Good morning, Cannon families,

We had a GREAT first week with our Cubs! Thank you for sending your scholars to school on time and for following all of our safety arrival and dismissal procedures. Our current School Resource Officer (SRO), Sergeant Bobby Smith, was very impressed with our established safety protocols. He would like me to remind you that it is against the law to be on your cell phone in a school zone, so please put down those phones in our car line.

Our staff are hard at work setting our routines and procedures so that all of our scholars show Cub PRIDE (Partnership, Respect, Integrity, Dependability, and Empathy) each and everyday! We will be ready to invite our Skyward approved lunch visitors to enjoy lunch with their Cub starting the week of Labor Day (September 3-6). Please continue to remind your Cub to be make strong choices as we cultivate a strong learning environment at Cannon.

A huge THANK YOU to our FABULOUS FRIDAY DADS for helping us welcome our Cubs! Every Friday is spirit day, and our Cannon Dads Club are always looking for more dads to jump in and support our arrival procedures!

In GCISD, the safety and security of our students and staff are our top priority. We have partnered with the I Love You Guys Foundation to implement Standard Response Protocols, or as we called them, Ss, that are used in emergency situations.

Emergency personnel in Colleyville, Euless and Grapevine work in partnership with GCISD to ensure we keep all students and staff safe. In this video, members of these emergency services and GCISD staff help explain each SRP and its function in keeping students and staff safe. Learn more about GCISD's Security and Emergency Management by clicking here.

• Each campus conducts drills throughout the school year. These drills are based on the Standard Response Protocols of Secure, Lockdown, Evacuate, Shelter, and Hold. GCISD developed one additional protocol known as Clear.

• Completion of the drills is mandatory for each campus during the first two weeks of school, so that students and staff are prepared. Drills help us learn and know how to respond in the case of a real emergency at school. Our drills also help us to check certain equipment and responses. Our emergency management leaders on each campus will work with students and staff to complete our drills and document the results.

• Your child's classroom has a SRP Poster displayed. We will be discussing these and practicing these drills the next two weeks of school. More information about Safety and Security in GCISD can be found at https://www.gcisd.net/page/security-emergency-mgmt

• When any visitor comes to campus, he or she will need to bring and present their driver's license to be scanned in our system in order to be admitted onto the campus. Also, our door to the office will be locked, and Mrs. Esparza or Mrs. COx will be conducting a visual check before unlocking the door.

If you have any questions, GCISD Director of Emergency Management and School Security, Allen Smith, is very receptive to speaking with parents about our safety practices and may be reached at allen.smith@gcisd.net.

Mrs. Brenda Esparza - Administrative Assistant to the Principal

Administrative Assistant

brenda.esparza@gcisd.net
Phone: 817-251-5680

Mrs. Tahle Cox - Student Data Secretary

Data Clerk

piper.cox@gcisd.net
Phone: 817-251-5678

It's going to be a STEMtastic year at Cannon!

Proud to be your principal,

Dr. Tina Garrett

We need ALL of our Cannon community to participate in our Parent Teacher Association (PTA) Calendar Fundraiser. It's simple - Pick a Day and Pay that Amount! You can select a day (or more). We need to fill up a calendar for each classroom teacher, specials teacher, and our special services teachers. We know our public schools need our help - The aim of our PTA is to fundraise sufficient funds to support our teachers and our Cubs. Prizes will be awarded to each grade-level reaching our $2,000 goal and the top earning class in each grade level will also receive a prize! Our PTA must fundraise to create a budget to support our school. Our PTA does so much for our students, but without a budget we will not be able to fulfill and support our school needs.

Signing up for the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) does NOT mean you are signing up to volunteer; it means you support our school community by being a member! Please sign up!

It's time to get your Cannon spirit gear! This is our biggest Cub store yet; we've heard your feedback and we've put it into action. We've included a wide range of styles and fits - short-sleeve t-shirts, dry fit, long sleeves, and sweatshirts! We want all of our Cannon community to flaunt Cub gear with pride everyday but especially every Friday for our spirit days. We also expect each Cub to wear their grade level color shirt for field trips, field day, our annual STEMapalooza, and for our pep rallies! Our grade level colors stick with our Cubs from Kindergarten through fifth grade. When the Cannon spirit store closes on Friday, August 23, shirts will be delivered to Cannon three weeks later. Our Cub gear is not just for kids - come on parents show your Cannon Cub LOVE! You won't want to miss this opportunity to get your needed gear. Help us build a stronger school community through our Cannon PTA and purchase your gear today! We are Cannon PROUD! ☮♥🐻https://cannoncubspiritshop.itemorder.com/shop/home/

We ask that all of our Cubs wear their grade level shirts for field trips, at our annual STEMapalooza, field day, and our school spirit pep rallies!

Every FRIDAY is a Cannon spirit gear day!

Kinder - Orange; 1st - Black; 2nd - Yellow; 3rd- Green; 4th - Royal Blue; 5th - Red

August 19-30 - Beginning of Year Academic Testing (iReady!) ✅

Friday, August 23 - Wear your Cannon Cub Spirit Gear! ☮♥🐻

5th Grade Sky Ranch Meeting 5:30-6:00

Curriculum Night - 6:15-7:00

PTA Back to School Bash (Free) - Come to our Cannon Courtyard and Playground for Community Building, Fun, and Games! 7:00-8:30

Friday, August 23 - Cannon Spirit Stores Closes

Friday, August 30 - National College Colors Day! 🎓

Monday, September 2 - Labor Day - No School for Students or Staff

Tuesday, September 3 - Skyward Approved Lunch Visitors Begin 🍕

Thursday, September 5 - Football Opening Day - Show your football spirit 🏈

Friday, September 6 - Back by Popular Demand - $1.00 Hats off for 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, September 6 - PTA Principal Coffee 9:15-10 Cannon Cafe

Friday, September 6 - 5th grade Sky Ranch Deposit Due

Friday, September 13 - Wear your Cannon Cub Spirit Gear! ☮♥🐻

Wednesdays: September 18 - November 6 - Cook~Learn~Grow at Cannon

Register online: https://cooklearngrow.com/dallas-classes/

Wednesday, September 18 - Parent Workshop with Ms. Whitsell - Building Foundational Literacy 6:00-7:00pm Cannon Learning Commons

Thursday, September 19 - Parent Workshop with Ms. Whitsell - Extending Literacy 6:00-7:00pm Cannon Learning Commons

Friday, September 20 - Wear your Cannon Cub Spirit Gear! ☮♥🐻

Monday, September 23 - Staff Professional Development - No School for Students

Friday, September 27 - Wear your Cannon Cub Spirit Gear! ☮♥🐻

At its August 12 Special Meeting, the Grapevine-Colleyville ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously to call a voter-approved tax ratification election (VATRE) that will be on the November 5 ballot. Trustees also approved the 2024 tax rate, and even with the three additional golden pennies from the passage of the VATRE, the total overall tax rate (Maintenance and Operations, plus Interest and Sinking) will be lowered by $0.0014.

GCISD officials will schedule informational meetings about the VATRE to share details and answer questions. As soon as those meetings are finalized, information will be shared through the district’s regular communication channels. In the meantime, residents are encouraged to visit www.GCISD.net/VATRE for more information.

Grapevine-Colleyville ISD residents 65 years and older are invited to join the district’s Gold Card program, which grants free entry to all GCISD fine arts and athletic events (excluding playoffs). To become a member and obtain a Gold Card, attendees only need to attend one informational session, with the first one scheduled for 9 a.m., Thursday, August 22, at the district’s Administration Building, 3051 Ira E. Woods Avenue in Grapevine, TX 76051. Attendees are asked to arrive 15 minutes early to the sessions to allow time to check-in and bring their state-issued driver’s license. Visit GCISD’s Gold Card web page to see the schedule of sessions for the 2024-2025 school year.

GCISD’s Back-to-School Resources page provides a one-stop shop of information to get ready for the new school year. Use the links on the page, which are also provided below, to let campuses know you’re coming and to learn important information about the new school year. Don’t delay! The first day of school is August 14, less than a month away!

• Returning Student Registration

• New Student Registration

• Pre-kindergarten Application (required prior to completing online registration)

• Bus Rider Registration

• Free and Reduced-Price Meal Applications

Additional information on the Back-to-School Resources page includes:

• 2024-2025 Instructional Calendar

• 2024-2025 School Supply List

• School Hours

• Attendance Reminders and Requirements

• Vaping Policy and Consequences

• Technology Support to the Student Help Desk or GCISD Help Desk for Staff

• Immunization Requirements and Exemptions

• Sickness Protocols

• Extended Day Program

• Volunteer Background Check

• Stadium Expectations

• GCISD App, which will now include parent-teacher chat and classroom announcements

• https://www.gcisd.net/o/gcisd/page/studentparent-handbook
  

  
  

  
  

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