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GES eFolder | December 16, 2011

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Winter Break: Dec. 19, 2011 - Jan. 2, 2012

 

Our Mission: Grayson Elementary School is a successful community of lifelong learners who strive daily for excellence to make a difference in the world.

Office of the Principal

 

Gwinnett Online Campus: Informational Meeting for Parents on Jan. 5 at Grayson High School

Gwinnett Online Campus is a charter school within the GCPS system. Families who are interested in learning more about the full-time online school for grades 6-12 are encouraged to attend an informational meeting at Grayson High School Theater on Thurs., Jan. 5, 2012.

The middle school meeting will be held from 6:30-7:15 pm and the high school meeting will follow from 7:30–8:15 pm. These sessions are designed to provide the information parents need to make an informed decision about enrolling a student full-time at Gwinnett Online Campus. If you are unable to attend on this date, additional meeting locations and times are listed on the Gwinnett Online Campus website at http://www.gwinnettonlinecampus.com/goc/ The registration window for all full-time students in grades 6-12 is open from Feb.1-29, 2012.

 

 

Free Online Math Tutorials
 

The Gwinnett County Schools provides all of its students will free and continuous access to all online math tutorials. GES students and parents may use our school's "log in" information to access tutorials at any time. Please see the attached document for specific information on accessing the tutorials.

Username: graysonesmath | Password: graysonesmath

Math Tutorial Access Information (How to access tutorials)

GCPS Online Campus
 

 

Friendly Reminders For GES Families
 

ATTENDANCE
Parents must send in a signed and written note when their child returns to school for being absent. Parents have a 2 week window to send in a note stating the reason for their child's absences.

EARLY CHECK-OUT
No student check-outs will be allowed after 3:00 pm

CAR POOL IN THE AFTERNOON
Parents MUST have a parent pick up number before coming through the line. Numbers can be obtained, with proper ID, at the Front Office prior to 3:00 pm.

TEMPORARY TRANSPORTATION CHANGES
Emails to the teacher may not be seen in time to make transportation changes. Therefore, if your child is not going home by their normal method of transportation, a note providing the new mode of transportation must be sent with your child on that day.

MESSAGES TO TEACHERS
Because of instructional time with the children, teachers have a 24 hour window to respond to emails and phone messages.

 
Contact kay_forrest@gwinnett.k12.ga.us

 

Academics

 

Club News

GES Martial Arts Focus & Fitness Club

 
The Martial Arts Focus & Fitness Club, now in its third year, meets Wednesday mornings with Instructor Wilson, from 7:50 - 8:20 a.m. Due to the holidays falling during Session Two, the club will not meet on Dec. 21, or Dec. 28. The third session begins on Jan. 11, 2012.
   
Contact: kristie_horn@gwinnett.k12.ga.us

 

Community Outreach

Christmas Tree Xtravaganza benefiting Endless Ribbon Foundation

For every 10 trees sold, Endless Ribbon Foundation will donate a tree. Donated trees will be given to families and children in need, children in group homes, and families facing the challenges of cancer. See attached flyer for more information and location.
 
   
Contact: caroline@circlec2it.com

 

Grayson High Community School | Winter/Spring 2012 Classes

Classes begin in January. See attached course listing for offerings, times, and date.
 
Contact: ron_pennington@gwinnett.k12.ga.us

 

Gwinnett Converatory for the Performing Arts

Registration for music, instrument, and dance lessons will take place at The Salvation Army in Lawrenceville on January 3 and 4. 2012 from 5:30-8:00 pm.
 
Contact: GwinnettConservatory@gmail.com:

 

Contests and Competitions

Festivals and Fun

Fine Arts

Fundraiser Activities

Box Tops Fundraisers! You can earn money for GES when you Shop!
 
Box Tops is offering $3.50 in FREE Box Tops! Go to http://www.forddrivesboxtops.com/ , and watch 5 (1 minute each) videos. You will earn $2.50 in Box Tops. If you request a FREE brochure from Ford, you get $1.00 more. WOW! If every student's family did this, Grayson would earn over $2,000! WOW! Thank you for supporting our Box Tops program! PS. If you buy a new Ford automobile, you will earn $25.00! :)

Campbells Labels for Education has a special Fall collection sheet, worth 50 bonus points! Go to http://www.labelsforeducation.com/Portals/0/assets/pdf/LFE%20Fall%20UPC%20Collection%20Sheet.pdf and print the special sheet. With just 4 labels, you will earn 50 points! WOW!! Thank you for supporting our Labels for Education program!
 
Contact: Jada Edwards

 

Target Credit or Debit Card Use will earn Grayson Elementary 1% of Every Purchase

 
Target shoppers! Target will donate 1% of every purchase you make when you use your Target REDcard (credit OR debit card)! You get 5% off your purchase as well when you use your card! For more information on this great program and how to choose Grayson Elementary as your school, visit
Contact: Jada Edwards

 

Kroger Shoppers: Register your Kroger card to earn Box Tops and Campbells Labels electronically when you Shop!
 
To earn electronic Box Tops at Kroger, visit http://www.rewardyourschool.com. You will earn 0.50 in Box Tops just for registering. These are extra earnings in addition to the labels you clip! Thank you!
 
To earn automatic Campbells Labels for Education at Kroger, visit http://www.elabelsforeducation.com and select Grayson Elementary as your school. Again, thanks so much!
 

elabelsforeducation.com

rewardyourschool.com
Contact: Jada Edwards

 

Mini Fundraisers: Participate When You Grocery Shop!
 
1.  Ingles customers can have a portion of EVERY single purchase donated to Grayson Elementary!  Simply visit www.ingles-markets.com and click on "Tools for Schools" at the top of the page.  Choose "Grayson Elementary" as the school you want to support, and that's it!  This must be done once a year, so if you participated last year, you need to do this AGAIN for this year.  Thanks so much!! 
 
2. While you're on the Ingles website, you can also sign up for Bonus Box Tops to be credited to your Ingles card!  Click on "Bonus Box Tops" in the middle of the webpage.  Thank you!
 
3.  Campbells Labels for Education has some exciting new partners this year, to help us boost our FREE school equipment earnings!  In addition to Campbells and Pepperidge Farm products, you can now clip and save the following UPC barcodes:  Emerald nut products, Danimals and Dan-o-nino yogurt, Glad food storage, Post cereals, BIC stationary products, Pop Secret popcorn, and MORE.  Visit www.labelsforeducation.com for a complete list of what to save!
 
4.  Announcing our Fall 2011 Tyson Project A+ label collection contest!  Send in your Tyson Project A+ labels from specially marked packages of Tyson products, and be entered in a random drawing for a $10 Brusters gift card.  Please send the labels in a ziptop bag, with student's name, grade, and teacher's name to be entered in the contest.  Drawing will be held around 12/16/11, and winner will be announced in January.  Good luck! 
 
5.  Grayson Elementary is now collecting Coke and Powerade caps, and codes from Coke product cartons, to earn FREE school equipment from Coke Rewards!!  For more information, please visit www.mycokerewards.com  and click on "Schools" for more info!
 
6.  Our Terracycle recycling program has been very successful.  Did you know that last year from Feb-May, we recycled over 5,000 Capri Sun drink pouches?  We have quite a large list of items that we can recycle for cash, so please send what you can to earn CASH from your TRASH!  For more info, visit www.terracycle.net  for a complete list of what to save...
 
The following can be recycled for CASH:
1.  Capri Sun pouches (or ANY drink pouch)
2.  ANY chip bag, cookie bag, cracker bag
3.  ANY lunch kit (such as Lunchables)
4.  Old cell phones
5.  Used ink jet cartridges
6.  Used Elmers glue sticks or glue bottles (Elmers brand only)
7.  Used pens, markers, or mechanical pencils
8.  ANY cheese packaging!  (tubs or bags of any kind!)
9.  ANY personal care health/beauty container!!  (shampoo bottles, lotion, hairspray, makeup compacts..if you use it for health/beauty, send it in!)
 

Labels for Education

My Coke Rewards
Terracycle
Contact: Jada Edwards

 

Help Grayson Win a Playground Makeover!
 
Grayson Elementary is in the running for a $25,000 playground makeover! Would you like to help make it happen?? Danimals and Dan-o-nino yogurt have specially marked "Rally for Recess" codes on the packaging. From now until January 2012, please take a minute to enter the code online at www.rallyforrecess.com or you can send the entire yogurt package to your teacher and the PTA will enter the codes for you! Let's bring this $25,000 super prize home to Grayson! (PS. Danimals and Dan-o-nino yogurt UPC barcodes are a Campbells Labels for Education product, so save that too!)

Rally for Recess
 
Contact Jada Edwards

 

Parents and PTA

Sports

Volunteer Activities

"Going Green" Update

Nearly 1,046 Reams of Paper Saved since January 2010 and Counting...

Estimated paper saved this week: 4,932 sheets.  Total sheets of paper saved since January 2010: 585,616!

Switching to recycled paper is definitely a big win for the environment. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) reports that 40 cases of 30% recycled copy paper (400 reams) will save more than seven trees, 2,100 gallons of water, 1,230 kilowatt-hours of electricity and 18 pounds of air pollution.

 

 

 

 

 

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