Real Thing!

Wednesday, January 10 - Science

Tuesday, January 16 - Reading

Wednesday, January 17 - Math

Monday, January 15 Martin Luther King Jr. Day - School Holiday for Students and Staff

Friday, January 26 - 🕵🏼‍♀️ Hats Off to Learning! $1 wear a hat! Students may pay $1.00 to wear a hat on this day. All proceeds go to decreasing overall grade level costs for field trip experiences.

The GCISD Board of Trustees approved the Instructional Calendar for the 2024-2025 School year at the December 11th Board Meeting. Please review for family planning!

We want to show our teachers how much we appreciate them by giving them the gift of time. We are looking for parents and grandparents to cover lunch duty on Fridays. Our goal is to cover every Friday through the end of the school year so grab a few friends and pick a Friday.

Date: Any Friday

Time Commitment: 10:40am-1:20pm

Number of Volunteers needed: 3-4 each week

Contact Debbie Flowers at Volunteers@CannonPTA.org to sign up

You can also sign up to host the Teacher Appreciation Cart.

1. Choose Your Date

2. Choose Your Theme

3. Stock up & Decorate the Teacher Appreciation Cart

Sign up as a homeroom, a family or as a group of friends to host the cart. We are happy to help with theme ideas and the actual set up of the cart if you are unavailable during the day.

(The cart needs to be able to serve 65 people and have some non-food options available.)

Dates Available:

January 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st

February 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th

March 6th, 20th, 27th

April 3rd, 24th

May 1st, 8th

Contact Melissa at Hospitality@cannonpta.org to sign up.

Do you know a GCISD employee who is always putting their best foot forward for students? Someone who goes out of their way to make others feel special? A person who lights up the room the moment they walk in? Did you witness a particular moment you would like to highlight? Nominating that staff member for Stars of GCISD is easy! Simply complete this form.

We welcome our parents to engage in our events throughout this school year! Any parent attending or supporting an event during the school day must have a cleared background check. Background checks must be completed each year!

Get a jumpstart and complete your background check today! Apply Online

Email: tina.garrett@gcisd.net
Website: https://can.gcisd.net/
Location: Cannon Elementary School, West College Street, Grapevine, TX, USA
Phone: 817-251-5680
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cannonSTEM/
Twitter: @canSTEM