Gilmer County Elementary School

🐾GCES Wildcats: Week At-A-Glance🐾

We are gearing up for our first full week of school, and our Wildcats are off to a great start! #GoGilmer

📚🐾 Welcome Back, GCES Wildcats! 🐾📚 It’s time to kick off another amazing school year for our K–5 Wildcats! 🎉 We can’t wait to see all of your smiling faces tomorrow. 📸 Share the excitement! Drop your first day of school pictures in the comments below. We'd love to see our Wildcats ready for a great year! 💙🤍 #GoGilmer

🚌 Gilmer County families — here are this year’s bus routes! Please review your stop and pick-up/drop-off times so everyone is ready for the first day of school. Let’s have a safe and smooth school year for all! #GoGilmer ⭐️Please Share⭐️

While Open House kicked off the year, there are still so many fun GCES family events ahead! 💙🐾 We can’t wait to learn, celebrate, and make memories together all year long!! Save the dates....#GoGilmer

We’re excited at GCES for a brand new school year! 🐾📚 Wildcats, get ready for a year full of learning, laughter, and success. We can’t wait to see our hallways filled with smiling faces and eager minds! #GoGilmer

National Night Out for Gilmer County families is Tuesday, August 5th from 4pm-7pm at the Glenville City Park. Come out and enjoy the evening!

Join us for our Annual Back to School Open House on Tuesday, August 12th! 🖍️📚✂️

Shout-out to our amazing custodial team who have been hard at work waxing the floors and making sure our school is sparkling clean and ready for our students and staff! Your dedication and effort do not go unnoticed—thank you for everything you do! We appreciate you! 🧹🧼🫧

👶✨ Calling All Expecting Mommies & Families with Little Ones (Ages 0–3)! Our Early Steps Program is designed just for you! This FREE program includes: 📚 Educational home visits 👣 The Birth Start Program held at GCGS 📖 A special book program for enrolled families We focus on 5 key areas of your child’s development: 🗣 Communication 🏃 Gross Motor Skills ✋ Fine Motor Skills 🧠 Problem Solving 🤝 Personal-Social Development If you’re interested or want to learn more, contact: Donna Smith Fox, Gilmer County Coordinator 📞 304-266-2995

☀️ SummerBoost wrapped up last week with two awesome events! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ Our Running Club kiddos showed off their speed and spirit in a fun race, and we ended the week with a great day at Cedar Creek State Park! 🌳🍉🎉 Thanks to everyone who helped make this summer one to remember!#GoGilmer

🐾GCES Wildcats Back-to-School Schedule🐾

🌟 THANK YOU! 🌟 We are beyond grateful for the incredible amount of community support we received today during our SummerBoost Fundraiser Event! A huge thank you to our local State Troopers, the nursing home staff and residents, and all the families, friends, and community members who showed up and made the day so special. 💙 Thanks to your generosity, proceeds will help fund field trips and other fun events for our afterschool and summer school programs. #GoGilmer

🚗✨ GCES Wildcats – New Parent Pick-Up Procedures! ✨🚗 To help make dismissal safer and more efficient this year, we’re introducing a new parent pick-up process starting for the 2025–26 school year. Here’s what you can expect: 📛 Students will receive book bag name tags 🚗 Parents will be given car placards at Open House and during the first few weeks of school 👋 Just show and go in the pick-up loop – staff will radio for your child ❗ Forgot your placard? No problem – just park and sign your child out in the office. We know change can take time, and we appreciate your support and patience as we roll this out. Our goal is to keep your children safe and make pick-up smooth for everyone. 🐾 🕒 Reminder: Parent Pick-Up ends at 3:45 daily!

🚀 Don’t forget! Our GCES SummerBoost Fundraiser is this Wednesday from 12–2 PM at GCES! 🎨 “Out of This World” Art Gallery 🥤 Galactic Beverage Tasting 🌌 SPACE Roll Pick-Up Come support our awesome student entrepreneurs! #GoGilmer

Summer School will be delayed ONE HOUR on Friday, July 18th. This will allow more time for students to engage in the planned filed trip activity. For example, if your child typically gets on the bus at 7:30am, they will get on the bus at 8:30am; if they get off the bus at 2:30pm, they will get off the bus at 3:30pm. If you have any questions, please call your child's school office. Thank you!

Gilmer County Little Pioneer Athletics is hosting a Family Movie Night on Friday, July 18, at the Sue Morris Complex! Check out the flyer below for more details.

Gilmer County Elementary families—join us TONIGHT (7/11/2025) for our PTO Drive-In Movie Fundraiser! 🎬🍿 Come enjoy a movie under the stars with concessions available. The movie starts at dark. We hope to see you there!

📱 Stay connected—download the Gilmer County Schools app today! Get instant access to school calendars 🗓️, event updates, open house info, and more—right at your fingertips! 📲 Download here: • Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apptegy.gilmerwv&pcampaignid=web_share • Apple: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1568572084 Don’t miss a beat this school year! 💙🐾

🚀 GCES SummerBoost Showcase Fundraiser! 🚀 Join us Wednesday, July 23, 2025 • 12–2 PM at GCES for an out-of-this-world event! 🧃 Galactic Beverage Tasting (by donation) 🥖 Space Rolls Pick-Up (pre-orders only) 🎨 Student Art Gallery (creations available by donation) 💜 All proceeds support field trips & fun events! 📦 Roll orders due by July 16 – payment due at time of order. 📞 Questions? Contact Crystal Smith at 304-462-7338 or cmsmith@k12.wv.us