Let's help Christmas Outreach!
Events in the community for trick or treating.
Parent-teacher conferences are this week!
Come support the Oilers!
It's Scholastic Book Fair time! October 7th-10th. Every purchase benefits our school.
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/ganiardelementaryschool1
Second week of A.L.I.C.E review.
L stands for Lockdown. MPPS is fortunate to have the night lock system throughout the district. This system greatly increases the safety of staff and students during a lockdown. Please be sure to know where your nightlock is located and familiarize yourself with it. Once the nightlock is in, it is crucial that you still barricade. Barricades can be desks, shelves, chairs, or any object to prevent/slow down anyone from entering your room. Enhanced lockdown provides time for law enforcement’s arrival or safe evacuation. ALICE’s enhanced lockdown has five key strategies:
-Control Doors
-Barricade
-Spread Out
-Prepare to Evacuate or Counter
-Area Denial
Thank you Carrie for all that you do for Ganiard!
We are so lucky to have Mrs. Stout as our principal!🐊💚
Ganiard's Walk-A-Thon is this Friday! Keep collecting those pledges Gators! (Check out the awesome prizes)
Every child matters 🧡
Show your support with your orange shirts on Monday.
Homecoming Spirit Week for Jk-2nd
Color Wars:
JK/K- Red
1st- Purple
2nd- Green
We hope you enjoyed Breakfast and Books this morning! It was great to see so many families attend!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1sxwHmtjbrfjH2ZdDxPiBjzspebcwupOY?usp=sharing
No popcorn tomorrow!
Conferences are 2 weeks away! Your child's teacher will be sending an email with instructions on how to sign up for a conference on 10/9 or 10/10.
We hope you join us tomorrow for Breakfast & Books!
Ganiard Families, we will be hosting a Walk-a-Thon on Friday, October 4 at Ganiard to help support our gators! Students will help support the cause by being active and walking laps around the school and doing some fun obstacles. Funds raised will go toward field trips, books for the vending machine, and recess items.
Students were sent home with information and pledge sheets last week. Pledges are a general amount and are not per lap. Donating is convenient and can be accessed by going to the following link:
https://givebutter.com/FWHQPP
Thank you for supporting our gator students!
MPPS uses the A.L.I.C.E lockdown model. We will discuss each letter acronym individually and conclude this segment with a brief overview of all of the letters and how we implement this. First we will start with A. The A in A.L.I.C.E stands for Alert.
Being fully aware of one's surroundings is at the heart of situational awareness. Awareness includes recognizing suspicious persons or packages and knowing where the exits are inside a building. Alert is also about overcoming denial and accepting reality. A speedy response can save lives. Knowing when something isn’t right and being able to recognize it is crucial.
Enjoy your long weekend Gators! We will see you Tuesday, Sept. 24.
Popcorn tomorrow!
