Gayman Gazette

• Monday, September 23rd: Harlem Wizards Vs. Gayman Staff Ticket Sales go live
• Wednesday, September 25th @ 9:00AM: HR Parents/HSA General Meeting
• Wednesday, September 25th @ 3:30PM: Kindness Counts Club
• Thursday, September 26th: Picture Day
• Friday, September 27th: Phillies Spirit Day! ⚾
• Monday, September 30th @ 11:55AM: Early Dismissal - Teacher In-service (AM Kindergraten Reports)

• Tuesday, October 1st @ 3:30PM: Jump Rope Club Starts
• Wednesday, October 2nd @ 8:00AM: Student Council Meeting
• Thursday, October 3rd: CBSD Schools Closed (Rosh Hashanah)
• Friday, October 4th: First Friday - Mustang Spirit Day
  
• Thursday, October 10th & Friday, October 11th: 6th GR Ropes Course
• Monday, October 14th: 5th GR Soil Secrets Trip
• Tuesday, October 15th: Kindergarten Fire Prevention Demonstration
  
• Monday, October 21st - Friday, October 25th: Art Goes to School
• Wednesday, October 23rd: Harlem Wizards Assembly
• Friday, October 25th: Fall Festivial

* Click here for the 2024-2025 District Calendar.

** Click here for access the 2024-2025 Gayman School Calendar.

STRINGS LESSONS - DAY 2

BAND LESSONS - DAY 5

• Gayman Elementary Website
• Gayman Facebook Group
• Harlem Wizards Tickets Link
• September Breakfast Menu
• September Lunch Menu

Say cheese!

Picture Day is this Thursday, September 26th, with retakes on November 11th.

Picture Day order forms were sent home last week. If you have any questions, or need another form please call the Gayman Main Office.

If your child is interested in joining the Gayman Choir, fill out the permission form by October 10th, which will be the first rehearsal.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email Ms. Robinson, at marobinson@cbsd.org.

Rehearsal Dates: 7:45 am in the music room

• October 10, 17, 24
• November 11, 18, 25
• December 5, 12

All absences must be entered through the Parent Portal.

Click here for more information, including directions on how to upload a student absence: Managing Student Attendance.

As we begin the 2024-25 school year, CBSD wishes to remind families of important information regarding attendance. Pennsylvania's school laws, like Act 138 of 2016 and the updated Act 16, outline what is required for mandatory school attendance and procedures to follow when students are absent or late. Learn more.

Student dismissal begins promptly at 3:15PM.

If you need to pick your child up early for an appointment, please pick them up no later then 2:45PM. After 2:45PM, your child can be dismissed with the other walkers, bus riders, and car riders in his/her classroom to ensure a safe and efficient dismissal for everyone. Thank you!

To volunteer at a class party or chaperone a field trip, your clearances must be up-to-date & on file with Central Bucks School District.

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.

Pennsylvania mandates the following health examinations:

• Physicals: School entry (Kindergarten), grades 6 and 11
• Dentals: School entry (Kindergarten), grades 3 and 7

The completed health forms are due to Mrs. Sara Hedges, school nurse, no later than October 14, 2024.

You can upload your completed exam forms to your child's Parent Portal account or email them to shedges@cbsd.org. Please keep a copy of the health forms for your records. Thank you!

The examination forms can be found HERE.

Any Central Bucks family who may need a little extra food assistance is welcome to register for our market at Barclay Elementary School from 4:30-5:30 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month. We generally have free dry goods, fresh produce, milk, eggs, and bread, and often have some frozen meat and poultry.

We will begin our distributions for the 2024-2025 school year on Thursday, September 26th. To register for a market timeslot, please complete the paper or online registration form. Families will need to register for the market every school year. Once your registration is confirmed, you will receive a text or email with your time slot and family number. If you were registered last year and would like to re-register for this school year, please fill out the form and list your family number from 2023-2024. At our first market, you will check in and receive your market card and family number for the current school year.

Fill out our online form here: https://forms.office.com/r/syqK3ZJm4i. Our paper form is also available below and can be mailed to Barclay or scanned at your school building and sent to aleech@cbsd.org. We are excited to see our returning guests and we welcome all our new families.

If you have any questions, please contact jbrereton@cbsd.org or aleech@cbsd.org.

All CBSD parents and guardians, employees, students and members of the public are invited to the district’s annual and free-to-attend Wellness Fair, to be held on Tuesday, October 15 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Central Bucks High School South (1100 Folly Road, Warrington). Featuring over 60 vendors from various sectors, including mental health professionals, behavioral health experts, and wellness providers, this complimentary event is designed to support mental health, behavioral health, and overall wellness for individuals and families. No pre-registration is required. Learn more

CBSD welcomes qualified candidates to apply for a range of full-time career opportunities with benefits. From head coaches to elementary 4th grade and Special Education teachers to a secondary school counselor to custodial staff to regular & special education assistants (and more!), there may be a perfect place for you to make a positive impact in CB. View available positions and apply now!

During the 2024-2025 school year, CBSD invites students to draw inspiration from CBSD's "Portrait of a Graduate" to create an original design to display on the lock screens of district laptops and ClearTouch panels. The winning artwork will be featured on CBSD screens each month for all students, faculty and staff to see! The winning student artist will also receive a prize. Students can submit their designs based on each month's Portrait of a Graduate theme. Submissions are due on the 20th of each month. More details and how to submit.

At Central Bucks, our mission is to equip every student, regardless of ability or need, with academic and problem-solving skills essential for personal growth, responsible citizenship and continuous learning. In recent years, the district has been working to create a continuum of special education services and programs in all schools to ensure students with disabilities can be educated in their home schools and alongside their peers, to the maximum extent possible, rather than transported to schools or locations outside their home school. Read more on the CBSD Pupil Services homepage.

Lunch costs have increased by $.10 for the 24-25 school year.

The district is continuing to offer free breakfast!

Lunch Cost: $2.85

CBSD utilizes the online platform MySchoolBucks for school meal payments, making it easy to oversee a child's meal choices and maintain their account balance. It is important that an account is created for every student, regardless of whether they take part in school meals or not.

You can access MySchoolBucks to view and/or set up an account for your student(s) here.

To set up an account, you will need your child(ren)'s student identification number(s), which can be found in the Parent Portal.

The application for free and reduced meal pricing for the 2024-25 school year is open. You can access the online application for Free & Reduced Meals by clicking here. The application must be submitted each year AND for each child. If your child received free or reduced lunch last year, you must re-apply for the 24-25 school year.

Learn more by visiting the full informational webpage here.

Thank you so much for helping to make the book fair successful! The book fair made a profit of $2,000 which will be going to the Gayman Home and School for school assemblies and GHSA Events.

The kids were wonderful and so polite. They had a great time finding new books and learning real life lessons such as figuring out how much a books cost and how much they can spend.

If you have any remaining funds in your e-wallet account, you can purchase books on-line at the following link: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/gaymanelemschool1

Please note: the funds will stay in your account and roll over until next year. If you have a 6th Grade child, please use the funds in your e-wallet account. Please contact Scholastic with any questions about your e-wallet account at 1-800-541-1097.

Sincerely,

Michele McNeil & Adina Rauch

Book Fair Chairs

Gayman HSA has partnered with Coldspring HSA to host the Harlem Wizards. Our staff will be playing against the Harlem Wizards at CB EAST on November 4th.

Don't wait, these tickets will sell fast! We have a limited number of tickets! And... we have many Gayman Staff members participating in this event!

Ticket Link: https://www.harlemwizards.com/tickets/doylestown

ALL THIS WEEK... We will be announcing the staff who will be playing in the game.

We are preparing the 2024-2025 Student Directory. This directory includes grade/teacher information, as well as parent contact information. If you do NOT wish to have your personal information included in the directory (address, phone number, and email) please contact Gayman HSA at GHSAInquiries@gmail.com by September 27th. Thank you!

**Please note, if you wish to not be included in the directory the classroom homeroom parent will not have your contact information for class party correspondence.

This school year, the Gayman Home and School Association (GHSA) will be continuing to use annual Family Dues to help supplement the cost of all the amazing experiences the GHSA helps bring to Gayman Elementary.

We are suggesting $30 per family. Payments can be made via:

• Venmo @Gayman-HomeandSchool
• Cash or check (send in an envelope with family name to office)

Some of the experiences your children will have the ability to participate in, with the help of the GHSA are: Popsicles on the Playground, Fall Festival, Bingo, Dance, Library Technology, Author’s Day, School Assemblies, and the End of Year Picnic. If you have any questions, please contact us at GHSAinquiries@gmail.com.

Gayman Elementary School

Shawn Ortman, Principal

Jennifer Snyder, Assistant Principal

Jennifer Costello, Office Administrative Assistant

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