Cafeteria & Custodian Appreciation Day

THANK YOU!

Mr. Hayes declared Friday, March 26, 2010 as Cafeteria Workers and Custodian Appreciation Day! Staff and students took the opportunity to say "Thank You" to these wonderful people who take such good care of us. Each person was given a small token of our sincerest appreciation.

Russel Swafford, Debbie Brown, Rick Burrage, & Frances Reece

Front Row: Brooke Webb, Chris Stephens, Juanita Thornton
Back Row: Debbie Cordell, Barbara Perkins, Lorraine Smith, & Patricia Sosebee

Third Grade Shout Out

Thank you, SHOP RITE!

Third grade teachers and students would like to thank Shop Rite Supermarkets for their recent donation. Thanks to their generosity, everyone will receive a grade level t-shirt and enjoy a learning adventure at Ruby Falls to culminate our rocks and minerals unit. We appreciate Shop Rite's continued support to our school and community!

Gilbert's Teacher of the Year!

Each year, every school in Walker County has the privilege of choosing a member of their faculty to participate in the county's Teacher of the Year event. Gilbert's teachers were asked to nominate one of their peers to receive this honor and represent our school. Many dedicated teacher were nominated. The competition was narrowed down to the top three vote earners. After a final round, we are happy to announce Gilbert's Teacher of the Year, Miss Kari Krouse.

Congratulations, Miss Krouse!
We wish you luck at the county level!

Nominees for Teacher of the Year
Tessa Pope, Kari Krouse, and Jay Lemons

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

ELA4R2 The student consistently reads at least twenty-five books or book equivalents (approximately 1,000,000 words) each year. The materials should include traditional and contemporary literature (both fiction and non-fiction) as well as magazines,newspapers, textbooks, and electronic material. Such reading should represent a diverse collection of material from at least three different literary forms and from at least five different writers.

During our 1,000,000 word campaign we have encouraged students to read literature from all genres. We currently have five students in grades 4th and 5th who have been inducted into our Millionaire Club. This was an incentive program designed by 5th and 4th grade teachers, Kristi Caissie and Brad Hayes to motivate our children to read age-appropriate literature from all genres as described in the standard above. We expect the number of inductees to rise significantly by the year's end. Those students reaching a million words were so very excited by the reward they received, and ensured Mr. Hayes and Mrs. Caissie that they would encourage others to reach their reading goals and join them for the next round of festivities. All treats and awards were donated by our generous staff and others are eager to contribute as the members in this club increase.

Submitted by Kelly Massey

Bunny Hop!

Don't Miss the Bunny Hop!

Pre-K through 2nd Grades
Thursday, April 1st
2:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Walker County Student Art Show

Thank you, paraprofessionals!

Paraprofessionals Appreciating Day

Governor Sonny Perdue recently proclaimed March 11, 2010 as Paraprofessionals Appreciation Day in Georgia. He encouraged everyone to say a big THANK YOU to our paraprofessionals. Gilbert's paraprofessionals are among the best in the state. We love and appreciate everything these dedicated ladies and gentlemen do for our Gilbert Gators.

Attention Honor Society & Student Council Students

Dear Parents and Students,

The Honor Society and the Student Council members will join together once again for a service project. This time, we will help with the Bunny Hop (a dance) for Kindergarten through 2^nd grade students. We will stay after school on Wednesday, March 31^st to help our parent coordinator prepare eggs for the egg hunt. We will also stay on after school on Thursday, April 1^st to hide eggs and help with other activities at the dance.

Permission forms were sent home today. If you plan to stay, please return these forms to Mrs. Richardson no later than Friday, March 26th.

March 31 - Preparation for Bunny Hop
Pick up no later than 3:15.

April 1 - Bunny Hop
Pick up no later than 4:30.

All students will be dismissed from the gym doors.

See you on March 31st!

Mrs. Richardson
Miss Higdon
Mrs. Epperson
Mrs. Robertson
Mrs. Neal

We make a living by what we do, but we make a life by what we give.
Winston Churchill

Everybody can be great because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love.
Martin Luther King Jr.

Free Chattanooga Fun!

Thursday, March 11, 2010
5:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Mark your calendar! Thursday, March 11th from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. is the day to join the Creative Discovery Museum for free family fun. Make a splash in RiverPlay! Create a masterpiece in Arts Alley! Dig the dinos in Excavation Station! Bring the family and enjoy art lessons, science demos, a drawing for a free membership, guests from other organizations such as Project Ready for School and much much more!

For More Information Contact:

Creative Discovery Museum
321 Chestnut Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402
(423) 756-2738
www.cdmfun.org

Community Fun

Are you and your family looking for a fun local event?

Well, the folks at the LaFayette-Walker County Library may just have what you're looking for! On Thursday, March 18th, they are having family movie night. This month's movie is about a Creole Princess and her Reptilian Prince. Drinks and popcorn will be available. The best part about family movie night is that it's FREE!

What?
Family Movie Night

When?
Thursday, March 18, 2010
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Where?
LaFayette-Walker County Library
305 South Duke Street
706-638-2992

St. Judes Math-a-thon

Dear Gilbert Gators:

We are excited to participate in the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Math-A-Thon program. Math-A-Thon is a free educational program that teaches our kids the importance of math while helping others in need. This year's Math-A-Thon kicked off on February 22nd.

First, students ask family and friends to sponsor their participation in the program. Then, students receive a Funbook filled with math problems. (Students even have the option of going online to complete their Funbook.) Finally, they collect pledges from their sponsors and
return them to the school to be sent to St. Jude.

Of course, the best reward for participating is knowing your family has made a difference in the life of children suffering from cancer and other catastrophic diseases. You and your child make it possible for St. Jude to treat patients regardless of a family’s ability to pay. To learn more about St. Jude, visit www.stjude.org.

For additional information regarding the Math-A-Thon program and a complete list of prizes, please visit www.mathathon.org.


Thanks for your participation!

For more information at the school level, contact Mrs. Caissie at 706-638-2432.

A Note from Coach Neal

Dear Parents and Students:

During our lives different disease of the heart have increased. Many private clubs, civic organizations, and social groups have stressed the need for every person to become more physically fit. Again this year, the American Heart Association is sponsoring "Hoops for Heart: which is a basketball skills activity. The students at Gilbert Elementary School will be participating in this program in Physical Education classes during the week of March 8-11. We are asking each person to collect donations for this worthy cause - "To Help Cure Heart Disease." Our school goal is to collect $1000.

Go visit parents, grandparents, family, and friends to ask them to support you with a contribution. DO NOT COLLECT DOOR-TO-DOOR! Ask you sponsors to make their checks payable to American Heart Association. We will be collecting donations starting today and ending on Friday, March 19th. Please bring your donations to school in an envelope marked with "American Heart Association", student's name, teacher's name, and give them to Coach Neal or Mrs. Trapp.

Keep on HOOPING it up,
Coach Neal
Mrs. Trapp

Dance Rescheduled!

Dance Rescheduled

Due to the inclement weather on February 12th, we were unable to have our Valentines' Dance. The dance has been rescheduled for Thursday, March 11th from 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. We will now have a St. Patrick's Day dance!

All forms and money turned in for the original Valentines' Dance will now be applied to the St. Patrick's Day dance. If you did not turn in money and would like to attend the dance, please ask the ladies in the office for a dance permission form.

K-2nd Graders, don't worry!

You are having a Bunny Hop on April 1st. More information will come home at a later date!

Clipart by Thistle Girl Designs