Mark your calendars, parents! ๐
GUE 5th grade Spring Concert is THIS THURSDAY. Details are in the infographic below! #experiencethepride

Sunny and 85 ๐ Our 5th-graders had a BLAST on their field trip to Locomotion today! Head on over to our Gravette Upper Elementary Facebook page to see more photos!




REMINDER 5TH GRADE PARENTS โ 5th-grade's Spring musical is next week ๐ท Details are down below!

Throwback to yesterday's Spirit Day, "It's Sunny in the 70's". Our students got to rock their tie-dye and sunglasses! Even Mrs. Piatkowski rocked the bright and happy tie-dye ๐

Thank you 'Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas' for helping GUE continue in our mission of focusing on the health, safety, and wellness of our students! 'Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas' granted GUE $2,000 to purchase emergency response equipment. Four portable "Stop the Bleed Kits" were purchased with the funds and a portable kit (containing 8 personal kits) will be placed in each school building. ๐ซ

REMINDER PARENTS โ Thursday, May 19th is the LAST day for 21st Century After School programming this year. Please have alternate plans for transportation for the remainder of the school year. Thank you for understanding!
"Backpacks for Kids" is back! Tickets will be available starting June 2nd and distribution will be on July 3oth! Info down below. ๐


Boys Basketball Camp is coming up! ๐ Details down below!

PARENTS โ Next week (May 9th-13th), GUE is celebrating teacher appreciation week and end of testing with dress-up days ๐ Details below!

Mrs. Boston's 3rd-grade students got all 4's this semester in Mrs. Knuckles art class ๐As a reward, Mrs. Knuckles brought her dog, Huck Knucks, into the class to give plenty of licks and giggles ๐ฅฐ๐ถ #experiencetheloveforlearning


Great job 3rd, 4th, and 5th-grade students who exemplified amazing "effort" for the month of April. ๐ The future is still getting BRIGHTER at GUE ๐ #experiencetheloveforlearning



Please consider keeping your child's cell phone and/or smart watch at home during ACT Aspire testing, which is next week May 2nd-6th.
If such devices come to school, to avoid any violation, impropriety, or irregularity during testing, GUE personnel are required to collect and hold all student cell phones and smart watches during test administration.
Thank you for understanding! ๐ฆ

Congrats to our next GUE featured artist, Levi Harveston! Levi is in Mrs. Roach's 3rd-grade class. His favorite thing to draw is his dog, Stella, and he prefers to use a pencil โ Beautiful work, Levi!! Shout out to Mrs. Knuckles for instilling a love of art in our students. #experiencetheloveforlearning

REMINDER, PARENTS โ GUE's Field Day is May 20th - mark your calendars. Students will need to wear clothes/shoes they can run and play in! There will also be a snack stand and snow cone machine that will be available for students to purchase treats. ๐ฒ It's going to be a FUN day!
What is Lexia? It is an online learning platform that our teachers utilize! Lexia focuses on literacy - helping students read, write, and speak with confidence - alongside their teacher's instructions. Mrs. Piatkowski's class is whizzing through their Lexia goals and having fun while doing it! ๐ป




HUGE shoutout to Mrs. Olson's 4th-grade student, Alayna. She is the first student in her class to complete her Lexia Reading Program! W-O-W! ๐#experiencetheloveforlearning

Miss. Rogers's 3rd-grade class spent Monday afternoon getting quality 1-1 time. Nothing like a little classical music in the background and independent learning time to help prepare for testing coming up ๐งก #experiencetheloveforlearning




Mrs. Carney's 4th-graders on working on their vocab words this week. Students were given a "Flight School Mission" and after flying their paper airplanes, the class discussed words like projectile and trajectory - both words include the Latin root "ject". ๐คฏ Great job, 4th graders!! #experiencetheloveforlearning




CONGRATULATIONS to our Gravette Upper Elementary 2022 Teacher of the Year, Steven Smith!! Mr. Smith truly cares for all his music students. ๐ฆ Thank you Mr. Smith for your continuation of excellence and for putting a pep in everyone's step! ๐ผ

Did you know ACT Aspire testing is coming up? Our GUE teachers do! Mrs. Boston's 3rd-grade class is reviewing word problems and getting prepped! Bring it on because our Lions are ready ๐ฆ #experiencetheloveforlearning




