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GES eFolder | November 18-25, 2011November e-Ram Reader | GES PTA Homepage Thanksgiving Break: Nov. 21-25
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| Annual Lighting of the Grayson Elementary Tree | November 29 at 7 pm | ||
| Please join us for performances by our Grayson Chorus and a reading of "Twas the Night Before Christmas" by our own Kris Kringle: Mr. Chris Brown. Stop by the Relay for Life table as we work to fight cancer to support our theme of "Love, Peace, and S'More Birthdays!" Hot chocolate and packaged snacks will be on sale for 50 cents. Also, a take-it-home and make-it, s'more ornament will be available to purchase for $2.50. Proceeds will go to the GES Relay for Life team. | ||
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 GES 2011 Lighting of the Tree Invitation |
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Contact chris_brown@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
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| Holiday Luncheons at Grayson Elementary | Dec. 8 (Grades K, 3, 4) and Dec. 9 (Grades 1, 2, 5) | ||
| Please join us for Grayson Elementary's Holiday Luncheon 2011! See attached invitation for a menu preview, and the date and time of your child's luncheon. | ||
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| Invitation, Menu, and Class Luncheon Schedule |
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Contact chris_brown@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
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| Parent Perception Surveys -- Available Until Dec. 9 via the Go.Gwinnett Parent Portal | ||
Parents: We encourage you to take the RBES Parent Perception Survey, available on the Go.Gwinnett Parent Portal. Both English and Spanish versions of the Parent Survey is available to parents via the Parent Portal through Fri., Dec. 9. We encourage all parents in our school community to obtain access to the Parent Portal and to complete the survey during the regular survey administration time period. After you log into the Parent Portal, you will see a link titled: 1 School Survey Available. Parents should take the survey only one time. Thank you! |
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 Parent Portal Home Page (to register or to access the Parent Portal) |
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Contact chris_brown@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
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| 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 |
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| GCPS Online Campus |
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Contact dean_looney@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
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| Friendly Reminders For GES Families | ||
ATTENDANCE EARLY CHECK-OUT CAR POOL IN THE AFTERNOON TEMPORARY TRANSPORTATION CHANGES MESSAGES TO TEACHERS |
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Contact kay_forrest@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
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Academics
Club News
GES Martial Arts Focus & Fitness Club |
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| 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 Nov. 23, Dec. 21, or Dec. 28. The current second session ends on Jan. 4, 2012. | ||
Contact: kristie_horn@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
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Community Outreach
Christmas Tree Xtravaganza benefiting Endless Ribbon Foundation |
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| 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
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Contests and Competitions
Miss Grayson Scholarship Pageant 2011-12 |
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| Applications for the Miss Grayson Scholarship Pageant are available at Grayson High School or at www.GraysonPTSA.org. | ||
| Miss Grayson Pageant Website |
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| Miss Grayson Pageant Information |
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Contact: Janet Hart
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The winners for the Grayson Elementary School Reflections contest are in!
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Literature
Second Grade
1st Place: Jurnee Freeman 2nd Place: Paisley Quintana Photography Fourth Grade Kindergarten All 1st place winners will move on to the next level of judging. We want to thank EVERYONE who entered, you all did such a great job on this year's theme "Diversity Means..."! Start thinking about and collecting ideas for next year's theme, "The Magic of a Moment." |
Contact: Rebekah Quintanta
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Festivals and Fun
Fundraiser Activities
| November Box Tops Collections Winners Announced! | ||
| The Grayson Elementary PTA is pleased to announced the November winners of the Box Tops Collection Contest. Each month we'll announce the student and the homeroom who contributed the most Box Tops! The November 2011 Box Tops "Top Collecting Classroom of the Month": Mrs. Lisa Frost's 4th Grade! The November 2011 Box Tops "Top Collecting Student of the Month": Anna Brook Harris (2nd Grade, Mrs. Michelle Jarrett's class)! Amount of Box Tops collected in October: $250.10. Amount of Box tops earned this year so dar: $1,290! WOW!! Thank you GES families for supporting our Labels for Education program! |
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Contact: Jada Edwards
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| 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! |
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Contact: Jada Edwards
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Target Credit or Debit Card Use will earn Grayson Elementary 1% of Every Purchase |
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| 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
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| 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!
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Contact: Jada Edwards
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| 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!)
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Contact: Jada Edwards
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| 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!) |
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Contact Jada Edwards
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Parents and PTA
Sports
| Upward Basketball & Cheerleading Registration | ||
| Deadline for registration is Dec. 5. Basketball shorts are included in the registration cost. Cheerleading mock turtlenecks are included in the registration cost. | ||
| Registration Form and Information |
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Contact Stephen Price: sprice@fbcsnell.org
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Volunteer Activities
"Going Green" Update
Nearly 1,012 Reams of Paper Saved since January 2010 and Counting... |
Estimated paper saved this week: 6,556 sheets. Total sheets of paper saved since January 2010: 568,354! |
| 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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