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February 2019

Wear RED for <3 Month February

Kids Heart Challenge Begins February

Missoula Children’s Performances Feb 2nd

School Board Mtg. Feb. 12th @ 7:00 pm

Valentine’s Day Celebrations Feb. 14th

Parent Teacher Conferences Feb. 14th-16th

Early Release Feb. 14th

No SCHOOL Feb. 15th

Dr. Seuss’ Birthday March 2nd

Seuss-ational Celebration March 7th

Formerly known as Jump Rope for

Heart, Kids Heart Challenge will

challenge kids to help raise money for

heart kids in Wyoming and around the

U.S. Throughout the month of

February, your student help can help

by collecting pledges. Mr. Moody has

sent home information. March 1st will

be our Celebration Day. Last year our

raised a little over $7000! This year the

goal is $8000! Let the challenge begin!

Kids learn the value of community service and become empowered to contribute to their

community's welfare.

Children join together in helping other kids with special hearts.

Students learn how to develop heart-healthy habits while being physically active.

Students help your school earn gift certificates for free P.E. equipment!

We’re having a party, It’s truer than true

We want to celebrate and party with you!

You would not, could not should not miss,

a Parent Night Party quite like this!

Please contact your child’s teacher to help with Valentine’s Day or to receive a class list.

Thursday, Feb. 14th

Performances Saturday, February 2nd 3:00 pm & 5:00 pm at GHS Tickets $5.00 at the door

Valentine’s Day

K- Jaxton Robbins, Norah Thur

1st - Giana Fijardo, Zoe Young

2nd - Haylie O'Neil, Serenity Downes

3rd - Alakai Myers, Xavier VanderPloeg

4th - Hunter Oatman, Ellie Holloway

5th - Caiden Sorenson, Dakoby Bentley

K - Raegan Johns, Mia Lynn Rodriguez

1st - Irving Rodriguez, Amelia Emmett

2nd - Charley Russell, Joey Boyer

3rd - Phillip Thomas, Leillah Bettelyoun

4th - Rylee Jacobsen, Bennett Sanford

5th - Vanessa Vicencio, Corrie VanderPloeg

Dear Parents & Guardians,

We are in the midst of WY-TOPP winter interim

testing and the kids are showing us that they have

already learned a great deal this year. We continue to

focus our efforts to provide every student as GES

with an education designed to meet their individual

needs and capitalize on every child's unique set of

skills. We know that our student's success at school

starts at home and want to provide families with as

much support and resources as possible. Countless

studies identify reading with your children as having

a positive effect on brain development. As a

working parent of elementary-aged children myself,

I know first hand that sometimes life doesn't always

provide as many opportunities for this as I would

like. Moby Max and Lexia are two research-based

programs that students use. Moby Max is a digital

learning tool that finds and fixes learning gaps with

adaptive, differentiated learning. Lexia is

a program that provides systematic, personalized

learning in the six areas of reading instruction,

targeting skill gaps as they emerge, and providing

teachers with the data and student-specific resources

they need for individual or small-group

instruction. Epic is a reading resource for

computers or tablets that students can use at home

to support their learning. Epic is free for teachers

but does have a fee for at home use. Ask your child's

teacher if you would like more information on how

to use these tools.

We are looking forward to seeing you all on

February 14th and 15th at Parent/Teacher

Conferences.

the Principal

Mr. Bowe

National School Counseling Week 2019, "School Counselors: Providing Lessons for Life," will be celebrated from Feb. 4-8, 2019, to focus public attention on the unique contribution of school counselors within U.S. school systems. National School Counseling Week, sponsored by ASCA, highlights the tremendous impact school counselors can have in helping students achieve school success and plan for a career. National School Counseling Week is always celebrated the first full week in February. 2019 National School Counseling Week Photo Challenge Take a photo/video of the day’s theme and share on Twitter, Facebook and/or Instagram with #NSCW19. Get students, families and school colleagues in on the fun.

Monday: Happy National School Counseling Week Tuesday: Lessons Learned Wednesday: Lessons Shared Thursday: Life #Goals Friday: Building Better Humans

Kids

Zoe Patik

Kind Shayne

Cheatham

February is dental health awareness month. Dentists recommend brushing your

teeth for 2 minutes twice a day. Most people don’t look forward to the dentist’s

drill, so why not prevent that from happening by practicing proper dental

hygiene?

Proper Brushing Tips:

Hold your brush at a 45 degree angle and gently brush from your gum line down.

Use the same method to brush the entire surface of each tooth.

Using a timer set for 2 minutes or listening to a song can be a great indicator that you are brushing for an appropriate amount of time.

Flossing- What’s that about?

Brushing is important, but it won’t clean those hard to reach areas like between teeth, under braces and under the gum line. You should floss at least once daily. Most dentists recommend unwaxed floss because it is thinner and easily slides between teeth; however, most studies have shown that any floss will do the job.

Nutrition Connection

We all know that consuming sugary foods or drinks is a major cause of tooth decay. It’s not just how much sugar you consume, how and when can also have a major impact. Eating sugary foods or sipping sugary drinks all day long causes constant acid exposure to tooth enamel. This leads to tooth break down and decay. Experts suggest taking at least a 3 hour break between consumption of sugary foods. Choose healthy snacks like raw vegetables, cheese and yogurt.

You should have regular preventative check ups with your dentist twice a year. The goal is to prevent tooth decay, gum disease and other mouth disorders.

Whitening Products

Many toothpastes claim to whiten teeth and it’s ok to use these as long as the

toothpaste contains fluoride and ingredients to fight plaque and tartar. If

you are truly concerned about yellowing of your teeth, consult your dentist BEFORE

trying these products.

Wednesday, January 30th

marked the 100th Day of School!

Lower Elementary had so much

fun counting, reading, crafting,

& discovering the number 100.

What will we look like when we are 100?

Can you tell who we are?

ANSWERS:

1.Lovely

2.Angelo

3.Max

4.Joey

5.Payton

6.Serenity

7.Tell

8.Wendy

9.Emily

10.Ella

11.Makinli

12.Carlin

13.Lane

14.Cruz

15.Jayden

16.Reagan

17.Derek

Mr.

Hunt’s

2nd

Graders

Sponsored by the Wyoming Library Association and the

Wyoming State Reading Council, the Buckaroo Book Award

provides Wyoming children in grades K-3 with the opportunity to select favorite books they have read or have listened to and to

honor the authors of these books. Each student in grades K-3 will

get to vote on their favorite book and the votes will counted to find Wyoming’s 2019 favorite book!

Buckaroo Books

2018 Winner:

Little Louie's story keeps getting messed up, and he's not

happy about it! What's the point of telling his tale if he

can't tell it perfectly? But when he stops and takes a deep

breath, he realizes that everything is actually just fine, and his story is a good one--

imperfections and all.

2019