Monday Morning Meeting: 4/13/20
Please click this link for a Monday Morning Greeting video for all elementary and early childhood students. We wish you a great day and a wonderful week! ...
Monday Morning Meeting: 4/6/20
Please click this link for a Monday Morning Greeting video for all elementary and early childhood students. We wish you a great day and a wonderful week!...
Gillispie EC Ideas & Resources – Vol. 2
Hello EC Families! We hope your second week of being at home has gotten off to a great start! We have a few extra ideas for you to check out: ACTIVITIES Using Kitchen Scraps to Learn About Plant Science https://www.funathomewithkids.com/2017/08/using-kitchen-scraps-to-learn-about.html Easy and Colorful Ice Painting Art https://www.powerfulmothering.com/ice-painting/ RECIPES Taste Safe Slime Recipes https://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/edible-slime-recipe/ Berry-Banana Cauliflower Smoothie http://www.eatingwell.com/recipe/265882/berry-banana-cauliflower-smoothie/ HELPING KIDS UNDERSTAND COVID-19 Hello, My Name is Coronavirus https://660919d3-b85b-43c3-a3ad-3de6a9d37099.filesusr.com/ugd/64c685_319c5acf38d34604b537ac9fae37fc80.pdf LIVE STREAM CLASSES There are two great local small businesses offering free live stream classes (a small donation per class is requested): Movers & Groovers with...
Monday Morning Meeting: 3/23/20
Please click the link below (or paste the link in your browser) for a Monday morning greeting! Watch it with your children! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-rSq1NWz8AhuSELOgPg3teQO5YpUbui6/view...
Gillispie EC Ideas & Resources – Vol. 1
Hello EC Families! As you continue to embark on your stay-at-home journey, I present to you the first volume of Gillispie EC Ideas & Resources (an email that I will send out periodically). The content has been curated by our EC team and our goal is to encourage you during this unpredictable time and offer resources for your family to utilize while you are at home. We hope you find this helpful! ACTIVITIES Go Take a Hike! Kid-Friendly Trails in...
Specialty Spotlight: P.E.
Even with the off and on showers, it's been a fun week in P.E.! Early Childhood and Elementary P.E. classes have been centered around the topic of nutrition and healthy food choices. Following guidelines from the USDA and MyPlate.gov, students have been grouping foods based on the MyPlate chart and deciding between healthy and unhealthy choices. Grades 3-6 are also wrapping up their exciting volleyball unit this week. Passing, serving, setting, and hitting have all been practiced and...
Health Update: COVID-19
During what may be a challenging and confusing time, I am reaching out to provide a status update on developments related to coronavirus (COVID-19) and to share some additional details about the actions we are planning to protect our school community. I am also providing you with two resources which may be useful as you help your children to understand the situation. The health and safety of our students, staff, and families is our priority. While the total...
Design Thinking: Reflection is Key to Strengthening Children’s Understanding
We strive to develop open-minded collaborators and articulate communicators at Gillispie. Every child and adult has to navigate working with others on a daily basis and the tools needed to be an effective collaborator and communicator are not ones students are born with. Skills like these need to be explicitly taught, practiced, and reflected upon just as any other subject in school. Through group projects, students have a platform that not only develops these skills but...
Specialty Spotlight: Music
In music class this month, our Prekindergarten students have been learning how to read music notation. Pre-K through Grade 1 students have been playing xylophone and learning various songs. This picture captures students reading and playing “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star!” This month has a continuation of our exploration of new styles of music. Over the past few months, we have learned about “The Carnival of the Animals” by Camille Saint-Saëns. Recently, we have started our journey into blues...
Center for Disease Control Update
Dear Gillispie Families, I am providing an update after the Center for Disease Control’s February 25 report to the American public on the coronavirus (COVID-19). Though the number of cases in the United States remains low and the virus is not as severe as first expected, CDC officials noted that it is likely that COVID-19 will spread across United States communities. Thus, it is important that we thoughtfully consider ways at school and home to keep ourselves...