What's New

Here is where you can come to see what has been added to the Gretchen Everhart School Website since your last visit or after receiving an email message advising you that new information or pages had been posted to our Website (also check the Home Page for late breaking news).

What's New School Year 2008-09

We need help wrapping gifts for students that Santa (from Good Shepherd Catholic Church) will giving to students next Tuesday. Read about the call for Santa's helpers. (12/10/08)

We added information about the baskets and drawing to be held to win them at the Fall Festival.  (11/17/08)

Added information regarding the FSU Women's Basketball Team, an Everhart partner to the Partners & Volunteers Page.  (11/15/08)

Updated  Fall Festival 2008 page with schedule of activities.  (11/15/08)

Added notice regarding the SMILE program now offering a limited number of scholarships to our Home Page and the SMILE Home Page.  (11/13/08)

Added new Fall Festival 2008 page with information about the event as well as forms you can download to bring a cake for the silent auction or bake sale items and advance order meals.  (11/13/08)

Everhart Artists won a series of awards for their work at the "Celebration of La Florida".  Read more about it on Everhart Honors Page.  (11/10/08)

Added information about the semi-annual Everhart PTO fund raiser to our Fund Raising Page.  The PTO has an excellent selection of totes, polo shirts and ladies v-neck mid-sleeve t-shirts in a variety of colors and sizes, all with the Everhart logo.  You will find forms you can download to order the totes. polos or t-shirts on the Fund Raising page.  The deadline for submission of the forms is November 14!  (11/2/08)

Teachers,  added information and link to Leon County Schools Foundation Teacher Mini Grants Announcement on our Home Page.  (10/29/08)

Added pictures from the Monster Mash Dance (our Fall Dance) held Friday, October 24.  Thanks to Cherie Burton for taking the pictures!  (10/28/08)

Check out horseback riding, thanks to Fran Simmons for arranging this activity during the teacher workday on October 17 and Debra Taube for capturing the special event in pictures.  (10/28/08)

It took some time, but we are proud to announce that we have added eight (8) pages of pictures and Bill McGuire's wonderful narrative from the 19th edition of the Everhart Owl Run.  (10/27/08)

Added information about Red Ribbon Week and Owls Go Green to our Home Page.  (10/23/08)

Added information and downloadable form for the Fall Festival on our Home Page.  (10/15/08)

Added information regarding Deadline for submission of Box Tops to Home Page  and Fundraising Page.  (10/14/08)

Added information about the Monster Mash Dance, to be held October 24th, to the Home Page.  (10/3/08)

Added information about Dining to Donate (a Special Olympics Leon County fundraising activity) to the Home Page and Fundraising Page. (10/3/08)

Added blurb about free horseriding scheduled for October 17th to the Home Page.  (923/08)

Added accolades to Zellanye Hutchins named FABA's exemplary teacher of the state for her instructional and behavioral management techniques to the Home Page on September 22nd. (10/2/08 moved to Everhart Honors Page)

Thanks to Debra Taube, PTO President, parents should be aware of a Financial Educational Seminar for parents of children with special needs.  The seminar will be held at Lively Professional Training Center on Monday, September 22nd at 5:30.  Download the flyer regarding the event.  (9/19/08)

Added information about the Owl Run and call for volunteers to our Home Page. (9/17/08)

Added information and link on Home Page to a new page in Resources titled (APD) Tier Assignments.  (9/16/08)

Added Gretchen Everhart Owl Supporter Program to the Fund Raising Activities Page.  On this page you will find a flyer for the program that you can download in Word or PDF format.  (9/9/08)

Added Everhart Student Directory Sign-Up Sheet and Request to purchase the Student Directory to the Everhart PTO  Page.  (9/8/08)

Added information and link regarding the Everhart Book Fair to Home Page and Fund Raising Activities Page.  (8/31/08)

Added information and links to Letter of Intent for Camp Read-A-Lot (scheduled for September 25 - 28) to Home Page and in Activities.  Remember that the deadline for submission of the letter is next Tuesday, September 2nd.  (8/28/08)

Thanks for the assist from Liz Farmer, we have updated the Staff Directory for the current school year.  (8/26/08)

Added link and downloadable information about Campbell's Labels for Education to our Fund Raising Activities page.  (8/25/08)

Updated the 2008-09 Regular School Calendar (includes Everhart Events) and the PTO Activity Calendar.  (8/21/08)

While we hope that our area will be spared any violent weather we put together some information for after the storm that may be useful to you just in case.  (8/21/08)

Added list of proposed officers for the PTO Executive Committee for this coming school year.  (8/19/08)

Added partial list of school supplies needed (currently high school but will add other grade levels).  (8/17/08)

Updated all activities pages to reflect events that occurred during the past school year, 2007-08.  (8/15/08)

Rearranged School Information Page, moving a number of articles from our Home Page to this page as well as creating an Everhart & LCS Activities page.  (8/11/08)

Added link to 2007-08 School Public Accountability Report (located on our School Information page).  8/7/08

Added page with pictures of Andrew Wyatt's Eagle Scout project at our school.  (7/24/08)

First up, The Pyramid Players are presenting a play on August 8th.  Read more about it on our Leisure Activities page (short notice also on our Home Page).  (7/16/08)

What's New School Year 2007-08

Added information about the SMILE program hosting a Start with the Arts training by VSA (Very Special Arts) arts  of Florida for Parent Enrichment night on Thursday, June 19th at 6:00 pm in the Everhart Cafeteria.  It is free and open to all parents, teachers and staff!  (6/18/08)

Corrected SMILE - ESY Schedule.  (6/16/08)

Added information and link on our Home Page and Fund Raising Activities Page regarding Special Olympics Leon County's 1st Annual Pre-Independence Day Gala to be held on June 28th. (6/13/08)

Added wonderful Graduation Video, done by Marlow Lauterbach, to our Graduation 2008 page.  (6/12/08)

Added page with pictures from the Student Awards Ceremony held May 14th, highlighting the winners of the Principal's Achievement Awards (6/11/08).

Added something new (had to work out the bugs viewing it with Internet Explorer,  Prom 2008 pictures in a slide show/gallery! There are just over four (4) sets of pictures (16 to each of the first four pages) from the prom that you can view from a single web page. Check out Prom 2008 Pictures, and at the top of the page you will find some simple instructions for enjoying ALL of the pictures. (6/1-9/08)
Note: Fixed problem with viewing page in various browsers!  (6/10/08)

Added page with Summer 2008 ESY Schedule and  Parent Enrichment Activities to the SMILE Website and information regarding a Financial Planning Seminar to be held at the school on June 26th. Parent Enrichment Activities and the Financial Planning Seminar are open to all Everhart families. (6/9/08)

Added page with pictures from the SMILE Drama Class presentation of The Lion King (located on the SMILE Website), held May 27th in the Everhart Cafetorium.  (6/3/08)

Added new page with pictures from the annual Spring Clean-Up Day that was held on April 26th.  Thanks to Vicky Droze for the pictures.  (5/22/08)

Added new page regarding Graduation 2008, with pictures, letter written by our own Fran Simmons and a thanks to the folks that made it a the ceremony!  (5/22/08)

Added new section to school's website, titled Everhart Honors (to recognize awards, accolades, honors received by students, staff and volunteers).  This is a work in progress, so please keep checking back the next couple of days.(5/21/08)

Added information about the Everhart Fun Day, scheduled for this Friday, May 23rd, starting at 9:30.  (5/19/08)

Added a bunch of reminders about upcoming deadlines such as the 2007-08 Climate Survey, Yearbooks and Tee-Shirts to our Home Page.  Also added fundraising activity for Capital City Youth Services to our Fund Raising Activities page. (5/13/08)

Added notice on Home Page regarding presentation of The Lion King by the SMILE Drama Class on May 27th.  (5/9/08)

Added pictures and text to Home Page recognizing Michael Riley as an outstanding graduate.  (5/8/08)

Added information regarding Teacher Appreciation Week and Everhart Yearbook to Home Page.  (4/30 & 5/1/08)

Updated and added pictures from Spring Fling 2008.  (4/23/08)

Added pictures from Operation Prom Dress 2008, sponsored by the Junior League, to Prom 2008 Page.  (4/21/08)

Added notice to Home Page regarding our Annual Spring Clean Up Day and Prom Work Day scheduled for this Saturday, April 26.  (4/21/08)

Added information about a wonderful new PTO funding source that will benefit our school!  Read about GoodSearch and GoodShop on our Fund Raising Activities page, and get involved from the comfort of your living room or wherever your computer is located!  (4/16/08)

Added Spring Fling 2008, to consolidate needs and planned events for this activity. (4/14/08)

Added page to the SMILE Website announcing that Cameron Massa, Christina Holden and Jenny Chang were named 21st Century Grant - Shining Star Award Student, Volunteer and Teacher of the Year respectively for the State of Florida! (4/10/08)

Added 2008-09 Regular School Calendar.  (4/4/08)

Added information regarding SportsAbility 2008, scheduled for April 18 - 20 to our Leisure Activities Resource Page.  (4/3/08)

Added information about sharing our On-Line Volunteer Database with other schools (for free ;-) to the Computer Resources page.  (4/3/08)

In honor of Autism Awareness Month, we added a new Autism Resources Page that  focuses on Autism and Autism Related Disorders.  (4/2/08) 

Updated Home Page and Fund Raising Page regarding Used Book Sale to be held at the Spring Fling Festival on April 18th.  (4/2/08)

Added page with pictures from the annual visit by the Rough Riders to Gretchen Everhart School. (4/1/08)

Added page with pictures of the Dedication of the new high school building in honor of Fran Trafton.  (3/31/08)

Added link on our Assistive Technology page to a new Web site, Voice for Living, designed to make it easier for individuals who cannot speak and their families to find information about communication solutions.  (3/27/08)

What can best be titled, "better late than never", your Webmaster has (finally) posted an electronic version of the Everhart Express for October 2007 and December 2007 as well as the latest edition for March 2008.  A big thanks to Chris Morris, Everhart Express Editor Extraordinaire (talk about alliteration) for providing electronic versions of the newsletters!  (3/25-26/08)

Added GES Cheerleaders are Diamonds page with pictures from their first place and overall spirit award at the Diamond Cheer & Dance event held at Tallahassee Community College.  (3/22/08)

Added new section titled Fund Raising Activities so that you will be able to go to one place on our school's website and find  all the ways you can help your school and PTO raise money that benefit all our children!  (3/21/08)

Added approved revision of the Everhart PTO By-Laws (dated 11/8/07) to the  Everhart PTO Page.  (3/21/08)

Prom 2008 "Jungle Boogie" is fast approaching.  Check out some important dates leading up to the big night.  (3/18/08)

After adding the new page regarding our tennis champions, your webmaster had a light bulb moment and realized that it was time to set aside a section of our school's website to acknowledge the accomplishments of our Special Olympians and Cheerleaders.  That was done by moving all of our web pages relating to Special Olympics and Cheerleading to a new section titled Special Activities.  Enjoy! (3/18/08)

Updated Home Page as well as adding a new page with pictures of  the accomplishments of Cassie G. and Brittany N. as well as our very own Jenny Chang, Jenny Chang, Everhart's Adapted Physical Education Teacher/Special Olympics Campus Coordinator at the National Special Olympics Tennis Competition held at the Van der Meer International Tennis Center in Hilton Head, South Carolina.  (3/17/08) 

Updated Home Page with the great news and pictures of our  Everhart Unified Basketball Team winning gold medals in the 2008 Special Olympics State Basketball Championships in the Division 4 Unified Masters Division! (3/12/08)

Updated Everhart History Page with information that former Principal Susan Raker will be visiting on Friday, March 14th to help us learn a little more about the history of our school.  (3/11/08)

Added a new page with pictures (thanks Debra Taube) from Staff Appreciation Week that was held February 25 - 28.  (3/10/08)

Added a new page with pictures from the Everhart Cheerleaders Showdown in O-Town 2008 version of the National Cheerleading Championship.  (3/3/08)   Added pictures taken by Debra Taube to page.  (3/7/08)

Added the announcement of Christina Holden as Florida Department of Education’s 2008 Outstanding Youth School Volunteer Award for the State of Florida to our Home Page along with the press release and a lot more pictures to a page  recognizing Christina's accomplishment.  (2/29/08)

Updated Everhart's Calendar of Events (Share Point Web - opens in new window).  (2/6/08)

Finally, added a page of pictures from the Fall Festival 2007, held November 16.  My apologies for the delay in getting this posted.  (2/5/08)

Added information and link for Teachers to FreeReading.net on the Teachers Resources page.  This is a free, open source reading program that has been officially adopted by the state of Florida.  Parents may find this a wonderful resource as well.  (2/5/08)

Added pages (total of 11 to be exact!) from Santa's visit to Gretchen Everhart School on December 17th.  Something that would not have been possible without the wonderful generosity of the folks at Good Shepherd Catholic Church!  (2/1/08)

Added wonderful article and pictures from Tallahassee Democrat regarding the Everhart Special Olympics Basketball Game against Leon High School.  (1/31/08)

Added Search page for Everhart site.  If you can't find it on the Site Map, do a search for it.  (1/29/08)

On the SMILE Website, added Parent Class Choice Spring 2008, SMILE Daily Schedule and Spring 2008 Course Descriptions. (1/22 - 1/23/08)

Added Tallahassee Democrat article and pictures regarding the Norman Family and their involvement in Special Olympics. (1/22/08)

Updated On-Line Volunteer Database (link on Home Page) and entered all volunteer hours through January 18, 2008.  (1/19 - 1/21/08)

Updated Home Page regarding series of upcoming activities such as ESE Family Conference, Special Olympics etc.  (1/16 - 17/08)

Added Benefit for FSU Autism Project Page. (1/14/08)

Updated Partners & Volunteers Page, Local Resources and Leisure Resource Page (1/11/08)

Added pictures from a Luncheon from a luncheon recognizing our Everhart Foster Grandparents and all the other Foster Grandparents working in Leon County Schools.  (12/17/07)

Added pictures and article (thanks Jackie!) from the visit by Sergeant Alexander Torelli, 82nd Airborne, U.S. Army to our senior classes on December 5th. (12/17/07)

Added pictures from the Mural Restoration Project that was held November 28th.  A BIG thanks to the Tallahassee Democrat for allowing us to use some of the photos from their on-line gallery of photos! (12/7/07)

Updated Everhart Box Tops for Education page to include a link for the Box Tops Holiday Gift Guide.   Earn money for our school while doing your Holiday shopping! (12/5/07)

Added new page, Parenting Resources that focuses on providing parents with useful information that will (hopefully) make parenting a child with special needs a little easier.  You will note with this page and the one on Leisure Activity Resources that we are trying to centralize resources by broad subject matter.  Bear with us.... (12/5/07) 

Added new page, Leisure Activity Resources that focuses on fun, leisure activities designed for you and your child with special needs. (12/4/07)

Added information to Home Page in reference to Leon County School Board meetings to be held regarding new school attendance zones.  (12/3/07)

Thanks to the kindness and generosity of Dorret Goodwin, we now have an On-Line Volunteer Database!  Links to the database (along with instructions on how to use it) are located on our Home Page.  (11/29/07)

Added news about Challenger Soccer Registration and the Panhandle Cup Golf Tournament to our Home Page.  (11/28/07)  Information regarding Challenger Sports has been added to the Local Resources page.  (12/3/07)

Added six (count them six) pages of pictures and a wonderful article written by our own Bill McGuire regarding Everhart's Owl Run 2007.  (Completed 10/11/07, linked to website 11/15/07)

Added food menu and downloadable order form to Fall Festival 2007 page.  (11/11/07)

Added Fall Festival 2007 page with activities planned as well as what you as students and parents can do to make  the Fall Festival a success for your school!  (11/7/07)

Posted four pages of pictures from the Elks Camp 2007 version.  (Completed 10/20/07, linked to website 11/7/07)

Added information about Cartridges for Kids a new PTO fund raising activity that everyone can join.  (10/31/07)

Added items needed for Fall Festival to our Home Page.  (10/31/07)

Added proposed changes to Everhart PTO By-Laws.  PTO members are asked to look over the changes before November 7. (10/30/07)

Added a link to Keeping Kids Home from School - A Guide for Parents to our Home Page (temporary link) and on the School Information Page.  (10/18/07)

Added link to A Parent Guide 2007-08 on the Home Page and on the School Information Page.  (10/16/07)

Added new PTO Committee Sign-Up Form from PTO President Debra Taube.  (10/14/07)

Added information on our Home Page about a Benefit Performance (Vocal Recital) to be held October 14th.  (10/5/07)

Added information about a Parent Workshop scheduled for October 16th to our Home Page.  (10/2/07)

Added information regarding Everhart t-shirts for sale until October 5th to Home page and PTO Fundraising page.  (9/30/07)

Updated Home page with information regarding Owl Run (9/21/07)

Added pictures of Michael R. playing golf and Bernie B. riding horses to our What I Did This Summer page (entries are still welcome ;-).  (9/16/07)

Added PTO Executive Committee Meeting Notes from July 10th meeting.  (9/14/07)

Added article from USA Today titled: How to help loved ones with mental disabilities 10 Tips: Mental illness can be emotionally — and financially — draining.  (9/14/07)

Added approved revisions to PTO By-Laws and PTO Operating Budget for SY 07-08 to Everhart PTO Page.  (9/13/07)

On the School Improvement Page, added PowerPoint presentation of proposed 2007-08 School Improvement Plan as well as 2006-07 School Improvement Plan Final Report.  (9/13/07)

Added letter from Principal Jane Floyd Bullen regarding the Book Fair which starts September 17th to the Home Page.  (9/12/07)

Updated Staff Directory page.  (9/11/07)

Added forms you can download for the Everhart Student Directory as well as forms you can download to volunteer for PTO activities that will occur during the school year.  (9/9/07)

Updated the PTO Fundraising page to include information regarding Target's Take Charge of Education® program. (9/3/07).

Added course descriptions, class schedules, permission forms as well other required forms to SMILE Website (opens in new window).  (8/26/07)

Added final draft of revisions to PTO By-Laws and proposed PTO budget for School Year 2007-08 to Everhart PTO page.  Both of these items will be discussed at the Open House/PTO meeting scheduled for September 11Th. (8/23/07)

Started What I Did This Summer page.  For it to work, Everhart students, parents and staff need to submit a picture or two and brief description of what they did this summer to your Webmaster who will post it as soon as possible. (8/15/07)

Updated information on Division of Blind Services, located on Local/State Resources page. (8/14/07)

Added link on Home Page for Everhart Teachers to request Tech Support.  (8/10/07)

Added information and links to iRecycle initiative on Home Page.  (8/9/07)

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