Galileo Gazette

August

12--Kindergarten Kickoff

15--Meet and Greet

16--First Day of School(Late Start)

19--Community Clean-Up Day

31--Back to School Night 6:00-7:30

September

4--Labor Day--No School

13--Wagons Ho

20--No School--Professional Learning/Collaboration Day

26--Lockdown Drill

o Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday—8:45

o Wednesday—9:00

o Students are not to be dropped off prior to these times as there is no supervision for students until the times designated.

For your child's safety, and to help them do their best, please ensure that they wear tennis shoes during their PE class.

Thank you to all our fabulous Galileo volunteers for helping to sustain our school garden this summer! Our garden serves many STEM purposes and is a wonderful learning tool for our curriculum. In addition to our STEM programs, the school garden can serve as an outdoor classroom aiding in social and emotional learning needs. We are proud of our garden and are grateful for all the help throughout the summer keeping our garden thriving.

Galileo STEM Academy's Botball and Jr. Botball autonomous robotics teams competed at the Global Conference for Educational Robotics (GCER) in Saint Augustine, Florida on July 16th-21st. Our Jr. Botball team, comprised of students in grades 4th and 5th, won the Spirit of Botball award. Additionally, Lucas Perkins won 2nd place and Jacob Reber won 4th place for their outstanding coding and perseverance. We also brought two Botball teams made up of students in grades 6th-11th. Both teams demonstrated skill and determination as they competed against robotics teams from across the world. One of teams, with veteran roboticists Calvin Knight and Aryk Likes, scored 2nd place overall in their division! Excellent job to all of our coders and their families for an outstanding showing at GCER this year!

If you have any questions, please feel free to email the board at galileostempta@gmail.com.

Dogs are wonderful companions but are not kind to our turf. Dogs are not allowed on the turf and please clean up your dog's mess when taking them on a walk on school grounds.

Dear Galileo neighbors -

In an effort to keep our students safe and our campus secure, we ask that you please close the gate behind you when you enter the school grounds using the walking path.

Thank you.

Please help us be good neighbors by respecting neighbors' driveways and access as you park near Galileo. Also, please don't park and leave your car unattended in a line that is moving. If you need to leave your car unattended, use one of the parking spots in the main parking lot.

Please remember that Galileo is a closed campus from 8:30-4:30. This includes the walking path and playground areas. Visitors who haven't checked into the office will be asked to check in or to leave campus.

Please check the lost and found for any missing items each Friday. Leftover items will be donated periodically.

Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri.

(Students may arrive beginning at 8:50 am)

9:05 am – First bell

9:10 am – Tardy bell

3:55 pm – Dismissal bell

Wednesday

(Students may arrive beginning at 9:05 am)

9:20 am – First bell

9:25 am – Tardy bell

3:55 pm – Dismissal bell

Attendance Line

(208) 350-4106

Please call the attendance line before 9:30am if your child will be absent for any reason, or will be late to school. Please state your child’s name, teacher and reason for absence. If you are planning a vacation and your student will be absent three or more days please fill out the notification of absence form found here. This form does not excuse the absences, but will help keep everyone informed.

Principal - Rob Lamb - lamb.robert@westada.org

Secretary - Jennifer Damiano - damiano.jennifer@westada.org

Assistant Secretary - Angela Meyers - meyers.angela@westada.org

Safe School Assistant - Melissa Dahlen - dahlen.melissa@westada.org

Nurse - Rebekah Zavaletta - zavaletta.rebekah@westada.org

Website: https://www.westada.org/o/galileo
Location: 4735 West Saguaro Drive Eagle, Idaho 83616
Phone: 208-350-4105