Gardner Elementary School

Gardner Elementary students are invited to participate in our fun 12 Days of Dress up!

Congratulations to our Friday High Winners today! Thank you to Josh, Brantley, Ainsely, Zaden, and Oliver for being responsible, hard working, self motivating and helpful. We see you and we appreciate you!

Tomorrow, Friday, November 10th is a half day for 4th and 5th grade students. Town students will be dismissed at 11:10 and bus students will be dismissed at 11:25 or once traffic has cleared and the buses can enter the parking lot. There is NO school for our EC and PreK students this Friday.

A BIG High Five to our Friday High Five winners today! Kinley, Dalton, Landon, Charlotte, Randy, Easton, Avery, Lucas, Lincoln, Kennedy, and Truly! We appreciate your responsibility, positive attitude, respectfulness and participation in class! Way to go! Thank you for being a Gardner student!

Congratulations to the following students who have won an Above and Beyond for the month of October. October’s Character Trait was, Responsibility. “The state of being independent and accountable”. Easton Gentes, Keenan Yaekel, Kennedy Filipiak, Clark Modglin, Madeline Mayer, Noah Huffman, Isabella Morris, Grace Bassler, Greyson Kruse, Preston Smith, Brooke Pauline, Luci Wilson, Brady Drewes, Olivia Shields, Drew Waterkotte, Ryan Hoffman, not pictured Quinn Kharibian.

The Scholastic Book Fair is at Gardner! Students will be attending the Book Fair with their classes this week. Parents and friends are welcome to shop on Monday-Thursday from 2:30-3:30 and until 5:00 on Thursday. If you can't attend the Fair, shop at our Gardner Book Fair online. You are also able to donate to your child’s Ewallet with the following link. https://www.scholastic.com/bf/gardnerelementary1

The Scholastic Book Fair is at Gardner on May 1-5! You can donate to your child's classroom library by donating to the Classroom Ewallet. If you would like to donate to students at Gardner who are financially unable to purchase books, please consider donating to our school’s Book Buddies Ewallet. The attached document has links to all of the Ewallets that have been created. Any amount is greatly appreciated! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hGd8vEBCM0cfxjg9K-fyRq79GZqWzl11QbFB61lbBJs/edit

Tomorrow is a half day of school. 4th and 5th grade town students will be dismissed at 11:10 and bus students will be dismissed at 11:25. AM Early Childhood and PreK students have their normal schedule, 8:00-10:45. There are No afternoon EC/PreK classes tomorrow. There is no school on Monday, September 5th in Observance of Labor Day. We hope our Gardner families have a wonderful weekend!

Tomorrow, Thursday, August 26th is picture day! You can order online by visiting mylifetouch.com and use the Picture ID EVTJ7DZNH, OR send in the order form with your student.

Hello Gardner Families! Picture day is next Thursday, August 26th.  Students should come home with an order form today or Monday. If your student is not at school, or needs another form, we have plenty of extras in the office. You can also order online by visiting mylifetouch.com and use the code EVTJ7DZNH. Please send order forms and money in with students on picture day. Students will hand their order directly to the photographer. If you order online you do not need to send in anything with your student on picture day. Thank you!

Hello Gardner families! As I am sure you are aware, our in-person learners will be returning to remote learning tomorrow. If your child was an in-person learner, his/her supplies will be ready for pick up in the classroom at 10:00 Monday. At 1:00, all supplies will be moved outside by the main entrance and will be in totes labeled with your child's homeroom teacher. Please be sure to bring your child's backpack or bags to pick up supplies. Your child's homeroom teacher will be sending you an email with specifics about this week. Reminder: Monday is crazy sock day, and Tuesday is PJ day. Send pictures to bulldogfun@wcusd5students.net. The office is open from 7:30-4:00. Please don't hesitate to call if you have questions (939-3060). We hope everyone has a safe and healthy Thanksgiving! Take care!

Gardner Families, Thank you for your patience this morning with the MiineHealth App. It appears to be working now. There is an app update for those with an iPhone. Please self-certify your child if you haven't already. The office completed the certification for parents who called the office. If you have questions, let us know. Have a great day!

Gardner families, Please see the attached letter for information about this week. Thanks! https://bit.ly/32MLYJM

Gardner families, Please read the attached letter about the Return to In-Person Learning. Thank you for your continued support and patience! https://bit.ly/3msdeVz

Waterloo Families, All students will need an internet ready device (other than a phone) with a keyboard, camera, and microphone to engage in remote learning.  If you need assistance with acquiring a device or internet access, please complete the Technology/Internet Access Survey below. Someone will be contacting those who state they need assistance within the next two weeks. shorturl.at/degBF -WCUSD#5

Please read the attached letter from WCUSD#5 for information on remotely starting the 2020-2021 school year. shorturl.at/gpsJP

Hey Gardner Bulldogs....Thanks for all of your hard work this year. Have a great summer! We will miss you! https://youtu.be/53jhqjcgVgE

Our Gardner teachers and staff want to let everyone know how special our students are to us and how much we truly miss them! Stay safe, stay healthy and stay #BulldogStrong! https://youtu.be/OpezKGNXVts

Another wonderful performance by Mrs. Ziegler and our fifth grade chorus students!

We are so proud of our spelling bee participants! Congratulations to our runner up, Connor, and our winner, William! William will advance to the Regional Spelling Bee in April.