NEW UPDATE: The GK COGS app has an update! Check out these new features - https://youtu.be/zW9d0VzqDFI.
A huge thank you to our amazing PTO for their generous support during conferences! 🌟 We are so grateful for the thoughtful gesture of providing dinner for our staff!
Due to the canceled school day we had on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, we will use Thursday, May 29, 2025 as a make up day. Students last attendance day will now be on Wednesday, May 28, 2025.
New GK COGS app features coming mid-February! Keeping our families and community informed and connected to our schools and our teachers is a top priority. Therefore, your family's experience is about to become even better with a new update to the GK COGS mobile app!
The app updates include:
- one view, one experience
- quick access to recent updates
check out this video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW9d0VzqDFI
🎉 Our last Teachers’ Institute was packed with excitement! Before diving into professional development courses, staff had the opportunity to join sessions where students were the teachers! 📝✨From hands-on activities to fun-filled moments, the day was a perfect mix of learning, wellness and inspiration. A huge shoutout to our amazing students and staff for making it a success!
Thank you to the following:
Christi Volkening - hosting Wellness Event!
GKMS Woven Club - crocheting class
GKMS Tech/eSports Club - 3D printing class
GKMS & GKHS Art Club - clay pinch pots & abstract painting classes
GKHS Floral Design Class - floral mug arrangement class
GKHS Golf Team - golf lesson
GKHS Culinary Arts - flavor combinations class
GES is holding a Super Bowl Food Drive!!!!
Shoutout to our amazing building and grounds and transportation departments! These early risers work hard to make sure our sidewalks and parking lots are safe and our buses are ready to roll. Thanks for keeping us moving, no matter what the weather! ❄️🚌
Due to extreme cold temperatures in the forecast, Genoa-Kingston will be closed tomorrow, Tuesday, January 21, 2025. Please stay safe!
Our 5th graders are getting creative in their STEM encore class! 🔧✨ They’re teaming up to design and build prosthetic legs for Revolutionary War soldiers—combining science, history, and teamwork in one awesome project.
GES yearbook orders have been sent home!!! Yearbooks are $14.00. Orders are due March 7, 2025.
The staff at Genoa Elementary School wishes you and your families a Happy Holiday and a Joyful New Year! School will resume on Monday, January 6, 2025.
On Tuesday, December 17, 2024 there will be a Board of Education Meeting. This meeting will begin at 6:30PM in closed session. The regular meeting will begin immediately following the closed session.
📍 Agenda: https://go.boarddocs.com/genoa/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=D4SPB363963F
📍 Live Stream: https://www.youtube.com/@GenoaKingstonSchoolDistrict424/streams
📚✨ Genoa Elementary School 5th Grade Spelling Bee ✨📚
We are so proud of all the students who participated in our 5th grade Spelling Bee! After a fantastic competition, please join us in congratulating our winners:
🏆 Bennett, Emily, and Kenna! 🎉
They will be representing Genoa Elementary at the District Spelling Bee on January 15th. 🎯
Also, a big shoutout to Cooper, who will be joining us as our alternate! We wish them all the best as they compete at the district level! 🥳
This year, Genoa Elementary's music teacher, Miss Andrews, started an afterschool choir, called Genoa Beginning Choir (GBC). She has well over 50 students participating. They performed at their first concert last night along with the middle and high school choirs. They were amazing, after only 8 practices or 8 hours of practice. A special shout out to Miss Andrews and fulfilling her dream of a youth choir. Great job!!!
Genoa Elementary Holiday Dress Up Days
Let's have some fun the week before winter break!
December 16 - Holiday Colors- Wear your favorite holiday colors.
December 17 - Hats Off to You- Wear a holiday or winter hat.
December 18 - It’s Feeling Like Flannel- Wear your flannel!
December 19 - Merry Morning- Wear your PJs!
December 20 - The Weather Outside is Frightful and so is this Ugly Sweater! Wear your Ugly Sweater.
GES students working on their stop motion videos during their STEM encore class.
REMINDER: There will be no school Wednesday, November 27, 2024 through Friday, November 29, 2024. Have a great break and we will see you back in school on Monday, December 2, 2024!
On Tuesday, November 19, 2024 there will be a Board of Education Meeting. This meeting will begin at 6:30 PM in closed session. Our regular meeting will begin immediately following closed session.
📍 Agenda: https://go.boarddocs.com/genoa/Board.nsf/goto?open...
📍 Live Stream: https://youtube.com/live/AtuvVjIWgys?feature=share
GES Picture Retakes are Tueday, December 3, 2024.
🎉 Huge congratulations to our fantastic music teachers, Ms. Andrews and Mr. Drews, on receiving the Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation Fund Grant to enhance their classrooms! We’re excited to see the music and creativity that will flourish with these new resources. Big thank you to the DeKalb County Community Foundation (IL) for the grant!
