We are excited to meet our incoming Kindergarten families for the 2018-2019 school year. Please join us for Kindergarten Registration. Principal, Dr. Jenny Brown will be giving a brief presentation followed by building tours. Registration paperwork will be available online at GRE.DCSDk12.org as we get closer to the event.

Save the Dates! Open Enrollment available November 1st - December 1st. Join us for an informational open house on November 16th or November 28th. There will be a presentation by Principal, Dr. Jenny Brown followed by building tours. Apply for enrollment at https://www.dcsdk12.org/open-enrollment.

Fifth grade students used robotics to answer the following essential questions: Pulling: What makes objects move? Speed: How can a car move faster? Robust Structures: What other factors make structures earthquake resistant? Metamorphasis: How do frogs morph? In collaborative groups students chose one of the questions to examine that was most interesting to them. Students then created robots to test their initial thinking. As students continued to work, they made improvements to their robots and tracked how their improvements impacted their results. Students' critical thinking, problem solving and collaboration was remarkable!

Last week, we had a special Principal's Helper for the Day - Meet Mr. Poli. Mr. Poli got to spend the day with Dr. Brown, helping with carloop duty, attending our Social Media Committee meeting, and assisting students during lunch and recess. He also got a chance to meet with School Board member, David Ray.

See Gold Rush through the eyes of our students. Follow our GRE Kid's Blog. https://grekidsview.blogspot.com/

We are looking forward to seeing our Gold Rush families at the annual Digger Dash Jog-A-Thon on Friday, September 29th. Here is the schedule for our runners... 8:45 – 9:00 Stretching (Preschool and Kindergarten) 9:00 – 9:15 Race (Preschool and Kindergarten) 9:10 – 9:25 Stretching (1st and 2nd grades) 9:25 – 9:55 Race (1st and 2nd grades) 9:50 – 10:00 Stretching (3rd and 4th grades) 10:00 – 10:45 Race (3rd and 4th grades) 10:40 – 10:50 Stretching (5th grade) 10:50 – 11:35 Race (5th grade)

Reminder - Parent/Teacher conferences will be on September 27th and October 5th.