MARK YOUR CALENDARS
5/25 End of Year Awards Ceremonies - 2nd grade (8:00-9:00 am
); 1st grade (9:15-10:15); Kindergarten (1:30-2:30)5/26 Field Day 5/27 Student Holiday - Bad Weather Makeup Day - No School 5/30 Memorial Day Holiday - No School 5/31 End of Year Awards Ceremonies - 3rd grade (8:15-9:15); 4th grade (1:30-2:30) 6/1 End of Year Awards Ceremony - 5th grade -8:00-9:00; 5th grade picnic - 11:50-1:00 pm 6/2 Last Day of School for students
SUMMER iPAD USE FOR KINDERGARTEN - 4TH GRADE STUDENTS Cannon is one of several GCISD elementary campuses that will be allowing Kindergarten - 4th grade students, who are planning to return to Cannon next year, to keep their iPads during the summer. Fifth grade student iPads will be collected at the end of the school year and they will be issued new devices at middle school. Research shows that students who stay engaged in learning throughout the summer are better prepared to enter their next grade level, than those students who do not engage in reading & other learning activities over the summer. We have shared some awesome summer reading opportunities for our students, but we will also be sharing a wonderful summer learning resource soon, called Summer Boredom Busters. This will be shared with all Cannon families before the end of the year and it is packed with amazing summer learning experiences, ideas, and resources! By allowing your child to keep their iPad during the summer, they will be able to easily access all of the links to learning activities shared in these summer resources. Parent permission is required in order to allow returning Kindergarten - 4th grade students to keep their iPad during the summer. Students are NOT required to keep their devices and those who do not receive parent permission will have their devices collected at the end of the school year. All devices collected will be redistributed to students at the beginning of the school year. Click here to let us know whether or not you want to give your permission for your K-4th grade student to keep their iPad during the summer. If your child is not returning to Cannon next year, please indicate that you do not give permission. iPads will NOT be issued for the summer to any child who does not have parent permission OR whose parent has not completed this form.
PTA TALK & TEA TUESDAY RESOURCES SHARED! It was so great to see several of you at PTA's Talk & Tea Tuesday last week. At this event, our campus Learning Liaison, Lisa Brown, and Kindergarten teacher, Kami Anderson, shared wonderful ideas and resources for parents on how to keep your child engaged in fun and meaningful reading & writing activities throughout the summer!! It is so important to keep our students engaged in learning throughout the summer, so that they can start the year strong in next year's grade level. Click the links below to access the resources shared at this meeting.
* Click here for the slideshow shared
* Click here for Scholastic's 75 Summer Writing Prompts
* Click here for the Writing Skills to Secure & "Words in a Snap" sight words
FIELD DAY IS THURSDAY! Parents are invited to join us this week for Field Day! A schedule will be coming home to all parents this week and it will also be provided in the officeon Thursday. Field Day is one of the favorite days of the year for many of our students and Coach Sutherlin has worked hard to organize a fun and memorable day for all! Please remember to send your child to school on Friday dressed appropriately for outdoor activities. In order to avoid over exposure to the sun, please apply sunscreen on your child, prior to sending them to school. Sunscreen lotion or creams (not sprays) may be sent to school with your child, in the event they need to self-apply additional sunscreen throughout the day. Hats & sunglasses are also permitted on Field Day, in order to offer additional protection from the sun. Please make sure that all clothing worn (students & parents) meets the dress code in the GCISD Student/Parent handbook, including shorts that are the appropriate length and no tank tops or shirts with thin straps. Also, don't forget to send a water bottle, with your child's name on it, to school with your child on this day. PTA will be selling concessions on this date, including pizza, sno-cones, and other items. Hope to see you at school for some Field Day fun!!
We will be selling pizza slices, Gatorades, water bottles, ICEE Freeze, pickles and snacks (individual bag of pretzels, animal crackers and goldfish).
SUMMER FAMILY ADOPT-THE-GARDEN Can you family adopt the garden for a week over the summer?? We are looking for families interested in taking ownership of Cannon's Learning Garden for a week at a time this summer! You can spend time with your family watering, pulling week, planting & harvesting vegetables. If you are not able to volunteer for a full week, but would still like to help please let us know. There may be another family that can share a week with you. Please click here to let us know if you are available to adopt the garden this summer. We appreciate your help making the garden a GREAT place for our students to learn!!
GCISD EXPLORES PARENT INTEREST IN ELEMENTARY ELECTIVES In the fall of 2015, the district solicited parent, staff and community member feedback through a new engagement tool, ThoughtExchange. Upon reviewing the feedback the district received, it became apparent that our elementary parents were interested in adding extracurricular activities to the school day. Unfortunately, due to the elements that must be taught through the state mandated curriculum, and the restrictions by the state for our school day, we are not able to add extracurriculars as part of our every day life at Cannon Elementary. In order to meet the needs of our families the district is looking at offering some extracurricular activities after school for a fee. If you are interested in possibly participating in this after-school offering, please take this brief survey to provide us with your feedback on course offerings and schedule. Here is the link to the survey http://goo.gl/forms/bKWW7I8DO8. This survey ends on May 27th. Your feedback is important!!
SUMMER READING FUN! There are many great ways to keep your child engaged in reading throughout the summer! We will be sharing information with all parents during the final weeks of school about FUN learning ideas/opportunities for all of our Cannon Cubs! Click here to read all about Cannon summer reading activities that your child can participate in and earn some FUN incentives when they return to school in the fall.
SHAC COMMITTEE MEMBERS NEEDED The State of Texas mandates that each school district have a School Health Advisory Council (SHAC). SHAC assists the district in ensuring that local community values are reflected in the implementation of a coordinated health program including health education, physical education, health services, nutrition services, counseling, healthy school environment, staff health promotion and family/community involvement. SHAC is in need of dedicated members for the 2016-2017 school year. Click here to read more about this opportunity!
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!
STAY CONNECTED! HAVE YOU "LIKED" OUR CANNON FACEBOOK PAGE YET? If you haven't already "liked" our Cannon Facebook page, please do so today! We work hard to provide updates, information, and celebrations on our Cannon page. Click here to see our Cannon Facebook Also, please follow us on Twitter @canSTEM
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