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Published on November 21, 2024
Toy and Sock Drive:
Nov. 20-Dec. 16 in front of Gordon School Library and Information Center
Junior Beta Club is collecting new toys or socks to help support military families in need.
Nov. 20-Dec. 16 in front of Gordon School Library and Information Center
Junior Beta Club is collecting new toys or socks to help support military families in need.
Published on November 5, 2024
It's Book Fair Time!!
The Book Fair will be held on November 18-22 in the Gordon STEAM lab.
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday-8:30-11:30/12:30-2:30
Wednesday 8:30-11:30/12:30-3:00
The Book Fair will be held on November 18-22 in the Gordon STEAM lab.
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday-8:30-11:30/12:30-2:30
Wednesday 8:30-11:30/12:30-3:00
Published on October 21, 2024
Celebrate Red Ribbon Week at Gordon
October 21-24
"Life is a Movie, Film Drug Free"
October 21-24
"Life is a Movie, Film Drug Free"
Published on October 3, 2024
Join the Gordon PTA and help raise some money by sending Halloween Boo Grams!
Published on September 26, 2024
Like and Follow the Gordon PTA Facebook Page! Come join the PTA. There's always room for more!
Published on September 26, 2024
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Published on September 22, 2024
Gordon CSI day theme was "Fishing for Treasures". Gordon staff participated in interactive activities related to making meaning of school data, reviewing COGNIA standards, and reflecting on the Gordon purpose statement.
Published on May 17, 2024
Recently, our third-grade students, the Patriot Music Club, and Ms. Castle our EXTRAORDINARY music teacher hosted a spring performance! Students sang, danced, played the recorder, and even played the ukulele for staff, students, and families! What an...
Published on May 17, 2024
It is time to celebrate! Our Technology Pirate of the month goes to 🥁..... Dr. Peaden! Dr. Peaden embeds technology within her lessons each and every day. She loves to try new things and encourages creativity through digital learning for her students. Some of the things you will see used to engage learners in her classroom are Ozobots, Lego Robotics, Kahoot!, Peardeck, and Google Forms. Congratulations to Dr. Peaden and her students for being acknowledged as the May Technology Pirate of the Month! #technologyrocks
Published on April 26, 2024
Last Friday, during field day, we hosted our Q4 Engineering STEAM Challenge: Build a Boat. We had 25 participating teams with lots of success! Students and families built a boat to keep the princess safe and dry across her water path. As an added challenge, students raced their boats to see who could get the princess across in the fastest time. Our top three boats successfully crossed in under 4.5 seconds! Way to go Patriots! #STEAM #dodeainaction #dodstem
Published on April 24, 2024
We hosted a SLIME event to close out field day at DoDEA Gordon Elementary School and it was quite EXTRAORDINARY! All of our students, faculty, and parents in attendance were able to SLIME Mr. Sanford and Mrs. Green as a reward for our reading challenge in the month of March. Thank you, Mr. Sanford, for your willingness to get SLIMED to promote and encourage reading with our Gordon Patriots! #MOMC #readingrocks
Published on April 24, 2024
The pirate ship is on the move again! Please help us congratulate Mrs. Merritt/Ms. Kennedy's class for being recognized as the April Technology Pirate of the Month! Mrs. Merritt's students use Clicker8 software along with the Unique learning system and Classlink daily. They also like to use digital cameras and Wixie to be creative and show what they know. Congratulations to Mrs. Merritt/Ms. Kennedy and their students! #technologyrocks
Published on April 10, 2024
Congratulations to our Gordon Patriots! In March, our students devoured a whopping 5,451,533 words while diving into MackinVia eBooks. Although we didn’t sweep the competition, we achieved our school goal and secured second place. In honor of our hard work, it’s slime time for our assistant principal, Mr. Sanford! Get ready for some gooey fun on April 19th! 📚👏🤪 Patriots, let’s not forget that MackinVia eBooks are available throughout the school year. So, let’s continue to read for enjoyment!
Published on April 10, 2024
In late March, DoDEA Gordon Elementary School hosted the Q3 STEAM Challenge, the Egg Drop! We had 25 teams participate! Let's take a moment to celebrate all of our students and families for making this event happen with your creations. Congratulations to everyone who participated and had fun using the engineering design process to imagine, plan, create, and improve their designs!
Published on March 6, 2024
The bookmark contest concluded last week, and it is time to share who the winners are! Congratulations to both our winners and our runners up. Give them a shout out in the comments! Thank you to ALL of our Gordon Patriots who submitted a bookmark for the contest. We are so proud of you 🥰. Winning bookmarks are being featured in the media center throughout the month of March. Come and get yours!
Published on October 13, 2023
Congratulations to Ms. Colley, second-grade teacher here at DoDEA Gordon Elementary School, for being recognized as the September Technology Pirate of the Month! Ms. Colley continuously seeks out new resources to try with her students, and students engage in technology enhanced lessons throughout every week. Some of her favorites are Seesaw, Lumio, and Kahoot! #technologyrocks
Published on November 3, 2023
Wohoo! Let's give a big Patriot shout-out to Ms. Long! Ms. Long and her students are being recognized for their technology integration in the classroom. In Pre-K, students use Lumio every day to interact and engage in learning activities. Congratulations, Ms. Long for being acknowledged as the October Technology Pirate of the Month! #technologyrocks
Published on December 11, 2023
Alright, let's celebrate! Our Technology Pirate of the month goes to 🥁..... Mr. Fields! Mr. Fields uses technology every single day with his students and he also assists his colleagues in learning new digital resources. Currently, he is working with students using the 3D printers and green screen technologies. Congratulations, Mr. Fields for being acknowledged as the November Technology Pirate of the Month! #technologyrocks
Published on January 8, 2024
It is that time again! Please help us congratulate Dr. Maxey for being acknowledged as the December Technology Pirate of the Month! Dr. Maxey never stops finding new ways to use technology in her lessons. In the month of December, her class was awarded certificates and swag for completing the Q2 STEAM Challenge: Hour of Code. She is also our resident guru for Wixie! Congratulations to Dr. Maxey and her students. #technologyrocks
Published on January 30, 2024
The pirate ship is on the move! Please help us congratulate Ms. Mays for being recognized as the January Technology Pirate of the Month! Ms. Mays integrates technology such and Bee Bots and Cubelets into daily choice board time. She is always up to learn something new, and is currently utilizing Lumio to create and implement interactive lessons. Congratulations to Ms. Mays and her students! #technologyrocks
Published on February 23, 2024
Alright, let's celebrate! Our Technology Pirate of the month goes to 🥁..... Dr. Brayboy! Dr. Brayboy embeds technology within her lessons each day. Some of her favorites are Google Classroom, Lumio, CODE.org, and Minecraft Education. She even shares her knowledge with others during our STEAM Sandbox sessions! Congratulations, Dr. Brayboy for being acknowledged as the February Technology Pirate of the Month! #technologyrocks
Published on March 19, 2024
Wohoo! Let's give a big Patriot shout-out to Ms. King! Ms. King and her students are being recognized for technology integration in the classroom. In first-grade, students like to use Classlink to access apps, Kahoot! to practice skills, and PebbleGo to research. Congratulations, Ms. King for being acknowledged as the March Technology Pirate of the Month! #technologyrocks
Published on March 11, 2024
When you get to wear your pajamas to school, it is an EXTRAORDINARY day! This afternoon, we wrapped up our week long celebrations with flashlight Friday for Read Across America 🔦. Students in all classes had the opportunity to read using a flashlight or lantern.
Even though our week of activities has come to an end, we are still continuing to celebrate with our competition throughout the month of March! Be sure to continue reading and logging those words on MackinVIA! #readacrossamerica2024
Even though our week of activities has come to an end, we are still continuing to celebrate with our competition throughout the month of March! Be sure to continue reading and logging those words on MackinVIA! #readacrossamerica2024
Published on December 12, 2023
The National Science Foundation accepted PAEMST nominations and applications for grades K-6 until Jan. 8, 2024.
Published on January 4, 2021
The next virtual Fort Bragg School Board meeting will be 9:30-10:30 a.m. Jan. 7, 2021, at https://bit.ly/3kAZ2s2
