Gilmer County Elementary School

☀️📚 Phonics Fun in the Sun! Mrs. Moyer’s and Mrs. Loudin's kindergarten class took their Reading Horizons dictation practice outside! ✏️☀️ Students enjoyed the fresh air while practicing their phonics skills with sidewalk chalk. What a fun way to learn!

Parents and guardians of students in 2nd and 3rd grade: Youth Basketball practice for signed up students will take place on Fridays from 3:45PM to 5:00PM and on Saturdays from 11:00AM to 1:00PM. This starts tomorrow, 11/13/2026. A reminder that students must be signed up with the school, and a sports physical must be received by the school. It's not too late to get your child involved, please contact the school if you are interested in this program.

🇺🇸❤️ Honoring Our Veterans at GCES! ❤️🇺🇸 Our 2nd and 3rd graders did a wonderful job honoring our veterans during our Veterans Day program! A special thank you to our 5th Student Council for presenting awards to our veterans and to our music teacher, Mrs. Clevenger, for putting together such a beautiful performance! Most importantly, thank you to all the veterans who joined us and to those who have served our country. We are forever grateful for your service and sacrifice! ❤️🤍💙🇺🇸

🎉More i-Ready Celebrations! Mrs. Rhoades’ 2nd grade math class earned 100 i-Ready 100s in math! They celebrated their hard work with a fun pajama party! Way to go, Wildcats

👻🧪 Spooky Science Fun! 🧙‍♀️🫧 Mrs. Price and Ms. Debbie’s kindergarten class celebrated earning 50 i-Ready 100s with some spooky science experiments! From inflating ghosts to bubbly witch’s cauldrons, our little scientists had a blast!

🧡 Unity Day at GCES! 🧡 On October 21, Gilmer County Elementary School came together to celebrate Unity Day and spread an important message of kindness, acceptance, and bullying prevention! Our Wildcats and staff wore orange to show their support for a safe and welcoming school. Students created colorful leaves with positive messages for our Unity Tree, designed posters promoting kindness and inclusion, and joined together for a school-wide Unity Walk! 🧡🐾 Each orange shirt, colorful leaf, and thoughtful poster served as a reminder that we are stronger when we stand together and treat one another with kindness and respect. A big thank you to our students and staff for making Unity Day such a meaningful celebration! 🧡

🎉 A few more fun moments from Red Ribbon Week at GCES! Our Wildcats had a great time celebrating with Sock Day, Halloween costumes, and dressing up as what they want to be when they grow up! 🧦🎃👩‍🚒 Even our Wildcat mascot got in on the fun! 🐾 And how sweet is our future principal, who dressed for the job and posed with Mr. Price?

🎄🥁 Get ready for some holiday music! The GCES Music Department proudly presents “Strums & Drums” on Thursday, December 10th, at 1:30 PM! 🎶 Enjoy festive performances by our Ukulele Club, Intermediate Band, and “Big” Band! We hope you’ll join us for an afternoon of holiday cheer!

🎄🎶 Join us for a festive afternoon of holiday music! Our GCES Kindergarten and 1st Grade students will be spreading holiday cheer at their Holiday Concert on Thursday, December 3rd, at 1:00 PM in the GCES gymnasium! We hope to see you there!

Please join us for a special Veterans Day program featuring performances by our 2nd and 3rd grade students as we honor those who have served our country.

🎃👻 Another Successful Boo Bash! 👻🎃

Our GCES Annual Boo Bash was another huge success! A special thank you to our Communities In Schools coordinator, Julie Busby, for her hard work and dedication in organizing this wonderful event!

We also want to thank everyone who volunteered their time, helped decorate, donated items, or spent the evening making it such a fun and memorable night for our students and families!

We couldn't do it without our amazing school community! 🧡🖤

Honoring Our Heroes!

GCES proudly invites all veterans to join us for our Annual Veterans Day Program on Tuesday, November 10, at 1:30 PM.

We look forward to honoring and thanking you for your service and sacrifice to our country! ❤️🤍💙

🍁🍂 GCES Heritage Day 2026! 🍂🍁

What an amazing day celebrating our Appalachian heritage!

A HUGE thank you to Mrs. Perrin for all the hard work and dedication she puts into making Heritage Day such a special event each year! She truly does a remarkable job! 👏

We also want to thank all of our wonderful volunteers and presenters who help bring our heritage and traditions to life for our students. We are so thankful for each and every one of you!

📸 So many great memories! Enjoy our Heritage Day photo album! 👇

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🐾GCES Wildcats: Week At-A-Glance🐾

📢 Reminder, GCES Families! There will be NO SCHOOL on Monday, November 2, or Tuesday, November 3. Enjoy your extended break! We’ll see everyone back on Wednesday, November 4!

🎃🍰 A Little Math, a Lot of Boogie, and a Sweet Treat! 🍰🎃 Mrs. Frashure's 5th grade math classes put a fun twist on an old-fashioned cake walk! 🕺💃 As Halloween music played, students danced their way around the room until the music stopped. Then it was time to put their math skills to the test! 🧠✏️ Students solved problems to review the skills they’ve been working hard to master. Once the answers were revealed, the student standing on the correct answer won a delicious Little Debbie cake! 🧁🎉 Who says math can’t be fun? Mrs. Frashure's students were learning, laughing, and celebrating their hard work—one math problem and one sweet treat at a time! 👻🧡#GoGilmer

🏚️ Spooktacular STEAM! 👻🔨 Mrs. Sprouse and Mrs. Shelia’s 2nd grade science classes have been learning all about engineering and the design process! Our young engineers put their creativity and problem-solving skills to work as they designed and built their very own haunted houses using a variety of materials! 🎃 What a fun, hands-on way to bring science and engineering to life!

🐾💙 Responsible Wildcats Shine! 💙🐾

GCES Wildcats are proud to recognize our September Character Trait Winners for demonstrating RESPONSIBILITY! 🌟

Congratulations to these outstanding Wildcats! Keep up the great work! #GoGilmer