Garden City Elementary

Happy Thanksgiving to our Garden City Elementary "Stinger Bee" family.

Tomorrow is an Early Dismissal Day!. Dismissal will begin at 12:45 for K-2 students. Please make sure your child knows how they are getting home. All changes must be in writing. All students must be picked up by 1:15.

Rising 5th graders and parents join us this evening, November 18th at 6pm to receive information on transitioning to middle school.

A lunch schedule is being provided for all the parents and guardians who returned the slip saying they would attend the Thanksgiving luncheon during your child's lunch time.

Rising 5th graders and parents join us Monday, November 18th at 6pm to receive information on transitioning to middle school.

Please invite perspective families to join us for School Showcase Saturday on Dec. 7th. We will have four tour times at Garden City to showcase the amazing things happening at our hive. Refer a family and your student will receive a prize from Principal Carr! Tour Times: 9:00 a.m. 10:45 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m.

PTA is sponsoring a FREE Family Movie Night on Friday, November 22nd from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. All students must be accompanied by an adult. Concessions will be available for purchase: Cash is preferred. Drinks 1.00 Pickles 1.00 Candy Bags 1.00 Hot Dogs 2.00 Nachos 3.00

Picture Day is Wednesday, November 13th. Come ready with your best smile! A flyer was sent home last week. Families can prepay online: The Access Code to Pre-order is C658146. www.leonards.com/order

In observance of Veterans Day, Duval County Public Schools is closed Monday, Nov. 11. Thank you to all our veterans for your service! Schools and district offices will reopen as normal on Tuesday, Nov. 12. To view the district calendar, visit https://www.duvalschools.org/.../2024-25-school-calendar.

Bus 246 is running late. Students are still waiting, but the bus is on the way.

Hey Families, Reminder tomorrow is our trunk or treat event it starts at 5:30pm until 7:00pm. For the parent volunteers you can arrive as early as 2:30 to set up your car (car loading zone) and we also need help to set up with decorations for the other activities. There will be a concession stand (cash only). Candy donations are still accepted until dismissal in the classrooms. We are also in need of snack cakes (little Debbies) for a game. Thank you for all you’ve done so far can’t wait to see you all tomorrow.

REMINDER | Tomorrow, October 30, is an early release day. Students will be dismissed an hour and 45 minutes earlier than the regular dismissal time. ⏰ Please make arrangements for or with your children.

Join us for Trunk or Treat on October 30th, 5:30-7:00. We need CANDY donations please and volunteers!!! Please see Ms Boggs our BGCNF director or someone at the school.

Report Cards went home yesterday but can also be found on FOCUS.

Reminder that Muffins with MOM takes place tomorrow at 9:30 am

“PBIS at home” will be a newsletter to parents, families, and the community to provide resources for positive behavior techniques for use at home! It will also share some of the behavior incentives we have in place at Garden City Elementary. We just wrapped up our first visit to the Stinger Bee Store. The students had a wonderful time shopping and some of them really wiped us out. If you could please donate to help us replenish the store for our next visit. https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1W0EV2A58TSRM?ref_=wl_share

This a reminder that our PTA Reinstatement Zoom Meeting is tonight at 7:00 p.m. This meeting is virtual. Please log in to support our new PTA. You are invited to a Zoom meeting. When: Oct 22, 2024 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcqd-uoqD4qHNAcYHx6DhFOYpuq64ECNGlI After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Beginning in November, every Tuesday, Technology Services will be available to distribute free ECF laptops to any student enrolled in a traditional DCPS school. This includes students who have already been assigned a laptop from school. This will be a secondary device the students can keep at home for school use. See the details below! WHAT: Free laptop for all DCPS students! No registration necessary!* *Wait times may be shorter if ECF survey is completed in advance, but not necessary. WHEN: Every Tuesday beginning November 5th* *The week of December 16th will be on a Thursday- December 19th 8:00 am – 4:00 pm WHERE: 4075 Boulevard Center Drive Jacksonville, FL 32207 For additional support families may call the Technology Service Desk at 904-348-5200. Pickup dates: November 5th, 12th, 19th, & 26th December 3rd, 10th, & 19th

Join us for Trunk or Treat on October 30th from 5:30-7:00pm. We are having a candy competition. The class that donates the most candy will win a class party. Please donate candy to our Trunk or Treat.

Join us on Friday, October 25th to have a muffin with your mom or another special woman in your life! You may wear tea party attire. Moms will also receive info on supporting your child’s education