Cannon Elementary School

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom - Will there be enough room? Kindergarten scholars engineered structures that could hold the alphabet.

After learning about animal characteristics, first grade scholars built nests to hold and protect eggs.

Second grade scholars engineered play dough that can be provided to local young children to use!

Third grade scholars wrote about why they believe in themselves. STEM was at the root of many of their writing samples.

Fourth grade scholars collaborating to make a giant food web to understand how changes to one population impacts others.

Fifth grade scholars created podcasts to communicate their reflections on learning.

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom - Will there be enough room? Kindergarten scholars engineered structures that could hold the alphabet.

After learning about animal characteristics, first grade scholars built nests to hold and protect eggs.

Second grade scholars used their knowledge of physical properties to engineer playdough for local young children to use!

Third grade scholars wrote about why they believe in themselves. STEM was at the root of many of their writing samples.

Fourth grade scholars made a giant food web to understand how changes to one population impacts others.

Fifth grade scholars created podcasts to communicate their research findings.

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New Arrival/Dismissal Procedures

Over the holiday break, while students and staff were off campus, a lot of progress was made on the demolition of the old school, including our parking area that has been used for arrival/drop-off. As a result, our parking and arrival/dismissal procedures will change effective January 8th. Please click here for more information.

Soles4Souls

Wow!!! Our Cannon Cubs have the biggest hearts for others!! Our campus-wide community service project was a HUGE success, with over 1,800 pairs of shoes collected!! It has been so incredible to see how our Cubs are so vested in helping others in need. There are many important leadership lessons that can be learned when students understand that THEY can make a difference in the world, in so many ways, and that their efforts can have such a powerful impact on others. Thank you to all of our families for helping to support this community service project! We appreciate you!!

Spelling Bee Winners!

Congratulations to Cannon's Spelling Bee Champion, Piyush Mallick! Also, congrats to our 1st Runner-Up, Matthew Chapuis. We are so proud of ALL of our Spelling Bee participants this year! Piyush will represent Cannon at the GCISD Spelling Bee on January 24th, where he will compete against all of the other campus Spelling Bee Champions. We know that Piyush will represent Cannon well at this next level of competition!

Parent Technology Academy

Join GCISD Chief Technology Officer, Kyle Berger, as he presents Internet Safety on January 10th at O.C. Taylor. Register on the Parent Technology Academy Webpage. https://www.gcisd.net/cms/One.aspx?portalId=96313&pageId=386911

Pancake Breakfast with Santa

Our amazing Cannon PTA planned, organized and executed an incredible holiday event for all of our Cannon families! There were over 350 families that participated in this fun pancake breakfast and took part in holiday festivities such as being serenaded by our Cannon choir, photos with Santa, and enjoying a delicious breakfast with family and friends. We LOVE our Cannon PTA and are so grateful for the incredible ways they support our school community!

Rock & Roll Musical Performance

Hats off to our wonderful music teacher, Ms. Garcia, and the 2nd grade scholars & teachers for an outstanding performance in their musical tribute to the history of Rock & Roll! The musical was packed with early rock and roll history and fun facts! In addition to learning some great nostalgic tunes, the students designed their own choreography for this musical and had the chance to develop acting, speaking, and stage presence skills.

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