The robots have arrived! Our VEXGo and VEX123 sets from the FishersIN Educator Innovation Grants have arrived. Follow along as we get these ready to go and in the hands of our students! 🤖 #GeistGatorsMake #StrongerTogether

Our food drive continues until Friday! Let's fill up those bins! PreK - 4th grades-Boxed Oatmeal, Boxed Fruit Snacks Grades 5 - 8-Granola Bars, Belvita Bars Grades 9 - 12-Ramen Noodles, Pop Tarts Hamilton Southeastern Schools Hamilton Southeastern Education Foundation

School wide read aloud that emphasizes the importance of respecting our names and why we need to not just tell people our names but to teach them our names! Geist Elementary #StrongerTogether

How is the food drive doing at your school? Let's fill up those bins! PreK - 4th grades-Boxed Oatmeal, -Boxed Fruit Snacks Grades 5 - 8-Granola Bars, Belvita Bars Grades 9 - 12-Ramen Noodles, -Pop Tarts Hamilton Southeastern Schools Hamilton Southeastern Education Foundation

Great book tasting with Dani Dobbins 3rd grade class this morning! We looked at different books that have similar features to our favorites - Dog Man, Babysitters Club, etc.. Everyone is trying at least one new book! #GeistGatorsRead #StrongerTogether

The Gator Gallop is so much fun. Thank you, PTO!

A sweet second grader recommended the Invincible Girls Club book series so we added it to the library collection! Our students are going to love these stories of friendship and doing good! Student recommendations are the best! 💜#GeistGatorsRead #strongertogether

Save the Date: our book fair will be November 11 - 15, 2024!

We took what we have been learning about algorithms and programming in our Code.org lessons and applied them to creating a character that moves and talks in Scratch Team. Geist Elementary Geist Library Hamilton Southeastern Schools #StrongerTogether

September in the library: over 5,000 books checked out! Dani Dobbins class had the most checkouts with 12.5 books per student! Incredible! Dog Man, the Babysitters Club, and Mercy Watson were the top checkouts. What a great month in the library! 🐊 #GeistGatorsRead

Happy National Custodian Appreciation Day! 🎉 We want to give a HUGE thank you to our amazing custodial staff for all they do to keep our schools clean, safe, and welcoming for students and staff. 🏫✨ Fun fact: They help maintain over 4,000,000 square feet under roof! 🧹🛠️

Lights, camera, action! Students directing and filming our weekly student news. Some fourth graders from Mrs. Scott’s class are sharing their science project. #GeistGatorsMake #StrongerTogether

Library and some of the related arts classes are participating in the Global Read Aloud, highlighting the work of author Minh Lê! #GeistGatorsRead #GRA24

Ms. Schmitt’s class enjoyed using our VEX123 touch robots from the FishersIN grant today! We learned what robots are and used the touch directions to program the robots to follow a path that we drew. We showed growth mindset when our programming needed some work. Great day!

Our book fair is November 11-15. Don't forget to set up your student's eWallet account for cashless, stress-less shopping! Set one up here: bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/geistelemen…  #ScholasticBookFairs #GeistGatorsRead

Today, we honor all the courageous men and women who have served and continue to serve our country. Thank you for your dedication, sacrifice, and unwavering commitment to our freedom. Your bravery inspires our entire community. 🇺🇸🎖️🪖

Learning how to program robots along a path with Mrs. Harmon. Geist Elementary Geist Library #StrongerTogether

Lots of fun with Miss Schmitt (Cassi)’s class building and coding our VEX GO robots from the Fishers Educator Innovation Grants! Ss were sending hearts “special delivery” using their robots. Thanks to FishersIN for this memorable opportunity! Dr. Therisa Seymour #StrongerTogether

Building a robot takes a blend of creativity, problem solving, teamwork & more—and watching it come to life is pure magic! My fourth graders Geist Elementary even delivered hearts to me with their robot. How cool is it to be a fourth grader at Geist? #strongertogether for sure!

Stop by Book Fair Family Night tonight from 5-7pm!