Today is National School Principals Day! We are very fortunate to have Mrs. Woodham as our principal at Gifford Grade School! Thank You Mrs. Woodham for all that you do for our students and school. #WeAreGGS
GGS Student Council has sorted 100 POUNDS of plastic lids this year in an effort to help the local womens club turn those into a bench for our school. We are halfway there but our work is done for this school year. I am beyond proud of each member of this team! The saying, "Together, we achieve more" is true for this group. Whomever takes over next year as the Student Council sponsor will be blessed to work alongside them. Thanks for the memories!
Tomorrow is the last day of Family Music Week!
Here are the times for each of the classes:
Kindergarten: 1:10-1:45
1st Grade: 9:10-9:45
2nd Grade: 11:50-12:25
3rd Grade: 9:55-10:30
Please do not arrive more than 5 minutes ahead of time, because there will still be other classes going on.
Mrs. Dunafin
The results are in:
The Student Council has been hosting a blood drive at the school since December 2020. We have hosted two blood drives per year for a total of 158 units collected. We have helped to save 410 lives and have earned a total of $1659 since we started of life-saving grant money to help our school and community. There are not enough words to express the gratitude we feel. Everyones time and efforts make a difference! I am retiring in May so this was my last time to coordinate this event. Thanks again to all who donated over the years. ❤️🩸
Today from 1:30-6:30 is our school blood drive in our parking lot (bloodmobile). We still have many openings so if you are able to stop in, they may be able to fit you in. On behalf of all who have received a blood donation or all who have given, THANK YOU! Your time, effort and blood donations make a difference.
Family Music Week is quickly approaching! From April 24th-27th you are invited to attend a music class with your child. This is not a performance, but instead a chance for you to make music with your child.
In order to be able to keep our class moving, I ask that only one person accompany a child per day. We will be dancing, singing and playing instruments so there will be a lot of movement involved. I will have chairs available, if necessary, but most of our work is up or on the floor.
Here are the times for each of the classes:
Kindergarten: 1:10-1:45
1st Grade: 9:10-9:45
2nd Grade: 11:50-12:25
3rd Grade: 9:55-10:30
Please do not arrive more than 5 minutes ahead of time, because there will still be other classes going on.
Mrs. Dunafin
Gifford Grade School needs 7 more donors to reach our goal!
Join Student Council for a Blood Drive:
Gifford Grade School
Thursday, April 20th
1:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Donate in the Bloodmobile
406 S. Main St., Gifford IL
To schedule an appointment, http://bit.ly/3JtUO4g
Each donation you make saves lives and helps the school earn the Lifesaving Grant! All presenting donors get their choice of a cooler tote or a gift card!
6th grade egg hunt!
Reminder: GGS will dismiss at 2 pm today, Thursday April 6th. No School on Friday, April 7th & Monday, April 10th. Have a great Easter!
We are 2 weeks away from the spring blood drive!
Every day, patients who need blood are in crisis and you can help by volunteering to donate. Less than 10% of the population gives blood, so your donation is very important in order to meet patient needs.
Join Student Council for a Blood Drive:
Gifford Grade School
Thursday, April 20th
1:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Donate in the Bloodmobile 406 S. Main St., Gifford IL
To schedule an appointment, http://bit.ly/3JtUO4g
Each donation you make saves lives and helps the school earn the Lifesaving Grant! All presenting donors get their choice of a cooler tote or a gift card!
Staff had an Easter egg hunt today 🐣
Baseball state rings came in
8th graders had a great time at the Engineering Open House and learned several new things!
Gifford Grade School would like to invite parents to take part in the 5Essentials Survey if you have not already completed it. We want to know your thoughts on our school.
The survey can be accessed by this link:
http://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/survey/parent/
The survey closes March 31, 2023.
Our final blood drive of the school year is just 24 days away. We need 24 spots filled in order to earn our Life Saving Grant. Please take an hour of your day to help save lives. To sign up go to: www.bloodcenter.org and use the code 71226. The date of our final drive is Thursday, April 20 from 1:30-6:30. You can also call: 1-800-747-5401 (be sure to use the code 71226).
Since Student Council started having a blood drive at Gifford Grade School, there have been over 128 donations made that has saved MANY MORE LIVES
Reminder: Gifford Grade School will be dismissing at 1 PM Friday, March 10th to allow all students, staff, and families to be able to go and support the 7th grade volleyball team at State. Our team plays at 4:30 PM in Brimfield.
Every day, patients who need blood are in crisis and you can help by volunteering to donate. Less than 10% of the population gives blood, so your donation is very important in order to meet patient needs.
Join Student Council for a Blood Drive:
Gifford Grade School
Thursday, April 20th
1:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Donate in the Bloodmobile
406 S. Main St., Gifford IL
To schedule an appointment, http://bit.ly/3JtUO4g
Each donation you make saves lives and helps the school earn the Lifesaving Grant!
All presenting donors get their choice of a cooler tote or a gift card!
Student Council back at work sorting THOUSANDS of lids! We have LOTS of dirty lids that we must clean before submitting them.
Student Council begins sorting THOUSANDS of plastic lids in an effort to help the GFWC recycling project to create a bench.
These students spoke at our School Board Meeting last night. They did an outstanding job of reading their Opinion Writing assignment. Outstanding job! Thank you to Mrs. Miller and her students for sharing what they wrote and for such a great presentation!
#FutureLeaders #FirstGrade #WeAreGGS
