Gator News!

Hi Ganiard Families!

This week's Gator News is full of new information! Please check out the following updates:

- Lego Club

- Coins for a Cause

- Gator Winners!

- October Students of the Month

- Fall Festival Flyer

- District Nurse Updates

Our Capturing Kids' Hearts (CKH) program emphasizes identifying the Good Things! One of my Good Things this week was all of the smiles from students as they told me about things happening in their classroom. Try asking your child about a Good Thing that happened at school today!

Launch: “Positive self-direction is the action plan that all winners in life use to turn imagination into reality, fantasy into fact, and dreams into actual goals.” - Denis Waitley

Mrs. Weber

Each week, we do a couple of "Gator" pulls. If a student is selected, they come down to the office for a special prize! Here are this week's winners!

Each month we have a new theme that we teach to students. This month we talked about Self-Direction. Every adult as the opportunity to nominate a student for demonstrating this month's theme. Each of these students will get special recognition on my morning announcements on Monday and will get a certificate and a book from the book vending machine! Congrats Gators!

Each classroom will collect Coins for a Cause to support United Way's efforts in our local community! You can send in change with your child for the next two weeks!

Our staff loves to hear words of affirmation. Please give them a SHOUT OUT! They will receive your note and get some recognition for their work!

Here is out CKH theme of October - Self-Direct!

Popcorn Friday needs you! Each month, a different grade level will provide volunteers to help make Popcorn Friday possible. October is 2nd grade's turn! We need parent volunteers to help on Friday, October 9 and Friday, October 23. All volunteers must be school approved. Please click here to fill out the one-time-per-year application. Volunteers can sign up here.

We're excited to provide a delicious potluck meal for our teachers and staff during parent-teacher conferences! If you are interested in providing a meal, please click here.

Boundaries and Personal Space: PreK-5th Grade: Learning to keep our hands, feet, and objects to ourselves helps build a safe, comfortable classroom where everyone can learn and play happily. Personal space is like an invisible bubble around each person—and we always want to respect each other's bubbles! Grades 6–12: School is mean to be a safe, comfortable place where everyone can learn. An Important part of this is respecting the boundaries of our fellow classmates. This means keeping hands to yourself, respecting ones autonomy, and understanding consent. A joke or friendly gesture is only fun if both people are comfortable with it. If someone asks for space, honor it immediately without debate. If you aren't sure if someone is comfortable with something, just ask. If you don't ask, assume the answer is they are NOT comfortable, before assuming that they are. As always, stay safe! - Officer McGregor

November 3rd - NO SCHOOL

November 25, 26 and 27 - NO SCHOOL

If you would like to volunteer at Ganiard Elementary, help with popcorn, join your child on field trips, or volunteer in the building for events, you must fill out the volunteer application on the MPPS website.

This does need to be completed yearly.