Citrus Grove Elementary School

FREE ADMISSION to the Martin County Fair and Youth Livestock Show on Monday, Feb. 12! You read that right! Martin County School District students will have free admission to the fair on Monday, Feb. 12, between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. when they show their Student's Day Passport at the gate. Students can grab their passport book from their teacher or with the link below. Students can get stamps from any four activities and return the passport to their teacher for PBIS/Student Engagement points! Remember, Monday, Feb. 12 is a teacher workday, so students have the day off. What better way to spend the day than at the fair, for free! This flyer is NOT the actual passport. The passport can be found here: https://bit.ly/3ux2spU. Students may be asked to show ID at the gate. #ALLINMartin👊 #MCSDBetterTogether💫

Hands-on-learning trumps all others. Mrs. Gomez's 1st grade class grew a tomato plant! It started as a seed in their classroom aerogarden, which uses water and light to grow plants indoors without soil. Once the plant sprouted, they transplanted it to the Go Green garden at school. After a few months, they had 3 full tomatoes! Students enjoyed their creations as a healthy and delicious snack.

📚HONORING OUR HISTORY📚 Reminder! The Florida Department of Education and Volunteer Florida are encouraging students to participate in this year’s Black History Month contests! Students from all grade levels are invited to take part. Contests will run through February 7th. Essay contest winners will receive a two-year Florida College Plan scholarship! For more info on how to enter, visit: https://www.martinschools.org/article/1439187 #ALLINMartin👊 #BlackHistoryMonth

📚HONORING OUR HISTORY📚 The Martin County School District is proud to celebrate Black History Month! Throughout February, we'll highlight the impactful contributions of Black leaders and historical figures to our community and the world. Stay tuned! #ALLINMartin👊 #BlackHistoryMonth

ROOMS SUPPORT 📲 Has your child’s teacher elected to enroll their classroom in Rooms? Explore this new two-way communication tool via the Martin County School District app! If your child’s teacher created a Rooms account, you should have received a text from 98900 or an email from Thrillshare to register. Once you’ve registered on the website, make sure to use the Rooms via the MCSD app, rather than the website. Need extra support? Visit our website here: https://www.martinschools.org/o/mcsd/page/rooms-support Stay connected and make the most of your MCSD app! Download for Android https://bit.ly/384NjgH Download for iPhone https://apple.co/3Dl3iWC #ALLINMartin👊 #MCSDBetterTogether💫

Diamondbacks, we are having a Spirit Week next week! Let's show how much we love CGE in the sweetest way - with a fun week of extra activities. Each day will have a theme with outfit choices students may choose to wear. For example, Monday is We Heart CGE: wearing pink, white, and red is encouraged and/or lots of hearts. Other themes for the week include dressing as a book character, representing your favorite sports team, and matching outfits with friends. The culmination will be a whole-school Spirit Rally assembly on Friday, February 9th. Wear our school colors, orange and green, that day! The events for this week are made possible by our PBiS team. Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports provide students with opportunities to learn from mistakes and work toward incentives. We can't wait to celebrate the Control, Good choices, and Effort students exhibit at school.... That's why #WeareCitrus!!!

The Environmental Studies Center and Inwater Research Group have an innovative opportunity to share with all MCSD students: they are hosting a Youth Driven Cinema contest! Here's how to participate: Create a 1-3 minute film about local or global conservation topics, with an emphasis on how we can create a better tomorrow for our planet. Creations with a unique approach, beyond recycling and clean-ups, are preferred. Winners share their films on the big screen for a live audience! The deadline for submission is April 1st. If you are interested, please visit the official website for the contest. https://www.inwater.org/education/ydc/ Good luck Diamondback filmmakers!

🔬JUDGES NEEDED🔬 Martin County School District students need your help! They've been working diligently on their STEM Fair projects, gathering data and testing their hypotheses. As we approach the Martin County STEM Fair, we invite you to be a part of this exciting experience. Consider becoming a judge or volunteering! The Elementary STEM Fair will be taking place on Wednesday, February 7, and the Secondary STEM Fair will be taking place on Thursday, February 8. Please view the attached flyers for more information. Don't miss this opportunity to inspire and be inspired—sign up now to contribute to their success! #ALLINMartin👊 #MCSDBetterTogether💫

🐝STELLAR SPELLERS SHINE🐝 The Martin County School District held the 58th Annual Lillian A. Dassori Elementary Spelling Bee last night at Martin County High School. Three students from each of the elementary schools in the District participated in 10 rounds of competition, taking on challenging words such as "eclectic," "sudsy," and "anaconda." Felix A. Williams Elementary 4th-grade student Rafael Pedrosa was named Spelling Bee Champion, acing the winning word "avocado." Congratulations to all our stellar spellers and to the champion, Rafael! #ALLINMartin👊

What an inspiring day! Holly O’Brien visited CGE to share her book and journey to becoming a published writer. She is a native Floridian, Martin County High School science teacher, and also the author, photographer, and illustrator of her book: Pick Me! A Flower Awaits Her Destiny. It is filled with beautifully detailed images of the process it takes for a seed to become a flower. Each student was given a seed as they arrived for her presentation in the library, a tiny keepsake for remembering the big message of her book: we are all beautiful inside and are destined to make beautiful contributions to the world. Your leaf crown is always with you, students! Ms. O’Brien is self-published through Barnes and Noble. We encourage students to purchase a copy to keep; a memory of meeting a real author and perhaps inspiration to follow her path! https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/pick-me-holly-obrien/1141483817?ean=9798986321417&fbclid=IwAR0JLSK3GtoAGgf-2_nWUPEYe4CWqFvtTlpEhb-Vkrt2BD1VxNwPE-uCZU8

Three Diamondbacks will be representing CGE at the Martin County School District Elementary Spelling Bee today! Arnav, Lilly Kate, and Jaelyn earned this opportunity by winning classroom and school-wide contests. According to Ms. Logsdon, our team leader, "these students have been practicing and working very hard to be the best they can be." Good luck spellers, we are proud of you!

The CGE yearbook is almost finished and looks better than ever! Very few extra copies are printed- we strongly encourage families to preorder one using this link: https://www.balfour.com/florida/palm-city/citrus-grove-elementary-school Printed yearbooks arrive in late May and are delivered to students during the last week of school. Don't miss out on the opportunity to own one!

C-O-L-L-A-B-O-R-A-T-E What's that spell?! 📣🐍 Citrus Grove Elementary School teachers Ms. Vanessa Molina-Council and Ms. Tammy Reinhart invited Martin County High School cheerleaders (and CGE alum!) to help build the school's very own spirit squad! The result… the birth of the CGE Rattlers! They debuted at Saturday’s Russell Holloway Track Meet, where CGE took home the Overall Champions trophy for the third year in a row! #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud #MCSDBetterTogether💫

The 40th annual Russell Holloway Elementary Track Meet was held today and CGE delivered an impressive win! Our girls' team took first place, the boys' team earned second place, and for the third year in a row, we were the overall winners. Led by Coach T Harnden and Assistant Coach Miller, our 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade athletes worked hard against top competition. "This team knew they would need their A-game to bring home the trophy again," said Coach T. "They were motivated and incredibly supportive of each other. This is a great team of kids and an awesome group of parents." For the first time, CGE had a cheer team to lead our fans. The Rattlers group formed recently and kept the energy up in the stands from start to finish. We look forward to seeing more of their spirit at future school events. Our 5th graders were triple champions, enjoying the exuberance of winning all three years they were eligible to participate. We hope the spring Running Club, open to 2nd-5th graders will help our future teammates get ready for next year's competition!

🏁TRACK MEET INFO🏁 We're ready to see our elementary school athletes bright and early tomorrow morning, January 20, at Jensen Beach High School for the Russell Holloway Track Meet! See photos for the schedule of events. Who's going to take home the trophies this year?! 🏆 #ALLINMartin👊 #MCSDBetterTogether💫

🔔NEW START TIMES FOR THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR🔔 The Martin County School Board approved new school start times for the 2024-2025 School Year during its regular Board Meeting tonight. Florida HB 733, passed in 2023, requires school districts to comply with new middle and high school start times beginning with the 2026-2027 school year. To comply with the legislation, Martin County School District school start and end times have been adjusted for the 2024-2025 school year. Because we are implementing the new times before the mandated year (2026-2027), the District will receive funds from the Florida Department of Education, which a portion of will be used to purchase a school bus tracking system for families. This system will allow verified parents and guardians to see when the bus will arrive at its stop in the mornings and afternoons, and if there are any delays along the route. Read more about the new times, legislation and bus tracking system here: https://www.martinschools.org/article/1413309 #ALLINMartin👊

📚HONORING OUR HISTORY📚 The Florida Department of Education and Volunteer Florida are encouraging students to participate in this year’s Black History Month contests! Students from all grade levels are invited to attend. Contests will run through February 7th. Essay contest winners will receive a two-year Florida College Plan scholarship! For more info on how to enter, visit: floridablackhistory.com #ALLINMartin👊

🚀TAKE FLIGHT WITH US! 🚀 On Tuesday, February 7, each Martin County School District elementary school will host a Kindergarten Blast Off orientation event for families! Staff will provide families of rising kindergartners with information on school meal programs, Extended Day after-school care opportunities, completing their enrollment and more! Kindergarten Blast Off starts at 5:30 p.m. at each school on February 7. We hope to see you there! Find your child's future elementary school and learn more about enrollment here: https://bit.ly/48SyJWW #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud #MCSDBetterTogether💫

TOWN HALL ON ALL THINGS EDUCATION 📣📚 The Martin County School District is hosting a series of town hall sessions designed to engage our local community in conversations about issues impacting education. Sessions will be held in each area of our community. The first session will take place on Wednesday, January 17, at 6:00 p.m. at J.D. Parker Elementary School. Before this first session, we encourage community members to fill out a survey on topics and questions they would like to see covered during the town hall. Click here for the survey: https://bit.ly/48I7dLI This is a great opportunity to talk with fellow Martin County neighbors and MCSD leaders about legislation, safety, funding and all trends impacting our students’ educational experience. RSVP here: https://bit.ly/41JZZEK #ALLINMartin👊 #MCSDBetterTogether💫

👋 WELCOME BACK👋 We’ve missed you! We hope all of our students, employees and families had a nice, relaxing Winter Break! We are ready to make 2024 the best chapter yet in our learning journey together! 🍎📚 #ALLINMartin👊