Welcome back returning students to Gulf Beaches.

On Tuesday, October 27, ONLY MyPCS Kindergarten students and parents returning to face to face instruction will be allowed to walk their student to class. PLEASE come to the front office, one family at a time. You will meet the KG teacher at the door of the classroom for a very short photo op as you drop your child off. For the safety of everyone only the student will be allowed to enter the classroom, and everyone will be required to wear a mask. Thank you for your cooperation as we strive to keep everyone safe.

Road Construction Update

A Moment with Mr. Kalach

Please watch the video in the link below for some important information as we prepare to welcome back many students from myPCS instruction to face to face instruction in the next few days. Mr. Kalach has tried to answer questions that you might have in regards to safety and instruction, but if you have questions after viewing this please feel free to contact the office at (727)893-2630.

https://youtu.be/RzGjvZKT5Ys

Extra! Extra! Read All About It

Please join us in celebrating our very own Ms. Emily Walsh in Kindergarten as Gulf Beaches Elementary Magnet School's Teacher of the Year! This is a wonderful honor to bestow onto a wonderful teacher. When you see her be sure to congratulate her, and wish her luck. We already know how great a teacher she is, and now it's time for everyone else in the county to find out. 

Attention! Attention! 

We are excited, eager, and elevated to welcome back in person all students whose families made the choice to return to face to face instruction here at Gulf Beaches Elementary School. We will be formally contacting families starting the week of October 19, 2020 to confirm your choice. The students will return to face to face instruction starting October 27, 2020. We are currently working to maximize instruction and follow the guidelines set forth by the CDC and the district to keep everyone safe and healthy. Please contact the office if you need any information, or have any questions.

PTA Drive-In Movie Night

At Maderia Beach Recreation Center

Saturday October 24, 2020

at 7:00pm

Not an actual Gulf Beaches Student, this has been a dramatization of learning from home.

 Are you having tech issues?

If so here is a list of helpful information.

1. Did you notify your child's teacher of the issue, and wait for them to respond to you. They might have a fix for you, but will need sometime to be able to respond.

2. Decide if the issue is with your device or your credentials. The easiest way to do this is to see if you are able to login on another device at home using your child's r2d2 and password, if so it is probably an issue with the school issued device, but if not it might be as simple as us resetting your password for you.

3. Decide if it is a wifi issue. Check to see that you are connected to your preferred wifi, and that all passwords to use it are entered correctly, you may have lost connectivity if you recently closed your device, and need to rejoin your wifi network. You also may have to reset your wifi, if you have multiple devices logged into it at the same time.

4. Determine if the charger you are using with your device is the correct one, and that it is plugged in to a working outlet. Do you see any response from the device when you plug it in? Any lights come on, or screen brightness increases.

5. Determine if you have limited connectivity, or limited tech issues. Meaning you can do some of the assignments from the teacher, but can not do all. If that is the case in the mean time continue to work on the assignments you can. That way you will not fall behind in the other areas you are able to work on currently, it will also give the teacher sometime to respond to see if they can help problem solve for you.

6. If you are on a laptop and get a message about wrong credentials, or expiring license, unfortunately the only way to fix that is to drive to any public school parking lot, and log the computer in from there, it will force the license information out, and should update the credentials. If that does not work, please call the office to schedule a time to have Mr. Carney meet you to help you get this resolved.

If you have used the above information and still need assistance, please reach out to us here at Gulf Beaches (727)893-2630, or contact the Pinellas County Schools tech support number (727)588-6060. Thank you.

In order to help you as quickly as possible please be prepared to provide some information when you contact us. We will need your child's name and teacher's name. What type of device you are using a school issued ipad, or laptop. The 7 digit county tag number off the back of the device. Your child's r2d2 number and their password. Finally we will need to know as specific as possible what the problem is? 

Morning Carcircle Update

Thank you parents for working hard to get your students to school on time. As always it is great to see students on time to start the day, and eager to learn alongside their classmates. Please remind your child to have their mask on while waiting to unload so they are prepared to move as soon as the door opens. Remember parents to please stay in your car at all times while you drop your child off, it is for every ones safety, and also allows the car circle to flow without the stop and go of getting out of your vehicle. We also want to remind you to please pull all the way forward in the car circle drop off to allow as many kids to unload as possible at a time. As always we have a no cost breakfast available every morning for students and encourage them get some, its good for them, and helps to wake their brains up for learning. Together we can help keep our kids safe, and have them prepared for the day.

Health and Wellness Protocols

https://www.pcsb.org/domain/11713

Please refer to the link above for the most upto date information from

Pinellas County Schools. By following the guidelines and information

posted we can all do our part to keep students and staff safe and healthy.

THe section on Self Screening is especially important to adhere to.

Every Friday school lunches for the following 5 day school week will be distributed in the carcircle from 9:00AM - 9:45AM for students enrolled in the myPCS program, that would like to participate in the school lunch program at Gulf Beaches. The normal distribution day will be Friday unless there is no school on a certain Friday, and we will communicate that change in day, ahead of time. The lunches will be prepackaged, and we will continue to practice social distancing procedures as we disperse the lunches.

School Advisory Committee (SAC) Membership Drive

Parents and Community Members are encouraged to become involved and connected to our school by joining SAC. 

SAC is a team of stakeholders from various segments of the school community with the responsibility to help student success.  The role of a SAC member is to assist in the preparation and evaluation of the School Improvement Plan (SIP), assist the principal with the school budget, decide how SIP Funds are spent and decide jointly with the school faculty how state recognition funds are spent.

If you are interested in joining SAC, please contact the school’s Front Office today!

Medication Drop Off

If your child has had medication that was stored onsite in the past, you will need to schedule an appointment with Mrs. Messer the school secretary, by calling (727)893-2630 ext. 2005. Please know this is a different process from in the past, and is to continue following safety guidelins put in place for all. Thank you.

The Annual School Financial Report has been posted to the district website. Florida Statutes require each school to make this report available to their parents as soon possible. Please provide the link below within the parent’s page of your school website with a statement that the report is available for their information.

The report can be found on the district website by following the link below:

https://www.pcsb.org/Page/

Attention Parents

Please find time to review the information from the Pinellas County Schools, Student Code of Conduct Page 42. There has been a recent rise in the number of students using digital devices such as cellular phones on campus, and traveling to and from including use on school buses. Together we can help to keep our kids safe, and make sure they are being good digital citizens. We also encourage you to talk to your child and ask what apps they are using for their own entertainment purposes. While we take great pride in teaching our students digital citizenship sometimes popular apps can encourage confusion to our digital citizenship teaching snapchat, tik tok, instagram, facebook, twitter, etc.

Pinellas County Schools Code of Conduct

Important Announcement

Travel to School Safety Issues

Please use this link to report unsafe conditions and/or concerns for your trip to school.

Super News

We are an A+ School

Great job students, staff, and parents. With all of us partnering together and working hard, our school has been recognized as an A+ school, by the Department of Education in Florida. This is a huge accomplishment, so make sure you celebrate your success. This can only be accomplished by everyone working together toward a common goal, our student's success. As always, thank you for partnering with us.

Please use this link to find out how you can join PTA.

Join PTA

Healthy Snacks On The Menu

Free App Available from www.nutrislice.com to view the nutrient content of meals served.

****Gulf Beaches Elementary Magnet School will require that all foods and beverages sold, served,

and offered during the school day, and the extended school day, meet Smart Snack's guidelines. 

Carcircle Pick-up and Drop-off Map

Please refer to the map below to see the flow of our car circle in the morning and afternoon. Remember the safety of everyone is our number one concern, and with your help following this traffic flow we can make sure that everyone is safe. 

Updating Parent Contact Information

Important tips for navigating our site:

• Visit our calendar for upcoming events! The link is located on the left hand side of this page in the Upcoming Events block.
  
• Scroll down the page to see our Announcements, Spotlight, and Mission tabs! They contain very important information.
• Don't see what you are looking for? Still have questions? Please click on the "Contact" button at the top of this page to send an e-mail to Mr. Carney. He will address your request as soon as possible.