Chalmers Chronicle

Hello Leopard Family!

We hope everyone had a fantastic summer! We would like to introduce Amy Hough, our new Assistant Principal, at Chalmers and Kelli Brown, our new floater AP between Chalmers and Edison. Mrs. Hough and Mrs. Brown are both Gainesville Leopard Alumni. We will miss Mr. Jones, but we are so proud of his future as a new principal. We look forward to meeting everyone soon. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to the front office or via email.

Reminders:

School Times: 7:35 A.M. - 3:40 P.M.

Doors Open for Drop Off: 7:15 A.M.

Tardy Time: 7:45 A.M.

ID required to visit the school

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Please help us welcome Mrs. Amy Hough as our new Chalmers Assistant Principal! Amy Hough has 17 years of experience in education and is a Gainesville High school alumni. She earned a Bachelor of Science from Texas Woman's University and a Master's in Education Administration from Texas A&M Commerce.

She taught at Callisburg Elementary for six years and Tioga for three. She then served as an Assistant Principal at Tioga Elementary/Middle School for eight years.

Amy has been married to her high school sweetheart, Chet, for 24 years. They have two daughters; Teely who is a senior at Callisburg and Carly, who is expecting her first child with her husband Kaleb. Amy has a beloved Poochon, Posha , two chocolate labs, Honey and Henna, and a grandpuppy, Remi, a King Charles Spaniel.

“I am beyond excited to enter this new chapter of my life as a, Gramy (Granny Amy) and an Administrator, returning to my roots to serve my community.”

Please help us welcome Ms. Kelli Brown as our new Edison/Chalmers Assistant Principal! She will serve as a floater supporting both campuses. Kelli comes from Pilot Point ISD where she served as the Elementary Principal for four years and as the Assistant Principal for three years. Prior to her time in administration, she taught in Denton ISD for 14 years as a dyslexia therapist and a classroom teacher.

She has a Bachelors from Texas Woman's University and a Masters from Midwestern State University. Outside of work, she cherishes time with family, friends, church, travel, and volunteering in the community.

As a reminder, our district accepts new and returning student registration online through parent portal. If you have any changes to phone numbers or addresses, please make those updates as you are registering for the new year. It is imperative that we have correct contact information for each student.

If you are creating a new parent portal account, you must then obtain a parent portal ID from the campus in order to connect your student to your account. This is the same if you are adding a student to your current parent portal account. For new students, contact your child's school beginning July 15 to get the parent portal ID.

Edison Elementary 940-665-6091
Chalmers Elementary 940-665-4147
Gainesville Intermediate 940-668-6662
GJH 940-665-4062
GHS 940-665-5528

Parents will need to submit a transportation request as soon as possible for EVERY student that will need bus transportation for the 2025-2026 school year. It is very important to get these requests in early, so that routes can be properly and efficiently created to ensure a smooth first week of school.

**The deadline to submit a request for bus transportation is July 25, unless your student is a new enrollee to the district. All requests for transportation received after the deadline will not go into effect until August 13. **

https://bit.ly/GISDbus

Click the link below to be directed to the transportation page.

Click transportation Request.

Enter a start date of 8/6/24 when completing the form.

Repeat for every student in your household who will be riding the bus to and/or from school next year.

If you have any questions, please contact the Transportation department at 940-665-1431.

All of our students and families are invited to come and meet their new teachers! Please bring school supplies when you come so our teachers can get them organized and prepare for the first day of school.

Head Start 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Edison 4:30 - 6:00pm
Chalmers 5:30 - 7:00pm
GIS 6:00 - 7:30pm
Junior High 5:00 - 6:30pm
High School 5:30 - 7:00pm

August 6- First day of school

August 11- Regular School Day

August 18-Regular School Day

August 29-PTO Football Friday Tattoo Sales-$1.00

Sept. 4- Chalmers Open House @ 5:30

*Student must remain in vehicles every morning until 7:15 AM. Students are getting hurt from running and playing without supervision.

*Do not drop students off in the morning from the main highway and walk over. This is very dangerous. You must pull through the drop off lines.

* When dropping students off each morning, students need to exit vehicles BEFORE reaching the crosswalk. Especially, the lane next to the sidewalks.

*DO NOT ENTER THE WRONG WAY FROM RADIO HILL ROAD. THIS IS CAUSING SAFETY ISSUES.

All students have a red plastic "Take Home Folder" that comes home every day. This provides a communication method between home and school. Please check your child's folder each night for important notes and homework. You can also send any important notes to teachers, office, or other school personnel in these folders. This is also where students keep their homework.

One of our goals at Chalmers Elementary is for students to read and comprehend text on their grade level. In order to meet this goal, we need some help from our families. Students at Chalmers Elementary bring home leveled reading materials everyday. The reading stays the same for 2 weeks. In addition to the reading material, there will be a page of discussion questions for families, and a reading log. We ask that you read and engage in conversations about the reading with your student for at least 20 minutes a day. Please keep the questions and reading items in students' red plastic take home folders in the section labeled "Return to School."

Students will have a few math and reading questions for homework each day/week. This will help reinforce and develop skills that have already been taught to the students in class. This is designed to take 10 minutes or less for each subject per day.