Today is the annual Fall Fest & Turkey Trot!  Rescheduling is always tricky, but it looks like the weather will be awesome and our students are going to have a blast!!  Thank you to all who have signed up to volunteer – please stop by the media center and enjoy some lunch while you’re up at school!

Please join us tomorrow night at 6:30pm in the media center for our PTA meeting – childcare will be provided.  All are welcome and we always have ways for families to get involved!

Several volunteer opportunities are coming up – check out our volunteer page for details and sign-ups!

Today is a big day at Guilford! Our students and staff will be visited by Ravens players, Poe the Ravens mascot, and Ravens cheerleaders to celebrate our commitment to exercise.  Due to space constraints, this event is ONLY for students and staff.  Don’t forget to wear your Ravens gear or purple today!

Due to last Thursday’s weather, our Turkey Trot & Fall Fest were moved to next Monday, November 11th, (Veterans Day.) If you need to change your volunteer status, please contact Ray Somerville at rainman066@gmail.com. Thank you very much!!!

Have a great week!!

Thursday is a big day – it’s our Annual Fall Fest & Turkey Trot!  Volunteers are still needed to help make this day a success, especially during the following times:

9:30-10:25am – 5th Grade Fall Fest

11-11:45am – 1st Grade Turkey Trot

11:45am-12:30pm – 5th Grade Turkey Trot

2-2:45pm – 3rd Grade Turkey Trot

If you can help, please contact Mrs. Wolter at Carol_Wolter@hcpss.org or Ray Somerville at rainman066@gmail.com.  (Please note that our new rain date is Monday November 11th.)  If you can’t volunteer your time and would still like to help we are in need of turkeys to give out.  Please email PTA at guilfordpta@gmail.com if you are interested.

Turkey Trot and Fall Fest Volunteers: we appreciate your help so much!  Please stop by the media center beginning at 10am to enjoy a lunch provided by PTA while you’re up at school (lunch will be available until around 1pm)!!

Tomorrow the flu clinic visits Guilford.  The health room could still use an afternoon volunteer to help escort students to/from the clinic; you can sign up here.

Friday is an early dismissal day – Guilford closes three hours early and there is no half-day Pre-K.

Don’t forget – daylight savings time ends this weekend!  Set your clocks back one hour on Saturday night!!

Spirit wear orders are due back this week by Wednesday – you can order and pay right here on our website!

Volunteers needed for activities NEXT WEEK:

Tuesday 10/29 – Flu Clinic (helping to escort students from their classrooms to the clinic and back)

Thursday 10/31 – Fall Fest & Turkey Trot

THANK YOU to everyone who came out to Coal Fire Pizza last week to support PTA!!

Please consider joining us at this month’s PTA meeting!  It’s tomorrow night (Tuesday 10/15) in the media center, from 6:30-8pm.  Minutes from our last meeting are available to review right here on our website!

Do you know someone 18+ that would like to earn a little extra money this week?  PTA is in need of an adult babysitter for our meeting this Tuesday (10/15) from 6:30-8pm.  Please email gesptapres@gmail.com or guilfordpta@gmail.com if you can help or know someone who can!

The fall spirit wear order form went home last week.  Orders and payments are due back to school by Wednesday October 23rd.  We have a fresh, new look this fall, so get ready to rock that Tiger-wear!!

Guilford’s 6th Annual Girls Night Out will take place on Thursday October 17, 2019 from 6:30 to 8:30 at Guilford ES. All 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade girls and your moms, aunts, grandmothers, or god mothers are welcome to come and enjoy a night of bonding with your daughter as well as other mothers and daughters in your community. You can attend a total of three workshops.  If your desired workshop is full we will place you and your child in any remaining workshops.  Please return your white and pink flyer to RSVP.  If you have any questions fee free to contact Ms. Dobbs, School Counselor at the school or via email: stephanie_dobbs@hcpss.org. Hope to see you there!

Don’t forget that SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED this Friday 10/18!  Have an awesome week!

Thank you to everyone who came out to support our community yard sale on Saturday as well as to those of you who ordered fall flowers!

Today is fall picture day as well as our restaurant night at Coal Fire Pizza!  Bring your Coal Fire Pizza flyer ANYTIME today (11:30am-10pm) and Coal Fire will donate 20% back to our PTA!

Interim progress reports will go home with students tomorrow, and schools are CLOSED on Wednesday (10/9).

Don’t forget to mark your calendar for the next PTA meeting on Tuesday October 15th, 6:30pm in the media center!!

Happy October!!

This Friday, Oct. 4th, is Guilford’s next school spirit day – Diversity Day. Students are encouraged to wear things to celebrate their culture/heritage. For example, Irish heritage could be wearing green and items with shamrocks OR wearing a shirt with the flag of Ireland. It could be wearing the colors of that country’s flag, wearing clothing that represents a country, etc.

This Saturday, Oct. 5th is our community yard sale at Guilford! Spaces are still available – $10 for a yard sale space or $20 if you are a vendor or small business. Set up begins at 8:30am and the yard sale starts at 9am. You can still reserve your space by sending in the form that was sent home along with payment. Also this Saturday – if you ordered mums during our fall fundraiser, they will be delivered to the school in the morning by 8am.

Next Monday, Oct. 7th is restaurant night at Coal Fire Pizza! This fundraiser lasts all day, 11:30am to 10pm, so you can even pop in for lunch! Coal Fire will donate 20% of sales with our flyer back to our PTA. The flyer can be printed out from our website!

Today is the official first day of fall! Thank you to everyone who purchased mums or fall flowers during our first big fundraiser of the school year! Orders will be delivered on Saturday 10/5 to the school – time frame will be announced as soon as it’s confirmed.

The health room needs a hand this week! Can you help at school for a couple hours on Thursday? Our younger students will be going to vision and hearing screenings and we could use a volunteer in the morning (9:30am-12:30pm) or in the afterrnoon (1:30pm-3:15pm) escorting students to and from their classrooms.

You should have received a flyer home for our community yard sale coming up Saturday 10/5. Make sure to send the bottom part and payment in to school to reserve your space.

Minutes from our first general membership PTA meeting of this school year are now available on this website under our “Resources” tab, as well as minutes from past meetings.

Have a great week! And don’t forget – SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED on Monday September 30th!

Thank you to all who were able to join us at our first PTA meeting last week and support us at the Red Robin restaurant night! The meeting was well attended and we are looking forward to a great year! Our fundraiser with Red Robin raised $192.77 for Guilford’s PTA – what a great turn out!

This week:

Thursday 9/19/19 – Spirit Day – Pirate Day!

Friday 9/20/19 – Fall Flowers/Mums order forms and payments are due back to school – our order must be submitted THIS FRIDAY to ensure delivery on Saturday October 5th, so no late orders can be accepted.

Today marks the first day of our first full week of the school year, and it’s a busy one at Guilford! Please join us for any or all of these events!

9/10/19: PTA General Membership Meeting, 6:30-8pm in the media center; childcare provided

9/11/19: Restaurant Night Fundraiser at Red Robin, 5-9pm; bring your flyer that came home last week!

9/11/19: Kindergarten Back to School Night, 6:30-7:30pm

9/13/19: Coffee & Conversation with Administration, 9:30-10:30am