Congratulations to our October Team Member of the month! Mrs. Stapf is a new 5th grade teacher to our district this year and we are so lucky to have her! Here are some of the words used to describe her... eager, strong, determined and team player! Thank you Mrs. Stapf for all you do!
Check out these 4th grade High Five winners! Shelby, Willow, Owen, Aubrey, E'Lynn, Cohen, Hadley, Cruz, Anna, Clara, Amelia and Cody! We love your kindness, participation, dependability and your willingness to always lend a hand!
Congratulations to the following students for winning an Above and Beyond award for the month of September. The trait of the month was Teamwork, “People working cooperatively towards a shared goal or purpose”. Hunter Niemann, Henry Vogt, Breanna Ervin, Sawyer Matecki, Lylah Seymour, Annie Deutch, Chase Zimmer, Oliver Kurrus, Aubrey O’Leary, Lola Vincent, Carter Wolters, Brooke Blind, Lily Warren, Isabella Morris, Aiden May, Lucas Wolters, and Dallon Espenschied.
Congratulations to our 5th grade High Five Winners! Thank you for your positive energy, friendliness and your desire to work hard at everything! Kegan, Fiona, Brooke, Jase, Remy, William, Grace, Aiden, Remington, Lili, Anna, Charlotte and Easton!
The BoBo's fundraiser has been extended to next Wednesday, October 2nd! The online store will NOT close tomorrow. If you'd still like to participate please visit https://bobosfundraising.com/ the school ID is Gardner. Remember to have your student turn in their coupons for this week's drawing for participation prizes. We will also have a drawing next Thursday! For every 3 items sold next Monday thru Wednesday students should turn in a coupon! Any color coupon will work and there are more available in the office. Thank you for your support!
Check out our September Screen Challenge group who considered their habits. One student shared, "I spent more time with my family." Hooray for you all!
Homecoming week is quickly approaching! Here is all the fun for next week!
Congratulations to our Friday High Five Winners! Thank you Waylon, Gavin, Anna, Tripp, Ryland and Hazel for volunteering to help others, being friendly to all, and for being kind, hardworking, and flexible! We appreciate you!
Have your heard about the September Screen Free Challenge?! Information was included in the Sept. Gazette. We are going to have some weekly challenges.
This week, week one- Charging devices outside bedrooms. Guess what the most common "own it" word is during POP. Tired! Let’s see if getting devices out of our bedroom will help us sleep better.
Students that would like to participate can get a calendar from your teacher or the office! Hard work pays off, so please give it a try!
This Friday, August 30th, is a half day for 4th and 5th grade students. Town students will be dismissed at 11:10 and bus students will be dismissed at 11:30, or once traffic has cleared and busses can enter the parking lot.
There is NO school for EC or Prek on half days.
This year we will once again have 2 picture days. Please make sure to mark your calendars with the correct date.
• 4th and 5th grade will be on Tuesday, September 10th.
• EC and PreK will be on Wednesday, September 11th.
There will be individual and class pictures. The online store is now open. To order online please visit INTER-STATE.COM/ORDER, the order code is 87851CA. Paper order forms will be sent home with students this week. If ordering with the paper order form, please send all orders/money in with your student on their picture day.
Congratulations to Jane O’Guin whose submitted artwork for the Daughter’s of the American Revolution art contest has won a National award! Her Stamp Art has been on a very long journey making its way all the way to Washington DC! Her submitted artwork won first place in the Whiteside Station Chapter of the D.A.R. Then it won first place at the Illinois State Organization D.A.R. It then moved on to the North Central Division where it won first place, finally landing at the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution as a First place winner in the Junior American Citizen Stamp Art contest for 4th grade! Wow! What an amazing acheivement. We are so proud of you Jane!
The staff at Gardner Elementary are excited to announce the winner of the Jenny Eckenfels Sunshine Award. Congratulations to PRESTON SMITH!
Jenny was a Special Ed teacher at Gardner, who passed away last February.
This award was created to honor and remember her. She was a ray of light with a heart of gold who was passionate about her students and work. She made everyone she met a better person and made Gardner a better place. She is greatly missed. This is the 2nd year for the award, which is for 5th grade students at Gardner.
Students who are nominated for this award demonstrate the passion to help others, bring out the best in everyone, and share a smile that shines like a ray of light, all of the traits that were modeled every day by Mrs. Eckenfels. Congratulations to all of our nominees! Kelsey Schmitz, Ryan Hoffmann, Elayna Ewen, Kate Scalise, Lindsay gum, and Thomas North, Preston Smith, Harper Cadduck-Hipp and Madeleine Hill.
A BIG Thank you to Jenny’s husband, Jeremy, children, Aubrey and Brayden, and to her family for attending today.
Congratulations to the following students for winning an Above and Beyond award for the month of April. The trait of the month was Empathy, “the ability to understand and share the feelings of another person”. Remy Booher, Oliver Keller, Louis Klohr, Mia Kistner, Charlotte Rodenberg, Willow Murphy, Truely Stacey, Lily Buettner, Molly Eggemeyer, Brynn Glaenzer, Alaina McNalley, Josie Stumpf, Brianna Kriete, Dallon Espenschied, Aliceandra Hollenkamp, and Patience Nelson. Not picture, Olivia Dill.
Congratulations to our two Friday High Five winners! Thank you Evan and Logan for your amazing attitudes and for the kindness you show to others!
Congratulations to the following students for winning an Above and Beyond award for the month of March. The trait of the month was Optimism, “the belief that good things will happen”. Elle Bower, Allison Lewis, Sydney Patton, Lorelei Wittenauer, Madeline Hill, Eleanor Snover, Lillian McCalister, Kelsey Utz, Amelia O’Daniell, Rosalie Jones, McKenna Menke, Avery Fitzgerald, Wes Jarden, Jacob Mudd, Kyson Kersting and Cannon Dunaway.
Congratulations to our Friday High Five Winners. Ainsley, Carli, Allison, Brady and Cassen. We appreciate your kindness, responsibility, fairness and consideration!
Congratulations to our Friday High Five winners! Thank you for being responsible, creative, kind and caring. Allison, Ainsley,. Laney, Elijah, Mikayla and Cassen!
Congratulations to the following students for winning an Above and Beyond award for the month of February. The trait of the month was Courage, “the ability to do something that frightens you”. Aubrey DeLucia, Evelyn Vaughn, Kelsey Crook, Sophia Wilson, Micah Whitaker, Elena Toman, Addisyn Mercer, Evelyn Keeling, Londyn Belt, Kate Scalise, Tessa Deffenbaugh, Jocelynn Plunkett, Addie Pietlukiewicz, Lindsay Gum, Anna Brooks, Lola Vincent, and Jase Erlinger.
Congratulations to our Gardner students who participated in the district wide Science Fair over the weekend. Tripp Gardner - Best of 4th grade! Ryan Hoffmann - Best of 5th grade! Logan Johnson - Best of Gardner!! Great job to all!
Congratulations to our Friday High Five Winners! Thank you to Hannah, McKenna, Abby, Watson, Allison, Jase, Carter and Jake, for being helpful, inquisitive, polite, hardworking, and thoughtful! These are all qualities that their teachers wrote about them! We love having you at Gardner!
