We are thrilled with our excellent attendance up to this point this year. As a reminder, please send an excuse with your child upon returning to school from an absence. You can send it with your child or upload to the link on our website. This includes doctor office excuses and parent notes. 5 days per semester can be marked excused with a parent note.
Monday starts our Fall Fundraiser! Students will be bringing home order catalogs and prize information. All proceeds go toward the PTO fund for teacher and student needs/incentives, Field Day, and other family events.
Ice cream sales are back! Starting September 19, every Friday (unless otherwise stated), students can purchase ice cream for $1. Ice cream is Smart Snack approved and dye free to meet WV guidelines. Proceeds go toward the GES General Fund.
There will be no Pre-K on Friday (9/12). This is a PK teacher training day. All K-5 students will have school.
Tomorrow is Picture Day at GES! Pictures will begin at 8:40am.
Join us for our 1st PTO meeting of the new school year!
September 18 at 6pm
September 18 at 6pm
(Grades 3-5) Join us for the Social Studies Fair information session at 6pm tonight! Individual and group projects accepted!
The final CERP training is tonight at 5:30! Any 3-5 grader interested in sports must have had this training tonight or at Open House!
This is a reminder that ANY student in grades 3-5 who wants to tryout for volleyball, basketball, or cheerleading MUST attend a CERP training with a parent or guardian. If you were unable to attend CERP during Open House, the last CERP training will be Tuesday, Sept. 2 at 5:30pm here at GES. We will not be holding any more trainings after this.
Tryouts for Basketball and Cheerleading begin September 10, and Volleyball tryouts begin September 12.
Join us September 2 at 6pm for an informational meeting about the 3rd-5th grade Social Studies Fair! Students will have the opportunity to earn a FREE test grade and a dance party! Let's show Raleigh County what our students are made of!
Raleigh County Elementary Students who ride the bus will have a new accessory on their backpacks! Bus tags will be mandatory to remain on their backpacks. This helps our bus drivers, especially our substitute bus drivers, know which students should be getting off the bus at which stops, and if they are PK-3rd graders, that they need an adult at their bus stop. Teachers will be filling out the name, grade, and bus number on the tag, but we ask that you fill out the bus stop location. If you have any questions, feel free to contact the GES office or the Transportation office!
Fall Picture Day is September 4!
As with the start of any new school year, please be patient with our bus drivers as they learn their routes and students! It may take longer than usual.
We will be having one final CERP training for any parent or student who missed the training at Open House. The final CERP training will be September 2 at 5:30pm at GES.
For sports physicals, please hold those until tryouts. Coaches will be collecting the sports physicals. Tryout dates and times are posted on our Facebook.
Please keep in mind that we are still under construction, so the building is not perfect, but we're excited to see you!
Don't Forget! Open House is from 3-5 this afternoon! Come meet your teacher and learn about the great things going on at our school!
Due to unforeseen circumstances beyond control regarding required coach’s trainings and/or certifications, the elementary sports season has had to be pushed back by a few weeks. Adjusted tryout and game schedules will be released when they become available. Tryouts will tentatively begin September 10th. First games will not begin before September 22nd. Thank you for your understanding. We look forward to a great season!
CORRECTION: Cheerleading tryouts are August 27 & 28!
GES Sports Tryouts Information:
Tryouts are open to 3-5 Grade Students. Students must have their sports physical and CERP training PRIOR to tryouts.
Basketball:
Aug. 26 (3:40-5:00) in the Gym
Aug. 27 (5:00-6:30) in the Gym
Volleyball:
Aug. 26 (5:00-6:30) in the Gym
Cheerleading:
Aug. 26 (5:00-6:30) in Room 7
Aug. 27 (5:00-6:30) in Room 7
Tryouts are open to 3-5 Grade Students. Students must have their sports physical and CERP training PRIOR to tryouts.
Basketball:
Aug. 26 (3:40-5:00) in the Gym
Aug. 27 (5:00-6:30) in the Gym
Volleyball:
Aug. 26 (5:00-6:30) in the Gym
Cheerleading:
Aug. 26 (5:00-6:30) in Room 7
Aug. 27 (5:00-6:30) in Room 7
As many of you know, we are getting all new floors in the building this summer, which we are very excited to have! As it stands right now, it does not seem like we will be ready to have people in the building for CERP Training on August 11, so we are going to postpone that one for now. If we can figure out another evening to fit it in, we will send notice; otherwise, we will have CERP training multiple times during Open House on August 25 from 3-5.