Green Tree Elementary School Family Updates

Hello Gator families! It is amazing that we are already rapidly approaching the midpoint of the school year. I have spent a great deal of time trying to meet all of the students and the important people in their lives - YOU! I want to thank you so much for visiting our school during the fun events we plan for our community. Our Family Fitness Night had a tremendous turnout! I may have lost in the scooter races, but I still consider the night a great success!  As discussed in our October updates, Green Tree is trying to earn 10,000 gator grins by winter break. It is a rather lofty goal, but our students are amazing as they continue to demonstrate the gator way both in and out of the classroom. Even more exciting, the students are impressing us  daily with their application of the Second Step skills we have been learning throughout the year.  Please continue to ask your stud ents what skills they are learning about and how they are using them both in and out of sc...

Hello Green Tree Families! Our students and staff had a wonderful, busy month! The Marco's fundraiser was a huge success earlier this month, as well as Trunk or Treat at the end of the month. The ABC Parent group shared that this year was our biggest turnout. We had 21 decorated trunks and 115 children! There were so many amazing trunks and costumes, and we thank you for your creativity!  Here are just a few of the wonderfully decorated trunks that showed up this year!  See our facebook page for more photos! This month, our schoolwide theme is empathy. In our morning announcements and school assembly, we will be reminding students to have empathy, identify their own and others’ feelings, notice and respect same and different feelings, and show compassion. Compassion involves saying kind words or doing something helpful to show you care how another person feels. When students can identify, understand, and respond in a caring way to how someone else is feeling, it helps c...