Welcome to Gurdon Primary School's Parent and Family Virtual Resource Center. Here you will find curated resources intended to help our students, their parents, and their families with daily needs.

Gurdon Primary School recognizes that parents, families, and the community at large impact the success of students and the personnel working with those students.

 

We invite our various stakeholders to navigate this portion of our website, to access the resources, to suggest improvements, and to help us to meet the needs of all stakeholders for the benefit of our students.

• GPS School Engagement Survey

• GPSD Parent Family and Community Volunteers during COVID-19 (form not currently active)

Students and families can access the Home Access Center (HAC) for grades, communication, etc. using the following link...

https://hac20.esp.k12.ar.us/HomeAccess20/Account/LogOn?ReturnUrl=%2fHomeAccess20%2f

• Accessing Google Classroom

• How to Join a Google Classroom

• Turning in Assignments in Google Classroom

• How to Unsubmit/Submit Work in Google Classroom

As the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) seeks to support schools and districts in planning efforts for engaging families and community, these documents serve as tools for considering each of the components required by State and Federal regulations.

The way in which each school or district responds to each section and its components is to be determined by the committee members and leadership team.

The district shall submit its plan to ADE and shall also post it to the district website by August 1st each year.

Our planning documents are found in the State-Required Section of our website found here.

Our school receives federal funds for programs that are part of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended (2015). Throughout the school year, we will continue to provide you with important information about this law and your child's education. Based on current education law, teachers must have earned State certification and licensure. State certification and licensure is the training required to be a teacher.

We are very proud of our teachers and feel they are ready for the coming school year. We are prepared to give your child a high- quality education. You have the right to request information about the professional qualifications of your child’s teacher(s) or paraprofessional(s). A paraprofessional provides academic or other support for students under the direct supervision of a teacher. If you request this information, the district or school will provide you with the following as soon as possible:

• if the teacher has met State certification and licensing requirements for the grade levels and subjects for which the teacher provides

  instruction;

• if state certification and licensing requirements have been waived (is not being required at this time) for the teacher under emergency

  or other temporary status;

• if the teacher is teaching in the field of discipline for which they are certified or licensed;

• if the teacher has met State-approved or State-recognized certification, licensing, registration, or other comparable requirements. These requirements apply to the professional discipline in which the teacher is working and may include providing English language instruction to English learners, special education or related services to students with disabilities, or both; and

• if your child is receiving Title I or Special Education services from paraprofessionals, his or her qualifications.

Our staff are committed to helping your child develop the social, academic and critical thinking he or she needs to succeed in school and beyond. That commitment includes making sure that all of our teachers and paraprofessionals are highly skilled.

If you would like to request information about your child’s teacher(s) or paraprofessional(s), or if you have any questions about your child’s assignment to a teacher or paraprofessional, please use this form to contact our campus for more information.

Our Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) consists of parents and school personnel work on goals to enhance activities at Gurdon Primary School including volunteerism, encouragement of teachers and students, community involvement, and welfare of students and families.

The GPS PTO usually meets monthly and conducts business based on the current needs. The GPS PTO uses officers from among the volunteers including the following:

• President

• Secretary

• Treasurer

• Local Community Resources

  1. The Community Pantry of Gurdon

     • Facebook Page

     • Address: 106 E Walnut; Gurdon, AR 71743

     • Phone: (870) 230-7628

  2. Gurdon Water Department

     • Address: 103 W Maple St; Gurdon, AR 71743

     • Phone: (870) 353-2951

  3. Gurdon Library

     • Address: 204 E Walnut St, Gurdon, AR 71743

     • Phone: (870) 353-2911

• Safety - Video and printable materials are available from a number of helpful sources. These are some of the ones that you may find useful by category.

  1. Anti-bullying:

     • NoBully.org

     • Stomp Out Bullying

  2. Internet safety and cyberbullying:

     • Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge's Education Programs: Internet Safety

     • Safewise Internest Safety Guide for Kids

     • Internet Safety 101 Homepage

     • Cyberbullying.org

• Academic Resources - Video and printable materials are available from a number of helpful sources. These are some of the ones that you may find useful by category.

  1. Grade/Course Expectations and Refrigerator Curriculum (coming soon)

  2. Literacy:

     Amplify CKLA Resources for Families

  3. Math: Great Minds' Eureka Math Parent/Family Support

• Health and Wellness

  1. ARKids First

     • ARKids First is a health insurance program that provides coverage for thousands of children across the state. It covers well-child checkups, eye exams, dental checkups and more. It’s insurance that is growing healthy kids in Arkansas and it might be the answer for health coverage for your children.

     • ARKids First covers many of the preventive services and medical care your child may need, including important childhood immunizations and well-child checkups.

     • The ARKids program provides a full package of benefits under two coverage options based on family income: There is no charge when you child participates in ARKids A. For ARKids B, there are co-payment required for some services.

     • If you have questions please call the ARKids hotline at 1-888-474-8275 Monday through Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

     • For more information, click here.

  2. Immunizations

     • Not sure which vaccines your child should be getting? Check out the CDC’s immunization schedule here.

  3. Copies of Birth Certificates

     • Need a copy of your birth certificate? Check out the Arkansas Department of Health's webpage here.

  4. Go Noodle

     • Want to do more Go Noodle at home? Check out the family resources here.