School Information

• Calendars/Other School Information

• School Supplies - New

• School Menus

• GES PTO

• School Advisory Council

• School Improvement Plan & School Public Accountability Report (SPAR)

• Everhart Yearbook

• 2007-08 Parents Guide

• Keeping Kids Home from School - Parent's Guide

• Open House SY 07-08

• Change in School Hours

• Everhart Song

• Carving Out Our Legacy

Also, check out Gretchen Everhart School and Leon County Schools district-wide Activities and Initiatives.

Welcome Back Students, Hope Your Summer was Great!

We hope your child and you had a great Summer, and are ready for the start of the school year.  There are some great things planned for the 2008-2009 School Year.

We wanted to make sure you have the following important dates:

Open House
Thursday, September 11th 6:00 – 8:00

Owl Run
Thursday, September 25th

Camp Read A Lot
September 25th – 28th

Look forward to seeing you and your child on August 15th!

Calendars/Other School Information

• 2008-09 Regular School Calendar
• 2008-09 School Calendar with Gretchen Everhart School Events/Activities
• PTO Activity Calendar
• Everhart Express (our school's quarterly newsletter)
• Maps: Close-up or Distant View

GES Parent Teacher Organization

• Everhart Parent/Teacher Organization
• PTO Activity Calendar
• Fundraising Activities

School Advisory Council

• School Advisory Council Calendar & News

School Improvement Plan & SPAR

The Gretchen Everhart School Improvement Plan was reviewed at a public hearing held at the school on Tuesday, September 11, 2007.  Final approval of the plan will occur at the School Advisory Council Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, September 26th at 6:30.

Information regarding the School Improvement Plan (past and present are available on our GES Improvement Plan page.

2007-08 School Public Accountability Report (SPAR)

Everhart Yearbook

Thanks to the wonderful folks at Leon High School, our school will once again have a yearbook!  Yearbooks will be distributed in the Fall of 2008, and will include the entire school, from the Owl's Nest up to Post Secondary.  The full color yearbook will chronicle all of the activities that took place at our school during the 2007-08 School Year.

The cost for each yearbook is $15.  Half page ads are $50, Quarter page ads are $25 and a Line Ad (up to 20 words) is $5.  Ad space is limited, and must be submitted by May 19th.

Download Yearbook Form - Word or PDF format

2007-08 Parent Guide

A Parent Guide for 2007-08, prepared by Leon County Schools, is available online.  The Guide provides a wealth of information that should prove very useful to you.

Note: The Guide is in Adobe PDF format.  To view it you will need a copy of Adobe Reader.  A link to the free software is available at the bottom of this page.

Download Parent Guide for 2007-08 School Year.

Keeping Kids Home from School - A Guide for Parents

Please read the attached guide as it relates to keeping your child home from school when they are ill.   Download the Guide (in PDF format).

Call the clinic and speak to one of our wonderful  clinic staff members if you have any questions about your child coming to school.

Jill Klein, RN kleinj@mail.leon.k12.fl.us
Jan Oldenburg, RN oldenburgj@mail.leon.k12.fl.us
Leslie Montenez, SHA montenezl@mail.leon.k12.fl.us

Open House SY 07-08

The Gretchen Everhart School Open House was a great success!  Not only did Jane Floyd Bullen manage to pilot us through the proposed School Improvement Plan, your PTO had a brief business meeting which accomplished a number of things such as revisions to the By-Laws, the Budget, and volunteer opportunities in the coming weeks!

Principal Jane Floyd Bullen presents the
Gretchen Everhart School Improvement Plan

Some of the folks who attended the Open House
(meeting occurred in our new Cafeteria/Auditorium ;-)

Change in School Hours

Effective August 20th (the first day of the 2007-08 school year) the school day will be from 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.

This change in the school day will impact the before and after school SMILE program with those hours to be posted shortly.

Everhart Song

Thanks to the wonderful talent of Music Therapy Intern Olivia Swedberg, Gretchen Everhart School has its own school song! Ms. Swedberg talked to staff and students to find out what they liked best about our school. She then put pen to paper and came up with the song.

Listen to Everhart Song (1,299 Kbs in Windows Media Audio format [wma]). 

Carving Out Our Legacy

A famous tree was revived in Tallahassee. Very Special Arts (VSA) of Florida sponsored a tree carving at Gretchen Everhart School, skillfully crafted by local artist John Birch. Last year, the tree was removed from under the bedroom window of the Governor’s Mansion. Everhart was selected as one of the fortunate recipients of a portion of that tree.

Carving Out Our Legacy - read a wonderful article written by our own Audra Burch, Speech-Language Pathologist about the addition of this very special owl sculpture to the grounds of Gretchen Everhart School.

Also. check out the Tree Dedication Ceremony held on March 1st as well as Carving the Tree - In Pictures (thanks to Audra Burch  for the pictures ;-).

Page updated: 08/31/2008