Kindergarten News You Can Use

Jan 19- Holiday/No School

Jan 23- Permission Slip due for students for Seussical the Musical at CHHS

Jan 28- Seussical the Musical at CHHS (all school field trip)

Feb 6- Kids Heart Challenge

Feb 13- Valentine Carnival

Feb 16- Student Holiday

Feb 17- Spring Pictures

*Every Friday is Bransford spirit day. Wear a Bransford shirt or colors.

Friday May 8th

If you are interested in learning more about presenting College or Career information to the students of Bransford please click the link below for more on how to participate.

In case you missed curriculum night, or if you made it and just want to review the slides we shared, you can click the button and have access to that information.

Ms. Allenbaugh- Ms. Allenbaugh's Amazon Wishlist

Mrs. Moyer- Mrs. Moyers Amazon Wishlist

Mr. Nation- Mr. Nation's Amazon Wishlist

• Change at the end of the day-If you need to change how your student is getting home and it is the day of, please call the office and Danielle Harp will make sure we get the information. Sometimes we do not have time to check our emails. We don't want to miss an important notice! Thank you!
  
• School hours are 7:35 am-3:05 pm. Students are expected to be in their classrooms, ready to learn by 7:35 am. The front doors open at 7:20 am and close at 7:35 am.
• If your child will be absent or leaving early from school for any reason, please let your child's teacher and the front office know.
• P.E.- Please send your child to school with tennis shoes daily. Students are required to wear tennis shoes for PE participation. They can change their shoes before PE if needed. Thank you for your help with this! We want our students to be comfortable and wearing safe, appropriate shoes for physical activities!
• Water Bottle - Bring a labeled water bottle filled with water.
• Snack- Pack your child a snack daily. Students will only have 10 mins for snack. Please keep that in mind when packing a snack and dry food only. The snack must also be nut free!
• Lunch - Remind your child about what they are having for lunch. Is it packed in their lunchbox and is the lunchbox in their backpack? Or will your child be getting lunch from the cafeteria?Lunch cost is $2.90 (snacks are extra). Link to the GCISD Nutrition Services webpage, where school menus for the start of the school year https://www.gcisd.net/page/nutrition-services .
• You may also set up a lunch payment account on myschoolbucks.com. For more information please visit the payments website https://www.gcisd.net/page/payments-and-refunds . If you have questions about your child’s lunch account, contact Bransford’s cafeteria manager at: sharon.davis@gcisd.net.
• Ipads- Students will need headphones for their ipads. Headphones will be used in class, music, and theater. Please label your child's headphones. No bluetooth headphones or earbuds.
• Change of Clothes - Place a change of clothes in your child's backpack. Accidents sometimes happen. Extra change of clothes bag was provided by your child’s teacher.

Mrs. Brock will check out books to each of our classrooms. Each student gets to choose one book, when they return the book they chose the week before. Your child may enjoy the chosen book at home until the following week. Books must come back on the proper day for students to be able to choose a new one. Please set a reminder with your child to put their books in their backpacks the night before their library day. Mrs. Brock, our school librarian, has asked children to keep the bag in their backpack to protect the library book from spills, tears, and other mishaps.

Library Schedule:

Tuesday 9:40-10:10 am: Mr. Nation

Thursday 2:00-2:30 : Mrs. Moyer

Thursday 9:15-9:45 am Ms. Allenbaugh

7:35 ~ 1st Bell Ring

7:40 ~ 2nd Bell Ring

7:40-7:50 ~ Pledges and Circle Up

7:50-10:30 ~ ELAR and Social Studies

10:30-11:00 ~ Lunch

11:00-11:30 ~ Recess

11:30-12:30 ~ Math

12:30-1:20 ~ Specials (art, music/piano, theater, PE)

1:20-1:50 ~ Continue Math

1:50-2:00 ~ Brain Break

2:00-2:30 ~ Science

2:30-2:55 ~ Texan Time

3:05 ~ Dismissal

It is our number one priority to keep our students safe and healthy each day. Students who are feeling under the weather should stay home and rest when it is necessary. If you are planning to keep your child home, please contact your homeroom teacher and CC: Nurse Moody. This allows us to mark their absence accordingly without reaching out to you. Thank you!

kathryn.moody@gcisd.net

If you have a change to make in how your student gets home or if your student is ill, please include Danielle Harp (danielle.harp@gcisd.net) and Victoria Pepe (victoria.pepe@gcisd.net) on the email. Due to our schedule, we don't have a lot of opportunities to check our email during the day and Danielle will make sure we get the message. We don't want to miss any important messages! Thank you!

Bransford's PTA is an outstanding Parent-Teacher Association! Our PTA always puts the needs of students first! Please use the link below to go to their website, learn more about this organization, and join! You can even invite other family members and friends to join, too. Thank you for being willing to be part of the BEST PTA around!

https://bransfordpta.membershiptoolkit.com/home/

If you’re looking for a place to support Bransford staff, students, admin and PTA, the Dad’s Club wants YOU!

Dad’s Club gets together to:

Welcome students with High Five Fridays

Build our Bransford float for the Christmas Parade in Grapevine

Serve the students cereal at the Third Annual Cereal Bowl

Lift heavy stuff whenever someone needs it

… and a bunch of other awesome things!

Bonus: Membership is FREE! Use the QR code to join.

Connect with us:

Facebook - Bransford Elementary School

Instagram @bransfordelementary

Email: bes.info@gcisd.net