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 Goal = $50,000Total to Date = $42,543
% of Participation Board = 86% Families = 53% Staff = 82% Class Participation T/TH AM = 47% T/TH PM = 29% M/W/F = 58% Prekindergarten = 53% Kindergarten = 50% First = 50% Second = 70% Third = 80% Fourth = 46% Fifth = 75%
Class Captains T/TH Preschool
Kristin West
M/W/F Preschool
Jodie Ehler
Elizabeth Gray
Prekindergarten
Kristin West
Kindergarten
Jessica Akins
First Grade
Helen Javid
Jodie Ehler
Second Grade
John Hagmann
Mary Wotherspoon
Third Grade John Golden
Fourth Grade Helen Javid Fifth Grade John Golden |
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 Global Hispanic Festival | |
Friday, May 6
12:00-3:00 PM
Are you ready for a fiesta? Senora Agee & Senora Wider proudly present the Global Hispanic Festival!
12:00 - Lunch is served! Puerto Vallarta Restaurante will be cooking beef tacos on corn tortillas with nacho chips and queso. No need to pack a lunch Friday!
12:45 - Gather near climbing wall for the beginning of the Festival.
1:00 - 1:45
- 1st Grade flag ceremony
- 4th Grade Mexican Peasants and French Soldiers
- 1st Grade Mexican Hat Dance
- Preschool & Prekindergarten Macarena
- Preschool "Como te llamas tu"
- Prekindergarten "Los Numeros"
- Kindergarten "Habia un Sapo"
- 4th Grade "El Restaurante Diablo"
- 2nd & 3rd Grade "El Alfabeto"
- 4th & 5th Grade dance the Salsa
1:45 - 2:00 - Salsa Dance presentation by Studio 6 (audience participation will be encouraged! Be ready to dance).
2:15 - 2:30
 Partido de Futbol: Remember to sign up for the "Partido de Futbol" (soccer game)! Sign up sheets are outside of each classroom.
2:45 - 3:00 - Classroom piñatas.
3:15 - All School COLORS at the flagpole (time permitting). |
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GHA Night at Tacoma Rainiers - Forms Due May 11 | |
Saturday, May 21
7:05 PM
Run the bases, meet Rhubarb, cheer on the Rainiers and do the wave! All in a newly renovated stadium!
Click here to print out an order form to reserve your tickets now for Gig Harbor Academy night at the Tacoma Rainiers, May 21-Game starts at 7:05 PM. Forms are due back to the main office no later than May 11.
GHA will be featured on the HD video board so don't forget to be all dressed up in your spirit wear gear! We got spirit....Yes we do!
Tacoma Rainiers vs. Memphis Redbirds
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Teacher Appreciation Week | |
May 2 - May 6
SFN, parent volunteers and GHA students have been showering GHA teachers with gifts of appreciation and gratitude this week for Teacher Appreciation Week.
Tomorrow's gift is a car wash. Anyone willing to help wash teacher's cars in the morning is welcome to join!
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Heavy-Duty Campus Clean-Up & Landscaping | |
 Saturday, May 21
9:00-3:00 PM
GHA needs your help! Families with chain saws, brush cutters, limb loppers and other heavy-duty landscaping tools are needed to help with a campus and woodland clean-up.
The day will begin with a meeting over coffee and doughnuts to assess the projects at hand. We will be clearing overgrown areas, pulling invasive brush and generally grooming the woodland area surrounding the GHA campus.
If you can help and have tools that you can bring, please contact Paul Hoover as soon as possible.
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Summer Camp Highlight | |
 Keep those creative juices flowing throughout the summer months by registering for one of the many creative and hand's on summer camps at Gig Harbor Academy.
Spots are filling up quickly and we wouldn't want you to miss out because you waited too long!
Take your pick from these creative camps:
Fly Fishing Rod Building
Grades 4-6 | June 27-30
Build your very own fly fishing rod to catch your own fish for years to come!
Knitter's Workshop
Grades 2-Adult | June 27-30
Learn this age-old craft to create afghans, scarves and hats into the future!
Creative Writing
Grades 2-6 | July 5-8
Mrs. Perry's 3rd Graders can continue on their writing extravaganza!
Top Chef
Grades 2-6 | July 11-14
It's never too early to know how to fix a great meal!
Pop Art
Grades 3-6 | July 11-14
Find your inner Andy Warhol and create giant hamburger art!
Painting I & II
Grades K-1 & 2-6 | July 18-21
Fine tune motor skills and create your very own masterpieces!
Drama
Grades 1-6 | July 25-29
To be...or not to be in this camp, what a silly question!
Summer Camp Registration Forms
Summer Camp Medical Form |
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Weekly Survey to GHA Families | |
Look for the Week #5 survey in your email on Friday!
Thank you for your participation, your opinions are important to the school and student's success!
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Preschool Hatching Eggs! | |
For 21 days, preschool will be studying the life cycle of an egg to a chicken. They will document the day to day changes that the egg goes through in preparation of turning into a chicken. They will even get a glimpse of the veins and eventually the heartbeat of the chicken in the egg by a process called candling. The week of the 23rd will be the hatching week where the children will observe these Crossed Americana Chickens finally come out of their shells!
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Kindergarten Makes Zarapes | |
This week in kindergarten the theme was all about Mexico. Wednesday the fifth grade class helped the kindergartners make their own zarape. The zarape (pronounced "serape" in English, sometimes "sarape") is similar to a poncho. It is long blanket-like shawl, often brightly colored and fringed at the ends, worn especially by Mexican men. The word "sarape" is also referred to as a very soft rectangular blanket with an opening in the middle for one's head.
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Global Hispanic Festival | |
Friday, May 6
12:00-3:00 PM
12:00 PM Lunch served for PreK-5th Grade
12:45 PM Dancing, singing, skits, futbol, & more
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Math Olympiad | |
 Saturday, May 7
Truman M.S. - Tacoma
8:00 AM - 2:30 PM
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Mother's Day | |
 Sunday, May 8
Happy Mother's Day from GHA!
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Practice Run with Coach Abbie | |
 Tuesday, May 10
After School - 4:30 PM
Coach Abbie Bushley is ready to get kids excited for the Kids' Dash, Run for Fun Summer Camp and GHA Cross Country! She'll be on campus Tuesday, May 10 to lead a practice run and training on the GHA play field and fitness trail, much like a typical cross country practice.
Any student interested in joining coach Abbie for this 45-minute run workout needs to sign up in the office by Monday, May 9, or you can email Leigh Ann.
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Board Meeting | |
Tuesday, May 10
5 PM
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Popcorn Sale | |
 Thursday, May 12
Afterschool During Pick Up
Proceeds of the popcorn sale go to support GHA!
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Kid's Dash for Micah's Miracle - Benefit Run | |
 Saturday, May 14
8:30 AM
Goodman Middle School
Join GHA Technology teacher, Jenny Buys, and her friends for a community event to raise money for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) at Kid's Dash for Micah's Miracle. This event is a kid's dash to benefit Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy's: "Run for our Sons".
Register Online!
$15 covers race registration and a t-shirt (Registration due by 4/30 to be eligible for a t-shirt). All children participating in the event are encouraged to raise sponsorships for this event. Prizes will be awarded to the top fund raisers!
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Scholastic Book Fair | |
 May 16-20
GHA Library
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Grandparents/Special Friends Day | |
 Tuesday, May 17
Grades K - 5
2 PM - 3:30 PM
Grandparents or special friends are invited for an afternoon spent with a GHA student to see the school in "action".
Special friends will create a memorable craft and get a student-led tour of the campus. Invites were sent out this week!
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GHA Music Showcase | |
 Tuesday, May 17
Gig Harbor High School
6:00 PM - Preschool
7:00 PM - Prek - 5th Grade
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Snack Sale | |
Thursday, May 19
For $1.00 you can purchase yummy treats provided by the faculty and staff students of Gig Harbor Academy. Proceeds go to support GHA!
Click the image to download Snack Sale Schedule & Punch Card Purchasing Form.
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Open Campus | |
Wednesday, May 25
5:30 - 7:30 PM
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Sunday, June 5
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Please spread the word to family and friends who may be interested in having their child attend Gig Harbor Academy. If you would like to volunteer for either of these days to help provide general information about the school, share your passion about GHA with prospective parents or help with campus tours, please contact Niki Vanderford.
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No School | |
 Monday, May 30
Memorial Day
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GHA Field Day - Passport to America | |
 Wednesday, June 1
GHA students will travel across America learning about fun facts as they are physically challenged at this year's field day, scheduled for Wednesday, June 1. Look for volunteer sign up sheets in the coming weeks in the main office and in all of the class buildings. We will need at least one adult volunteer assigned to each field day station.
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The Maritime Gig Festival | |
June 4 - 5 Downtown Gig Harbor
Come be a part of the fun! GHA will have a float in the Grand Parade and a sponsor booth with fun activities for kids and great information about the school for adults.
This is the one Gig Harbor event you definitely don't want to miss. The Maritime Gig Festival activities will take place downtown along Harborview Drive, between Pioneer and Rosedale, and along the waterfront near Jerisich Dock and Skansie Brother's Park.
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PAA Youth Soccer & Little Kicker Registration | |
 Registration is now open for PAA Youth Soccer & Little Kickers. Cost $110 for Boys & Girls grades 1-8 and $65 for Little Kickers (Age 4 by 9/1/2011 or in Kindergarten).
Visit the PAA website to download forms.
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School | |
6820 32nd St. NW
Gig Harbor, WA 98335
Phone: 253-265-2150
Fax: 253-265-8124
Childcare: 253-265-8773
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Administration | |
Each name is a link to that person's email.
Bruce Shoup
Head of School
Paul Hoover
Business Officer
Niki Vanderford
Director of Admissions & Marketing
Leigh Ann Myhre
Adminstrative Assistant
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