Audrey W. Garrett Elementary School

It’s finally time….the countdown is on Gator Families…Garrett's A+ Multicultural Curriculum Celebration…All About Australia, celebration is THIS Friday. Just 4 days away!! We have so many exciting events planned throughout the day. We hope you can come and see 1 of them…maybe 2…or just stay ALL day and have so much fun with us and even enjoy a themed lunch with your child. During the time in the classroom, teachers will be leading students through various crafts that represent Australia including animals, some history, or something unique you can find in Australia. As you can imagine any help during this time would be appreciated by the teachers. Throughout the day all students will enjoy a special live presentation, The Didgeridoo Down Under. A show presenting an energetic fusion of Australian music, culture, art, science, literacy development, comedy, character building, anti-bullying, motivational speaking, and audience participation. We can’t wait for you to see the students show off their special talents with short student presentations focused around either PE, music, or theater centered, of course, on Australia. Our amazing cafeteria has worked to prepare an Australian-themed lunch for everyone to enjoy during the day. We invite family members to join their students during their special lunchtime, for either: Aussie Beef Pie, Fish-n-chips, or Chicken-Off-the-Barbie (chicken nugget) Salad. Vegetables and Fruit choices include Fries or Green Peas and Granny Smith apple or mixed fruit. Adult prices are as follows: Entrees-$2.00 each Vegetables or Fruits-$0.75 cents each Milk-$0.50 cents each Tea and Lemonade (adults only)-$1.00 To close out the day, everyone will showcase their fantastic artwork during our school-wide parade which we encourage everyone to enjoy! We are so excited to include our families in this culminating event where we will be showcasing our A+ Multicultural Curriculum Celebration…All About Australia, this Friday, April 21st. We hope that you can join us. Please reach out to your child's teacher with specific schedule questions.

Hoppy Easter from our Gator Family to yours! Enjoy the rest of your Spring Break and we will see everyone on April 17th back at the swamp.

Mark your calendars because Spring Break starts tomorrow! We will see all of our Gators back on Monday, April 17th. Enjoy this time with family and get ready to finish this year strong!

🌸🐊🌷Swinging into SPRING… Break with a Duty Free Lunch for our Staff!!!🌷🐊🌸 🏫JOIN the PTO this Thursday, April 6th in The Swamp to give our staff a lunch break without students!  Use this SignUp Genius Link https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0C49A8A82CAAFB6-dutyfree21  (https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0C49A8A82CAAFB6-dutyfree21) to volunteer—SEE YOU LATER GATOR 💙🐊💚

Say cheese!! Gators get ready to show us your smiles! Tomorrow (April 4th) is picture day for all of our gators. No prepay is needed. Please see attached flyers for prices and other details. Please note that these are individual student photos that will include a full body pose. We can't wait to see our students dressed to impress.

Gator 🐊 Families.... We can't wait to see our teachers faces when they go into the lounges tomorrow. Our PTO snuck in on Friday and "stocked" the longes with all of your amazing donations. This will definitely help our staff power through the week! We can't say thank you enough for the amazing surprises for the staff in all 4 of the lounges. The pictures show a few sneak peaks of what the teachers will come into tomorrow (not including drinks in the fridge too). Thanks so much Gator Families and our PTO.

💙🐊💙 Gator Families 💙🐊💙 Make sure you have your BLUE ready for tomorrow! We are turning the swamp blue to show our support for National Child Abuse Prevention Month! 💙💙💙 Gators will be wearing blue every Monday. Make sure to join in each Monday in April and show your support. 💙💙💙

Gator Families: Just a reminder that this week we have a teacher workday and there will be no school for students on Friday, March 31st.

🐊Gator Parents--Last call for drinks, waters, coffee pods, snacks, chips, cookies, candies, etc. Our PTO will be sneaking in on the workday to Stock all 4 of our Lounges for our teachers and staff! This will be a great way to head into next week. Please send in any donations or drop them off at the main office anytime Thursday. Thanks for showing our Garrett staff how lucky we are for everything they do for the students at Garrett🐊 🍀STOCK THE LUCKY LOUNGE🍀 💙Teachers are in full swing and working hard each and every day with your children. Our PTO is asking that our Gator families help us show how lucky we are to have such an amazing staff at The Swamp by Stocking the Teachers' Lounges. We have 4 Teachers' Lounges that need stocking--as we power through this Spring Semester, let's work together to keep our staff fuled and on GO 🚦💚Please see flyer below for suggestions of items to stock the lounges (drinks, individually wrapped snacks). You can send in donations to the front office at any time, but we ask that final donations are in by Thursday, March 30th🍀 🐊PTO welcomes those families that may find it easier to send in a donation to do so by using our PTO CashApp ($GatorsPTO) or Venmo (@GatorsPTO) accounts. Please make sure to include Stock The Teachers' Lounge/🍀Lounge🍀 in your payment note. And as always, we could never thank you enough for all that you do, but we will always try—THANK YOU!!!!💙🐊💚

Do you have your blue picked out and ready for April 3rd? April 17th? April 24th? If not make sure to grab your BLUE shirt for only $5.00 from the PTO. The PTO will also be placing pinwheels throughout the car rider lines for $1.00 each. Grab yours today! Use the link below⬇️ 💙💙💙GATOR Nation, it’s time to TURN THE SWAMP BLUE. Please join us every Monday in April to show our support for National Child Abuse Prevention Month by wearing blue. National Child Abuse Prevention Month recognizes the importance of families and communities working together to prevent child abuse and neglect. Prevention services and supports developed by this collaboration can help to protect children and strengthen families. 💙💙💙 💙🐊💙 Our Gator PTO will be selling all BLUE Gators T-shirts for $5 and Blue Pinwheels for $1 to turn the entire SWAMP BLUE, including the car rider circle and hopefully Gerringer Gardens, too!!!  Please use the google order form link below to place your order for t-shirts and pinwheels.  All t-shirts will be delivered the Thursday after your order has been received and paid for via our PTO Venmo or Cashapp accounts.  Please email gatorspto@gmail.com with any questions or concerns. We thank you in advance and can hardly wait to see how BLUE WE can turn our Swamp, with all of our Gators love and support!   💙🐊💙Link to Google Order Form: https://forms.gle/J8VJczquvza9wBg67

💙💙💙GATOR Nation, it’s time to TURN THE SWAMP BLUE. Please join us every Monday in April to show our support for National Child Abuse Prevention Month by wearing blue. National Child Abuse Prevention Month recognizes the importance of families and communities working together to prevent child abuse and neglect. Prevention services and supports developed by this collaboration can help to protect children and strengthen families. 💙💙💙 💙🐊💙 Our Gator PTO will be selling all BLUE Gators T-shirts for $5 and Blue Pinwheels for $1 to turn the entire SWAMP BLUE, including the car rider circle and hopefully Gerringer Gardens, too!!!  Please use the google order form link below to place your order for t-shirts and pinwheels.  All t-shirts will be delivered the Thursday after your order has been received and paid for via our PTO Venmo or Cashapp accounts.  Please email gatorspto@gmail.com with any questions or concerns. We thank you in advance and can hardly wait to see how BLUE WE can turn our Swamp, with all of our Gators love and support!   💙🐊💙Link to Google Order Form: https://forms.gle/J8VJczquvza9wBg67

🍀STOCK THE LUCKY LOUNGE🍀 💙Teachers are in full swing and working hard each and every day with your children. Our PTO is asking that our Gator families help us show how lucky we are to have such an amazing staff at The Swamp by Stocking the Teachers' Lounges. We have 4 Teachers' Lounges that need stocking--as we power through this Spring Semester, let's work together to keep our staff fuled and on GO 🚦💚Please see flyer below for suggestions of items to stock the lounges (drinks, individually wrapped snacks). You can send in donations to the front office at any time, but we ask that final donations are in by Thursday, March 30th🍀 🐊PTO welcomes those families that may find it easier to send in a donation to do so by using our PTO CashApp ($GatorsPTO) or Venmo (@GatorsPTO) accounts. Please make sure to include Stock The Teachers' Lounge/🍀Lounge🍀 in your payment note. And as always, we could never thank you enough for all that you do, but we will always try—THANK YOU!!!!💙🐊💚

Parents of Bus 43-- The bus driver had some trouble this morning but is on her way to run the route. She will be about 45 minutes behind schedule but will run the entire route. Please be patient, as she is on her way. We apologize for the late notice and any inconvenience. Thank you for understanding.

💙🐊💚We hope to see you all tonight evening at 5:30 PM in the library or on zoom!!! Use this Zoom Link to join virtually tonight: https://abss.zoom.us/j/89143602335. There will also be an interpreter available! We have a ton of exciting things to recap, as well as all our upcoming events. Gators ROCK! See you TOMORROW Gator!!!! 💚🐊💙 https://abss.zoom.us/j/89143602335

💙🐊💚We hope to see you all Monday evening at 5:30 PM in the library or on zoom!!! Be on the lookout for Zoom Link. There will also be an interpreter available! We have a ton of exciting things to recap, as well as all our upcoming events. Gators ROCK! See you TOMORROW Gator!!!! 💚🐊💙

***UPDATE*** We have secured a driver to run bus 6's route. They are leaving the lot now and will be riding bus 106 and approximately 1 hour behind. We apologize for this situation. Thank you for working with us. Parents of Bus 6 We apologize greatly for the inconvenience and late notification, however, bus 6 driver was not able to run his route this morning. We have just located a driver. We are sending out a substitute driver to run the entire route. However, they will be at least 45 minutes behind schedule. Please be patient as we are sending the bus. Again we apologize for the late notice and the inconvenience this has caused.

Parents Bus 272 route will be running behind schedule due to a mechanical issue. They will be running the entire route, just later than normal. He left the school at 6:42 AM. We apologize for any inconvenience.

🐊🗓️ We are looking forward to seeing everyone on Monday! There will be a Zoom link and interpreter available. We have a ton of exciting things to recap, as well as all our upcoming events. We are better together—join us! See you later, Gator 💙🐊💚

🍀STOCK THE LUCKY LOUNGE🍀 💙MARCH MADNESS is in full swing and that means it's time to show how lucky we are to have such an amazing staff at The Swamp by Stocking the Teachers' Lounges. We have 4 Teachers' Lounges that need stocking--as we power through this Spring Semester, let's keep our staff fuled and on GO 🚦💚Please see graphic below for suggested items & send in all donations to the main office by Thursday, March 30th!🍀 🐊PTO welcomes those families that may find it easier to send in a donation to do so by using our PTO CashApp ($GatorsPTO) or Venmo (@GatorsPTO) accounts. Please make sure to include Stock The Teachers' Lounge/🍀Lounge🍀 in your payment note. And as always, we could never thank you enough for all that you do, but we will always try—THANK YOU!!!!💙🐊💚

Bus 51 had some mechanical issues this morning and was late leaving the lot. They are running about 30 minutes behind schedule. We apologize for any inconvenience.