May Newsletter

Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary

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Reminder - Last Day of School is Friday, May 26th

GBR SCHOLARSHIP WINNER

GBR SCHOLARSHIP WINNER

Congratulations to our Gertie Belle Rogers Scholarship winner, Delana Henkel.

Delana attended all of her elementary years at GBR. During Delana's high school years she has been involved in basketball, track, and a member of the National Honor Society both her Junior and Senior year. She has also been involved in HOSA, trap shooting, & skeet shooting. She has helped with Little Kernel Basketball, Faith Alive, Church activities, the Flu Shot Clinic, & various other activities.

Delana will be attending SDSU in Brookings to major in exercise science. After that she plans to pursue a career in rehabilitation, helping people recover from major injuries.

Delana, we wish you the best in all of your future endeavors.

GBR SCHOLARSHIP WINNER

5TH GRADE RECOGNITION - REMINDER

Mark your calendars for the 5th Grade Recognition which will be held at the Mitchell Performing Arts Center on Monday, May 8th beginning at 6:30 p.m. There will be a short program and refreshments hosted by our PTA.

5th Grade District Band Concert

Tuesday, May 9th, 7pm

821 North Capital Street

Mitchell, SD

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Click Here to Order Your Yearbook

One last chance to order your 2023 -2024 Yearbook. The closing date has been extended to Wednesday, May 3rd. Cost of each yearbook is $14.00. Yearbooks will be distributed the last week of school.

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LITTLE KERNEL TRACK MEET

The Little Kernel Track Meet will be held on

Monday, May 22nd beginning at 6:00 p.m.

Athlete registration starts at 5:30 p.m.

Schedule of Events:


Grades K-1 - 100 meter dash, Softball Throw, 200 Meter dash, Long jump

Grade 2 - Softball Throw, 200 meter dash, Long jump, 100 meter dash

Grade 3 - Long jump, 100 meter dash, Softball throw, 200 meter dash

Grades 4 & 5 - 100 meter dash, Softball Throw, 200 meter dash, Long jump

Welcome to Our New Office Staff

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Please welcome Rebecca Genzlinger to our GBR staff. Rebecca joins the GBR team after having worked 10 years as an Economic Assistance Benefits Specialist for the Department of Social Services. She is excited to embark on this new adventure! Originally from St. Paul, MN, she has resided in Mitchell for 10 years. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her husband and two daughters, Abby (14) and Mallory (12), as well as their two dogs Ollie and Lena. Rebecca is also an avid crafter, and owns her own small business, Northland Primitives.
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We Say Good-Bye

We will say farewell to Danielle Schoenefeld, our Begindergarten & Title teacher, and

Emily Brunsing our 3rd grade teacher and ENL teacher as they both will be getting married this summer and moving to different towns. We wish them all the best in their next endeavors and we will miss them very much.

MITCHELL SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION

We wish to congratulate all teachers and support staff in the district for their dedicated service to teaching our students, but especially our very own GBR teachers. Congratulations for being a part of our school family for so many years.


Audra Bormann - 15 years - Traci Wilson - 15 years - Bridget Huber - 16 years

Judy Miiller - 23 years - Pat Cassutt - 20 years.

Classroom Requests for 2023 - 2024

One last reminder that if you are thinking about classroom placement for your student(s) for the 2023-2024 school year you need to click the link below and get this done as soon as possible. This request form was in our April newsletter and the deadline was April 21st. Mr. Gubbrud will only be honoring requests through the link below unless you contact him directly.

There are age-specific rooms, multi-age rooms, and looping options for 2023-24 as well as our Personalized Learning Community (PLC) which hosts grades 1-5 and is open to any learners who wish to be a part of this unique community. Please refer to the infographic in the request form for further details.

REMINDER TO PLEASE REGISTER YOUR STUDENT FOR THE 2023 - 2024 SCHOOL YEAR

ON LINE REGISTRATION DETAILS BELOW

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Monday, May 1st - Zesto Day / Night Fundraiser for PTA

Monday, May 1st - Principal Appreciation Day

Monday, May 8th - 5th Grade Recognition - 6:30 p.m. @ the PAC

May 9th - May 12th - Teacher Appreciation Week

Tuesday, May 9th - District 5th Grade Band Concert

Tuesday, May 9th - 4th Grade Field Trip

Monday, May 15th - PTA Meeting @ 6:00 p.m.

Tuesday, May 16th - Kdg. Field Trip

Tuesday, May 16th - 3rd Grade + 3rd/4th Becker Field Trip

Thursday, May 18th - 5th Grade Field Trip

Friday, May 19th - Last Day for SCHOOL STORE

Monday, May 22nd - Little Kernel Track Meet

Wednesday, May 24th - 1st Grade Field Trip

Wednesday, May 24th - 2nd Grade Field Trip

Friday, May 26th - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL - Field Day

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Monday, May 15 OR Tuesday, May 16

at Area Community Theatre

700 North Main, Mitchell SD 57301

www.mitchellact.org - 605-996-9137

Zesto All Day

Monday, May 1st, 11am

212 West 1st Avenue

Mitchell, SD

Gertie Belle Rogers PTA will be sponsoring a Zesto Day on Monday, May 1st.

Zesto is so kind to donate a portion of the days total sales from this day to our school - dine in or carry out. What a great reason not to cook supper that night or to come and just get an ice cream treat and be able to help support our school.

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Keep Saving Those Saver Cards

Keep Saving Those Saver Cards

Thank you very much for reaching out to your family and friends with the Saver cards from County Fair. We collected a total of 3,536 saver cards. County Fair donates .55 cents per card to our school. Thank you County Fair for your donation of $1944.80. A big shout out thank you to all of the classrooms that helped attach loose stamps and helped with bundling the cards up. Also, a special "Thank You" goes out to Caitlyn Way and some of her students who helped count them as well.
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Student Council Receives Plaque

Mr. Gubbrud and Mrs. Wilson were honored to represent the GBR student council at the VFW’s Loyalty Day celebration at the end of April. They were presented a plaque from the VFW for the support given to our vets during our penny war fundraiser back in November.
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A huge shout out to Justin and Megan Luther who once again have blessed our learners who did not get anything from the book fair. Those students were able to come down and pick out an item of their choice and the Luther's paid it forward for these students.

What wonderful families we have at GBR.

Thank you so much!

MAY FIELD TRIP DATES - JUST A REMINDER!

MAY FIELD TRIP DATES - JUST A REMINDER!

FIELD TRIPS?? Teachers are busy planning end of the year field trips for each grade level.

Please note that these fun activities, along with the others we have planned, are privileges. If learners not are not able to follow expectations at school, they will not be able to represent GBR Golden Arrows off school grounds. Please talk with your student(s) about continuing to make good choices and follow the expectations at school. If your child has not earned these privileges, his/her classroom teacher will notify you.


Below are this years field trip dates for each grade level. More information will be forthcoming through your child's teacher.



Kindergarten - Tuesday, May 16th to the Sioux Falls Zoo

1st Grade - Wednesday, May 24th to Brookings Children's Museum

2nd Grade - Wednesday, May 24th to DeSmet

3rd Grade - Tuesday, May 16th to the Washington Pavilion

4th Grade - Tuesday, May 9th field trip around Mitchell

5th Grade - Thursday, May 18th to Sioux Falls

MAY FIELD TRIP DATES - JUST A REMINDER!
Thank You to First United Methodist Church

Thank You to First United Methodist Church

A BIG shoutout to the Downtown First United Methodist Church and their Noisy Bucket loose change offering. One Sunday per month the church takes up a special offering which children contribute loose change to the bucket. Members say it is touching to watch as only children put the money in and the more change there is, the "louder" and more impressive it is to the children as well as the adults. The adults also save their change and give it to the children as they walk up front to put it in the bucket.

Gertie Belle Rogers Lunch Program was chosen for the month of March to donate the Noisy Bucket loose change to. We received a check in the amount of $211.48.

Thank you First United Methodist Church for making a difference in our children's lives.

Thank You to First United Methodist Church
END OF SCHOOL YEAR MEDICATION PICK UP

END OF SCHOOL YEAR MEDICATION PICK UP

If you have a student who has been taking any type of medication during school hours,

please remember to stop by the office on or after the last day of school - Friday, May 26th -

to pick these up. This includes all prescription meds, inhalers, epi-pens, and all over the counter

medications.

ALL medications need to be picked up NO LATER than Friday, June 2nd.

END OF SCHOOL YEAR MEDICATION PICK UP
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FOOD DRIVE!!

The week of April 17-21 our GBR student body and staff hosted a food drive for the Mitchell High School Food Pantry. As an added bonus for collecting at least 500 items in all, the students will get to "ICE CREAM SUNDAE" Mr. Gubbrud!

Mr. Gubbrud will be the "ice cream" and representative students from each class will get to add their topping of choice to him, anything from sprinkles to marshmallows to caramel syrup!

Over all we collected 1345 food items to donate to the Mitchell High School Food Pantry.

Thank you to everyone for donating.

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Military Child Awareness Day

Military Child Awareness Day

We recognized our military children for Military Child Awareness Day on Friday, April 21st by asking our students and staff to wear purple this day.

Military Child Awareness Day
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KICK OFF TO STATE Testing Assembly

Our GBR students and staff had some fun kicking off our testing week with an assembly for our 3rd-5th graders. There were skits with words of encouragement and high fives and cheers as the students walked back to their classrooms. This is always a fun time for these students who are testing and for the younger students to cheer them on to do their best.

April Caring Kernels

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Congratulations to Brynley Siegel, Sophia Adema, Elliott Lee, Luke Sommer, Keiry Gomez, Avery Gades, Ethan Peterson, Kennet Cole, Xaisee Vang (not pictured), and Carla Keiper.


These students have all show the following and were selected for the April Caring Kernels.


  • GOING ABOVE & BEYOND HELPING CLASSMATES
  • SHOWING KINDNESS TO OTHERS AT SCHOOL OR WITHIN THE COMMUNITY
  • SHOWING TRUE KERNEL & SCHOOL SPIRIT
  • HAVING A POSITIVE ATTITUDE
  • MAKING A DIFFERENCE AT SCHOOL OR IN THE COMMUNITY
  • DEMONSTRATING GREAT SPORTSMANSHIP IN SCHOOL ACTIVITIES & SPORTS
  • OVERCOMING HARDSHIP(S) IN SCHOOL OR AT HOME
GBR School Supply List

GBR School Supply List

The Gertie Belle Rogers School Supply list for 2023 / 2024 will be available this summer at Walmart and Walgreens . It will also be available on the GBR school website.
GBR School Supply List

May Lunch Menu

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