September 29 - October 5, 2024
Good morning Cannon families,
A huge THANK YOU to our PTA Hospitality Coordinator, Brooke Teeter Stocz, and Dad's Club member Mario Cordova for spoiling our staff with sweet treats to start our Monday Staff Professional Development Day! We had a great day of learning, and our staff is pumped to provide data-driven personalized learning opportunities to grow our scholars! Every instructional minute counts, and our staff take the responsibility to grow our students very seriously. From the time our staff and student(s) arrive until the time they leave their day is filled with high teaching and learning standards. I bet our Cubs are tired when they get home!
It's a very busy time of year with a lot going on - please make sure to check out all of the save the dates below! This week, we will have Yearbook Pictures taken and we will conduct Hearing and Vision Screenings (See below for more details).
GT Referral and Testing Dates: The GT and ASPIRE referral window for 5th Graders for the 2024-2025 school year is October 14 - November 4, 2024. Testing will take place December 2-December 20, 2024. Kindergarten- 4th grade referral window is December 2 - December 20, 2024, and testing will take place January 8-31, 2025. For more information on the GT identification timeline, click here.
Family and community support is critical for the academic and social well being of our Cubs! When schools, families, and communities work together, students are more likely to be prepared for school and achieve college, career, military readiness. We are so LUCKY to have an amazing COMMUNITY filled with LOVE and KINDNESS! How you treat people matters, and our community partners recognize the proud local citizens we are fostering with Cub PRIDE (Partnership, Respect, Integrity, Dependability, and Empathy)!
Are you looking for ways to support your Cub(s) academically? Research shows that the BEST parent/guardian academic support is to read each night with your scholar(s) a minimum of twenty minutes a night! Want to practice math? - use flash cards to identify shapes and mental math facts.
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.
Each month we focus on a STEM Habit of Mind characteristic and celebrate our scholars that are chosen to be inducted into our Cannon STEM Habits of Mind Hall of Fame! "The STEM Habits of Mind position children as inquirers, observers, describers, encoders, decoders, engineers, pattern sniffers, experimenters, measurers and predictors." Our Hall of Fame ceremonies begin this Friday! Teachers will reach out to let you know if your Cub is selected to receive this prestigious honor (Dates listed below)!
We had another outstanding show of Cannon Cub Spirit this past Friday! Thank you for helping spread our school pride by purchasing spirit gear and sending your Cubbies prepared each Friday to celebrate our Cannon school community! Please continue to send your Cubs in their spirit gear all year, but especially each Friday!
As a reminder, if you have a dismissal change for your Cub, please reach out to the front office as soon as possible. If you want your child to go home with a different ride or friend, they must have the blue car tag, or they can park and go to the front office for driver's license verification.
As always, thank you for your parent partnership!
Proud to be your principal,
Dr. Tina Garrett
Hey Cubs, spirit just got a whole lot tastier!
Hit up Mesa on Tuesday, October 8th, mention CANNON Elementary, and voila! 10% of your meal supports our school. Don't want to get out, no worries, they accept to go orders too! Just mention CANNON when ordering!
A BIG Thanks to everyone that came out to BIG FISH for our Cub Spirit Night last week! Our PTA raised $200!
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A special Thank You to Maureen Collins for arranging the Cannon Cub Spirit Nights!
September - October: Parent Conferences
Monday, September 30 - Fall STEM Book Challenge Launch - More details coming soon!!
Monday, September 30 - PTA Calendar Fundraiser Closes at Midnight
Tuesday, October 1 - Yearbook Pictures šø
Tuesday, October 1 - We are GCISD Day - Show your school spirit!
Wednesday, October 2 - šHearing and šVision Screening
Friday, October 4 - š§¢$1 Hats off to Learning; š¤ 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, October 4 - Wear your Cannon Cub Spirit Gear ā®ā„š»
or šHockey Opening Day -Spirit Gear- Go Stars!
Friday, October 4 - STEM Habit of Mind Hall of Fame Ceremony (4th, 5th, Music) - Questioning & Posing Problems - 2:35 pm Cannon Amphitheatre
Saturday, October 5 - World Teacher's Day!
Monday, October 7 - Cannon Campus Excellence Committee Meeting 3:30-4:30 Learning Commons
Monday, October 7 - Stomp Out Bullying - Wear Boots & Blue š¢
Tuesday, October 8 - Cannon PTA CUB Spirit Night at MESA Mexican Cuisine Grapevine Station- Make sure to tell them you are there for Cannon!
Wednesday, October 9 - National Walk or Bike to School Day~ See Information Below!
Wednesday, October 9 - š¤4th & 5th Choir Rehearsal; 4th and 5th grade choir members should bring their own water bottle and a snack for each rehearsal. Rehearsal will end at 4:00 and students will be dismissed at the front of the school. There will not be supervision for siblings so please send them to their regular dismissal/after school care. Please let us know below if your student will be a car rider, walker, bike rider or EDP after choir and return the lower half of this page to Miss Rios before the first rehearsal.
Friday, October 11 - Wear your Cannon Cub Spirit Gear! ā®ā„š»
Friday, October 11 - š Spelling Bee Pre-Test; Want to Study? Here is the 2023 Pretest Study List
Friday, October 11 - STEM Habit of Mind Hall of Fame Ceremony (2nd, 3rd, Music) - Questioning & Posing Problems - 2:35 pm Cannon Amphitheatre
Friday, October 11- š„PTA Movie Night w/ General Meeting 6:30-8:30 Cannon Cafe and Learning Commons
Monday, October 14 - Columbus Day - No School - Student & Staff Holiday
October 14 - November 4 - GT and ASPIRE referral window for 5th grade ; For more information on the GT identification timeline, click here.
Wednesday, October 16 - Report Card 1 Posts in Skyward
Report Cards will be available in Skyward this week. To view your studentās progress report, please follow the instructions below:
Visit www.GCISD.net and click āQuick Linksā at the top of the page
Click the Skyward icon and the āLog In Hereā box in the middle of the page
Click āProgress Reports/Report Cardsā on the menu to the left
Choose 2024-2025 Report Card 1ā
If you are having trouble accessing Skyward, please submit a Help Desk ticket.
Friday, October 18 - Wear your Cannon Cub Spirit Gear! ā®ā„š»
Friday, October 18 - STEM Habit of Mind Hall of Fame Ceremony (Kinder, 1st, Music) - Questioning & Posing Problems - 2:35 pm Cannon Amphitheatre
Friday, October 18 - Final Payment Due for 5th grade Sky Ranch $110 (total cost of camp per person = $230, which is the cost without busses) https://gcisdschools.revtrak.net/elementary-schools/can/cannon-sky-ranch/#/list
October 21- November 2 - Early Voting
Friday, October 25 - 50th Day of School! Dress in your coolest Fifties gear š©š§„ or your Cannon Spirit Gear
October 28-November 1 - National Red Ribbon Week
Friday, November 1 - 4th Annual STEMapalooza; Make sure to wear Cannon Cub Spirit Gear!
Sunday, November 3 - Father of Texas Day; This day recognizes Stephen F. Austin as the āFather of Texasā. We celebrate and remember him today - a great pioneer patriot and the Father of Texas.
Sunday, November 3 - Daylight Savings - Fall Forward One Hour
Monday, November 4 and Tuesday, November 5 - Staff Professional Development - No School for Students
Tuesday, November 5 - Election Day
Do you want to be part of the Cannon Elementary Spelling Bee?
All 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students will be able to participate in a Spelling Bee pretest at Cannon on Friday, October 11th. If you'd like to participate, please let your homeroom teacher know and study the list of words given to you. Be ready to show off your spelling skills on Friday, October 11th!
Based on the pretest results, the top-performing students will participate in the Cannon Spelling Bee on Thursday, December 12th. Qualifying students and their parents will be notified on Friday, October 18th, and will be given a new word list to study. Campus winners will advance to the GCISD Area Spelling Bee.
A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL THAT DONATED TO SUPPORT OUR CUB COMMUNITY! There's still time to donate. The calendar fundraiser will close at midnight on Monday, September 30, and winning classes will be announced Tuesday, October 1st! Currently, 4th grade teachers will PIE the campus leadership team and the grade-level will enjoy a popsicle party. Our leading classes will have EXTREME fun with SILLY STRING!
Did you know that many employers will match a donation you have given to a qualifying nonprofit organization such as Cannon PTA?
Check with your employerās Human Resources (HR) manager and ask if your donation can be matched. Each company that participates has their own guidelines and processes and we are happy to provide any information you need to qualify for matching.
Cannon Elementary PTA
1300 W. College Street
Grapevine, TX 76051
Federal Tax ID: 75-2454480
Contact: treasurer@cannonpta.org
The grade level with the largest contribution will have a popsicle party and teachers will Pie in the administrative team in the face! The class in each grade level with the largest contribution will enjoy a silly string party!
Cannon Elementary: A GCISD STEM School
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