Putting Blackhawks First ✨
Here at Carlos Gilbert Elementary, the GO Bond will provide HVAC upgrades for healthy, comfortable classrooms.
✅ The Mill Levy supports all SFPS schools and public charter schools—funding maintenance, equipment, and paying our hardworking custodians. Also, the GO Bond & Mill Levy will not raise taxes!
Learn more at www.sfps.info
Here at Carlos Gilbert Elementary, the GO Bond will provide HVAC upgrades for healthy, comfortable classrooms.
✅ The Mill Levy supports all SFPS schools and public charter schools—funding maintenance, equipment, and paying our hardworking custodians. Also, the GO Bond & Mill Levy will not raise taxes!
Learn more at www.sfps.info
Great news from SFPS! 📚 Student reading proficiency grew to 42%, continuing our upward trend, while math proficiency held steady at 22% for 2024–25.
This progress is a direct result of our incredible teachers, school leaders, and students working together toward excellence. 💪
👉 Check out the full press release to learn more.
This progress is a direct result of our incredible teachers, school leaders, and students working together toward excellence. 💪
👉 Check out the full press release to learn more.
🎒 SFPS 2026–2027 K–12 School Choice Lottery Opens November 1!
The School Choice Lottery for K–12 students opens November 1, 2025. Apply for a school outside your child’s assigned attendance area for the 2026–2027 school year.
👉 Apply by January 31, 2026 to secure priority placement at www.sfps.info/page/lottery.
📄 See the flyer for more information.
There will be no school on Friday, October 10, and Monday, October 13 in observance of Fall Break and Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Admin offices will be open. Enjoy the long weekend—we’ll see everyone back in class on Tuesday, October 14! 🍂✨To see more important calendar dates, visit 🔗 https://5il.co/3dqqe
No School, October 10th and 13th.
Have a great restful break!
Have a great restful break!
What is the Carlos Gilbert Halloween Carnival?
The Halloween Carnival is a monster-sized fundraiser organized by the Carlos Gilbert PTK and held at Carlos Gilbert Elementary every October.
This fundraiser, happening on Saturday, October 25, 2025 from noon to 5pm, is your chance to make a big impact on our students and teachers. Your support helps fund essential classroom supplies, clubs, team equipment, tutoring, field trips, and enrichment programs like dance, theater, cooking, trout raising, and team-building activities.
Enjoy games, prizes, raffles, music, food, bouncy houses, a costume contest, a haunted house, and many more tricks and treats.
Carnival Games
The Halloween Carnival is a monster-sized fundraiser organized by the Carlos Gilbert PTK and held at Carlos Gilbert Elementary every October.
This fundraiser, happening on Saturday, October 25, 2025 from noon to 5pm, is your chance to make a big impact on our students and teachers. Your support helps fund essential classroom supplies, clubs, team equipment, tutoring, field trips, and enrichment programs like dance, theater, cooking, trout raising, and team-building activities.
Enjoy games, prizes, raffles, music, food, bouncy houses, a costume contest, a haunted house, and many more tricks and treats.
Carnival Games
Fall Picture Day
Wednesday, October 15th
Wednesday, October 15th
🚀 The SFPS Listening & Learning Tour starts TODAY!
Join Superintendent Dr. Christine Griffin and SFPS leadership for the first community forum — a welcoming space to share feedback, ask questions, and connect.
📍 Forum 1: Monday, Sept. 29 | 5:30–7 PM @ Nina Otero Community School | 5901 Herrera Dr.
Hybrid: Attend in-person or via Google Meet
✨ Free childcare for K–6 students
✨ Spanish interpretation available
Your voice matters—don’t miss this chance to help shape the future of SFPS!
👉 Meeting link: https://meet.google.com/efq-eznm-wgi
Join Superintendent Dr. Christine Griffin and SFPS leadership for the first community forum — a welcoming space to share feedback, ask questions, and connect.
📍 Forum 1: Monday, Sept. 29 | 5:30–7 PM @ Nina Otero Community School | 5901 Herrera Dr.
Hybrid: Attend in-person or via Google Meet
✨ Free childcare for K–6 students
✨ Spanish interpretation available
Your voice matters—don’t miss this chance to help shape the future of SFPS!
👉 Meeting link: https://meet.google.com/efq-eznm-wgi
Doin' the Friday Happy Dance!
"Dance is the joy of movement and the heart of life".
"Dance is the joy of movement and the heart of life".
When to Stay Home Sick
It is sometimes hard to know if a child is too sick to attend school. Children with the following should stay home:
Fevers of 100 degrees or higher
Vomiting or diarrhea due to illness
When advised to stay home by a provider
Rash, without a medical release
If symptoms make it difficult to participate in school
Students with fever should not return to school until the fever has been gone for 24 hours, without the use of fever reducing medication. Some of the decision to send your child to school, or not, depends on your child’s energy level and ability to participate in school. Children with a rash must present a note from a healthcare provider in order to return to school. Students with mild congestion, mild sore throat, or mild cough – without fever and not taking fever reducing medication – can usually attend school.
It is sometimes hard to know if a child is too sick to attend school. Children with the following should stay home:
Fevers of 100 degrees or higher
Vomiting or diarrhea due to illness
When advised to stay home by a provider
Rash, without a medical release
If symptoms make it difficult to participate in school
Students with fever should not return to school until the fever has been gone for 24 hours, without the use of fever reducing medication. Some of the decision to send your child to school, or not, depends on your child’s energy level and ability to participate in school. Children with a rash must present a note from a healthcare provider in order to return to school. Students with mild congestion, mild sore throat, or mild cough – without fever and not taking fever reducing medication – can usually attend school.
CGE had a blast at the Santa Fe Fiesta Pet Parade on Saturday! Our message to children was "Don't get caught in the web, be safe on the internet." Go Blackhawks!
The Santa Fe Fiesta Court visited 4th graders this week at CGE!
Every harvest begins with a few strong seedlings! The garden @ CGE is plentiful.
Carlos Gilbert Kindergartners had a special visitor today! Mr. Jacob Romero, Construction Chair for Zozobra, visited and taught the students about Zozobra. He even asked them what color Zozobra's hair should be this year. Thank you Mr. Romero for visiting our Blackhawks!
Are you a Super H.E.R.O?
Here
Everyday
Ready and
On time
We love having our students at school everyday ready and on time. Together we are Super!
Here
Everyday
Ready and
On time
We love having our students at school everyday ready and on time. Together we are Super!
Strong communication between families and schools is key to supporting every child’s success. This guide will help you make sure you’re receiving all important updates from your child’s teacher, school, and the district. For more information on how to access these platforms, FAQs, and short videos on MyPowerHub features, visit: sfps.education/mypowerhub.
CGE Merch
We just got a new shipment of hoodies and zipper sweatshirts in adult and youth sizes! New: $5 water bottles and 20oz Yeti coffee mugs. https://www.carlosgilbertptk.com/shop
We just got a new shipment of hoodies and zipper sweatshirts in adult and youth sizes! New: $5 water bottles and 20oz Yeti coffee mugs. https://www.carlosgilbertptk.com/shop
Let's go!
2025-2026 Blackhawks, we are off to great start
School starts at 8am, with a tardy bell at 8:05am. School ends at 3:15pm M-Th, and 1:05pm on Friday.
2025-2026 Blackhawks, we are off to great start
School starts at 8am, with a tardy bell at 8:05am. School ends at 3:15pm M-Th, and 1:05pm on Friday.
Please see attachments for an important update regarding afterschool programming for school year 2025-26.
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Consulte los archivos adjuntos para obtener una actualización importante sobre el programa extracurricular para el año escolar 2025-2026.
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Consulte los archivos adjuntos para obtener una actualización importante sobre el programa extracurricular para el año escolar 2025-2026.
Reminder! All students must have required vaccines or an approved exemption to attend school. This is especially important for Pre-K, 7th, and 12th grade students. Free immunizations are available through SFPS, with walk-in clinics on July 25, July 30, and August 6.
¡Recordatorio! Todos los estudiantes deben tener las vacunas requeridas o una exención aprobada para asistir a la escuela. Esto es especialmente importante para los estudiantes de prekínder, 7.º y 12.º grado. Las vacunas son gratuitas y están disponibles a través de SFPS, con clínicas sin cita previa los días 25 y 30 de julio y 6 de agosto.
¡Recordatorio! Todos los estudiantes deben tener las vacunas requeridas o una exención aprobada para asistir a la escuela. Esto es especialmente importante para los estudiantes de prekínder, 7.º y 12.º grado. Las vacunas son gratuitas y están disponibles a través de SFPS, con clínicas sin cita previa los días 25 y 30 de julio y 6 de agosto.
