Gayman Gazette
February 27th Edition
- Tuesday, February 27th @ 6:30PM: Tohickon Middle School Orientation (Parents Only)
- Friday, March 1st: First Friday - Mustang Spirit Day
- Friday, March 1st @ 5:30PM: Talent Show Evening Performance
- Wednesday, March 6th @ 8:00AM: Student Council Meeting
- Friday, March 8th: Day Time Talent Show Performance for 4th-6th Grade
- Friday, March 8th: End of 2nd Trimester-Early Dismissal - PM Kindergarten Reports
- Tuesday, March 12th @ 2:30PM: 2nd Trimester "Mustang of the Day" Celebration - Invite Only
- Friday, March 15th: St. Patrick's Day Spirit Day - Wear all your GREEN! 🍀💚
- Friday, March 15th @ 3:30PM: 2nd Trimester Parent/Teacher Conference Sign Ups "Go Live"
- Monday, March 25th - Wednesday, March 27th: No School For Students/Teacher In-service
- Thursday, March 28th & Friday, March 29th: CBSD Closed - Spring Break
🔵🟣 SAVE THE DATE: Color Run! - April 19th 🟣🔵
ORDER YOUR YEARBOOK!!
It is time to order your GAYMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL yearbook!
School Passcode: 10157566069198
Yearbook costs $21.60 and includes 2 CUSTOM PAGES for FREE.
These pages are printed only in your yearbook. You can add more custom pages, each additional 2 pages is $.99.
All orders must be placed by April 19th.
ATTENDANCE INFORMATION
Click here for more information, including directions on how to upload a student absence: Managing Student Attendance.
EARLY PICK UP OR AFTER SCHOOL APPOINTMENTS
If you would like to pick up your son/daughter early for an appointment, please pick up your child before 2:45PM. After 2:45PM, your child will be asked to wait with the other walkers, bus and car riders in his/her classroom, to ensure a safe and efficient dismissal for everyone.
Thank you!
VOLUNTEERING INFORMATION
To volunteer at a class party or chaperone a field trip, your clearances must be up-to-date.
If your clearances are current, upload them into the App Garden - Volunteer Tracker. If your clearances have expired, or you need to begin the clearance process, click on the Required Documents for the directions. For more information, consult the Human Resources Volunteer Required Paperwork webpage.
PROPER FOOTWEAR FOR PE & RECESS
During physical activity, it is important that students wear proper footwear. Loose fitting shoes (i.e. crocs, moccasins, slippers, etc.) create safety challenges during recess and physical education class. For example, during kick ball at recess, crocs have flown off and we have had a few toe injuries during PE.
If your child has physical education class, or would like to play an active recess game, please ensure that they are wearing sneakers. Thank you!
2-HOUR DELAY FOR SNOW
Going into the winter season...
If there is inclement weather in our forecast, then there may be a 2-hour delay. Should that occur, please plan for the following schedule.
- Grades 1-6: 10:35AM - 3:15PM
- AM Kindergarten: 10:35AM - 12:20PM
- PM Kindergarten: 1:30PM-3:15PM - Parent Drop off at 1:20PM
GETTING TO KNOW AUTHOR ANNE WHIPPLE!
Did you know that it’s not just an author who creates a book!? The process also includes writer’s groups, editors, publishers, book distributors, printers, and design teams! In addition to learning about all the different people involved in the creation of a book, Gayman’s 1st-6th grade students learned about author Annette Whipple’s research process as well. She spoke about how she reads books, uses the internet, and talks to experts to gather information when she was writing. She even brought a spider exoskeleton that a spider researcher gave her to share with our students! Through Annette Whipple, our students learned that “Facts are FUN!”
Thank you to Gayman’s Home and School for supporting this author visit and giving us the opportunity to add a copy of Annette’s books to each classroom in our school!
If your family would like to order one of Annette’s Whipple’s Who Knew!? Animal books, complete the attached form and send it in by March 4! Annette’s book are a little difficult to source right now—orders will be filled on a first come, first served basis!
PLANTING A LITTLE KINDNESS WITH KCC!
Just yesterday, our KCC volunteers worked on something special for seniors at a local nursing home. After decorating small flower pots with markers and stickers, they planted mini succulents inside to brighten the rooms of the residents. The students also hand-wrote notes to the senior citizens, in the hopes of sparking a pen-pal connection.
A very big thank you to everyone who made this KCC meeting so lovely: the hard-working students, the super-helpful parents, and Mr. Ortman, for stopping by to catch the kindness in action.
MINDFUL MOVEMENT YOGA CLUB - STARTS 3/5
We have 15 students signed up for our first yoga club! Class will start on Tuesday, March 5th. Yoga mats will be provided for all students unless you prefer to bring your worn. Pick up is at 4:30pm.
Parents please form a car loop line along the front of the school as we will dismiss out of the bus rider door (under the gayman sign).
FAMILY FUN COLOR RUN - REGISTER BY 3/14
The Family Fun Color Run which will be held on April 19th at 6pm is a FUNDRAISER event for the whole family to participate in. It is a walk/run around school property where five stations of color are set up and will be sprayed/tossed onto each participant as they pass by. T-shirts and Medals are available for all runners/walkers who register by 3/14. In addition to the run there will be music, outdoor games, color, and LOTS OF FUN!
Registration Form: SIGN UP HERE
Cost: The cost is $20 per participant (includes T-shirt and medal).
- Venmo: @Gayman-HomeandSchool
- Cash: Send in envelope to school marked Color Run/Student Name
Volunteers/Donations: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - SIGN UP HERE!
Raffle Baskets: There will be raffle baskets and tickets will be $1 a piece! All donations for the baskets will be coordinated through Homeroom parents so look for an email coming soon from them! We thank you in advance for all of your donations as these baskets are always a big hit with kids and parents! The themes this year are as follows:
- Kindergarten: Feeling Lucky $
- 1st Grade: Dinner Time
- 2nd Grade:Cinco de Mayo Fun
- 3rd Grade: Pet Lover
- 4th Grade: Living Local
- 5th Grade: Family Fun
- 6th Grade:Perfect Summer Day
We hope you can join us for this super fun event!
KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION 2024-2025
Click here for the CBSD New Student Registration page including necessary documents to gather in order to register your kindergarten students.
Once your child is registered, then tell us about your son/daughter! We invite you to complete our Kindergarten Welcome Survey found on our New Families Resources Page.
NOTE: Requests for morning or afternoon kindergarten are determined on a first come - first serve basis. Priority is also given to a request with a documented need by the parents' employers.
Gayman Elementary School
Email: sortman@cbsd.org
Website: https://www.cbsd.org/gayman
Location: 4440 Point Pleasant Pike, Doylestown, PA, United States
Phone: 2678934350
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/516165478928057
Twitter: @CBGaymanES