GCS Winter Reading Program

Looking for a way to get involved in the school’s community? Volunteering is the way to go!

Each year volunteers help support our students and school by making great contributions like these:

• Speak to students about their work and interests
• Become a GCS advocate
• Help in the school front office
• Assist a teacher in the classroom or the cafeteria
• PTA events
• Food drives and MORE!

If you are interested in being a volunteer at Falkener Elementary, please use this link to register: https://www.gcsvolunteers.com/login.php

Falkener Can Food Drive

Our IB Profile for October is " Caring". Our Falkener definition: "Falkener Dolphins make a difference in the community and the world around us by showing compassion and respect daily." Students will have the opportunity to earn a "Caring Badge" for the month of October. Students will earn 1 CARE Badge by donating one item of food. The kickoff will start Oct.3rd and last through the 25th.

Falkener Book Character Night

We hope you will join us for our October Parent Event. We will host Book Character Night on Wednesday, October 26th, 2022 from 5:00pm-6:30pm. Parents and students will have the opportunity to travel through different stories while learning along the way.

My Energy Kit Program from Duke Energy

Support your child's teacher by requesting an Energy Kit. We are participating in the My Energy Kit program from Duke Energy. Please request a FREE Energy Kit to make your home more energy efficient. These FREE kits contain LED bulbs, faucet aerators and other useful items. Requesting a kit also helps our school! The top three schools with the most eligible kit requests by December 31 win grand prizes of $1,000, $1,500 and $2,500. Request your FREE kit now at MyEnergyKit.org or call 1-855-386-9548. 

Good morning, Falkener Readers,

Falkener Library books can be placed on hold through Destiny Discover and picked up at school!  Video tutorials to walk you through the steps were in last week's library lesson and can be found here.

These are the basic steps; details are covered in the videos!
* Log into Destiny Discover
-username: studentID# (ex. 0123456789)
-password: birthdate with no dashes (ex. 05202012)
* Search and place a print book on hold
* Wait to be contacted by your teacher through Bloomz 
* The book(s) will be available for one week for pick at Falkener!

Do you have any library books at home from last year?  You can return them to the school at any school day between 8:00am - 3:00pm!  There will be a bin by the front door where you can drop the books off.  

Happy Reading!