Good morning, Cannon Families,

Welcome, March! It's hard to believe we have 9 days until spring break - Our last "Big Break" of the 2024-2025 school year. As a reminder, the district is closed Friday, March 14 through spring break (March 17-21). Cubs and staff will return Monday, March 24th. At that time, we begin planning to show off our students with the Cannon's Got Talent Show and STAAR testing season; Our Cubs have a lot of talents to show off!

This week, we celebrate National Read Across America Week with some fun literacy-rich dress up days! Read Across America Week is celebrated from March 2 to 6 — it begins on the birthday of the beloved author, Dr. Seuss, and also kicks off National Reading Month, which extends through the month of March. We hope all of our Cubs will join in on the dress up fun. I apologize for the miscommunication previously shared in the save the date section; there is no grade level performance this week.

Spring fever and spring behaviors are definitely setting in... As we continue to engage our scholars in rigorous instructional time, please remind your Cub to always show Cub PRIDE (Partnership, Respect, Integrity, Dependability, and Empathy). Every instructional minute counts as our staff works to ensure academic growth for all students.

Congratulations to our fourth and fifth grade STEM Habit of Mind Hall of Fame Inductees for Being Persistent! STEM teaching and learning is an instructional approach to learning and development that integrates the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Through STEM education practices, students develop key skills including: problem solving, creativity, and critical analysis. We are PROUD to honor our scholars for exhibiting STEM thinking, and we can't wait to celebrate our next group of inductees this Friday.

I'd like to give a STEMtastic Staff Spotlight Shout Out to our full time Speech Pathologist - Mrs. Lily Harlow!

Mrs. Harlow jumps in and supports our Cannon scholars anytime and anywhere.

Thank you, Mrs. Harlow, for all you do for our Cannon community!

It's time to start thinking about talent show performances! Auditions for the 2025 Cannon's Got Talent Show will take place on Monday, March 24th. That's the Monday we return from Spring Break! If your Cub would like to show off their talents, please complete the 🎤 Cannon's Got Talent Show Participation Form by Monday, March 10th. Look for informational forms in your student's take home folder this week.

As always, thank you for your parent partnership!

Proud to be your principal,

Dr. Tina Garrett

You have the opportunity to purchase a 24-25 yearbook and receive it at school! Yearbooks are $22 and are purchased at the Treering website. Parents can design 2 personal pages for free that will only be printed in your child’s yearbook. Yearbooks will be delivered to school before school is out as long as they are purchased by the deadline.

1. Click the link Purchase Yearbook HERE

2. Enter your school’s passcode: 1014520263794913

3. Purchase Deadline April 14th

March - Texas History Month

March 1 - Texas Girls in STEM Day

March 2 - Texas Flag Day/Texas Independence Day

March 3-7 - Educational Diagnostician Week - Show Ms. Cindy Alkire some Love!

Monday, March 3 - 📚Readers are Leaders - FUN Dress for Read Across America Day (See Above)!

Tuesday, March 4 - We are GCISD Spirit Dress - 🐾Show your CUB PRIDE!

Friday, March 7 - 🧢$1 Hats off to Learning; 🤠Students may pay $1.00 to wear a hat on this day. All proceeds go to decreasing overall grade level costs for field trip experiences.

Friday, March 7 - 🐾Wear your Cannon Cub Spirit Gear! ☮♥🐻

Friday, March 7 - ☕ PTA Principal Coffee 9:15 am

Friday, March 7 - STEM Habit of Mind Hall of Fame Ceremony (2nd, 3rd, & Art) - Being Persistent - 2:35 pm Cannon Amphitheatre

Sunday, March 9 - ⏰ Daylight Savings - Spring Forward One Hour

Monday, March 10 - 🎤 Cannon's Got Talent Show Participation Form Due

Wednesday, March 12 - No Choir Practice/Rehearsal

Thursday, March 13 - STEM Habit of Mind Hall of Fame Ceremony (Kinder, 1st, & Art) - Being Persistent - 2:35 pm Cannon Amphitheatre

Friday, March 14 - Staff and Student Holiday - No School

March 17 - 21 - Spring Break - District Closed; No Choir Practice

Monday, March 24 - Students and Staff Return!

Monday, March 24 - 🎤 Cannon's Got Talent Show Auditions - Times sent to parents/guardians based on participation form submission.

Wednesday, March 26 - 🎤 Cannon's Got Talent Show Dress Rehearsal

Thursday, March 27 - ⚾ Baseball Opening Day - Wear Rangers Spirit!

Friday, March 28 - 🐾 Cannon Spirit Gear Friday - Wear your Cub Gear!

Friday, March 28 - Cannon PTA General Meeting and Cannon's Got Talent Show 6:00-8:30 - Cannon Cafe

We’re excited to announce the Physics & Engineering Festival on Saturday, April 5, 2025! We are hoping to see you and your students at the Festival for some FREE in-person, hands-on science FUN at the Mitchell Physics complex at Texas A&M University! Please also share this information with your colleagues, families, and friends.

The 2025 Physics & Engineering Festival will feature

• The Science Circus: Rhys Thomas blends science, comedy, and circus arts with stunts from bowling ball juggling to six-foot tall unicycling,
• Michael E. Fossum ’80: NASA astronaut and Vice President of Texas A&M University,
• Katherine Freese: astrophysicist and member of National Academy of Sciences,
  
• Adam Smith: Chief Scientific Officer of the Nobel Foundation’s outreach team, and
  
• 200+ exciting hands-on demonstrations!

If you have any questions, the festival website, https://physicsfestival.tamu.edu has,

• the schedule,
• information about parking for passenger vehicles and school buses,
• photos and videos from previous festivals, and
• a link for downloading the 2025 festival poster for your classrooms.

You can also find us on social media!

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TAMUPhysAstr
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TAMUPhysicsAstronomy
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tamuphysastr/

• X: https://x.com/TAMUPhysAstr

We look forward to seeing you and your students at the Festival!

The Outreach Team

Department of Physics and Astronomy|Texas A&M University

https://physicsfestival.tamu.edu/

Save the date!

Physics and Engineering Festival

Saturday, April 5, 2025

Parents,

Grapevine-Colleyville ISD is always in need of substitute nurses to help at our campuses as needed. If you have a valid RN license and are interested in assisting, please apply for our Substitute Nurse position at https://grapevinecolleyville.schoolspring.com/.

Thank you for your support!

Elementary and Middle School Parents:

Please see the Mathematics Telescoping flyer for information regarding telescoping testing for the Spring and Summer of 2025. Additional information is also available on the mathematics telescoping website.

Do you know a GCISD employee who goes above and beyond for students and staff? Nominate them for the Stars of GCISD program! Every nomination is also shared with the nominee’s supervisor and they are entered for a chance to be honored as the district’s Star of GCISD! Submit your nomination now at www.gcisd.net/starsofgcisd.

We welcome our parents to engage in our events throughout this school year! Any parent attending or supporting an event during the school day must have a cleared background check. Background checks must be completed each year!

Get a jumpstart and complete your background check today! Apply Online

Email: tina.garrett@gcisd.net
Website: https://can.gcisd.net/
Location: Cannon Elementary School, West College Street, Grapevine, TX, USA
Phone: 817-251-5680
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cannonSTEM/
Twitter: @canSTEM