Important News

Today, Dr. Michael Martirano, Interim Superintendent visited Guilford. He was able to spend time with many of our students, talk with our staff, and even met a few parents. We started the visit in our Special education resource room and he engaged in our social skills lesson. Students used puppets to act out greetings and to talk with one another…

We hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving break and that you have time to slow down and spend time with your family. I know our staff is excited for a few days away from school, it was a busy few weeks with the end of the quarter, American Education Week, and Parent Teacher Conferences. It was great to see so…

Wow, daylight savings time came in with a bang, I know the time change was welcomed to get an extra hour of sleep, however I’m not a fan of it being dark so early. It’s clear that the temperatures are changing and we want to remind everyone to dress in layers and with the appropriate jacket. Each day our goal…

The Howard County Reading Council is proud to sponsor the local Young Author's Contest for 2016-2017! Students in grades 2-5 are eligible to participate by writing a poem and/or short story. • All entries must be original work • All entries must use no smaller than 12 point font in Times New Roman or Comic Sans • Short story entry…

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Classroom competitions for grades 4th and 5th will be held by the end of December. Click here to see Spelling Bee Study list [[{"fid":"372","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default"},"type":"media","attributes":{"class":"file media-element file-default"}}]]

Hello GES Community, We are settled into our regular daily routines, it’s so exciting to see the students engaged each day as we visit classrooms. We see students collaborating in so many ways; in solving problems in math, in researching together during social studies, in building geo-scapes in science, and even when buddy reading around the classroom during reading class…

PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES - NOVEMBER 20th and 21st To schedule parent/teacher conferences, parents can log onto their "HCPSSConnect" account- Click Here Parent instructions for scheduling parent/teacher conferences-[[{"fid":"371","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default"},"type":"media","attributes":{"class":"file media-element file-default"}}]] Parents will be able to schedule their conferences starting November 3rd. You will have access to scheduling or cancelling your appointments until November 15th.

SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR OPENS ON NOVEMBER 10 in the media center. Check out the Guilford Elementary Scholastic Book Fair Website http://www.scholastic.com/bf/guilfordelemsch1 for important information and to shop online. On line shopping begins on November 10 and runs through November 21. If you have any questions please contact Mrs. Tarash or Mrs. Jenkins in the media center. Click here to VOLUNTEER…

Thank you to everyone who has completed the Family FIle. This is vital information that must be updated every year. We appreciate your time getting this done for each of our students. Last night was the Induction Ceremony for this years' Safety Patrol. Congratulations to all 27 members who are proudly wearing their badges and safety belts today.