Gardner Elementary School

Our High Five winners today are Allie and Keith! Thank you for being considerate, respectful and kind. We love your perseverance and dedication to your school work! Congratulations!

Congratulations to our Friday High Five Winners! Thank you for being responsible, honest, coachable, compassionate, and empathic! We appreciate you and we're glad you are all Gardner students! Graycen, Easton, Evelyn, Avery, Kelsey, Daniel and Trinity!

Tomorrow, Friday the 8th, is a half day of school for our 4th and 5th grade students. Town students will be dismissed at 11:10, bus students will be dismissed at 11:25 or once traffic clears the parking lot and buses can enter. Our EC and PREK students DO not have school tomorrow.

The Tree of Lights campaign begins Monday, December 4th. Help us light up our tress!

Congratulations to the following students who won an Above and Beyond award for the month of November. The character trait was Gratitude. “Being thankful, showing appreciation”. Maleah Conley, Leila Spataro, Chloe Hudson-Crowe, Avery Sonnenberg, Gabriella Vinyard, Trent Mifflin, Remi Rusteberg, Emilia Kempen, and Aaliyah Richardson. Carli Jackson, Kinley Davis, Leah Shevlin, Rylee Kirkpatrick, Colton Chism, Lily Kettler, and Easton Meyers.

Shout out to our High Five Winners today! Thank you for being fair, kind, helpful and supportive to your classmates! Tyler, Caden, Harper, Ainsley and Maewyn! We are so glad you are a part of Gardner!

Gardner Elementary students are invited to participate in our fun 12 Days of Dress up!

Congratulations to our Friday High Winners today! Thank you to Josh, Brantley, Ainsely, Zaden, and Oliver for being responsible, hard working, self motivating and helpful. We see you and we appreciate you!

Tomorrow, Friday, November 10th 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 11:25 or once traffic has cleared and the buses can enter the parking lot. There is NO school for our EC and PreK students this Friday.

A BIG High Five to our Friday High Five winners today! Kinley, Dalton, Landon, Charlotte, Randy, Easton, Avery, Lucas, Lincoln, Kennedy, and Truly! We appreciate your responsibility, positive attitude, respectfulness and participation in class! Way to go! Thank you for being a Gardner student!

Congratulations to the following students who have won an Above and Beyond for the month of October. October’s Character Trait was, Responsibility. “The state of being independent and accountable”. Easton Gentes, Keenan Yaekel, Kennedy Filipiak, Clark Modglin, Madeline Mayer, Noah Huffman, Isabella Morris, Grace Bassler, Greyson Kruse, Preston Smith, Brooke Pauline, Luci Wilson, Brady Drewes, Olivia Shields, Drew Waterkotte, Ryan Hoffman, not pictured Quinn Kharibian.

The Scholastic Book Fair is at Gardner! Students will be attending the Book Fair with their classes this week. Parents and friends are welcome to shop on Monday-Thursday from 2:30-3:30 and until 5:00 on Thursday. If you can't attend the Fair, shop at our Gardner Book Fair online. You are also able to donate to your child’s Ewallet with the following link. https://www.scholastic.com/bf/gardnerelementary1

The Scholastic Book Fair is at Gardner on May 1-5! You can donate to your child's classroom library by donating to the Classroom Ewallet. If you would like to donate to students at Gardner who are financially unable to purchase books, please consider donating to our school’s Book Buddies Ewallet. The attached document has links to all of the Ewallets that have been created. Any amount is greatly appreciated! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hGd8vEBCM0cfxjg9K-fyRq79GZqWzl11QbFB61lbBJs/edit

Tomorrow is a half day of school. 4th and 5th grade town students will be dismissed at 11:10 and bus students will be dismissed at 11:25. AM Early Childhood and PreK students have their normal schedule, 8:00-10:45. There are No afternoon EC/PreK classes tomorrow. There is no school on Monday, September 5th in Observance of Labor Day. We hope our Gardner families have a wonderful weekend!

Tomorrow, Thursday, August 26th is picture day! You can order online by visiting mylifetouch.com and use the Picture ID EVTJ7DZNH, OR send in the order form with your student.

Hello Gardner Families! Picture day is next Thursday, August 26th.  Students should come home with an order form today or Monday. If your student is not at school, or needs another form, we have plenty of extras in the office. You can also order online by visiting mylifetouch.com and use the code EVTJ7DZNH. Please send order forms and money in with students on picture day. Students will hand their order directly to the photographer. If you order online you do not need to send in anything with your student on picture day. Thank you!

Hello Gardner families! As I am sure you are aware, our in-person learners will be returning to remote learning tomorrow. If your child was an in-person learner, his/her supplies will be ready for pick up in the classroom at 10:00 Monday. At 1:00, all supplies will be moved outside by the main entrance and will be in totes labeled with your child's homeroom teacher. Please be sure to bring your child's backpack or bags to pick up supplies. Your child's homeroom teacher will be sending you an email with specifics about this week. Reminder: Monday is crazy sock day, and Tuesday is PJ day. Send pictures to bulldogfun@wcusd5students.net. The office is open from 7:30-4:00. Please don't hesitate to call if you have questions (939-3060). We hope everyone has a safe and healthy Thanksgiving! Take care!

Gardner Families, Thank you for your patience this morning with the MiineHealth App. It appears to be working now. There is an app update for those with an iPhone. Please self-certify your child if you haven't already. The office completed the certification for parents who called the office. If you have questions, let us know. Have a great day!

Gardner families, Please see the attached letter for information about this week. Thanks! https://bit.ly/32MLYJM

Gardner families, Please read the attached letter about the Return to In-Person Learning. Thank you for your continued support and patience! https://bit.ly/3msdeVz