📚✨Read Across America Week! 📚
GES will be celebrating Read Across America from March 2–March 6 with a fun-filled Spirit Week! 🎉
Get ready to show your school spirit, dress up, and celebrate the joy of reading all week long! 📖❤️
👉 See the flyer for daily themes and details!
📚✨ Book Fair is Coming to GES! ✨📚
Our Book Fair will be held Monday, March 2 – Friday, March 6! 🎉
📖 Classes will visit the Book Fair during their regularly scheduled library time.
👨👩👧👦 The Book Fair will be open to parents from 8:35 AM – 2:45 PM each day.
🗓️ We will also be open during Parent Conferences on Wednesday, March 4 from 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Come explore, discover new stories, and grow your home library! 📚❤️ We can’t wait to see you there! 😊✨
Our Book Fair will be held Monday, March 2 – Friday, March 6! 🎉
📖 Classes will visit the Book Fair during their regularly scheduled library time.
👨👩👧👦 The Book Fair will be open to parents from 8:35 AM – 2:45 PM each day.
🗓️ We will also be open during Parent Conferences on Wednesday, March 4 from 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Come explore, discover new stories, and grow your home library! 📚❤️ We can’t wait to see you there! 😊✨
Father Daughter Dance next week! Please come out and enjoy a great time. After the success of this Father Daughter Dance, be on the look out for our Mother Son Dance.
Just a reminder that school will be closed tomorrow in observance of Presidents Day 🇺🇸. We hope everyone enjoys the rest of the long weekend! See you on Tuesday!
GES is proud to announce our 2025–2026 Teacher of the Year, Ms. Carly Evans! 🎉
Ms. Evans, our incredible ESOL teacher, goes above and beyond each and every day for our students and staff. Her dedication, compassion, and commitment to helping all learners succeed truly make a difference at GES. We are so proud to call you an Eagle! 🦅💙
Congratulations on this well-deserved honor, Ms. Evans!
We would also like to recognize our outstanding finalists, Mr. Muir and Mrs. Neilson. Thank you both for the amazing impact you make at GES every day! 🦅
And congratulations to all of the amazing teachers who were nominated. We are so fortunate to have such a dedicated and talented team at GES! 🍎✨
📣Just a few reminders ...
🚌Tomorrow is an early dismissal day for students. Dismissal will begin at 12:30pm.
⭐️GHYC is open tomorrow for students who attend.
📸 GES Spring Picture day is March 13th not tomorrow.
📣🦅 Save the date!! The Mobile Job Unit is returning to GES on Feb.18th from 3:00pm to 5:00pm. See flyer for more info!
📣Save the Date! March 4th Parent Teacher Conferences !
📣🦅 Save the date!! GES Living Wax Museum Feb. 25, 2006. See flyers for more information!
📣🦅Save the Date!
GES is hosting Tasty Testing Tips on March 4, 2026! Join us to meet the GES leadership team and learn helpful test-taking strategies and tips to support students during MCAP testing.
🍎 Drop-in afternoon sessions — no RSVP needed
🍽️ Evening session — please RSVP by February 26 to reserve dinner
👀Be on the lookout—flyers will be coming home soon!
🎉Happy National School Counseling Week!🎉
We appreciate everything our GES School Counselor, Ms. Tolley, and the MTSS team do for our students, families, and staff. Thank you for your compassion, dedication, and the countless ways you support our school community every day! 💙🦅
#NationalSchoolCounselingWeek #ThankYouMsTolleyandMTSS#GESProud
We appreciate everything our GES School Counselor, Ms. Tolley, and the MTSS team do for our students, families, and staff. Thank you for your compassion, dedication, and the countless ways you support our school community every day! 💙🦅
#NationalSchoolCounselingWeek #ThankYouMsTolleyandMTSS#GESProud
Thank you Zeta Phi Beta for the generous donations! 💙🦅
📚⚾️ Let’s Read, GES! ⚾️📚
GES has officially kicked off our 2026 Delmarva Shorebirds Reading Challenge!
Students who read 4 books and return their completed bookmark to their homeroom teacher will earn 2 Shorebirds tickets! 🙌 If you can't find your bookmark write your books down on a piece of paper and turn it in.
So snuggle up, grab a good book, and read your way through this chilly weekend while dreaming of spring baseball! 🌸⚾️
📣Parents, we want to hear from you!
Please take a moment to complete our parent survey and share your thoughts about why students may be absent. Your feedback helps us better support our students and families. Thank you for your time!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeGbt1xaDQOupx7d8KJS4bc9vqQ_ZxWT5Ae8QkWO7x75UoUag/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=108424719840880754860
🐝✨ Spelling Bee Shout-Out! ✨🐝
Congratulations to all of our 2025–2026 GES Spelling Bee contestants—you did an amazing job and made us so proud! 👏📚
A special congratulations to Hannah Herman, our 1st place winner, and Bethany Cooksey, who earned 2nd place. Way to spell your way to success! 🏆🎉
👀🔬Check out these second graders in Ms. Shores’s class working on Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning in Science!
❄️Weather Update for GES Families ❄️
If inclement weather occurs this weekend and Virtual Learning Days are called next week, GES students will follow the attached virtual schedule.
Students will bring home their laptops, chargers, and other necessary materials today.
Also attached below are directions for joining Google Meets through Google Classroom, along with a link to the SCPS Virtual Plan for additional information.
SCPS Virtual Plan :
https://www.somerset.k12.md.us/page/virtual-day-instruction-plan
📣 Get your GES Spirit Shirts- Flash Sale!
