October is National Principals Month. Gifford Grade School is lucky to have Mrs. Woodham as our principal. Thank you for all of your efforts for our students, staff and school! #WeAreGGS
2nd grade went to Curtis Apple Orchard last Friday. We learned about the life cycle of pumpkins 🎃
If you have served our country and live in the Gifford Grade School district, we would like to honor you at our upcoming Veterans Day celebration on Friday, November 11,2022 at 8:45 AM! Please call the school at (217) 568-7733 to reserve your seat. We will serve donuts, juice and coffee at 8:00 AM! Please reserve your seat by November 4th.
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On Thursday, Third and Fourth Grade spent the afternoon out at the field. We got to see the entire corn harvesting process, from field to storage. A big thank you to Lily Jepsen's family for hosting!
Winners of the Gifford Fire Department Coloring Contest along with the members of the Gifford Fire Department. These students were picked up at their home and rode to school in a fire truck this morning!
Gifford Fire Department sponsored a coloring contest for Kindergarten, First, Second, and Third grades. Each grade had a 1st & 2nd place winner. The first place winners will be picked up at their home by a fire truck and driven to school. The second place winners received a gift card for cheesy breadsticks and a large pizza at Casey’s. 1st Place pictures are posted.
1st Place
Kindergarten — Finn Walker
1st Grade — Christian Buhr
2nd Grade — Lily Bangert
3rd Grade — Ivory Button
2nd Place
Kindergarten — Kya Sciarra
1st Grade — Ainsley Hedrick
2nd Grade — Blakeley Heidbreder
3rd Grade — Camden Frerichs
Baseball send off parade! 💜💛
Fun Friday phonics games!
Good luck to the baseball team at state today!! ⚾️ 🦅
The boys baseball team is headed to state tomorrow! Wear your purple and gold to school to show your support 🦅 💜💛
The team will be leaving town at 11 with a fire truck escort, so be sure to stand along Main Street to wish them good luck!
Picture Day forms were given to students today. Picture Day at Gifford Grade School will be on Monday, October 3rd. Use this link for online ordering: https://inter-state.com/FlyerEntry/68778SF
Student Council Meet & Greet — Gifford Student Council and Mrs. Beherns held a Meet & Greet today for the students new to Gifford Grade School this year. #Leadership #FeelingWelcomed #WeAreGGS
The 8th graders have been working on random acts of kindness. Friday they helped Mrs Woodham clean the bleachers. They did an awesome job and all worked very hard!
The students are enjoying the sensory walk in the downstairs hallway!
The originally scheduled School Board Meeting for Wednesday, September 21st has been moved to Wednesday, September 28th. We will have the Budget Hearing @ 5:55 and the meeting will take place at 6 p.m. in the Old Gym.
Kindergarten practiced spelling their names in the sensory table today!
2022-2023 Student Council members
Gifford Boys Baseball Game has been moved to Rantoul Sports Complex due to field conditions. The game will be at 4:15 p.m. on Field 7 (south fields).
Kindergarten practiced matching letters of the alphabet today!
Todays game at Fisher has been cancelled.