Calendar

Tuesday 10/13—

Fall Picture Day PTA Meeting

6:30pm Wednesday 10/14— Kindergarten Bloomsbury Farm Field Trip Thursday 10/15—

GWAEA Hear-ing Screening

Gator Gallop-Fundraiser

Friday 10/16— No School Friday 10/23— America Reads Day

Inside this

issue:

Volunteer Corner

2

Coe Playground

of Science 2

Gator Gallop 3

Virtual Backpack 4

Directory Advertisements

4

Menus 4

Volume 2, Issue 6 October 8, 2015

All Students are Ready, Responsible and Respectful

News Bytes Stomp Out Bullying October is Bullying Aware-ness Month. We are going to wear blue on Monday, October 12th to Stomp Out Bullying! All students and staff are encouraged to wear blue on Monday, October 12th! During October, we will be sharing information with students about bullying. Although October recognizes dealing with bullying in schools, we make sure students un-derstand the need for empathy and getting along with others all year long through PARRT lessons and guidance lessons.

For additional information about the district's bullying policies, please feel free to contact Chris Nelson or Shannon Kehoe.

Fall Book Fair Dates

Announced Monday, 10/26: 8 a.m.–5 p.m.

Tuesday, 10/27: 8 a.m.–8 p.m.

Wednesday, 10/28:8 a.m.–5 p.m.

Thursday, 10/29: 8 a.m.–8 p.m.

Friday, 10/30: 8:00 a.m.–Noon

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5th Grade Artist’s Gator Drawing Wins Contest

A drawing by Viola Gibson fifth grader, Ashlyn

Ring, was chosen from among 16 entries to be the cover

for this year’s PTA Student Directory.

Viola Gibson Students were challenged to draw

their best “gator” for this contest sponsored by the PTA.

Staff and students were given the opportunity to cast their

votes for their favorite drawing.

Ashlyn, a student in Mrs. Terry’s

class, will receive a Brita

water bottle as her prize and

also get to see her original

work grace the cover of this

year’s directory.

The PTA wants to

thank all students who par-

ticipated and say congratula-

tions to Ashlyn!

Page 2 Gibson Gazette

Volunteer Corner

Keep Calm and Volunteer! We have some opportunities to volun-teer at Gibson and we need your help! Hearing Screening - On Thursday, Oc-tober 15th, the hearing screening will be ad-ministered for kindergarten and some other stu-dents. You will be helping to bring the stu-dents back and forth from the classrooms to the screening station. If you need the shift time adjusted so you can fit it into your schedule please contact Sara Radke at 378-8321 or sfradke@gmail.com to have it adjusted. Click on this link to help: www.SignUpGenius.com/go/70A0F4DACA822AA8-20153 Picture Day - On Tuesday, October 13th, we will have picture day. We need vol-unteers to help with the students. It will be easy and you get to see the kids all dressed up for their pictures! If you need the shift time

adjusted so you can fit it into your schedule please contact Sara Radke at 378-8321 or sfradke@gmail.com to have it adjusted. Click on this link to help: www.SignUpGenius.com/go/70A0F4DACA822AA8-20154 Watch for other opportunities and mark your calendars for these events: Book Fair - October 26th-30th America Reads - Friday, October 23rd More information and links to volunteer for these events coming soon! Thanks for vol-unteering!

Kids! Bring your parents to the “Coe Playground of Science” night at Coe College in Cedar Rapids! The Coe College Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Nursing, Psychology, Math, Computer Science, and ROTC Clubs will lead the fun in Peterson Hall October 29, 2015 from 6:00 – 9:00 P.M. in the evening. There will be interactive demos that teach kids of all ages about the natural world around them. We’ll levitate things, launch pumpkins on our trebuchet, do the “mentos and diet pepsi demo,” make dragon's breath flames, play with numbers, be amazed by strong magnets, make snow, see models of eyes and hearts, learn about the human body, see how chemistry allows us to create useful substances, make ice cream with liquid air, see molten glass poured at almost 2000 oF,

and much more. Come have fun and learn about our natural world, all ages are wel-come.

RSVP: Prof. Steve Feller, Physics Depart-ment, sfeller@coe.edu, 319-399-8633

Peterson Hall, Coe College, 1220 First AVE NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402

http://www.coe.edu/playgroundofscience Peterson Hall is on College Rd NE (13th St) opposite the Clark Alumni House in Cedar Rapids. Parking available and signs will guide you to us.

The 13th Annual Free Coe Playground of Science

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Great Gator Gallop October 15th

What is the “Great Gator Gallop?”

The Great Gator Gallop is a fun run/walk-

athon to raise money for the Viola Gibson PTA

and is our school’s primary fundraiser each year.

All Viola Gibson Students and Staff (parents are

invited too!) run/walk around the Gibson School

Trail with their classmates and co-workers for

approximately 45 minutes.

On the 15th there will be music and all

kinds of excitement in the air! Families are en-

couraged to attend to cheer the kids and/or run/

walk with their child! We may even have some

special guests come by to cheer the kids on!

100% of the funds go to Viola Gibson

Elementary. Funds are used to enhance the edu-

cational experience of your child. Donations will

go to purchase technology, classroom supplies,

playground equipment, programs for the children

and events for the families. Each child is encour-

aged to raise a minimum of $40.00.

There are even incentives for the students!

Beside helping their school be a better place, stu-

dents can earn opportunities for prizes! For every

$10 donation, a raffle ticket is earned. The more

donations… the more chances to win! More info

to come on prizes!

What can you do to help with the

Gallop?

Make sure your student brought home a Gator

Gallop packet. Sponsorship funds collection

is already underway!

Encourage your children to ask neighbors,

friends, and family to sponsor them in the Ga-

tor Gallop.

The donations are for participation,

not on a per lap basis.

Help them explain how the money

helps our school, and that this is our

school’s primary fundraiser.

Be sure money is collected at the time

of donation.

Please make checks payable to: Viola

Gibson PTA

Please check with your employer to see if

they will match funds! Rockwell, General

Mills, Alliant Energy are some possibilities.

Please follow their procedures.

Make sure to return those collection enve-

lopes BY MONDAY, OCTOBER 12.

IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR

PRIZES, STUDENTS MUST HAVE

THEIR RAFFLE TICKETS TURNED

IN NO LATER THAN WEDNESDAY,

OCTOBER 14TH at 9am.

Consider volunteering to help out with this

exciting event. Please email Debbie White

with questions or to volunteer on 10/15 at:

white0974@gmail.com

We need and appreciate your support. Thank

you!

Last year we raised $14,400….Let’s go for $15,000 in 2015!

Phone numbers

Main Office

319-558-2920

Attendance

319-558-2565

Counselor

319-558-1694

Viola Gibson

Elementary

6101 Gibson Dr. NE,

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

52411

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The Gibson Gazette is

a weekly school

e-newsletter sponsored

by your PTA for the

students, parents, staff

and supporters of Viola

Gibson Elementary.

All submittals are

welcome and will be

used at staff’s discretion

and as space allows.

All submittals and ques-

tions should be directed

to

gibsonga-

zette@gmail.com.

Submittal deadline is

Friday for publication

on the following

Thursday.

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City Week Celebration

Playtime Poppy—Flat

Stanley Jr.

Cedar Rapids Ice Arena

October Skate Events

10/16 Learning Extensions

Camp

To visit the CRCSD

Virtual Backpack, click

here

Virtual Backpack Links Here are this week’s additions to the Virtual Backpack.

Missed something Access earlier “VB” posts by clicking

the link below.

Advertising Space in Student Directory

A limited number of advertising opportunities will be

available in this year’s Student Directory. All ads will be the

size of a standard business card: 89x51 mm (3.5x2 in) and

will cost only $25.00. Ad content and logos may be sent to

PTA President Ruth Hospodarsky at Gibson presi-

dent@gmail.com. Checks may be made payable to VG PTA.

The deadline for submittals is Friday, October 16th.

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