Mrs. Johnson’s 3rd grade class learned more about fossils by doing a fossil dig today!
1 day ago, Gretna Elementary
Boy and girl sitting outside on a sidewalk with sand on the sidewalk.
two boys sitting on a sidewalk digging through a rock with a red cup visible and water on the sidewalk.
Group of students sitting outside on a sidewalk with sand and red cups visible.
Boy and girl sitting on a sidewalk digging through a block of rock and a red cup.
Two boys standing outside on a sidewalk holding a fossil in their hands.
Two boys standing outside next to a tree with sand in their hands.
Kindness Club helped Gretna Elementary bring in 4,073 pairs of socks to donate to Heartland Hope and other local organizations to help those in need! Thank you to everyone who donated socks!!
1 day ago, Gretna Elementary
Group of children sitting on a gym floor holding up signs that show 4,073 with socks in boxes
Group of children sitting on a gym floor holding up signs that show 4,073 with socks in boxes
Group of children holding boxes that are being handed to an adult with a sign that shows the number 4,073
Group of children holding boxes that are being handed to an adult with a sign that shows the number 4,073
Two girls carrying a box on a sidewalk.
Three boys standing outside on a sidewalk while wearing hoodies, one boy is holding a sign that shows the number 4,073
Three boys standing outside on a sidewalk, two boys holding a sign that shows the number 4,073
Some Halloween fun from Mrs. Francois's 4th grade class!
2 days ago, Gretna Elementary
Three girls dressed in halloween costumes sitting on a gym floor.
Four girls dressed in halloween costumes sitting on a gym floor.
Four boys dressed in halloween costumes sitting on a gym floor.
Two boys dressed in halloween costumes sitting on a gym floor.
Student wearing a red dragon inflatable costume.
Two boys dressed in halloween costumes sitting on a gym floor.
Three girls dressed in halloween costumes sitting on a gym floor.
Girl standing in a classroom while a student wraps her in toilet paper to look like a skeleton.
Four girls sitting at a table in a classroom with art supplies visible and a bag of popcorn and candy sitting on it.
Three boys sitting around a table with art supplies like crayons and markers sitting on table.
Fourth grade had their “Student of the Month” awards to celebrate our character trait of responsibility. These students were nominated for showing responsibility! Way to go, 4th graders!
2 days ago, Gretna Elementary
Three students standing in front of a whiteboard with responsibility showing with each student holding a certificate.
Ms. Snyder's 4th grade class had a great time at their Halloween party on Friday!
3 days ago, Gretna Elementary
Two girls smiling while filling up a paper bag with popcorn.
Two girls, one wearing a cowboy hat and one wearing a black wig filling up a paper bag with popcorn and candy corn.
Two girls sitting at a table with a bowl full of popcorn, pretzels, and juice boxes on the table.
Group of children gathered around a table with a craft of popsicles sticks and marshmallows on the table.
Student smiling while standing in front of a table with a craft of popsicle sticks and marshmallows.
Girl dressed with a black and white shirt standing in front of a table while holding pretzels.
Group of children gathered around a table while eating out of a paper bag with Halloween decorations present.
Group of children wearing costumes sitting at a table with orange and green and brown craft sticks present.
Group of children and their teacher in front of their classroom posing for a picture with most wearing Halloween costumes.
Group of children and their teacher in front of their classroom posing and making silly faces for a picture with most wearing Halloween costumes.

Many thanks to everyone who assisted with making our 1st GES Trunk or Treat a HUGE success! Special thanks to everyone who signed up to create a trunk, to the PTO for their generous financial donation of candy, to the Gretna Runza for their $50 gift card donation to our winning trunk, to the families that donated bags of candy, to the Gretna Middle School student council for helping us out, and finally to all of our families showing up to participate. Please see the winners of the trunk contest! See you all next year! Mrs. K and Mr. Vos.

12 days ago, Gretna Elementary
Gretna Elementary Trunk or Treat Winners
🎃 👻 Tonight is the night!! We look forward to seeing everyone for our 1st ever GES Trunk or Treat tonight from 5:30-7:00 in the bus loop behind the school! 🍬 🍫
13 days ago, Gretna Elementary
GES Trunk or Treat

We look forward to seeing everyone on Thursday from 5:30-7:00 for our 1st ever GES Trunk or Treat!!

15 days ago, Gretna Elementary
Gretna Elementary Trunk or Treat
Mr. Vos’s 4th grade class and our preschoolers spent some time sharing a snack and reading some Halloween books. What a boo-teaful good time they had!! 🦇 🎃
20 days ago, Gretna Elementary
3 boys, one sitting on a rug and two sitting in comfy chairs reading a book.
Teacher sitting at the front of the room reading a book to a group of students sitting on the floor.
Three girls sitting a brown table reading a book.
3 students sitting on the floor reading a book about pumpkins to a student with an adult sitting next to them.
Three boys sitting on the floor reading a book together with an adult looking on.
Three students sitting a kidney table reading a book to a yougner student with other students sitting in the background on the ground.
Group of girls sitting at a brown table reading three books while eating a snack.
Two older boys sitting on a rug and chair reading a book to two younger students.
Two older girls sitting on the ground reading a book to a younger student who is sitting on the ground.
Two older boys sitting on colored carpet reading a story to a boy sitting at a small desk with an adult sitting next to them.
Don't forget, our 1st ever GES Trunk or Treat will take place a week from today on Thursday, October 23rd from 5:30-7:00!
21 days ago, Gretna Elementary
Gretna Elementary School Trunk or Treat
Just a typical day in Mrs. Gunn's 3rd grade class!
25 days ago, Gretna Elementary
4 girls standing back to back and a boy all wearing fake mustaches.
3 boys, all wearing sweatshirts, wearing fake mustaches and beards.
Group of students, some standing and some kneeling, all looking with suspicious faces and fakes mustaches.
Teacher along with her students with most wearing fake mustaches.
Girl sitting at a desk with books with a fake mustache and fake eyebrows.
Two boys, one standing and one sitting at a desk, wearing fake mustaches and beards.
GES Sock Drive!

Help families in need at Heartland Hope by donating new socks!

Donations Accepted
October 13th -October 24th

The PK-2 class and the 3-5 class with the most socks donated will earn a popsicle party!
26 days ago, Gretna Elementary
Flyer showing GES Sock Drive being held October 13th-24th
Miss Sempek's 2nd graders practiced working together to apply their landform knowledge. They planned and created landform maps of their very own!
28 days ago, Gretna Elementary
Group of girls standing around a counter whit a clipboard and a piece of paper visible.
Three boys sitting around a counter with a clipboard and a piece of paper visible along with clay.
Group of girls sitting on carpet with a clipboard and a piece of paper visible and clay as well.
Group of boys sitting on carpet with a clipboard and a piece of paper visible and clay as well.
Group of boys sitting on carpet with a clipboard and a piece of paper visible and clay as well made into animal landforms.
Group of girls sitting around a table with clay made into animal landforms.
Group of girls sitting on carpet with clay made into animal landforms.
Group of boys sitting on carpet with clay made into animal landforms.
Group of boys sitting on carpet with clay made into animal landforms.
Group of girls sitting on carpet with clay made into animal landforms.
Environmental club had their first meeting this week where they enjoyed a beautiful fall day and created common goals for the club this school year. We can't wait to see all that they accomplish for GES and the environment!
29 days ago, Gretna Elementary
5 boys sitting on a bench with clipboards and papers in their hands.
4 girls sitting on a bench with clipboards and papers in their hands.
Group of students sitting and laying outside on cement with clipboards and papers in their hands.
Two girls sitting outside on cement with clipboards and papers in their hands.
Two girls sitting outside on cement with clipboards and papers in their hands.
Two girls standing outside on cement with clipboards and papers in their hands.
Three girls standing outside on cement with clipboards and papers in their hands.
Two boys sitting and standing outside on cement with clipboards and papers in their hands.
Two girls standing outside on cement with clipboards and papers in their hands.
Girl and her teacher smiling outside in front of a school.
Some more pictures of Mrs. Johnson’s 3rd grade class and their dioramas they built as part of their science unit on animals!
29 days ago, Gretna Elementary
Two girls holding a decorated box with a diorama of animals inside the box.
Boy and girl holding a decorated box with a diorama of animals inside the box.
Mrs. Johnson’s 3rd grade class built dioramas as part of their science unit on animals!
29 days ago, Gretna Elementary
Boy and girl smiling holding a blue shoe box with black and white art material inside.
Boy and girl smiling holding a gray shoe box with a diorama of an animal made with art supplies inside.
Boy and girl smiling standing next to a black shoe box with a diorama of an animal made with art supplies inside.
Boy and girl smiling standing next to a brown shoe box with a diorama of an animal made with art supplies inside.
Boy and girl smiling standing next to a red shoe box with a diorama of an animal made with art supplies inside.
Boy and girl standing next to a brown shoe box with the inside painted with trees.
Two boys smiling holding a blue shoe box with a diorama of an animal made with art supplies inside.
2nd graders playing a math game together. Keeping math fun and working on social skills!
about 1 month ago, Gretna Elementary
A boy wearing shorts sitting on the ground with a girl while playing a game with blue and red tiles.

We could not be more proud of our former GES student! Congratulations, Mason, and very much deserved!!

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about 1 month ago, Gretna Elementary

Trunk or Treat is just around the corner. Save the date to come with your little ghosts and goblins to enjoy some community building! We also have some spots yet still available for host trunks and candy donations.

Use this link to help out:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0D4EAEAE23A1FC1-57909843-gestrunk#/

about 1 month ago, Gretna Elementary
Trunk or Treat flyer with a pumpkin visible showing October 23rd from 5:30-7:00
Community Opportunity Tailgate & Food Drive
Date: October 24 | Time: 6 PM
Hy-Vee tailgate available for purchase!
Come hang out, enjoy some food, and support the Gretna Backpack Program. Make an impact in our community!
#GretnaBackpack #CommunityUnity #BeGretnaGreat
about 1 month ago, Gretna Public School District
Community Food Drive October 24 at 6pm Requested Donation items: 16oz box spaghetti noodles, 24oz jar pasta sauce, 16 oz creamy peanut butter (plastic jar), 30oz jelly, 14oz box instant rice, canned chicken canned chicken noodle soup, bbq sauce, 14.5 canned vegetables, 14.5oz canned fruit 12 oz. boxed cereal, 8ct fruit and grain cereal bars(e.g. Nutri Grain) 6.6 oz bags of Goldfish crackers