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@Geistgators

GEIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

14051 East 104th Street, Fish… 317-915-4260

hse.k12.in.us/GES

NOTE FROM MRS. THOMAS,We have had a wonderful two weeks with your children. We �nished up safety week discussingthe �nal 6 topics of school safety and completing a lockdown and tornado drill. Your childrendid a fantastic job. Please feel free to discuss with your children the steps of ALiCE. Alert-Lockdown-Inform-Counter-Evacuate. They know this concept and were taught about the plan from a book calledI'm Not Scared... I'm Prepared Because I Know All About ALICE by Julia Cook. O�cer Tracyread the book to kindergarten and second grade in person and via video for �rst, third andfourth grades. Our �nal six topics included not blocking doors open, listening to adults during drills andemergencies, following instructions, not sharing personal information with strangers onlineand reporting anything that looks out of place. These are great topics to follow up with athome! Please be on the lookout over the next two weeks for parent Canvas information! This will bea means of communications and celebration K-12. In addition, teachers will be sending youparent teacher conference information. Teachers will send you their available times to meet inOctober! Have a great weekend and thank you for sharing your children with us,Christi Thomas, Principal

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY

Thank you and congratulations to the most recent Friends of the Library members. Bookshave been donated by (August) Alex G., Brayden J., Ian R. and Luciana R., (September) CooperR., Collins C., Rylee F., Amelia D., Kendall F., Taylor M., Ben S., Jack K., Izzy S., Ella K., Leah Z.,Logan K., Mia W., Evie P., Rileigh P., Kirtan P., Isaac S. and Elliott R.

GLOBAL STUDIESThis week and next week students will be learning numbers through singing, playing games,and trying tongue twisters in Chinese using numbers. They also learned how to write theChinese characters for numbers 1-10 since those characters are extremely easy! Studentsalso started to learn the Chinese alphabet pinyin, which literally means “spelling of the sound”.This is the phonetics system of the Chinese language. With the foundation of pinyin, studentswill be able to read Chinese words labeled with the phonetics as well as typing Chinese on thekeyboard.

GEIST ELEMENTARY FALLFESTIVAL!WHENFRIDAY, OCT. 5TH, 5-8PM

WHERE14051 EAST 104TH STREETFORTVILLE, IN

WHAT IS A SAFE VISITORBADGE? CAN I VISIT WITHOUTONE?Safe Visitor A Safe Visitor background check is required for anyone whovisits or volunteers in our schools, including family membersof our students. Background checks are good for three years atany school in the district. Visithttps://www.hseschools.org/services/other/school-safety/visiting-and-volunteering to get yours.

WANT TO KEEP UP ON WHAT'SHAPPENING AT SCHOOL?

Follow @geistgators on twitterCheck our website: https://ges.hseschools.org. LookunderHappenings for the building calendar and the GeistGazette (also emailed every other Sunday).GES PTO publishes the PTO Corner twice a month. It issent via email every other Sunday. Check the PTO section of the website, under Meet GES- Get Involved/PTOWe encourage you to take a look at the HSE Schools Community Insider each issue tosee a listing of many different activities of interest in our school and around the schooldistrict. The HSE Schools Community Insider can be found on both the GES and HSESchools websites. Scroll further down the page to see the HSE Schools CommunityInsider.

TEXT-A-TIPText-A-Tip is a program that allows students, parents or others to anonymously send a text oremail message to our school resource o�cers and school administrators about concernsthey may have for their own safety or the safety of others. Text-A-Tip will be activelymonitored during the school day. It should not be used for emergencies—Call 911 if you needimmediate help. Click here for frequently asked questions... Submit Via TextTexts can be sent to 274637 (or CRIMES). Start the actual message with the # symbol and abuilding-speci�c keyword. For a list of keywords, click here...

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REGISTERING FOR CLUBS, ACTIVITIES, ETC. ATGEIST ELEMENTARYWe are pleased to offer a variety of activities and clubs before and after school. Some school-sponsored and district-sponsored activities including Student Council, MathBowl and similar activities may be advertised in the newsletter and via Skylert, and registration

HSE SCHOOLS COMMUNITYINSIDERCheck out other opportunities and activities on the HSECommunity Insider on the HSE Schools webpage. Scroll downto the red box here: hseschools.org/happenings/community-insider

forms may be sent home with students. Outside organizations including Scouts and similar activities that are hosted at GeistElementary may advertise their program on the HSE Schools Community Insider. Per HSESchools, we are no longer able to advertise and send registration information home for thoseactivities that are not school-sponsored or district-sponsored.

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