Tuesday, May 17 

Gig Harbor High School

Preschool Show 6 PM

Prekindergarten - 5th Grade Show 7 PM

Ms. Swanson presents the Gig Harbor Academy spring music concert on Tuesday, May 17 at Gig Harbor High School. Please join us for the affair. Please note the two show times: there is limited seating at Gig Harbor High School where the concert will take place.

Saturday, May 21

9:00-3:00 PM

Many Hands Make Light Work

If you can help, please come to campus next Saturday to weed, plant trees and help with heavy-duty landscaping. We'll need helpers of all ages!

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3rd, 4th and 5th Grade GHA students competed in the Math Olympiad on Saturday, May 7th in Tacoma. The team made up of Hayden, Philip, Thomas and Brandon earned a medal!

Teams are recognized as superior, excellent, very good or good in each of six components: a long session problem, and five short session problems in the content areas Number Sense, Probability and Statistics, Measurement, Geometric Sense, and Algebraic Sense.  The team that earned a medal got perfect scores on 2 of the 5 shorter problems.

Congratulations to all GHA students who competed in the Math Olympiad!

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GHA families and friends can keep in contact with the Golden Family while they are in Liberia through their family blog. 

Each family member is taking turns writing a daily entry into their lives in Africa! It's very fun reading about their adventures!   

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On May 6th, students from Prekindergarten - Fifth grade participated in a Global Hispanic Fiesta. Starting at lunch time the kids enjoyed culinary delights from Puerto Vallarta and then took their little taco stuffed bellies outside to entertain the crowd of family and friends. The children sang, danced, and put on a short play speaking entirely in Spanish. After the entertainment, the crowd participated in a futbol game with the kids and salsa dancing lessons from Studio 6 Ballroom.    

It was the goal of the Spanish teachers, Xinia Agee and Ilene Wider, to not only showcase the accomplishments of the students, but to also promote cultural awareness. "Our students have worked really hard this year learning to communicate in the Spanish language," says Ilene Wider. "While not an immersion program, our students are very well prepared to take on more challenging programs offered in middle and high schools.  The younger students learn through songs, stories and games while our older kids are writing and speaking at a middle school level."

The Global Hispanic Fiesta was a huge success and fun for all that attended. Thank you to Señora Agee and Señora Wider for all your hard work on this most successful event. Congratulations!   

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Little Kids Night at JUMP! was full of frolicking fun, laughs and of course, jumping. And even after a dinner of pizza and dessert of brownies the kids jumped some more! I was exhausted just watching.  

Thank you to JUMP! for the donation of the use of their facility and thank you to SFN President, Cristina McDougall for planning the evenings' events. 

For more information on JUMP please click on the above pictures.

Two days after Little Kids Night at JUMP! it was time for the big kids to have some fun with Big Kids Night In held at the Gig Harbor Academy campus. The kids immediately settled in with watching the movie Cats and Dogs on a big screen. After the movie, the kids enjoyed dinner and then played BINGO. The rest of the evening the kids showed off their creative side with arts and crafts, participated in games (twister and chess), and played with Legos®.  

Thank you to Rob and Cristina McDougall, Mr. Funk, Mrs. Felton, and Mr. Shoup for helping out with the night's events.   

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Dig up some adventure this summer with

Archeology 101

Grade 3 - 6

July 18 - 22

9 AM - 12 Noon

Summer Camp Registration Forms

Summer Camp Medical Form 

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Gig Harbor Academy Preschool children celebrated Mother's Day Wednesday evening with a special tea reception. Everyone came dressed up in their fancy clothes for the occasion. After a spot of tea, cookies and great conversations, the preschool children sang two songs in honor of their mothers.

Ms. Diana and Ms. Mary taught the preschoolers the songs and the hand motions that go along with; "Skinamarinky-dinky-dink" and "Alouette". It was an exciting performance and a lovely evening.

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Students in 3rd-5th Grade have challenged each other to a chess meet. Students have started competing against each other in three different skill levels (beginner, intermediate & advanced) and will continue their meet for the next few weeks.

All GHA students learn how to play chess in 3rd Grade with Mrs. Perry during their Medieval history unit.

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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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May 16th - 20th in GHA Library 

Click on the image to be taken directly

to the GHA Scholastic Book Fair website.

Tuesday, May 17

Grades K - 5

2 PM - 3:30 PM

GHA students in Kindergarten through 5th Grade have invited grandparents or special friends to spend some time with them on campus next Tuesday.  

Tuesday, May 17

Gig Harbor High School

6:00 PM - Preschool

7:00 PM - Prekindergarten - 5th Grade 

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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Wednesday, May 25

5:30 - 7:30 PM

&

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.

Thursday, May 26

Afterschool During Pick Up

Proceeds of the popcorn sale go to support GHA!

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Monday, May 30

Memorial Day 

Wednesday, June 1

Students in Preschool through 5th Grade will visit different stations virtually traveling across America learning about fun facts as they are physically challenged at this year's field day, scheduled for Wednesday, June 1.

Information will be sent home with students this week. 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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June 4 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.  

T-shirts are on sale now! Click here to download an order for this year's t-shirt design. Shirts are only $13! 

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.

The Harbor History Museum in Gig Harbor invites students from third grade through high school to participate in a

Student Art Exhibit

to be displayed at the GigFest Martime Art Exhibition

June 4 - July 3, 2011

Click here for official entry form.

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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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