And that's a wrap on our 10th Annual Sock Drive 🧦
Our building brought in 2,639 socks! Mrs. Speck, Mrs. Valentine, and Mrs. Guy's homerooms took the crown 👑
Thank you ALL for helping us support the Marion Homeless Shelter!
On November 8, Second Harvest Food Bank (Second Harvest) and Galion City Schools are teaming up again to provide 500 Thanksgiving meals to Crawford County residents and are looking for volunteers to help make this event possible.
Date: Tuesday, November 8, 2023
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Location: Galion City Schools Pantry, 474 Portland Way N, Galion, OH 44833
What to expect as a volunteer: Help load boxes of food and non-food items, assist in our outdoor drive-thru mobile pantry setting, register families as they come in and direct traffic as well.
Your support makes a world of difference! Sign up to volunteer using the link below: https://cerv.is/0293rGAL110823
Please note, this opportunity is open to high school students and older. Upon arrival, make sure to check in with our friendly Volunteer Relations Staff.
We are immensely grateful for your dedication to ending hunger in our community. Let's work together to make a positive impact! We look forward to seeing you on November 8th. Thank you for your support of Galion City Schools and the Second Harvest Mobile Food Pantry!
Allll the awards to wrap up our 1st quarter of the year! 🥇
We recognized our lighthouse and safety patrol team members, most improved students, perfect attendance, pawsitive office drawings, announced the Q1 house team (Onraka 🧡), staff member of the month, and principals award.
Mrs. Garver's class decided they needed to get their classroom ready for Halloween by carving a class pumpkin 🎃 but don't ask Aiden how he felt about it 🤣
Can YOU sharpen a pencil with a touch of a button? Payton can! ✏️
She is using her adaptive switch to run the pencil sharpener to make sure her and all her classmates are ready to go for the day!
One step is just too easy for Mr. Rinehart's 4th-grade class (and writing on paper 😉)
Here are students are working on double digit by double digit multiplication, then subtracting then taking the difference and putting into equal groups!
Tomorrow (10/24)and Wednesday (10/25) our 3rd-graders take their Fall ELA assessment.
We hope all of our 3rd-graders get plenty of rest, eat a healthy breakfast, and come with a positive mindset 🧡
Good Afternoon Tiger Families,
Just a quick reminder that there will not be school on Thursday and Friday this week to accommodate the Parent/Teacher Conferences. Conferences will be held Tuesday after school and on Thursday afternoon. If you do not already have a scheduled conference and would like one, please call your child's school office.
This is the LAST WEEK of Socktober 🧦
Help us finish strong and bring in socks for the The Marion Homeless Shelter! This shelter serves many Crawford County men, women and children in need and we need YOUR help to supply them for the cold season ahead.
Although the final "class totals" will be counted on Wednesday, please feel free to bring them in until the end of the week!
PUMPKIN-GRAMS 🎃
-- Starting Monday, October 23rd and through October 30th, students, teachers & families can order Pumpkin-Grams (with candy) for 50¢ each.
-- Students are able to purchase these to send to students their room or in other rooms. -- They will be sold in the lobby before school as well as during Parent /Teacher Conferences.
-- Students and families can also fill them out online (https://forms.gle/oRxLdcQGbXUu8mYG7) at home and we can attach a piece of candy here at school with sending in their 50¢
All proceeds will go to our Student Lighthouse Team fund to help support events such as elementary night and candy for Spooktackular, purchasing Lighthouse t-shirts, and other events that may come about this year. We've got a great group of Lighthouse kiddos who are ready to help in any way they can! 🧡💙
Leadership clubs, fall harvest parties, and too much candy filled our past Friday! Check out all our fun 🤪
Say hello to our September Portrait of a Tiger winner! Winter is a perfect example of what it means to be resilient 🤍
Annnnd off our book fair goes! 📚
Check out this incredible selection thanks to our PTO and with help from Crawford Reads!
📆 We will be open until Friday AND for 2 family nights: October 24th and October 26th
New this year, teachers have the option to 'recommend' books for students. Mrs. Patterson chose "Frizzy" 💟
Mrs. Carpenter's class took to the woods for Science class this week 👏🏻 The class went and collected different types of leaves and hunted for seeds as they are learning about the seed parts and life cycles of plants! 🍃
Only TWO more Wednesdays of SOCKtober! 🧦 and we are having a great (and friendly 😉) competition!
The Book Fair is coming to GIS THIS Wednesday through Friday (18th through the 20th)! 📚 Have your student(s) bring money or use the Scholastic eWallet to purchase. Preview forms have been sent home with your students.
We will also have Crawford Reads here to donate used books for free as well.
Whether buying new or picking from our used selection, our goal is for EVERY student to walk away this week with a new book in their hands 🙌🏻
We came, we sang, and we served some hot pancakes 🥞 Thank you to Galion Kiwanis for having our 5th-grade choir and Lighthouse students help today!
Today we held our first Genius Hour 👏🏻 this is a time for our accelerated students to do extension projects/activities.
First up, a friendly game of chess ♟️
Round and round some of Mrs. Garver's class goes 🌀🧡
Miss Duckworth's class earned a pizza party 🍕 for great behavior for their substitute teachers.
She was out 3 days last week and all of the sub notes were fantastic! 👏🏻
Also, on the topic, sign up to sub using this link 😉: https://galioncitysdoh.sites.thrillshare.com/page/employment-opportunities
