Important Dates

10/26-10/30	Red Ribbon Week - see information below
10/26	GCISD School Board Meeting - GMS Cafeteria 7:00 pm
10/28	GCISD Pink Out Day - Wear Pink to raise awareness about Breast Cancer
10/30	Dental Hygiene Day - Kindergarten-2nd grade
11/01	Daylight Savings Time - change your clocks!
11/11	Veteran's Day Assembly - see information below
11/16-11/20	Book Fair @ Cannon
11/19	Family Engineering Night & choir concert 5:30-7:30
11/23-11/27	Thanksgiving Break - no school

OCTOBER NEWS FROM THE LEARNING COMMONS! Mrs. Berumen, our wonderful librarian, has shared some great October learning opportunities with all of our staff & students.  At our last Friday Assembly, she spoke with the students about the October Book of the Month and the related Design Challenge.  This month's book, Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf is a wonderful book to share during the fall season.  She has challenged all of our classroom teachers to engage their students in a challenge to design Leaf Rafts in class.  Using only approved materials, students will design sustainable rafts that can hold the largest number of marbles.  These designs will be tested "live" on KCAN in November and the winning class will receive a $50 gift certificate to the upcoming Scholastic Book Fair. Click here to read about this month's book & challenge.  Also, from the Learning Commons, Mrs. Berumen has invited all students to participate in this Annual Storybook Pumpkin Challenge. 

FUN FAMILY EVENT!  Make plans now to attend Shrek! The Musical, a Grapevine High School Theater Production. On October 30th & 31st @ 7:00 pm, parents and children are invited to attend! Children may attend in costumes for this musical fantasy at Halloween!  Student tickets are $10 & adult tickets are $15. Click here to make reservations now!  If you attend the October 31st performance, you can buy a $5.00 Swamp Pass for trick or treat at the concession stand before the show or at intermission.  You can also have your photo made with cast members and get candy treats & autographs from each character!

NEW ATTENDANCE INCENTIVE  Attendance at school each day is critically important to each student's academic success at school - if students are not present, they cannot learn!!  Also, did you know that our students' attendance plays a part in our campus accountability ratings and funding from the state?  For all of these reasons and more, we want to remind all parents that student attendance at school each day IS important!!  Effective Monday, October 26th, all students who are in attendance each day for the remainder of the year, will receive a free pass to NRH20 Water Park at the end of the year!!  As a reminder, all students should be in their classrooms at 7:45 each day, ready for instruction.  Thank you for getting to school on time!