Weekly Words from Gard Elementary School

Beardstown Elementary Weekly Newsletter August 31, 2017 Randi Cowell, Principal Tammee Petersen, Dean of Students Calendar Monday, September 4 NO SCHOOL- Labor Day Thursday, September 7 6:00 Gard School PTO Meeting Friday, September 22 11:45 EARLY DISMISSAL for School Improvement 1st Quarter mid-term Tuesday, September 26 General Assembly Thursday, September 28 Tiger Store and Student of the Month Lunch Schedule Labor Day 7:30 – 8:00 Breakfast (students must enter by 7:55 unless on late bus) 8:00 student enter who do not eat breakfast 8:05 1st bell rings 8:10 tardy bell rings & classes begin 2:55 regular dismissal time Arrival & Dismissal Procedures Hats for Harvey Your child’s safety is our first concern! Please be This Friday, September 1st Gard sure to let your child care providers and/or others providing transportation know this valuable School and the Beardstown High information. School and Middle School will join  Walkers/bike riders enter front doors. Students cannot be dropped off from vehicles together for a Hat Day in support of in front of the school or anywhere on 15 th victims of hurricane Harvey. Street at any time. Students may wear a hat to school  Vehicles riders arrive and exit west-end parking lot. Parents must stay in the line of for a donation of any amount. All traffic to pick up their child. You may not donations will go to the Red Cross to park and walk to pick-up your child. help the families affected by  Shuttle bus and rural bus riders arrive and exit front doors. Only students who live north of hurricane Harvey. Please show your 4th Street, west of Grand Avenue or east of the support for this worthy cause. railroad tracks and are in the 3rd grade or below are allowed to ride the in-town shuttle Treats buses. We love to help students celebrate birthdays! Due to  Students waiting for siblings from the MS/HS an increasing number of students with food allergies, go to the big cafeteria. No elementary school we prefer to be “food free” for birthday celebrations. children are allowed at the middle school/high The teachers each have special ways to help students school without permission. celebrate a birthday at school. If you would like to  If parents are walking to pick-up their child help your child celebrate at school, some options are: after school, students are to exit circle drive  Selecting and purchasing a “Birthday Book” doors and parents may wait on the benches. for the library in your child’s honor Parents in vehicles cannot use circle drive or  Sending pencils, bookmarks, or other small park in front of Gard School. items for your child to hand out to classmates Should treats be sent to celebrate a child’s birthday, No School the items must be store bought and should include dietary and nutritional information on the packaging. Monday, September 4 Homemade items should not be sent. Treats purchased through local bakeries are not acceptable as proper nutrition/ingredients information in not available. Homemade treats should not be sent.