Gila Crossing Community School

Gila Crossing Families, The K-4 READING CHALLENGE is still going strong until May 18th. If we reach the goal of 8,000 books read, Ms. C will be slimed. Please make sure you are signing your students reading logs each night and returning them on Fridays to be counted. We would LOVE if you sat and read with or to your child. We hope to not only meet our goal but even more importantly to get families excited about reading BOOKS. Thank you.

Gila Crossing Families, If your student has participated and completed in the 22/23 Fall, Winter or Spring Seasons, they are invited to take pictures with the teams they competed with on Wednesday, April 19th. Please have athlethes wear their black polo for photos. You can preorder online at lifetouch.com and use picture id EVTWMQZ2V Order forms will be sent home with the athletes. Also, please save date! Student athletes and their families are invited to the Athletics Banquet on May, 2nd from 6 pm-8 pm. Please RSVP before April 26th to Ms. Cottle. For more information on the banquet or photos, please call the school or email Ms.Cottle,Athletic Director at deliah.cottle@gccseagles. org. Thank you.

Gila Crossing Families, Our End of Year testing cycle has begun. Therefore, the after school schedule has been adjusted for this week only. We will NOT have after school activities today, Tuesday April 11 or tomorrow, Wednesday April 12 of this week due to student testing. K-4 will be dismissed at 2:30 pm and 5-8 will be dismissed at 4 pm. Afterschool will resume again on Thursday, April 13 and there will be Saturday School this Saturday, April 15. Thank you.

Gila Crossing Families, There is no school this Friday, April 7th or Saturday School this Saturday, April 8th in observance of the Holiday Good Friday. School will resume on Monday, April 10th. Have a safe Holiday weekend! Thank you.

Gila Crossing Families, Saturday school is back this Saturday, April 1st! Please note the following Saturday school dates left in the 22-23 SY: April 1st, April 15th, April 22nd, April 29th and May 6th. Thank you.

Gila Crossing Families, Lifetouch Class pictures and Spring Portraits will be this Wednesday, March 29th. All students are allowed to dress up. All students will be photographed for class pictures. However, for spring individual portraits only students that are paying for pictures will be photographed. You can order online at mylifetouch.com and use the following picture ID's. Extra order forms are available in the front office. Thank you. Class Pictures: EVTS9WMST Spring Pictures: EVTMTHG9

​Gila Crossing Families, The GCCS K-4 READING CHALLENGE starts today and ends on May 18th. Our goal is to have the K-4 students read or have 8,000 books read to or with them by an adult in the home. We are asking at least 1 adult in the home to sign the reading log each night letting us know that the child read one book. We would LOVE if you sat and read with or to the child. We hope to not only meet our goal but even more importantly get families excited about reading BOOKS. Thank you. Coming soon: what will happen if the students REACH THE GOAL!

Gila Crossing Families, Please see the attached schedule for spring athletics. Thank you. https://docs.google.com/document/d/10KfHzRjiqYN6sqr1574KjazInKaA5bEzeyTqyiHx_w/edit

Gila Crossing Families, Parent/Teacher conferences will be held this Thursday, March 23rd and Friday, March 24th. There will be early dismissal on both days for all students due to conferences. K-4 will be dismissed at 11:30 am and 5th-8th grade at 1:00 pm. Please contact your student's teacher regarding conference times. 8th Grade students will have their 8th grade portraits taken on Thursday, March 23rd. You can order online at mylifetouch.com and use the following: picture ID EVTRCZBQN Extra order forms are available in the front office. Save the date! Lifetouch Class pictures and Spring Portraits will be next Wednesday, March 29th. You can order online at mylifetouch.com and use the following picture ID's. Class Picture ID: EVTS9WMST Spring Picture ID: EVTMTHG9 Extra Order forms are available in the front office. Thank you.

Gila Crossing Families, School will resume on Monday, March 20th. Parent/Teacher conferences will be held on Thursday, March 23rd and Friday, March 24th. There will be early dismissal on both days for all students due to conferences. K-4 will be dismissed at 11:30 am and 5th-8th grade at 1:00 pm. Please contact your student's teacher regarding conference times. Save the date! Lifetouch Class pictures and Spring Portraits will be on March 29th. You may order online at mylifetouch.com and use the following picture ID's. Thank you. Class Pictures: EVTS9WMST Spring Pictures: EVTMTHG9 Finally, 8th grade students will take their 8th grade portraits on Thursday, March 23rd. You may order online at mylifetouch.com use PICTURE ID: EVTRCZBQN Extra order forms are available in the front office. Thank you.

Gila Crossing Families, School will resume on Monday, March 20th. Parent/Teacher conferences will be held on Thursday, March 23rd and Friday, March 24th. There will be early dismissal on both days for all students due to conferences. K-4 will be dismissed at 11:30 am and 5th-8th grade at 1:00 pm. Please contact your student's teacher regarding conference times. Save the date! Lifetouch Class pictures and Spring Portraits will be on March 29th. You can order online at mylifetouch.com and use the following picture ID's. Class Pictures: EVTS9WMST Spring Pictures: EVTMTHG9 Finally, 8th Grade students will have their 8th grade portraits taken on March 23rd. You can order online at mylifetouch.com and use the following picture ID EVTRCZBQN Extra order forms are available in the front office. Thank you.

Gila Crossing Families, Next week (March 13-17) is Spring Break for all students. School will resume on Monday, March 20th. Parent/Teacher conferences will be held on Thursday, March 23rd and Friday, March 24th. There will be early dismissal on both days for all students due to conferences. K-4 will be dismissed at 11:30 am and 5th-8th grade at 1:00 pm. Please contact your student's teacher regarding conference times. Thank you.

Gila Crossing Families, There will be Saturday school this Saturday, March 4. Wear green! Also, this will be the last Saturday school until April 1st. Please note the following Saturday school dates left in the 22-23 SY: 4/1, 4/15,4/22,4/29 &5/6 Finally, the contracted testing company will be on campus Monday, March 6. Under the new Executive Order issued by Governor Lewis, as long as the community remains in Phase 3 of Covid protocols surveillance testing is now optional for students. If you would still like to have your student(s) tested, they must have the following letter signed and returned to the school. Thank you.

Gila Crossing Families, Please join us this evening from 5:00 pm-7:00 pm for Storytelling Night with Mr.Anthony Gray. We will also have our January Family Engagement Night tomorrow, Thursday, January 26th from 5:30 to 6:30pm in the Gymnasium. Finally, due to Family Engagement Night tomorrow there will be no afterschool tutoring on Thursday, January 26th. Thank you.

​Gila Crossing Families, Please join us on Wednesday, January 25 from 5pm-7pm for Storytelling Night with Mr.Anthony Gray. We will also have our January Family Engagement Night which will focus on Math on Thursday, January 26 from 5:30 to 6:30pm in the Gymnasium. Thank you.

Gila Crossing Families, Due to a Gila River Community Government event taking place on our campus this Friday, January 20th, there is no school for all students. However, there is still Saturday school this Saturday, January 21st as scheduled. If your student participated in the Saturday School program for the 1st Semester and you would like them to continue to participate, you will still need to fill out a new permission slip. Extra permission slips are available in the front office. Finally, the contracted testing company will be on campus Monday, January 23rd. Under the new Executive Order issued by Governor Lewis, as long as the community remains in Phase 3 of Covid protocols surveillance testing is now optional for students. If you would still like to have your student(s) tested, they must have the following letter signed and returned to the school. Thank you.

Gila Crossing Families, Due to a Gila River Community Government event taking place on campus this Friday, January 20th, we are cancelling school for that day. We don't anticipate a need to make up this day at a later date. We wanted to let you all know as soon as possible so you could make any needed family arrangements for your students. This should not impact Boys and Girls Club, which will be open that day from 8am to 6pm. Thank you for your understanding.

Gila Crossing Families, There is no school on Monday, January 16th due to Martin Luther King Jr. Day. School will resume on Tuesday, January 17th. Afterschool acitivities will begin on Tuesday, January 17th. If your student partipated in the Afterschool program for the 1st Semester and you would like them to continue to participate, you will still need to fill out a new permission slip. Extra permission slips are available in the front office. Finally, Due to a Gila River Community Government event taking place on campus on Friday, January 20th, we are cancelling school for that day. We don't anticipate a need to make up this day at a later date. We wanted to let you all know as soon as possible so you could make any needed family arrangements for your students. This should not impact Boys and Girls Club, which will be open that day from 8am to 6pm. Thank you for your understanding.

Gila Crossing Families, Please see the link for the updated sports schedule. The link is updated frequently if there are any changes. Thank you. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-0KfHzRjiqYN6sqr1574KjazInKaA5bEzeyTqyiHx_w/edit

Gila Crossing Families, Please see the attached flyer. Thank you.