Spring with GES Title I - Planning Your Parent Engagement in this Spring Semester
It is hard to believe this school year is already half-way over! Thank you all for partnering with GES Title I to further engage in your child’s education. Here are the upcoming Title I events for this spring. Please include them in your calendars!
- Title I Spring Survey - February 2022
The Title I Spring Survey will be distributed this month via School Messenger Text. This survey will once again be online for quick and easy completion. Paper copies will be available upon request. Please take a moment to complete this VERY important survey. **Students who have a completed survey will receive a special treat!**
- Title I Booth at the GES PTO Carnival - March 17th
Stop by the Title I booth to learn more about our program and the resources we have to help you engage in your child's education.
- Spring PAC Meeting - April 2022
Our Spring Parent Advisory Council meeting will be held in April and in the same manner as the Fall PAC meeting. At this meeting we will review the results from the Title I Spring Survey. Please plan to take part in this meeting and share your feedback!
- Welcome to Graysville Kindergarten Transition Night - May 8th
Upcoming GES Kindergarten students and their families are invited to attend the Welcome to Graysville Night. Parents and students can tour the school, meet our Kindergarten teachers, complete the enrollment process, and students can take their kindergarten screener. Please join us in welcoming our newest GES tigers!
- Day of the Tiger RMS 5th Grade Transitions - May 9th During School & RMS Parent Night - Evening of May 9th
GES 5th graders will take a tour of RMS on Tuesday, May 9th during the school day. Current RMS students will guide each class around the school and our kids will be given the opportunity to hear about how to join RMS band, chorus, and sports. Parent are invited to attend a meeting at the RMS gym on the evening of May 9th, with the start time being shared closer to the event. Parents will receive important information regarding your child transition to RMS. GES provides several resources for 5th grade transition to Middle School both online and in the Parent Resource Workroom.
As you can see, spring is a busy time at Graysville! Please mark your calendars and lookout for texts, emails, and website updates to stay informed this semester.
2nd Semester F.A.S.T. Meeting - January 31st - February 10th
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SIGN AND COMPLETE THE EVALUATION BY FEBRUARY 10th FOR YOUR STUDENT TO BE ENTERED IN A DRAWING FOR FREE ICE CREAM!
Volunteer Opportunities
We can always use extra hands at Graysville! If you have time to give to GES please contact Marissa Watson with your availability. I will make sure we have something for you to work on!
Volunteer News
A special thanks to these January Volunteers:
- Weekly Snack Bags & Parent Room: Dee Dee Buckley
- First Grade Decodables: Dee Dee Buckley, Jessica Downey, Savannah Lovell
Motivating Your Child to Learn
What’s the best way to keep your child inspired to learn? Help them learn to motivate
themselves! Raise a self-motivated youngster with this advice.
- Point to the future - Your child may feel more motivated to learn something if they understands how it will be important later. Tell them about ways you use school subjects like math and writing at work. You might explain how you count the money in your cash register and compare it to sales receipts when your shift ends. Or show them advertisements that you helped to write or design.
- Move on from mistakes - There are two ways to react to mistakes: Feel discouraged, or get motivated. Encourage your child to look at a mistake as an opportunity to succeed next time. If they made careless errors on a report, for example, they could proofread papers more carefully in the future (take a break before proofing, read backward).
- Celebrate hard work.- Have your child find natural motivators when they are faced with a big job. For instance, they may plan to read a new mystery they have been looking forward to after finishing a challenging book for school. Or you might let them organize a fun family activity that’s related to their science project—perhaps a visit to a cavern if their experiment involves minerals.
Title I Parenting Resources
Graysville Elementary School Title I Program
Kerri Sholl, Principal
Rebecca West, Academic Coach
Marissa Watson, Parent Involvement CoordinatorEmail: mwatson.ges@catoosa.k12.ga.us
Website: https://ges.catoosa.k12.ga.us/
Location: 944 Graysville Road, Ringgold, GA, USA
Phone: 706-937-3147
Title I Remind Sign-up: Text @gestitle-1 to 81010
