Parent STAR News
January 15 - 19
Monday is a Student & Teacher Holiday - MLK Celebration Day
Parking Lot - Mornings - Limited Access
We are still in the process of preparing our parking lot for limited access in the morning but have not received the required equipment to move forward. We will update you in the coming weeks and let you know when this will take effect. Once we receive our equipment we will be limiting access to the front parking lot from 7:20 - 7:40 to staff members only.
During that time all parents will need to use the back driveway to drop their students off as only staff will be allowed to enter and park. We have monitored the safety of our lot for almost two years and have met with city engineers, our Campus Excellence Committee, and our student voice committee seeking creative solutions and our safest route in the morning is for parents to drop their students in back driveway each day.
If you have medicine to bring or need to visit the front office, please arrive before 7:20. If you have questions or concerns, please call or stop by the front office during the school day. I would be happy to discuss the safety of your children and the procedural changes with you.
Dr. Cole, Principal
SAVE THE DATE - PTA FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT - JAN. 26 FROM 6:00 - 8:00 P.M.
DONATIONS NEEDED FOR LIBRARY - DISINFECTED WIPES
Thank you for your help and support!
Parent Tech Academy:
Save the date! GCISD Parent Technology Academy January 18th at Grapevine Middle School 6 p.m.
Free informational session presented by GCISD Chief Technology Officer.
Learn about Internet safety and the things you can do to protect your children at home. Discussions about the online safe use of technology in this ever-changing digital world our students are growing up in.
Get informed about some of the tools that GCISD uses on student district devices to protect and monitor usage. Also, hear about ways to monitor your child’s overall technology usage.
In addition, guest speakers from Cisco will be on hand to show you how to set up FREE home Internet filtering (OpenDNS) tools to help protect all your home devices from inappropriate and or malicious content.
Parent Technology Academy is a free monthly series by GCISD Technology developed to help educate our community about our ever-changing digital world.
Check out future sessions here and pre-register here: http://www.gcisd-k12.org/Page/48875
Also, you can request specific topics to learn about or even schedule a presentation for your upcoming event.
Don't miss next months "Apps parents need to know about" learn about the growing list of apps students are using to connect and the dangers involved with each.
REMINDER TO OUR VISITORS - PHOTO ID REQUIRED
Grapevine-Colleyville ISD is making some changes to the School Messenger automated calling system. Currently, when GCISD sends a phone message, it uses the main district line. Moving forward, calls will come from the following number: 866-264-0350. By using this toll free number, call recipients will be able to place a call back to this number to hear any missed calls, which is an added benefit to all families. Please save this number in your contacts as a reminder that these calls are coming from GCISD.
Silver Lake Elementary
Email: shannon.cole@gcisd.net
Website: http://www.gcisd-k12.org/site/Default.aspx?PageID=17379
Location: 1301 N Dooley St, Grapevine, TX, United States
Phone: 817-251-5750
Twitter: @iamsjcole