Hello Gilpin Families!

We have an exciting month of October ahead with holiday activities, a math fact challenge, and parent teacher conferences! We are off to a great start this year and are excited to finish the first academic quarter strong!

Sincerely,

Patrick Linnehan

Fourth and fifth grade students participated in the annual 100 Elk field trip from Tuesday, September 30th to Thursday, October 2nd. See pictures below!

We are hosting a "Galaxy Math Fact Challenge" on Thursday, October 30th. Students in grades Kindergarten through 5th grade will participate in the challenge completing 10 different activities all related to their math fact fluency knowledge. The activities are below:

1) Roll and Solve Galaxy: Students will roll two dice and multiply and add them together to solve a series of problems

2) Alien Equation Match: Students will match number sentences to their correct answers.

3) Rocket Relay: Students will go back and forth with a partner answering math fact questions.

4) Shooting Star Sort: Students sort fact families into star clusters.

5) Space Cargo Code: Students decode math fact equations to create a mystery phrase.

6) Astronaut Math Journals: Students write and draw strategies that help them solve math facts.

7) Comet Capture Game: Students draw cards and combine them to solve. If correct, they get the cards!

8) Intergalactic Fact Puzzle: Students match facts and answers together to form a puzzle.

9) Meteor Shower Math: Students answer math fact problems as they drop down from the sky. Can they answer them in time?

10) Lightspeed Math: Students throw two darts towards a galaxy dart board to select two numbers and complete the math fact problem based on the numbers.

Students will have 5 minutes to complete each activity and then rotate to the next. We will have differentiated activities (activities ranging in difficulty level) for students to complete to provide an appropriate challenge for each student.

If you have any availability to volunteer to run an activity, please let me know!

GCSD and the Gilpin County Parks and Recreation are again partnering for the Spooky Stroll on Friday, October 24th from 5:00 - 9:00 P.M. The event has free options and a carnival with the purchase of a 5 dollar wristband. If you would like to pre-purchase a wristband or volunteer, use the QR codes in the link below!

GCES is hosting the annual candy contest to collect candy for the Spooky Stroll! All classrooms are competing. Parents can begin bringing candy donations on Monday, October 6th and continue until Thursday, October 23rd.

1st, 2nd, and 3rd place classrooms will receive an ice cream party!

When donating candy, make sure everything remains in the packages and is wrapped.

GCES is hosting its first ever Student Council Elections beginning on Monday, October 6th and continuing through Tuesday, October 7th. Students in 4th and 5th grade had the opportunity to run for either President, Vice-President, Secretary, or Treasurer. To run, students have created campaign posters to hang around the school, and have created speeches to deliver to the entire elementary school. Students will be delivering their speeches before the AstroEagles Mission on Monday, October 6th. The speeches cannot last longer than 60 seconds and all students K-5 will be present to watch the speeches. After the AstroEagles Mission, a Google Form will be sent out to all students to vote for each position! They will have until the end of the school day on Tuesday to vote and then winners will be announced!

The following students are running for the following positions:

Levi Councilman

Mary Willis

Stella Lindemann

Grace Upchurch

Connor Knudson

Jillian Cummings

Makaya Basdeo

Maybel Icenogle

Jesse Langenback

Remi Scott

Lynae Leatham

Aliah Fey

Asher Mayer

Ryder Erickson

Ella Carr

Andersson Godina-Velazquez

Reilly Thompson

Joe Schoell

Stella McCollough

Katrina Mak

Lucy Jodlowski

Nora Giuliano

Alex Teno

Aliza Dysart

Larsen Blake

Asher Rumer

Atlas Swartz

Ronin Swartz

Denver Paxton

The PTA is need of a President to oversee operations and handle business transactions. Currently many PTA members have stepped up to organize and run several activities throughout the school year. We are looking for someone to take over the PTA bank account to oversee transactions. If you are interested in this position, please let me know!

If you have any questions, concerns, or comments reach out to me!

Email: plinnehan@gilpin.k12.co.us

Phone: 303-582-3444 ext. 5027

I am always willing to meet in person as well

If you'd like more information about the curriculum offered in school or different student opportunities, check out my website here