Gilmer County Elementary School

🐾GCES Wildcats: Week At-A-Glance🐾

Wildcat University celebrated our first 55 days of school with a fun trip to the GSU pool! 🐾💦 Students had a great time swimming, playing on the inflatables, and enjoying time together. What a great way to celebrate all of their hard work so far this year! #GoGilmer #LoveMyWVSchool

These smart students earned another 100 on their iReady lessons! 🎉 To celebrate their hard work, students in Mrs. Moyer’s and Mrs. Loudin's kindergarten classrooms enjoyed a movie and popcorn bar. 🍿 Great job, little learners—keep up the great work! 📚

📚 Scholastic Book Fair This Week! 📚 The Scholastic Book Fair will be at our school this week! Monday will be a window shopping day, where students can browse the books and make their wish lists. Students will be able to purchase books Tuesday through Friday.

Gilmer County Elementary School was represented at the 2026 West Virginia All-State Children’s Chorus by Presley Darby, Brennen McEntire, and Willow Shackleford. These 5th grade students rehearsed and memorized music for two months with Ms. Leggett then traveled to the Charleston Civic Center on March 5th for two days of rehearsal with this 216 voice chorus made up of 4th, 5th, and 6th graders from around the state. They performed in the 2026 All-State Concert on Friday evening, March 6th to a packed house. Congratulations to Presley, Brennen, and Willow on their outstanding work! #GoGilmer #LoveMyWVSchool

Attention GCES Families: Due to the advancement of the Gilmer County Lady Titans in the state basketball tournament, all Gilmer County Schools will be dismissing 2- hours early tomorrow, Thursday, March 12th, 2026. Gilmer County Elementary School will dismiss at 1:24. Good luck to our Lady Titans! 🏀⛹🏼‍♀️

During Read Across America Week, members of the GCHS Student Council visited Gilmer County Elementary School to participate in a Drop Everything and Read (DEAR) activity. 📚 Council members spent time in classrooms reading aloud to students, asking questions, and sharing conversations about the stories. It was a great opportunity for our high school students to demonstrate leadership while encouraging a love of reading with our younger Wildcats. We appreciate the collaboration between our county schools that helps create meaningful learning experiences for students of all ages. Great job, Titans! ❤️💙📖 #GoTitans #LoveMyWVSchool

GCES Bingo for Books was another great success this year! 📚🎉 Students enjoyed playing several rounds of bingo using cards filled with characters from familiar picture books. Gilmer FRN provided snacks and books for the event, making it a fun evening for our students and families. We also appreciate our community partners who attended and shared helpful resources with families: Aetna, Gilmer Public Library, GC Family Support Center, and The Health Plan. Thank you to everyone who helped make this event such a success! 💙 #GoGilmer #LoveMyWVSchool

📢 Attention GCES Families

The Gilmer County Lady Titans Basketball Team will be competing in the State Tournament on Tuesday, March 10th. Therefore, Gilmer County Schools will dismiss 3 hours early on Tuesday.

If the Lady Titans advance, they will play again on Thursday, March 12th, and school will dismiss 2 hours early on that day.

Let's Go Lady Titans! 🏀❤️💙

🐾GCES Wildcats: Week At-A-Glance🐾

📚❤️ More fun from Read Across America Week! Our preschool and first grade students had a great time celebrating reading and even enjoyed a special visit from The Cat in the Hat and other special guests. #GoGilmer #LoveMyWVSchool

We are proud to recognize our Social Studies Fair winners! 🎉 These students did an outstanding job with their projects and represented their hard work and learning so well. Congratulations to all of the participants! Anthropology 🥉 3rd Place – Hudson Fox, Leighlyn Greene, Cheyenne McKee, Owen Lamb, Owen Smarr Economics 🥇 1st Place – Tommie Jo Chesser, Audrey Ratliff, Enslee Smith, Raegen Waychoff Geography 🥉 3rd Place – Wyatt Bailey, Hope Adams Political Science 🥇 1st Place – Chase Chapman, Kenton Minney, Adrian Stoller, Beckett Grogg Sociology 🥉 3rd Place – Piper Darby State & Local Studies – Individual 🥉 3rd Place – Tate James State & Local Studies – Group 🥇 1st Place – Raegan Hartshorn, Ryann Hartshorn, Jurnee Miller-Roberts, Michelle Dennison 🥈 2nd Place – Gentry Fox, Layla Fox, Christopher Pennebaker U.S. History – Individual 🥇 1st Place – Jacob Brody Campbell U.S. History – Group 🥈 2nd Place – Lucy Hutchison, Natalee McHenry 🥉 3rd Place – Charlie Sirbaugh, Madison Moyers, Vader McAtee, Clyde Casteel Division II U.S. History 🥉 3rd Place – Silas Lamb 👏 Great work, students! We are proud of you!

🌡️🔬 Hands-On Science in First Grade! 🔬🌡️ Mrs. Thorne and Mrs. Smith’s first grade students have been studying temperature in science class! Students explored hot and cold water, observed thermometers, and recorded their findings like real scientists. We love seeing our Wildcats learning through investigation and teamwork! #GoGilmer #LoveMyWVSchool

Kindergarten also had a special visitor during Read Across America Week! 📚🐱🎩 The Cat in the Hat stopped by to share in the fun and celebrate a love of reading with some of our youngest learners! #GoGilmer #LoveMyWVSchool

Mrs. Thorne and Mrs. Smith’s first grade class had a fun start to Read Across America Week! 📚🐱🎩 Students enjoyed a special visit from the Cat in the Hat and gathered on the carpet with their stuffed animals for story time. It was a wonderful way to celebrate reading together! #GoGilmer #LoveMyWVSchool

Mrs. Dennison and Ms. Tonia’s class kicked off Read Across America Week with donuts! 🍩📚 This sweet treat was their reward for earning 100 perfect scores on i-Ready. We are so proud of their hard work and dedication! 👏#GoGilmer #LoveMyWVSchool

🍀March Calendar of Events🍀

❄️🏅 Winter Olympics Fun is Underway! 🏅❄️ Our amazing gym teachers have brought the Winter Olympics right into the classroom, and our students are having a blast competing, cheering, and showing off their teamwork! We’ve already seen so much school spirit and sportsmanship — and we’re just getting started! 📸 Stay tuned later this week for a full photo album highlighting all the fun and excitement! #GoGilmer #LoveMyWVSchool