Show Your School Spirit

Show Your SCHOOL SPIRIT!

PTO is currently selling school spirit items including magnets for your car, window stickers, and water bottles! Prices are as follows:

• 9-inch round car magnet $10
• 4-inch round car magnet $5
• 4x5 inch window sticker $5
• 20 oz. Gator water bottle $5

Order forms were sent home last week. If you're interested, there are extra forms available in the office.

Yoplait 1000 a-day Giveaway!

Yoplait Yogurt is giving away 1000 bonus Box Tops each day until October 15th. You can help our school's chances of winning by entering the contest each day. You'll get great ideas, recipes, and money saving coupons when you register with Box Tops for Education. 

To register and enter the contest, click here.

Bake Sale & Candy Sale

Bake Sale and Candy Sale on Friday!

Gilbert Elementary's 5th grade students will be sponsoring a bake sale on Friday, September 26. Bake sale items are 50 cents each. Drinks (juice or punch) is available for 50 cents. Candy bars are $1 each. Thank you in advance for your support in helping our 5th graders earn the needed funds to go to Camp River Ridge.

We Love Our Grandparents!

Today was Grandparents' Day at Gilbert! We welcomed over 325 grandparents to our school. Grandparents were able to pick up students from classrooms, enjoy refreshments in the gym, meet the classroom teachers, and visit the book fair. Thanks to everyone who attended this event! Purchases made at the book fair totaled over $3500! These purchases help our school earn books and money to purchase quizzes and items for the library.

Student Council News

Future Leaders?

The Gilbert Elementary School Council is
ready to get down to business!

Congratulations to the Fourth Grade Representatives!

Chelsey Flowers, Jada Allmon, and Nathaniel Rosenthal


The fifth graders are preparing to run for Student Council offices.

Presidential Candidates

Kason Warren, Josh Neal, and Bobby Sanford

Nominees for the office of Vice President

Melanie McGill, McKaylyn Wilson, and Tiffany Chapman


Nominees for the office of Secretary

Kelsey Payne, Justin Elrod, and Katie Lovett


Nominees for the office of Historian

Tristen Duncan, Shay Shadrick, and Timothy Brumlow


Meet our Student Council Faculty Advisers

Mrs. Karen Neal and Ms. Shannon Robertson

Hat Day Friday!

Friday, September 19th will be Hat Day at Gilbert. 

You may pay $1 and wear your favorite hat! 

Money raised goes to fund our Character Cafe.

Wednesday is Picture Day!

LifeTouch will be at Gilbert Elementary School on Wednesday, September 10 to take individual fall portraits. These portraits will be the ones for our school's yearbook. If you want to purchase this photo, please return the picture envelope by Wednesday morning. Extra forms are available in the office. These photos will not be sent home for previewing!

Thanks!

Thanks to everyone who purchased candy, bake sale items, and biscuits! With your help and support, we earned $454! We earned $328 from the baked goods/ candy sale and $126 from our biscuit sale. We completely sold out of biscuits. We were able to offer baked items for sale again today during lunch. 

Biscuits will be sold again soon!

Friday, Friday, Friday!

Friday is a very busy day at Gilbert Elementary! 

Friday is BISCUIT day @ Gilbert. Staff members will be selling chicken, sausage, and butter biscuits at the gym doors to car riders and their parents. Triangle Park is providing the biscuits! Proceeds from the biscuit sale go towards the purchase of playground gear. We want to purchase playground balls, basketballs, soccer balls, jump ropes, etc. for our students to enjoy during recess.

During lunch, our 5th graders will be having a bake and candy sale. Students will be allowed to make purchases after eating lunch. Baked goods and drinks are $0.50 each. Baked goods include brownies, cookies, cupcakes, cinnamon rolls, danishes, and Little Debbie snack cakes. Candy bars are $1 each. You may choose milk chocolate, chocolate with almond, or caramel candy bars. Proceeds from these sales go towards Camp River Ridge.

What's Camp River Ridge? Camp River Ridge is a Gilbert tradition spanning 15 years. 5th graders travel by bus to the camp located in Ten Mile, Tennessee. They participate in many outdoor activities including team-building exercises, candle making, and canoeing during their three-day, two-night stay. It's a great opportunity for our Gilbert students! 

For more information on Camp River Ridge, click here.

Box Top Update

According to Coach Neal, our school coordinator, Gilbert Gators brought in 10,580 Box Top points during the month of August! We've earned $105.80 for our school. Way to go, Gators!

The winning classroom for August earns a popcorn and movie party on Friday afternoon. Congratulations to Miss Higdon's first grade class! They turned in 3780 points! 

Congratulations, the following students won a free ice cream:

• Isaiah T.
  
• Meredith W.
  
• Railee L.
  
• Alexia P.
  

Congratulations to August's Attendance Winners

Congratulations to the following classrooms which had the best attendance for their grade level:

• Kindergarten - Mrs. Brooks
• 1st Grade - Miss Higdon
• 2nd Grade - Mrs. Hurley
• 3rd Grade - Mrs. Robertson
• 4th Grade - Mrs. McRae
• 5th Grade - Mrs. Strickland & Mr. Campbell
• CBE - Miss Frye

They will be treated to Ice Cream Sundaes on Wednesday, September 3rd during lunch!