Glenn A. Duffy Elementary

Here are some more pictures from last week's board visit! GDE families- if you're looking for a way to volunteer we have two ways to do that! Just visit this article for more information. #experiencethepride https://www.gravetteschools.net/o/gde/article/529269

Families and friends, we need your help to keep our students safe and healthy and attending school! We continue to have large numbers of students being quarantined because a classmate came to school for 3-4 days with symptoms before going to get tested or while awaiting test results. A little sniffle or a sort-of sore throat or a headache that seems harmless, could be COVID. In the past, when one of my children was "a little sick” I would send them to school if they didn’t have a fever. We can’t do that anymore and keep our student body healthy and engaged in onsite learning. The very best way to prevent the spread of COVID and eliminate quarantines is for those with any kind of symptoms to stay home until they know for certain they do not have COVID. Thank you so much for your help! It is greatly appreciated! We want our students in school, learning and growing and having fun with us every day!

Today some of our school board members visited GDE! They ate lunch with the 1st grade students and visited classrooms. Board members saw kindergarten students learning math with Mary Norberg, art with Brandi Brown, and saw 1st grade students learning vocabulary and reading with Candis Jones. Board members said they're impressed with the progress students have made this early in the year! #experiencethepride

Take a look at this delicious lunch! Our ladies at the GDE cafeteria always do an amazing job. Who wouldn't like a meal served with a smile? Thank you ladies! #experiencethepride

Meet Glenn A. Duffy's "special" teachers! #experiencethepride #experiencetheroar

Learning STEM Skills! Mrs. Davis's 2nd grade class had fun exploring science, technology, engineering, and math skills today. The students used these STEM bins to build and create. #experiencethepride

We are so excited about this opportunity to collaborate as a 2nd/3rd grade team! There are some great conversations going on in this room!!! #experiencethepride

❗ Parent Reminder ❗ All parents need to go through the car rider line to drop off and pick up their student. Please do not park at the other buildings and walk your child over. We are working out our first week jitters and promise the car rider lines will get faster. Starting tomorrow (Tuesday, August 17), Glenn A. Duffy will not dismiss kids out the front door, unless they are approved walkers that live in the walk zone. If parents walk over, we will ask them to go back to their car and get in the car line. You can view maps of all the drop-off/pick-up locations for our schools on our website with the link below! #experiencethepride https://www.gravetteschools.net/page/student-drop-off-pick-up

⚠️Traffic Alert⚠️ We now have traffic maps posted for all four of our schools. Please view the maps to see where our car riders lines are at each school and where students can park at the high school. If you're using our new app, you can view the maps with the link below. Or you can go to "Documents" then "Student and Family Resources". https://www.gravetteschools.net/page/student-drop-off-pick-up

⚠️Traffic Alert⚠️ We now have traffic maps posted for all four of our schools. Please view the maps to see where our car riders lines are at each school and where students can park at the high school. If you're using our new app, you can view the maps with the link below. You can also see it by clicking on "Documents" then "Student and Family Resources". #experiencethepride https://www.gravetteschools.net/page/student-drop-off-pick-up

Kindergarten Alert! Parents here's what your kindergartener needs for the first day of school: pencil pouch, a box of crayons, scissors, and a change of clothes in their backpacks. The rest of their supplies can start to come in on Friday, August 20th. Also, please join our kindergarten Facebook page. We'll be updating it all year long with important information. https://www.facebook.com/Glenn-Duffy-Elementary-Kindergarten-110070693977947/ #experiencethepride

Good morning GDE parents! Reminder for you! We need your completed enrollment forms. If you still need to turn in any immunization records, physicals, or other documentation, please turn it in this week during office hours.

Please join us tomorrow night at 6 p.m. for a special school board meeting. The meeting will be held in the GMS cafeteria. Board members will be discussing student and adult mask wearing at your child's school. If you were unable to attend an open house, please email your thoughts to our superintendent - maribel.childress@gravetteschools.net. All feedback received by noon on Thursday will be shared with the school board prior to the meeting. Again, the meeting is on Thursday, August 12 at 6:00PM in the Gravette Middle School cafeteria.

We want to hear from you! If you are unable to attend your child's Open House today and you would like to share your opinion on student and adult mask wearing at your child's school, please email your thoughts to our superintendent - maribel.childress@gravetteschools.net - all feedback received by noon on Thursday will be shared with the school board prior to their meeting on Thursday, August 12 at 6:00PM in the Gravette Middle School cafeteria. Thanks!

We've seen a great turnout today for Open House. Our teachers and staff are ready to make this year great for your kids! #experiencethepride

Open House is tonight! Meet the teachers and get ready for the school year. You can find details for all four of our schools with the link below. #experiencethepride https://www.gravetteschools.net/article/501373

Our Gravette School Board is going to meet on Thursday evening at 6:00PM in the Gravette Middle School cafeteria to consider the safe opening of the school year, including the consideration of mask wearing. Please complete a "Mask Consideration Family Poll" when you are at your child's Open House on Tuesday. We want to include your thoughts and opinions in our consideration!

Huge shout out to Glenn A. Duffy’s PTO program! They provided prizes for our retreat. Please think about joining the PTO! We appreciate the work they are doing. #experiencethepride

Welcome new teachers! They're excited to get the new year started and we're happy they're here. Let's show them a big welcome! #experiencethepride

We now have a map to show you where to drop-off and pick-up your kids. Our bell schedule is also listed on the Glenn A. Duffy website. You can view our map and schedule right now with the link below. https://www.gravetteschools.net/o/gde/page/student-drop-off-pick-up