MARK YOUR CALENDARS
4/25 - 5/3 Early Voting for GCISD Bond 2016- click here for voting information 4/25-4/29 Kindergarten Registration Week 5/2-5/6 Teacher Appreciation Week 5/7 GCISD Bond 2016 Election Day 5/9 3rd & 4th Grade STAAR Math tests 5/10 3rd & 4th Grade STAAR Reading tests 5/11 5th Grade STAAR Science test 5/16 Cubs Night Out @ Plucker's Wings 5/17 Parent Talk & Tea - Campus experts present about literacy skills your child needs to learn! 5/19 Young Engineer's Night - Mark your calendars for this special night! 5/20 Cannon Career Day 5/26 Field Day 5/27 Student Holiday - Bad Weather Makeup Day - No School
KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION IS THIS WEEK! Do you have a Kindergarten student starting school next year? Do you have a neighbor or family member who will have a Kindergarten child starting school at Cannon in 2016-2017? If so, be sure to check out THIS DOCUMENT about Kindergarten registration that begins this week! Please note that on Tuesday, 4/26, we will host a Kindergarten Meet & Greet from 4:30-6:30 p.m., so please make plans to come to Cannon during this time, so that your child can meet the Kindergarten teachers, see a Kinder classroom, and receive a special Kindergarten welcome gift. We can't wait to meet our incoming Kindergarten students!!
BIG THANKS TO CANNON'S PTA & DAD'S CLUB! Wow!! It was SO awesome to see so many of our Cannon families at events last week. BIG thanks to all of the parents who came out to Spring Creek BBQ to support our school! We had approximately 15% of our families attend this event. Also, it was SO fun to see so many of our Cannon families at the Cannon Country Cookout, hosted by our awesome PTA & Dad's Club! We had so much fun enjoying picnics, dancing, taste-testing salsa, dancing, steer-roping, playing lawn games & petting animals in the petting zoo!! Without our incredible PTA, we wouldn't be able to enjoy such wonderful events like these!! HUGE thanks to all PTA volunteers and Dad's Club members who made these events such a success!! We appreciate ALL that you do!
TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK COMING SOON! Please watch for information coming home soon with your child about Teacher Appreciation Week, which is 5/2 - 5/6. Each year, our Cannon PTA plans such wonderful surprises & treats for all of our Cannon staff during this week, to show their appreciation for the hard work our educators do each day! The information coming home with your chid will let you know about the plans our PTA has made for each day and will let you know what YOU can do to help! Thank you so much for your support of Cannon teachers & staff!
PARENT SURVEY REQUEST BIG thanks to all parents that have already participated in this survey. If you have not done so, please respond to this survey by May 6th. In 2013, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 5 (HB 5), which made significant changes to curriculum and graduation requirements, as well as, the assessment program and accountability system. In addition to the new graduation requirements, HB 5 also includes a requirement for school districts to conduct a community or parent engagement survey and report results to the Texas Education Agency (TEA). The information collected in this survey will help us highlight areas of excellence, as well as recognize areas of growth as we strive to Build Excellent Schools Together. This survey will remain open untilMay 6th and you can select an English or a Spanish version. Thank you in advance for your participation in this survey and for your continued support of Cannon Elementary: A GCISD STEM School and GCISD! Click here to take the survey .
4th GRADE PARENT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR SKY RANCH FUNDRAISER Attention parents of 4th grade students: Did you know that your child will have the opportunity to participate in a 3-day science camp, as a 5th grader next year? All 5th grade students at Cannon go to Camp Sky Ranch, a science camp located near Tyler Texas, each year. In order to start planning forward for this 3-day camping experience, our current year 4th grade team is planning fund-raising experiences that will help bring down the cost of this trip for ALL students. A wonderful opportunity to raise money for this is coming up at Grapevine's Main Street Days! 4th grade parent volunteers are needed to "man" a parking lot for this event and all funds raised will go directly to the Sky Ranch fundraiser, so that all of our students will be able to experience this unique camping experience next year. Click here to volunteer to help at this event.
CANNON CAREER DAY SPEAKERS NEEDED!! We are excited to have our 2nd school-wide Career Day for all students, K-5, onFriday, May 20th and we need your help! If you are interested in being a presenter or know someone that would be willing to present,please use this link to let us know!! Please provide this information by Friday, April 29th. We would like to have individuals come talk to our students about what they do and what they had to achieve to get where they are today. There are so many jobs, careers, and professions available and it would be incredible to expose the students to as many of them as we can. We believe it is important for our students to be educated about future careers and opportunities because it can help motivate them to set goals for their future. Career Day will be all day on Friday, May 20th. Presenters will be scheduled to speak to multiple groups for no longer than 30 min per group. Please let us know the duration of time you are available and we will coordinate your schedule to work around your availability. Some presenters will be in a central location and speak to an entire grade level while others will travel around to different classrooms. We are looking for presentations to be motivating and exciting for the students so feel free to bring visual aids, computer slide shows, pictures, videos, props or more. Thank you so much for your support!! Please feel free to email our counselor, Mandy Coburn at amanda.coburn@gcisd.net if you have any questions.
SUMMER ENRICHMENT REGISTRATION IS OPEN! Be sure to check out the awesome summer enrichment opportunities that are offered in GCISD. Summer classes are offered for students that have completed Kindergarten - 6th grade and are ages 5-13. Courses are offered in all areas, including academic, physical fitness, fine arts, as well as special interest classes. Classes run for one week for 3 hours per day either in the morning or in the afternoon. Click here to find registration information for Summer Enrichment or watch this video to learn more about Summer Enrichment opportunities!
MATH TELESCOPING REGISTRATION IS UNDERWAY Testing opportunities for telescoping in math for the 2016-2017 school year are available in the spring and summer for GCISD students who are completing grades K-7. The registration deadline for the May 7th exams is closed and registration for the July 28th exams will be posted during the week of May 9th. The Math Telescoping Information Packet is available here on the district website.
GCISD WILL USE NEW REGISTRATION SYSTEM FOR 2016-2017 ENROLLMENT Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, GCISD will begin using Skyward Family Access to register students. This is a change for families, as the district has previously used Infosnap. New students to GCISD for the 2016-2017 school year, including incoming Kindergarten students may begin registering with Skyward the week of April 25-April 29. All returning students will complete registration in August. Be sure to share these dates with any family, friends, or neighbors who have incoming Kindergarten students or other students who will be new to GCISD next year. To read more about this change in registration systems, click here.
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