Dear Families,
Recently there have been rumors posted on Facebook concerning an infestation of bed bugs at the Carrie Gosch Early Learning Center. I would like to inform our families and our entire community that there is no infestation of any kind of insect at Carrie Gosch Early Learning Center. We have been issued a report from Anderson Pest Solutions indicating that no bed bugs are present at our facility. Furthermore, our maintenance and cleaning staff routinely monitor and sanitize our classrooms. Our goal at the Carrie Gosch Early Learning Center is to provide a safe and rigorous learning environment. If there are any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at Carrie Gosch Early Learning Center. My contact number is 219-391-4172.
Special thanks to the Pena family for all of their help with this event!
School Family,
Wednesday, September 25, 2019 is our first practice e-Learning Day. Students will remain at home and access their lessons online. There will be no classes hosted at the Carrie Gosch Early Learning Center on Wednesday. We are practicing so that things go smoothly on an actual e-Learning Day that will be implemented in the instance of inclement weather. The link below provides the details for e-Learning Days. Please contact your child's teacher if you require a paper packet or have any questions concerning e-Learning.
E learning Letter for Gosch Web Page.docx
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Indiana Parenting Institute
Students at Gosch learn about self-regulation. Conscious Discipline helps us to teach the students to get ready to problem solve by intentionally teaching the students to identify their emotions and learn how to deal with them. Intense feelings such as anger, frustration, anxiety and fear may be something that your child encounters when beginning school. Our staff utilize strategies from Dr. Becky Bailey to support our students as they learn to manage their emotions.
New to Carrie Gosch ELC this school year is The Baby Doll Circle Time. The circle time is designed to teach students empathy. Specifically, The Baby Doll Circle Time incorporates skills such as attention, self-regulation, impulse control and initiative. Learning these skills help students develop positive relationships with others and supports academic learning. The circle time is facilitated through engaging social activities, such as singing and rhyming and is presented as play to the students. There is also a connection from home to school that is created during this activity.
If you would like to learn more about Conscious Discipline or the Baby Doll Circle, let your child's teacher know. Your child's teacher will provide printed information. If we have enough interested parties, we will host an informational session at Gosch in the Parent Cafe.
County Line Apple Orchard
County Line Apple Orchard
STEM Room Visit
Making Shapes
Conscious Discipline Breathing Technique- The Balloon
Pre-K: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Elementary Schools: 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM (Late Start Wednesdays: <9:00 AM - 3:00 PM>)
Middle School: 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM (Late Start Wednesdays: <9:30 AM - 3:30 PM>)
High School: 7:30 AM - 2:30 PM (Late Start Wednesdays: <8:30 AM - 2:30 PM>)
School Family,
Last month the Carrie Gosch Early Learning Center hosted a Meet and Greet and an Open House. Our Community Partners and families visited us for the Open House. We hope that you had a chance to meet your child's teacher and receive a copy of our handbook during the meetings. If you haven't received a copy of the Handbook, please let your child's teacher know so that we can send you a copy.
The Carrie Gosch Early Learning Center has adopted a new curriculum for the 2019-2020 school year. Our new Unit of Study this month will feature Family & Friends. Each classroom will build a friends and family board near their classroom and the staff is also building a friends and family board. Next time you are in the building, please look at the displays as they are going up. Within the next few weeks, the students will work on counting to 4, sorting and comparing objects by two attributes, identifying objects that begin with the letter m and the letter a, identifying quantities of more or less and mixing yellow and blue to make green. Students will also be encouraged to draw pictures to share their thoughts with others. The featured book for the unit is The Three Bears. We will ask our students to re-tell the story at the end of our unit. You can help us by reading the Three Bears at home. Repeated readings help the students build their comprehension skills.
Hispanic Heritage Night will be hosted from 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM on Thursday, September 26, 2019. Please join us in the cafeteria to participate in the celebration. Our first e-Learning Day will be on Wednesday, September 25, 2019. Students will remain at home on the e-Learning Day. Our teaching staff has prepared a lesson for your child. It can be found on the District's web page under the Parent's tab. Just look for the Ready to Advance Tab. Also, you can find the Ready to Advance tab on the Gosch web page under the Parent's Tab. The online portal for lessons will open when you click the link. Your child's teacher will provide you with the username and password for your child. When you start the lesson there are stories and videos for your child to work on. If you have any questions concerning e-Learning, please visit our Class Dojo for more information. You may also send a direct message to your child's teacher to help you find the lesson and access the activities on the Class Dojo.
Click the link below to find the Pre-K bus routes
