Fifth grade is showing off their first set of notes in their interactive notebooks in ELA! You'll find them hard at work cutting and pasting notes about the four types of sentences.
Mrs. Eversgerd's 6th grade ELA class is learning standard RL.6.4 which includes identifying unknown words, connotation/denotation, and figurative language. The students are pictured matching words with their denotation and connotation. Hands-on learning is so much fun!
The Class of 2022 is ready to lead the way to a FANTASTIC school year.
Our 7th grade students celebrate a record breaking performance with the first ever positive DoJo rating of 100% for the week.
While the 7th grade class earned the title of top dogs for the week, all of the junior high classes had a fantastic start to the school year. All DoJo ratings were above 90%: 5th grade - 99%, 6th grade - 96%, 7th grade - 100%, and 8th grade - 91%.
Bulldog Country stands proud of all of our junior high students.
5th and 6th are re-exposing themselves to some ELA terms while searching for them in this word search. A relaxing way to ease back into the terminology!
Please help us welcome the kindergarten Class of 2030 to school. For this group of students, this marks the first time they will go to school all day. These students will grow in so many ways this year. We look forward to watching them on their journey. At GES we are #FAMILY!
Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho, it's off to school we go. Check out the upcoming events scheduled at GES for our first week of the 2021-22 school year. We look forward to working closely with our Bulldog families to make it a year filled with success.
The Swings for Schools fundraiser is right around the corner. Gather your friends, enjoy a day of golfing, and give our school a chance to win $1000.
Germantown Elementary SD #60 is hoping to start a transitional kindergarten program for the 2022-23 school year. This program will serve 4 year olds that are not part of our morning PreK program and 5 year olds whose parents opted to wait a year to send their child to kindergarten. We envision transitional kindergarten being a bridge between PreK and kindergarten with the focus remaining on play-based learning while also incorporating a little more in the way of structured activities. It will be a full day, tuition-based program that meets every day that school is in session from 8:30-3:05.
We are looking for a rock star teacher with early childhood certification to develop and lead this program. This is an opportunity of a lifetime for one lucky teacher to be part of building something new from the ground up and leading the way to full implementation of the program next August. While the teaching assignment would officially begin in August of 2022, the groundwork will begin as soon as we have a candidate ready to take on this exciting endeavor. Stipend pay will be offered for time spent developing the program. The work can be completed on nights and weekends so as not to interfere with the candidate’s work or school schedule.
If you are passionate about early childhood education, possess strong leadership skills, and are driven by challenge, please consider sending your resume and cover letter to Robin Becker at rbecker@ges60.org. We are eager to get started planning for this program.
Tonight, we welcome our Bulldog families back to school for Open House.
Using the first letter of your last name, families are scheduled to attend as follows:
6:00-6:20 A-D
6:20-6:40 E-H
6:40-7:00 I-P
7:00-7:20 Q-Z
Please enter the building using the main entrance and exit the building using the wing doors when possible.
We kindly ask that all visitors to the building wear a mask.
Feel free to bring your child’s school supplies with you, so they don’t have to be lugged to school on the first day.
Mrs. Finan will be in the office to collect paperwork, process payments, and answer questions about bus routes, the lunch program, etc.
We look forward to meeting with our PreK parents in the cafeteria tonight at 6:30. At the meeting, Mrs. Hitpas will share important information about the PreK program. We anticipate the meeting will take approximately 30 minutes. One or both parents may attend. We ask that attendees wear a mask.
Go to the App Store, https://apple.co/3h1r6Eu, or Google Play, https://bit.ly/3haER3X, to download the GES #60 app today!
The school office will be closed from 8:45-11:00 today so office staff can attend a meeting. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
We are loving our new app! Access documents, news updates, and even emergency notifications, right from your pocket. Download the app on Android: https://bit.ly/3haER3X or iPhone: https://apple.co/3h1r6Eu.
PTA treasurer, Allison Schroeder, presents Superintendent Becker with a check for $14,700 from proceeds raised through the annual PTA Raffle. The money will be allocated to maintaining and upgrading technology throughout the district. We appreciate our PTA Board for their time and efforts during the 2020-21 school year as well as the support of the school community with selling and buying raffle tickets.
The student registration window is now open.
PreK Students
All families with children that will be in PreK for the 2021-22 school year are asked to stop by the office any weekday between the hours of 7:30-4:00 to pick up a registration packet.
Families with a child new to our PreK program will need to provide a copy of their child's live birth certificate. Families are welcome to bring the live birth certificate to the office when picking up the PreK registration packet. Office staff will make a copy for you.
All New Students to GES
Families with a child(ren) that will be attending GES for the first time are asked to come to the school office any weekday between the hours of 7:30-4:00 to complete the registration process in person. At the time of registration, we will need 3 proofs of residency and the child's live birth certificate.
All Returning K-8 Students
Families with returning K-8 students will complete the registration process on-line through the TeacherEase portal. Starting tomorrow, simply go to teacherease.com, enter the username and password associated with your account, and you should be prompted to start the student registration process. The online student registration window will be open July 22-30.
Tentative bus route schedules will be made available to families by the end of July.
If you have any questions about the registration process, please contact the school office at 523-4253.
GES is looking for a 5/6 boys basketball coach for the 2021-22 season. Practice starts in October. Games are scheduled for early November through early January. Fifth grade games start at 4:00 with 6th grade games to follow, so the candidate must be available after school hours. Interested candidates are asked to contact Blain Loepker at ad@ges60.org.
The office will close at noon today so the custodial staff can clean the hallway floors. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
We’re thrilled to announce Germantown
Elementary SD #60’s new app! It’s everything GES #60, in
your pocket. Download the app on Android:
https://bit.ly/3haER3X or iPhone: https://apple.co/3h1r6Eu.
Lucas, Nolan, and Easton were the first to use the newly installed Wheel Deal at the playground. Thank you to the Kernel Nut Club for funding this purchase. Our school and the community at large appreciate your support of the children.
