Gardner Elementary School

Congratulations to the following students for winning an Above and Beyond award for the month of March. The trait of the month was Optimism, “the belief that good things will happen”. Elle Bower, Allison Lewis, Sydney Patton, Lorelei Wittenauer, Madeline Hill, Eleanor Snover, Lillian McCalister, Kelsey Utz, Amelia O’Daniell, Rosalie Jones, McKenna Menke, Avery Fitzgerald, Wes Jarden, Jacob Mudd, Kyson Kersting and Cannon Dunaway.

Congratulations to our Friday High Five Winners. Ainsley, Carli, Allison, Brady and Cassen. We appreciate your kindness, responsibility, fairness and consideration!

Congratulations to our Friday High Five winners! Thank you for being responsible, creative, kind and caring. Allison, Ainsley,. Laney, Elijah, Mikayla and Cassen!

Congratulations to the following students for winning an Above and Beyond award for the month of February. The trait of the month was Courage, “the ability to do something that frightens you”. Aubrey DeLucia, Evelyn Vaughn, Kelsey Crook, Sophia Wilson, Micah Whitaker, Elena Toman, Addisyn Mercer, Evelyn Keeling, Londyn Belt, Kate Scalise, Tessa Deffenbaugh, Jocelynn Plunkett, Addie Pietlukiewicz, Lindsay Gum, Anna Brooks, Lola Vincent, and Jase Erlinger.

Congratulations to our Gardner students who participated in the district wide Science Fair over the weekend. Tripp Gardner - Best of 4th grade! Ryan Hoffmann - Best of 5th grade! Logan Johnson - Best of Gardner!! Great job to all!

Congratulations to our Friday High Five Winners! Thank you to Hannah, McKenna, Abby, Watson, Allison, Jase, Carter and Jake, for being helpful, inquisitive, polite, hardworking, and thoughtful! These are all qualities that their teachers wrote about them! We love having you at Gardner!

Read Across America week is next week!

Congratulations to our Team Member of the Month, our Speech Pathologist, Rebecca Phegley! She has gone more than above and beyond ! She is constantly reaching out to discuss how we can improve things for students.. She anticipates next steps and works beyond what is required. Thank you for being such a fabulous team member!

Reminder that it's not too late to order a yearbook. Yearbook sales are online only and the last day to order is March 1st. To order, visit, https://inter-state.com/order. The order code is 82325E. Students will receive their yearbooks in May.

It's High Five Friday!! a BIG High Five goes out to Kelsey, Colton and Easton. Thank you for your sportsmanship, positive attitude and optimism! We love our super Gardner students!

Tomorrow, Friday, February 16th is a half day of school for our 4th and 5th grade students. Town students will be dismissed at 11:10. Bus students will be dismissed around 11:25. Our EC and PreK students do not have school tomorrow. There is no school on Monday, February 19th for all of our students. Enjoy the extended weekend!

Congratulations to all of our 5th grade students who participated in the Spelling Bee this morning. Henry Jones, Josie Goldschmidt, Greyson Kruse, Ben Tran, Emily Crimm, Caden Marquardt, Henry Eggemeyer, Evynn Miller, Miles Liefer, Micah Whitaker, Elle Bower, Easton Long, Leighton Feltmeyer, Kathryn Scalice, Claire Wiemerslage, Eli Cozean, Fiona Grogan, Tanner Range, Chloe Hudson-Crowe, James O'Guinn, Tessa Deffenbaugh, Thomas North, Brynn Glaenzer, Colton Glessner, Tessa Kolweier Logan Johnson and Colton Sellers. The top 5 winners were, 5thTessa Kolweier, 4th Tanner Range, 3rd Elle Bower, 2nd Colton Sellers and the first place winner, Henry Eggemeyer! Everyone did a FANTASTIC job!

Next week is Kindness Week!

Congratulations to our Friday High Five winners! Thank you to Ella and Landon for being generous and thoughtful! We appreciate your kindness!

Congratulations to the following students for winning an Above and Beyond award for the month of January. The trait of the month was Integrity, “Being honest, having moral principles, doing what is right even when no one is looking”. Leighton Feltmeyer, Hudson Propst, Zaden Wild, Logan Johnson, Payton Cordia, Hudson Keim, Lincoln Reams, Daniel Hill, Josalynn Demetrulias, Madison Venable, Tripp Gardner, Evan Rist, Jaxson Jenkins, Keith Brown, Chloe Matzenbacher, and Aubree Bartnick. Not pictured, Silvy Gallagher.

It's High Five Friday! Congratulations to Eli, Alayna, Ryan and Zeke! We appreciate your honesty, kindness, empathy, and your ability to be a good sport! Thank you for being a Gardner Student!

Congratulations to the following students for winning an Above and Beyond award for the month of December. The trait of the month was Kindness, “The quality of being friendly, generous and considerate”. Ellie Hergenroeder, Cecelia Simek, Lainey Ewen, Lily Tragesser, Anna Kalbfleisch, Payton Dorner, Rylee Allen, Andrew Newell, Carter Wolters. Graycen Howard, Tessa Kolweier, Lyla Conrod, Thomas North, Beck Latchem, Brandt Mueller, and Evan Martin. Not pictured, Maewyn Zarzeck.

Congratulations to our Team Member of the Month, Mr. Josh Hogan. He "goes above and beyond to make PE so much fun. He plans creative activities that get kids to enjoy moving. He is also friendly, funny, and usually smiling!" We are looking forward to Mr. Hogan leading our Reindeer Games fun on Tuesday and Wednesday. Thank you, Coach Hogan👍

Our High Five winners today are Allie and Keith! Thank you for being considerate, respectful and kind. We love your perseverance and dedication to your school work! Congratulations!

Congratulations to our Friday High Five Winners! Thank you for being responsible, honest, coachable, compassionate, and empathic! We appreciate you and we're glad you are all Gardner students! Graycen, Easton, Evelyn, Avery, Kelsey, Daniel and Trinity!