Progress Reports

Progress Reports went home today. If a student is missing MULTIPLE assignments or has many assignments that can be redone, we did our best to share that information with you. It is YOUR CHILD's responsibility to get with their teachers for the missing/ incomplete work.

REMEMBER: Almost ALL assignments given in 5th grade can be resubmitted once correct for a 70% (C).

Please review the Progress Report, sign it and send it back in to me by THIS FRIDAY (September 29th). Thanks!

Fun'd Friday

Friday is Flip Flop Day!

This Friday, September 28, you can wear flip flops to school! To participate, simply bring in $1 by Friday to your teacher.

All money collected will go directly towards the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life of Davis Islands!

Thank you for helping save a life!

Earning For Learning Dinner

EARNING FOR LEARNING

Gorrie is hosting a Family Dinner Night at Westshore Mall in the Food Court on Tuesday, September 18^th from 5:00pm-6:00pm.  What a wonderful opportunity for you to meet your child’s classmates and teacher/teachers!  After dinner, please take your receipts to the Guest Services desk located near Macys.  We will receive one entry for each receipt.  Thank you Gorrie Families for your support!

Philly Trip 2013

Parents - 

The 5th grade teachers are pleased to announce that we will be doing another student trip this year!  Last year, we took students over the summer to Washington DC, Jamestown and Williamsburg and had a fabulous time.  This year, we will be taking students to Philadelphia, Valley Forge and Amish Country.  We will leave right after school lets out on either June 8th or June 9th and return on either June 12th or June 13th.  

Please know that this trip is NOT a Hillsborough County sanctioned field trip.  The trip is completely separate from school - it just so happens that our 5th grade teachers want to chaperone a trip with our students.

If you would like more information about the trip, there will be a parent meeting Tuesday, September 25th at 6 pm next door at the Horizon Bay Retirement Community.  We had a terrific time last year with our students and are looking forward to another wonderful trip again this summer!  We hope to see many of you there!  

Please let me know if you plan on attending so we know how many seats to set up. 

A Note from Mrs. Wolbarst

Dear Parents: 

The comprehensive school guidance program at Gorrie is designed to support the mission of the school by promoting and enhancing the learning process of every student through integration of academic, career, and personal/social development.  Many prevention topics are addressed through classroom guidance, small group guidance and district approved school-wide presentations.  Examples of these topics include:

     •Physical and Emotional Health/Safety

     •Character Education

     •Peer Mediation/Conflict Resolution

     •Bullying Prevention

     •Drug and Alcohol Prevention

     •Harassment and Violence Prevention

There are some grade level specific programs that may be available to your child, such as:

 In Grades K-5 - Red Ribbon Week

     Utilizes the “Too Good for Drugs” Mendez Curriculum

 In Kindergarten - Mendez Foundations and Friends R Happening Show

     Teaches students about making safe decisions especially when it comes to drugs and violence.

 In Second Grade –  Mendez’s Carmen and Wagoner Show

     Teaches second grade students through lively songs and dances to be drug-free and to resist

     peer pressure.

 In Third Grade – Child Abuse Council’s Kids-on- the-Block

     Uses puppets and child-appropriate language in skits to cover child abuse issues

     with third grade students.

 In Fourth Grade – Child Abuse Council’s Kids-on- the-Block

     Uses puppets and child-appropriate language to present information on bullying prevention

     and tolerance to fourth grade students to teach them peaceful alternatives and solutions.

    

These are just a few examples of the exciting activities that your child may be participating in at our school.  Please feel free to contact me  at 276-5673  if you have any questions or concerns.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Sherry Wolbarst

Guidance Counselor

Redo's

I wanted to let everyone know that basically EVERY assignment in my classes (History, Reading, Writing, Science), can be redone if a student receives a grade less than a 70%. All the child has to do to bring the grade up is to fix the errors they made and turn it back in to me. The highest grade a redo assignment can receive is a "C" (70%). As a result, NO students should end up with anything less than a "C" average in all of those subjects. Please ask your child if they have any redo assignments to make up and encourage them to make those corrections in order to boost their grade. Thanks!