Grand Prairie Elementary School

GPE Parents: PRE-K REGISTRATION - Beginning Monday, March 28th, you may come by the office to pick up Pre-K registration packets and sign up for a testing date/time. Your child must be 4 years old by September 30th, 2022. KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION - Beginning Monday, March 28th, you may come by the office to pick up a Kindergarten registration packet. Current GPE Pre-K students do not need to re-register. Only students who will be new to GPE need to register for Kindergarten. Your child must be 5 years old by September 30th, 2022.

GPE parents: The high seas have never looked more beautiful…or been so smart! We’re halfway through our adventure to earn as many books as possible for our kiddos and we’re having fun on the voyage. Today we announced the winner of the iPad! Congratulations Tyler J.! Friday will be the last day to sign up for the Book Blast and/or send donations for our school. Thank you for all you do for Grand Prairie Elementary!

GPE Parents: Land ho! Our third Treasure Chest Full of Cash Winner has found the loot today. CONGRATULATIONS Aaron J.! Let’s celebrate together! There is still 1 more day of pirate’s treasure to give away….plus an iPad drawing on Monday! And there's still time to get prizes for signing up 10 friends and family members: http://bookblast.booksarefun.com/GrandPrairieES

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

GPE Parents: Treasure awaits! Another one of our lucky students won a chest of fortunes today. CONGRATULATIONS Aubrey T.! Parents/students - Return your completed Treasure Maps to be entered to win. There are still 2 more days of pirate’s treasure to give away….plus an iPad drawing on Monday! http://bookblast.booksarefun.com/GrandPrairieES

GPE parents: In celebration of St. Patrick's Day (and so no one gets pinched 😜) students will be allowed to wear a GREEN SHIRT tomorrow, March 17th! Happy St. Patrick's Day! #panthersdontpinch

GPE parents: The online application for 2022-23 Pre-K registration is live on the SLP site. You can access it by clicking here: https://www.slpsb.org/apps/form/coordinated_enrollment_application?_=1628093669954 Remember, students must be 4 years old by September 30th, 2022 to be eligible for Pre-K.

GPE parents: Ahoy!! Today’s Book Blast winner of the treasure chest stuffed full of cash and prizes is Zayne J.!! If you haven’t registered your student yet, please click the link below. Remember you only need to invite ten or more friends or family to support your pirate’s home library. Tomorrow, it could be your pirate hauling home the treasure . http://bookblast.booksarefun.com/GrandPrairieES CONGRATULATIONS Zayne to for winning the first TREASURE CHEST!

Happy Pi Day!

GPE Parents: We would like to introduce you to our new school fundraiser - The Book Blast! We are about to set sail in search of treasure on our Book Blast treasure hunt! Four lucky winners will win a treasure chest stuffed with cash and prizes!! One fortunate soul will win a brand-new iPad! But in the end, we will all win, because we will be earning new books. Our adventure to seek treasure starts TODAY! Be looking for those TREASURE MAPS coming home with your students. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SL_enh2PBbHMeXj0nglEflp7b949EuO1/view?usp=sharing

“Ahoy! 🏴☠️ Our lads and lassies have cast off on an adventure to discover their own treasure trove of books. Parents – be on the lookout for your child’s Treasure Map and help us to complete it tonight!” Check out a copy of the treasure map here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SFVcTarjQnf05ZUkUBXohCVbFczFrK7T/view?usp=sharing

GPE parents: Our Book Blast adventure has begun! We are on a treasure hunt! The first step in this adventure is for your student (and you) to take ten minutes and register for our Book Blast event. After registering yourself, you will invite ten or more friends and family to support your child’s home libraries and help their classmates build their libraries. Next, please sign the treasure map, and send it back tomorrow. When they give their completed signed treasure map with completed registration to their teacher, your child will receive their cool prizes tomorrow. They will also be entered into a drawing to win a treasure chest stuffed full of cash and prizes! Here is the link for registering your student(s): http://bookblast.booksarefun.com/GrandPrairieES

Approved 2022-2023 SLP school calendar can be downloaded or viewed here: http://www.slpsb.org/apps/pages/districtcalendar

GPE Parents: We will begin registering prospective Pre-K students sometime in April (exact date has yet to be determined). If you would like to add your child to the registration/testing list, please call the school at 337-826-3391. Also, feel free to forward this information to any parent of a child who will be 4 years old by September 30th, 2022 and is zoned for GPE.

Want to get information about the propositions on the ballot on March 26th? Join us for a meeting tonight (March 8th) at Northwest High School at 6:00 PM. We hope to see you there.

A MESSAGE FROM SLPSB: At the St. Landry Parish School Board Meeting last night, the Board voted to make mask wearing optional at schools, district facilities, and on the school bus. This Board action is effective immediately.

GPE Parents: REMINDER that there will be NO Learning Beyond The Bell after school program TODAY, Thursday, March 3rd, 2022. After school tutoring will resume on Monday, March 7th.

GPE Parents: We will have Spring Picture Day TOMORROW, Friday, March 4th. Students may wear nice clothes to take spring pictures. There will be no pre-order forms. ALL STUDENTS will take pictures then proofs will be sent home. You will be able to place orders online. Please call the school with any additional questions.

GPE parents: Ms. Joubert's bus, BUS 561, WILL NOT BE RUNNING TOMORROW, FRIDAY, MARCH 4th. If your child does not have transportation to or from school tomorrow, please call the office.

MACA will continue to accept applications into March. Students entering 7th-12th grade in the 2022-2023 school year and interested in creative writing, theatre, dance, band, chorus, or art are eligible to apply. The application is available online at https://maca.slpsb.org/apps/form/form.STLAND-MAC.sTtjNEA.NZ?_=1641822149593 or in MACA's front office.