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Please join me in congratulating our very own nurse Ana!!!  She has been awarded the Excellence in School Nursing Award for the southern section and will be recognized at the nurse’s conference in Monterey in February.  I am excited because I get to tag along as her guest to celebrate with her and represent Gant!

In other news, Dr. Baker, our district superintendent, was at Gant last week.  She walked through a few classrooms and our students asked her lots of questions.  She was able to see what I have been bragging about - we are amazing!!!!  Our students are engaged, teachers are working so hard, and all of our support staff are stepping up and lending a hand wherever needed. She was impressed!

COVID- thank you all for doing your part on keeping your kids home if they are sick, reporting absences whether they are sick or personal, and overall just being supportive of the office staff as they are navigating new protocols daily.

Mrs. Fanton 

Vaccination Status:
If your child is fully vaccinated, please make a copy and drop it off at the office.

Happy New Year, Gant Families!

Our first Family Night Out of 2022 is on Tuesday, January 25, and is being hosted by Noble Bird at 2nd and PCH. Order in or take out from 11am to 8pm, and 20% of your bill will be donated to our school. Show the flyer when you order. As always, ordering via delivery services will NOT give Gant credit.  Noble Bird is located at 6460 E. PCH, Suite 125.

Hi Gant Families!  

We are thrilled to be planning our annual Party for a Purpose at the Long Beach Yacht Club on Friday, March 25th, and we need your help! We are looking for both committee heads and volunteers to support the following committees:

1. Auction items for the silent auction (i.e. soliciting, gathering, and organizing items for the auction and creating displays for those items)
2. Design, decorations, and set-up (i.e. designing the Party for the Purpose website, creating a design for the party theme, creating signs for the venue, organizing decorations, organizing the photo booth, etc)

Also if you have connections or know of someone who is interested in donating auction items, please reach out.  

After these last two challenging years, it will be wonderful to get together as a community to raise money for programs at Gant.  But we need your help to be able to pull this off.  If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Katie Kilkenny and Christina Gentilini at wm@gant-pta.com.

The PTA is looking for an Auditor. The Auditor audits the PTA financial data generated by the Treasurer and Financial Secretary every three months (moderate time commitment). If you are interested or have any questions please email President@gant-pta.com

Please join CSNO Southern Section in congratulating our very own Anastacia "Ana" Speedone for receiving the Excellence in School Nursing Award 2021-2022 (CSNO SS). As last year's LBSNA School Nurse of the Year recipient, Ana was nominated for the CSNO SS Excellence in School Nursing Award and WON!

Ana and all section winners will be honored during the annual CSNO state conference in February.

We are so proud of you Ana! This is a well-deserved acknowledgement!

With 365 Veteran cards, 246 pairs of socks, and 219 toys, our Minnie Gant Gators and their families have proven how giving they are!  When the truck load of dolls, Legos, balls, and more pulled up, the representatives at Bethune were overwhelmed by the generosity and confirmed that the toys were to be given to homeless children in our own LBUSD for the holidays.  At the Tibor Rubin VA Hospital, the nurse at the Spinal Cord Injury Center who was sent down to pick up Gant’s donation of cards and socks had to make THREE trips to gather everything.  She expressed how thrilled the veterans would be to receive handmade heartfelt cards and warm socks—in some cases, fuzzy too!  Way to go Gant Gators!  You did it again!

Congratulations to Mrs. Lahera’s class for rounding up the most toys, and to Mrs. Coster’s and Ms. Moss’ classes, which tied for second place!  You have pizza coming your way!

Looking for diverse books to purchase for your kids?  Check out the Minnie Gant page on bookshop.org.

AND

If you have any suggestions of titles, please email dei@gant-pta.com with the Title and author and we will add it to this growing resource.

The LBUSD Office of Child Development Centers is now enrolling for our full-day, fee-based preschool program. Please visit our web site here for specific details regarding locations and contact information. For enrollment assistance, call 562-429-8636.

It's a hard time to be a kid right now. It's a hard time to be a parent and guardian right now. Minnie Gant students and families deserve all the support we can give them. Here are some resources we hope can help.

Gant Staff and Resources

This pandemic has brought unprecedented change and uncertainty into all of our lives. If you are in a difficult position, we encourage you to PLEASE ask for help!  You can reach out to our counselor, Laurie Wheels (lwheels@lbschools.net), or our principal Cassie Fanton (cfanton@lbschools.net) with any needs you may have. Your privacy is paramount and any discussions will be completely confidential.

LBUSD Family Resource Centers

LBUSD Family Resource Centers are available to support students' and families in so many ways  – from student mental/behavioral/emotional health to parent workshops to food/clothing resources, referrals, health care, and more. Please reach out! 

Website –  https://linktr.ee/LBUSDFRC

Instagram – @lbusdfrc

LBUSD Special Education Community Advisory Committee

The LBUSD Special Education CAC is open to everyone who wants to help students with exceptional needs obtain an appropriate, high-quality education, including parents, teachers, persons with disabilities, service providers and other concerned community members. A calendar of meetings and topics, including distance learning and sibling support, can be found here.

California State PTA Resources 

"Discussing Difficult Situations With Your Children"

Emotional Health Resources List