Gilmer County Elementary School

🎶 New instruments at GCES! 🎶 Gilmer County Elementary’s music program recently received 3 new tubano drums, 12 frame drums, 3 Orff instruments, and a classroom set of ukuleles! 🥁🎵 Mrs. Russell’s 2nd grade class was happy to help us show off some of the new additions! A big thank you to Gilmer County Schools for continuing to support music education and provide our students with these wonderful opportunities. This purchase was made possible through levy funding, and we are so appreciative of the continued investment in our students and programs! #GoGilmer

Due to inclement weather, Wildcat University After-School has been canceled for this evening (Monday, September 21).

Title I Paperwork is coming home today or tomorrow for each of your Wildcat students. Please take a moment to review: Parent and Family Engagement Policy, School-Home Compact, Parent Right to Know, Title I Teacher Letter and GCES Wildcat 2026.27 Calendar. Please sign and return the Title I Verification form, and other forms as needed. Questions: please call 304.462.7338.

Gilmer County Schools will operate on a 2-hr delay for Monday, September 21.

Title I Parent Advisory Council Meeting will be on Friday, September 18th (tomorrow) at GCES. We will meet in the GCES Cafeteria at 2pm. Parents and guardians of our GCES Wildcats are welcome to come join us to learn more about assessments, content standards, curriculum and family engagement at GCES. We hope to see you tomorrow at 2pm. Questions? Please contact Julie Perrin, jperrin@k12.wv.us or 304.462.7338. Thank you!

📢 GCES LSIC Meeting GCES will host an LSIC Meeting on Thursday, September 24 at 4:00 PM. 📍 Location: GCES Please share to help us spread the word!

📏 Mrs. Thorne’s first graders had fun practicing measurement with hands-on activities! 📐#GoGilmer

🐾GCES Wildcats: Week At-A-Glance🐾

🎶 FREE Music Lessons! 🎶 Check out this great opportunity through Glenville State University’s Prospective Pioneer Music Studio! 🎵 An Open House will be held Monday, September 14th at 5:00 PM. See the flyer for details!

🔬 Science Class Update! 🚀

Mrs. Short’s 5th grade science classes are learning all about engineering, technology, and science! Students are exploring criteria and constraints and discovering how engineers use these ideas to solve problems. They will also be designing and creating their own prototypes and testing how well their designs work.

Mrs. Short’s students are having lots of fun learning, creating, and thinking like engineers! #GoGilmer

🐾GCES Wildcats: Week At-A-Glance🐾

🐾 Gilmer County Wildcats Fundraiser! 🐾 Fundraiser order forms went home with students today! Check out all of the great Wildcat designs and options available. Please return completed order forms and money to your child’s homeroom teacher. Thank you for supporting our Wildcats! 💙🐾

Regular school attendance is one of the most important things families can do to support their child's success. Being at school each day helps students stay connected, keep up with learning, build strong relationships, and develop habits that will benefit them for years to come.

If you have questions or concerns about your child’s attendance, please reach out to your child’s school or Gilmer County Attendance Director, Mischell Workman. We are here to help!

📞 Gilmer County Elementary: 304-462-7338
📞 Gilmer County High School: 304-462-7960
📞 Mischell Workman, Attendance Director: 304-462-7386, Ext. 107

Let’s work together to make every school day count! 🏫✨

Title I Annual Parent Meeting is TOMORROW, Wednesday, September 2nd. We will meet in the GCES Cafeteria, 4pm-5pm to share important information for the academic school year, including family engagement, school/home communication, policies, and much, much more. Come out to learn about the standards your child will learn this year, as well as the curriculum that is used. We hope to see you TOMORROW.

We’re excited to introduce another wonderful member of our GCES Wildcat family, Ms. Karen Self!

🐾GCES Wildcats: Week At-A-Glance🐾

GCES Parents and Guardians: The Title I Team would like to meet with you on Wednesday, September 2nd, 4pm-5pm in the GCES Cafeteria for the Title I Annual Meeting. A flyer with more information is coming home with your child this evening. Be sure to mark your calendar, RSVP, and plan to join us in one week to learn more about the calendar for the school year, assessments, content standards, etc. Questions? Please call, Cherri West, Title I Director at 304.462.7386, ext. 170 or email, ccwest@k12.wv.us. We look forward to having a great school year in partnership with you!

📚💛 Celebrating Dolly Parton! 💛📚 Mrs. Fox’s third grade reading classes took a little time today to celebrate Dolly Parton and the incredible impact she has made on young readers through her Imagination Library. We learned a little about Dolly, read Coat of Many Colors, and talked about the special message behind the story. Then, students put their own creativity to work designing a coat of many colors of their own! A sweet day celebrating stories, creativity, and a woman who has helped put millions of books into the hands of children. #GoGilmer