Gilmer County Elementary School

Last week, Mrs. Coombs and Mrs. Skinner’s class had a special visitor! Dawn Bailey brought a Blooming Christmas Tree chemistry craft where students watched liquid turn into crystal “trees.” 🌲✨ She also read a great book and passed out stickers. Such a fun and fascinating day of learning! #GoGilmer #LoveMyWVSchool

OCTOBER SPOTLIGHT! 🌟 A big Wildcat shoutout to our October Award Winners — from academic all-stars to hard-working heroes, respectful role models, clean room champs, artists, musicians, and our most athletic Wildcats! We are SO proud of you! #GoGilmer #LoveMyWVSchool

Lots of excitement in Mrs. Moyers and Mrs. Loudin’s Kindergarten class yesterday morning! Their classroom elf, Charley, made his big return from the North Pole. 🎅🎄 Former students even stopped by to say hi—they remembered Charley well! It’s going to be a magical December in Kindergarten! #GoGilmer #LoveMyWVSchool

All Gilmer County Schools will be closed Tuesday, December 2, 2025.

All Gilmer County Schools will operate on a 2-hour delay for tomorrow, December 2, 2025.

🐾GCES Wildcats: Week At-A-Glance🐾

✨ Preschool Fun in the Kitchen! ✨ Our preschoolers had a butter-making adventure last week 🧈💛 With help from Daisy Bailey from the Extension Office, students shook, mixed, and giggled their way to homemade butter — just in time to enjoy it with our rolls! Thank you, Daisy, for such a fun and tasty hands-on experience! 🥖🤍

🦃🍿 First Grade Fun! 🍿🦃 Mrs. Allman (Mrs. Beall’s) and Ms. Stalnaker’s 1st grade classes had the best Thanksgiving-themed day! 🧡 Students made festive Thanksgiving placemats, watched Charlie Brown’s Thanksgiving, and enjoyed a fun little feast of popcorn, jellybeans, pretzels, and apple cider — just like the classic cartoon! 🎬✨ We loved seeing their creativity, smiles, and excitement. #GoGilmer #LoveMyWVSchool

🍽️💛 A Charlie Brown–Style Feast! 💛🍽️ Mrs. Moyers’ and Mrs. Loudin’s class enjoyed their very own Charlie Brown style feast today! Popcorn, snacks, big smiles, and lots of laughter around the table — just like in the classic Peanuts celebration. 😊🎉 #GoGilmer #LoveMyWVSchool

Our 5th graders earned a Dirty Soda Celebration for all their hard work—mixing up fizzy creations and lots of laughs 🎉 These Wildcats have been giving it their all, and we loved celebrating them in the sweetest (and bubbliest!) way! #GoGilmer #LoveMyWVSchool

🦃🍁 Happy Thanksgiving Break, Wildcat Families! 🍁🦃 Gilmer County Elementary School would like to wish all of our students, families, and staff a very Happy Thanksgiving Break! We are so thankful for our amazing Wildcat community and the joy your children bring to our school each day. 💙🤍 Before we head into the holiday, we wanted to share a fun highlight from this week — our Penny War boxes dressed as turkeys, adding a little extra excitement and laughter for our Wildcats. 🦃💰 We hope everyone has a safe, restful, and happy break. Enjoy the time with family and friends — we’ll see our Wildcats back soon!

From Mrs Leggett: 🎼🎤🎹🥁 The Gilmer County Elementary Music Program would like to thank everyone who donated to our recent “Un”Fundraiser. Through your incredible generosity we raised over $3400! We would like to extend a very special thank you to Glenville Auto for their donation of $500. Our field trip to the WV Symphony Orchestra Concert on November 20th was fully funded and we will be able to purchase several new things for our music room. During this season of Thanksgiving we are truly grateful to our community for its support of our young musicians. #GoGilmer #LoveMyWVSchool

🍁🧡 Happy Thanksgiving Week, Wildcats! 🧡🍁

Don’t forget — this Friday, November 21st, is packed with fun at GCES!
Our 2nd–5th graders will be heading out to cheer on the Pioneers at a college basketball game! Wear BLUE to support our GSU players🏀💙
And our K–1st grade students will enjoy a special popcorn treat at school! 🍿✨

We can’t wait to celebrate together before break — see you Friday!

🦃✨ Fancy Feast… Kindergarten Style! ✨🦃 Mrs. Price’s and Mrs. Debbie’s class had the BEST time enjoying Thanksgiving lunch together — all gathered around their very own “fancy” table in the classroom! 🙂 Lots of giggles, full tummies, and sweet moments with our little Wildcats! #GoGilmer #LoveMyWVSchool

💙 Kindergarten Goal-Getters! 💙 Mrs. Price’s and Mrs. Debbie’s Kindergarten class set an exciting goal: earn 40 scores of 100% in i-Ready to earn special playtime with the big blue blocks! These Wildcats have been working so hard and celebrating their progress along the way. We love seeing our youngest learners set goals and crush them! #GoGilmer #LoveMyWVSchool

🎉 More 67th Day Fun in Kindergarten! 🎉 Mrs. Moyers’ and Mrs. Loudin’s Kindergarten class also joined in on the 67th day of school celebration with a special “6–7 Day!” Their students enjoyed exciting activities. We love seeing ALL of our Kindergarteners learning and celebrating together! 💙✨ #GoGilmer #LoveMyWVSchool

🍁 67th Day of School Fun in Kindergarten! 🦃🎉 Mrs. Coombs’ and Mrs. Skinner’s classes celebrated our 67th day of school with tons of fun, hands-on learning! Students made festive headbands, counted to 67 using games and edible manipulatives, enjoyed a “67-Day” coloring contest, and even played a special round of Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Turkey! A huge thank-you to Mrs. Ceterika Dobbins for volunteering her time to lead several Thanksgiving crafts with our Kindergarteners. The kids had a blast and went home with adorable creations and personalized goodie bags. We love learning through fun at GCES! 💙🦃✨#GoGilmer #LoveMyWVSchool

📸 Picture Retake Day is Thursday, November 20!