Graham Elementary School

Good evening, Falcon families! Please find the most recent Back to School edition of the GES News From the Nest. This edition has information including...
*GES Drop-Off/Parking procedures
*GES Allergy Protocol
*GLS Volunteer Portal
*Goodbye to ClassDOJO and HELLO to Apptegy Rooms
*Tasty Traditions dates and purpose
*Important dates and times
*Free and Reduced Lunch information
*Kroger Community Reward program sign-up
*and much more!

https://secure.smore.com/n/61zd0-graham-elementary-schools

We are looking forward to seeing you all at Open House on Tuesday, August 19 from 4:30p.m. to 6:00p.m.
Go Falcons!

Good evening, Graham families!
Please remember to complete your student’s Final Forms for the 2025–2026 school year. These must be updated annually before schedules and class lists are released. If you’ve already completed them, thank you! If not, please do so here: https://graham-oh.finalforms.com/

📢 Free & Reduced Meal Applications are now available!
✅ Must be completed every school year
💻 Apply online: https://www.payschoolscentral.com/
📄 Paper copies in every office
📩 Questions? Email Jodi Lough at loughj@grahamlocalschools.org

Hello Falcon families! We are preparing for what will be an EPIC year at Graham Elementary, and we want to share some important information now. Please take some time to review the Back-to-School edition of the GES News From the Nest. Information in this issue includes:

*Our 2025 Back to School Bash
*The switch from ClassDOJO to Apptegy Rooms
*Final Forms
*Supply Lists

https://secure.smore.com/n/ect0g-graham-elementary-schools

Have a super week, Falcons!

Join the family! 🦅 https://glsd.schoolspring.com/

Back-to-School Season is HERE, Falcons!

The Summer 2025 TeleGraham should be in mailboxes today—your one-stop guide for everything you need to kick off the school year right!

Inside you’ll find:
✅ First day info for each building
✅ Supply lists by grade
✅ Open House and orientation dates (note edit to GES Open House, it is Tuesday, not Wednesday)
✅ Final Forms reminders
✅ Transportation and schedule pick-up details
…and more back-to-school updates to help your family get ready!

💻 Prefer to read it online? Catch up on all current and past issues here 👉
https://www.grahamlocalschools.org/documents/district/telegraham-newsletter/398522

✨ Stay in the know, Falcon families!
We’ve got all the key dates for the 25/26 school year in one place—from breaks and no-school days to special events like Homecoming and Graduation.

🦅 Make sure you’re ready for everything the year has in store!

Join us TOMORROW from 11AM-4PM!!!

Graham Elementary PTO's first Christmas in July Car and Vendor Show! This is a family-friendly FREE event for the community!

We will have vendors, food trucks, a car show, DJ Sound Decisions, Raffles, 50/50, Touch a Truck with JSP FD, and a visit from SANTA in his summer gear! We hope to see you there!!

Vendors include Boonshoft, Whitman's Bike Shop, Traci's Tasty Traditions, Mom's Mac and More, Bourbon on the Street, Luna Belle's Sweet Shoppe and Lemonade, and others! Spaces still available for vendors wishing to join us!

Raffles include items from Dayton Dragons, Cincinnati Reds, Columbus Clippers, and more!

Want to help?
We are looking for volunteers! High schoolers are welcome to join to count toward qualifying for the GES PTO Scholarship their senior year!
We are also collecting donations for raffles and sponsors for the event!

Want to volunteer, sign up to be a vendor or car show participant, donate, or sponsor? Email us at gespto@grahamlocalschools.org

📚✨ Mark Your Calendars: School Start Dates! ✨📚

We hope you are enjoying your summer! Here are the start dates for the 2025–2026 school year. See you soon, Falcon Fam! 🦅

We're looking for the newest member of the Family!!

Apply today! 👉🏽 https://glsd.schoolspring.com/

🚨 Attention Falcon Families! 🚨

We’re moving ALL school communication to Rooms via the GLS Falcons app 📱—and will no longer use Class Dojo, Remind, Telegram, etc. beginning the 2025-2026 school year.

✅ Stay up to date on district news, events, and classroom messages in ONE place!
✅ Download the GLS Falcons app from your App Store or Google Play today.
✅ Enable notifications to never miss an update!

Before the start of school, you will receive a text or email notification with instructions to activate your parent account in Rooms. This will ensure you have access to classroom-specific announcements and messaging with your child’s teachers.

With Rooms fully integrated into our GLS Falcons app, you will now have one central place for everything Graham Local Schools.

Thank you for your support as we make this transition to keep our Falcon Family connected!

🦅 Join the Family!

We are looking for a dedicated, part time custodian at Graham Elementary School! Apply here 👉🏽https://glsd.schoolspring.com/

We are hosting our first ever Christmas in July: Car and Vendor Show on July 26th from 11am-4pm! This is a FREE event for our community to enjoy and we hope to have a wide variety of cars, vendors, and food trucks for everyone to check out and enjoy! We will have a DJ on site, the playground will be open for the children, and one exciting vendor that will be in attendance will be Boonshoft! Plus Santa will be taking a day from his summer vacation to hang out with us all! We have a HUGE need for volunteers at the Car and Vendor Show. Volunteers will help sell raffle tickets, check in vendor and car show participants, direct traffic, monitor playground, help with setup and clean up, and more. Volunteers select the time slot(s) they wish to help and get a free Event Staff tshirt. High schoolers are welcome to volunteer and doing so will qualify them to apply for the Graham Elementary PTO Scholarship of $1000 awarded to 2 GHS seniors! If you're interested in signing up to participate in the car show, be a vendor, to volunteer, donate raffle items, or sponsor awards, please email us for details at gespto@grahamlocalschools.org If you have any questions or concerns, as always, don't hesitate to reach out. Thank you for your continued support as we support our GES family!

Today is an exciting day at Graham Elementary! Our digital sign is being installed and will be up and running soon! This project is thanks to GES fundraising efforts and our generous donors: Old Souls Farms, Community Health and Wellness Partners and GES PTO. We are excited for this opportunity to share all that is great about Graham Elementary with our community!

Hello Falcon families! Linked below, please find the FINAL GES News from the Nest for the 2024-2025 school year! This issue is packed with Summer opportunities, important end-of the year celebrations AND much more! https://secure.smore.com/n/uqhcft-graham-elementary-schools Thank you for your continued partnership in your children's education! Have a SUPER Summer!

Only 3 days left of the 2024-2025 school year! Please remember there is a 2-hour early release for all students on the last day!

Yesterday, with the help of Mr. Woods, the GES woodworking club finished the benches that will be placed at the pond behind the elementary school. These will be stained over the summer and placed at the pond at the beginning of next school year. Great work Falcons! 🦅

ATTENTION Kindergarten Families: Wednesday, May 21 is the final day of kindergarten for the 2024-2025 school year. Thank you for your continued partnership in your children's education.

The students of Graham Elementary have met their Wildly Important Goal (WIG) of earning THIRTY days referral free in the 2024-2025 school year! Students in all grade levels worked hard this year to reach this goal and on Wednesday we celebrated with obstacle courses, carnival games, cotton candy and a movie! Over 500 of our GES learners successfully worked through this school year earning ZERO referrals! We are super proud of our Falcon Family! Thank you to the Ellison family who served over 600 bags of cotton candy to students and staff AND our GHS student volunteers who helped out! A better ME means a better WE!