Flat Gap Elementary School

Thank you to everyone who participated in the CyberSafety Challenge! Congratulations to the drawing winners: Delilah, Jackson, Dalton, Tabitha, Waylon, Christian, Waylon S., Ben and Mikylee.

LIFT After School Programming April 21-24

Today, we had some Greyhound Scientists attend the Verizon STEM workshop @ BSTCS. Students participated in computer programming, robotics, virtual reality. We are excited about all they learned and so proud of the way they represented Flat Gap Elementary! #GreyhoundGrit #STEM #GreatandGettingGreater #Verizon

The Easter Bunny was super kind to our Greyhounds today! We want to wish all our Flat Gap families a wonderful Easter weekend 💜 Lots more pics to come!

Hats off to Ms. Lutz and her AMAZINGLY TALENTED Greyhound Choir! Tonight's concert was so good! #GreyhoundGrit #LeaderinMe #GreatandGettingGreater #ElementaryChoir

Our Campus Caretakers have spent their recess time assembling the beautiful raised planters sponsored by the Johnson County Schools AWARE Grant. We are super excited to have them filled with beautiful plants! Thanks to Mrs. Patrick and Mrs. Barker for sponsoring this leadership crew! #StudentLeaders #CampusCaretakers #LeaderinMe #GreyhoundGrit #GreatandGettingGreater

Congratulations to Braleigh McCoy who won Runner Up in the Solid Waste Commissions Art Contest! Under the guidance of Humanities Teacher, Martina Lutz, we have celebrated several county winners over the years! https://www.paintsvilleherald.com/news/solid-waste-commission-rewards-art-contest-winners/article_76dd0b6e-5c85-423a-86db-12e6bcae35fc.html

The first week of prizes are in! Parents, just watch this short cyber safety video to enter your child to win and to learn important internet safety information! https://www.facebook.com/100063848610812/posts/pfbid02d4GFzvKrtrkWUYSj3gfJarmjcj4uu3aW1W1k7V6KdeT4b7fmLLrCU6PRAUyVJRuTl/?app=fbl

Tomorrow is Special Snack day! All items are $1. Parents, you are also welcome to pay via PayPal for your child's snack, just be sure to put your child's name on the transfer notes. PayPal is @FlatGapBoosters

Fundraiser papers were sent home last week.

Our Flat Gap CmPS team spoke to the caregivers support group today at the Country Music Highway Museum. They shared strategies to help young people self regulate and to balance their big emotions. It was a great opportunity to provide resources to families to assist with regulation and challenging behaviors. #GreyhoundGrit #CmPS #Self-Regulation #BigEmotions #GreatandGettingGreater

Flat Gap primary students have been gifted a Pocket Pet Reading Buddy through our family resource center. Our students are reading to their buddy 10 minutes each day! #FRYSC #GreyhoundGrit #LiteracyMatters #GreatandGettingGreater

Kids4Kids Coin War Update! Remember the coin war ends on Friday! You can also donate directly to the district Kids4Kids page via MyBooster! Encourage your students to share the link with at least 10 friends and/or family! https://give.mybooster.com/johnson-county-school-district

Attention Parents: Flat Gap Elementary is participating in Leader in Me MRA Survey, it is important for enhancing our leadership program. Your feedback is essential in helping us better support our students and improve their overall experience. We encourage all Parents/ Guardians to take time to complete the survey and share your insights. Your opinion will directly influence our program and future planning. We want only the best for our Greyhounds!! Access the survey here: https://www.leaderinme.com/s/flat-gap-elementary/families Thank you for your continued support in making Flat Gap Elementary a wonderful school!!

Hey Parents, There is some exciting news for you.   We have partnered with Cyber Safe School to help you keep your kids safe when they are online and win great prizes! All you have to do is watch a quick video just 1 time anytime in this challenge week. We call it the 3-Secrets to a Cyber Safe Child Challenge… …And it starts this Monday and ends Friday at Midnight. To make sure your children are safe when they log on and claim your chance to win PRIZES all you will have to do is: #1: Click on this link: https://bit.ly/JohnCoPaintISD #2: Watch the video #3: Click on the link to the Survey Link (it will pop up after you watch the video) #4: Fill out the Survey Click the link and watch the video just one time this week to be entered for the whole week.

Flat Gap Elementary Bus Drivers, Bill and Sharon Rose dropped by to assist FG 2nd Grader, Kassie Sadler with her pop tab drive to benefit Cincinnati Children's Hospital and JC student Jesse Daniels. We will be collecting pop tabs in our main office for the rest of the school year! We love you, Jesse!

LIFT After School Programming April 14-17

Our FG Book Vending Machine is getting lots of action as our fantastic readers meet their Accelerated Reading Goals! #FreeBooks #LeaderinMe #AcceleratedReading #GreyhoundGrit #GreatandGettingGreater

Mrs. Reed and Mrs. Nichols guide our morning news crew each day. Student producers gather the news, plan the episode, and go live each morning! This is just one of our successful leadership crews in action every day at Flat Gap Elementary! #LeaderinMe #GreyhoundGrit #GreatandGettingGreater #StudentLeadership

Mrs. Osborne's First Grade accountability partners discuss lead measures for their academic goals! #LeaderinMe #GreyhoundGrit #GreatandGettingGreater #WildlyImportantGoals