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| Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely. Auguste Rodin |
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| Join us in the gym for our first K-5 PTO meeting of the year! * Judy Wadsworth from EF Exchange will be joining us to tell us more about hosting an exchange student. * We will have more information on Fall Festival, the K-cup drive, volunteer opportunities, and our upcoming spirit night.
* You will also be able to pick up another chocolate box if needed and turn in fundraising money. See you in the gym at 7 pm! |
 | |  | Raising Cane's Spirit Night for K-5!
Plan to join us Thursday, September 24th from 4:00 - 10:00 pm at Raising Cane's, located at 320 S. Plano Road, Richardson.
15% of all sales goes back to our school - so be sure to tell them you are with ILTexas when ordering!
| | Join our ILTexas - GES (K-5) Team! There is still time to sign up!
By completing the North Texas Kids Triathlon, your student can accomplish something that less than 1% of all kids will ever do. Race day is set for Sunday, September 20, 2015 at the beautiful University of Texas Arlington campus. The event is expected to sell out. Register now and enter Team: ILTexas - GES
http://www.kidstriathloninc.org/register-north-texas.html
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 | | September teacher Appreciation event: Bring in a box of K-Cups for their Keurig! Just send in a box with your student OR set up delivery to the school via amazon smile! |
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 | |  | World's Finest Chocolate Fundraiser!
Our first fundraiser has started with a BANG!! If you would like to participate, there is still time! For more information, click here.
LATEST UPDATE: Once funds are turned in: * Over 500 students will earn a free dress day * 157 students will attend the Game Truck party * 30 of those students will compete in Hamster ball races * 9 students will receive a gift certificate to IFly in Frisco * 3 students will be in the drawing for a 32" flat screen TV!! Students in the lead:
Zakarya Smith - 3rd grade
Austin Davis - 2nd grade
Nola Williams - 1st grade
Rachel Gonzalez - 5th grade
| | Volunteer Drive Going on NOW!!
The greatest way to help your school is to volunteer! Visit the K-5 (GES) school's PTO website and sign up to volunteer! Help is needed for the upcoming Fall Festival and much more. Contact Amy Andrews with questions.
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Fall Festival Sponsors Needed Want to advertise your business? Want to sponsor a game in your child's name? Click here for more information! | | 
Which class will win the first Popcorn Party?? Turn your Box Tops into the Box Top Bot & the class with the most Box Tops, wins a popcorn party! | | 
Need to Carpool? Both PTO's have joined forces to help with drive line! Check out the ILTexas Carpool website to see if you have a match. |
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K-5 (GES) PTO is extending their membership drive to September 18th!
Support ILTexas and JOIN THE PTO! Every class with 100% participation will win a popcorn party AND free dress day!
More information for GES PTO can be found at www.iltexasgespto.org. Discover the benefits! |
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¿SabÃas que...?
Cognates are our best friends while trying to learn Español. "Cognados", or Cognates, are words in two languages that share a similar meaning, spelling, and pronunciation. In English, 30% to 40% of all words have a related word in Spanish. "Ejemplos":
English - Español Accident - Accidente Doctor - Doctor Hospital - Hospital Hotel - Hotel Medicine - Medicina Patient - Paciente
Please note that in Spanish, letter "H" is silent if it's at the beginning of a word.
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Mandarin Chinese is a tonal language. In order to differentiate meanings, the same syllable can be pronounced with different tones. This is called Pinyin. Mandarin has four main tones and one neutral tone. The first tone is high and flat like the English expression "ah". It's a straight horizontal line above the letter in Pinyin. The second tone rises moderately, such as when you ask the question "what?" It's a rising diagonal line above the letter in Pinyin. The third tone falls and then rises again, like an English interjection of "well?" It's a curved, dipping line above a letter in Pinyin. The fourth tone starts out high but drops sharply to the bottom of the tonal range like an angry command such as "Go!" It's a dropping diagonal line above a letter in Pinyin. The neutral tone doesn't have any tone at all. It's pronounced quickly and lightly without regard to pitch.
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| Dear ILT GEM Families, We are happy to start our fourth full week of school! Our classrooms have been off to a fantastic start! Our students are challenged in their learning and are happy in their classes. I enjoy seeing all the many wonderful instructional practices in action as I visit the classrooms. Please mark your calendars, so that you may see what our students have been learning about and spend some time talking with your child’s teachers at our upcoming Curriculum Nights. Curriculum Night Schedule: K-2 grade is scheduled for Monday, September 21, from 6:00-7:30, Title 1 and Grade Level Overview meeting starts at 6:00 in the gym, followed by visits to the classrooms from 6:45-7:30. 6 - 8 grade is scheduled for Tuesday, September 22, from 6:00-7:30, Title 1 and Grade Level Overview meeting starts at 6:00 in the gym, followed by visits to the classrooms from 6:45-7:30. 3 - 5 grade is scheduled for Wednesday, September 23, from 6:00-7:30, Title 1 and Grade Level Overview meeting starts at 6:00 in the gym, followed by visits to the classrooms from 6:45-7:30. Spirit Days are here! We are happy to reward our students with biweekly Spirit Days starting this Friday, September 18th! Each first and third Friday, students may celebrate their school pride by wearing their ILT Texas spirit t-shirt, or college shirt (no jerseys). Students may wear blue or black jeans, or Khakis. Uniform shoes will still be required. Thank you for all that you do to support your child’s success at school. We look forward to another great week! |
| 6-8 GRADE UPCOMING EVENTS
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6-8 Grade Spirit Night! Thursday, October 1st come have dinner with your family and a proceeds of the sale will benefit the GMS PTO. | | 
Next 6-8 Grade PTO Meeting Thursday, October 8th, at 7 p.m. in the school cafeteria! We hope to see you there! | | 
PTO Membership Sale! 6-8 Grade PTO is still selling memberships, t-shirts and Spirit Wear and will close the sale by September 30th! Membership and order forms will go home with your student this week! You can buy blankets, flip flops and other cool ILTexas Spirit Wear! Show your Eagle Pride! |
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 | | Volunteer positions still need to be filled in the 6th-8th grade PTO. * Fall Social Chair position is vacant and needs to be filled immediately in order to have a Fall Social for our 6th-8th grade students. Social is tentatively planned for Friday, October 30th from 6-8 pm. * Teacher Appreciation Chair that can coordinate monthly teacher appreciation activities and the Teacher Appreciation Week in Spring. We are in need of a Teacher Appreciation Chair or Chairs and at least one grade parent for 6th, 7th, and 8th to serve on the Teacher Appreciation Committee. |
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 | |  | New GMS PTO Board Member!
Congrats to our newest PTO Board member, Lisa Schmidt, who was elected co-Secretary. Also, welcome to Roz Baker who has agreed to chair the Spring Social and 8th Grade formal.
| | World's Finest Chocolate!
Chocolate Sales are soaring! It is not too late to participate. Make sure that your student returns a permission slip to the PTO - who are stationed in the library every morning. Don’t forget that if your student wants to sell more than one box, you must check off and initial that you want more product on the return money envelope!
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 | | Four teachers were awarded grants at the first General 6-8 PTO meeting, September 10, 2015. Teachers were awarded funds to enrich the science, art and choir curriculum - as well as an incentive prize for 7th grade students that complete a 40 Book challenge. |
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 | |  | Checking ∙ Savings ∙ Loans ∙ Mortgages Teach your children the importance of a savings account with our Roary’s Savings (kids) account or CU Succeed Account (young adults). Visit your local branch at 2475 Arapaho Rd, Garland, TX.
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October 17, 2015 Mathnasium of Richardson a Host Site for 5th Annual Mathnasium TriMathlon We are happy to announce the upcoming 5th Annual Mathnasium TriMathlon! Similar to the way a triathlon tests an athlete’s physical fitness through three athletic challenges, the TriMathlon tests a mathlete’s mental fitness through three fun-filled math challenges: the counting game, magic squares challenge and mental math workout. Open to kids in grades 2, 3, 4, and 5. Sign up today for this fun-filled, FREE math event held at our center on October 17th. If you register before September 30th, a free downloadable Math Quiz Game Show from Lakeshore Learning is yours!
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