Gulf Breeze Elementary School

🦇 Today our Kindergarten classroom turned into a real bat cave! Students explored bats through cross-curricular activities — using highlighters as glow markers for sequencing, reading by flashlight in the “cave,” and enjoying hands-on science, math, and literacy challenges. What a fun (and glowing!) way to enjoy learning together. 🦇

Report cards are now available on FOCUS for the first quarter. Please check them and contact your child's teacher(s) with any questions or concerns. 🩷 ♥️♥️❤️❤️♥️♥️❤️❤️♥️♥️❤️❤️ ♥️♥️❤️ RED RIBBON WEEK… Help us Celebrate making healthy and safe choices! October 27-31 🐅🐆🐾🦓Monday, Oct. 27th: WILD ABOUT BEING DRUG FREE- Wear animal prints/clothing Tuesday, Oct. 28th: 🤓🧤👚👗👔👘🧦🦺DONT LET DRUGS MIX YOU UP- Wear mismatched clothing Wed., Oct. 29th: ♥️FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS DO DRUGS- Wear red 🎩👒🧢🎓🪖Thursday, Oct. 30th: HATS OFF TO BEING DRUG FREE- Wear your favorite/ wackiest hat Friday, Oct. 31st: 🧸🥋👧🏻🧒🏽👯‍♀️📚📖BEING DRUG FREE TAKES CHARACTER - Dress as your favorite book character No masks, no weapons 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃 THANK YOU PTA HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE! The decor, tasty treats & Pumpkin in Your Pocket" game were so much fun for our teachers and staff. The fellowship was EPIC! It was so epic that I received positive feedback like the one below throughout the day... "I seriously just had the best day. I made sure to let the PTA ladies know but the competition and excitement was SO fun!! Thank you so much 😊 "

Spooky Bedtime Stories Weaves Music and Literacy Together

The sounds of music and the spirit of Autumn filled the Gulf Breeze Elementary Cafeteria on October 15, 2025, as our first-grade class performed their show, "Spooky Bedtime Stories."

This cross-curricular production was a powerful demonstration of how music and literacy successfully intersect. Students not only learned to sing and dance to pieces like "One Little Pumpkin," "Dem Bones," and "Pumpkin Bones," but also developed key memorization and public speaking skills through spoken pieces like the poem "5 Little Pumpkins." The students' commitment and energy made the performance a glowing success for all involved.

🎶🍿🎟️🎡 🎶🍿🎟️🎡 🍿FALL FEST!! FALL FEST!! 🎵IT’S HERE! IT’S THERE! 🎡IT’S EVERY EVERY WHERE! ⚽️ 🎶SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH @ GBE! 2-5PM OUTDOOR COMMUNITY EVENT!!!! INVITE YOUR FRIENDS! 🎶🍿🎟️🎡 🎶🍿🎟️🎡

Kindergarten has had 50 fabulous days of school! 🎉
Our kindergarten teachers are rocking their 50’s style to celebrate this milestone — aren’t they just the niftiest? 💃🕺
#FiftysAreNifty #KindergartenFun #50DaysOfSchool

Join the fun at the Dillon Center for the ESE Trunk or Treat!

During National Bullying Prevention Month in October, people wear orange on Wednesday, October 22nd to show a united stand against bullying and to promote kindness, acceptance, and inclusion. Join us by wearing Orange!

For this week for our Safety Month, please check out the flyer on Mental Health Supports.

This week is National Bus Safety Week! Talk to your bus riders about how to be safe while riding the school bus.

Be kind.

CONGRATULATIONS, GBE!!!
Schools of Excellence in Santa Rosa County

Santa Rosa County District Schools is proud to recognize five schools that have received the School of Excellence Designation for the 2024-2025 school year.

These schools Include
Gulf Breeze Elementary & Oriole Beach Elementary
Gulf Breeze Middle School & Sims Middle School
Gulf Breeze High School.

The State Board designated a school as a School of Excellence if the school's percentage of possible points earned in its school grade calculation is in the 80th percentile or higher for schools comprised of the same grade groups (elementary, middle, high, and combination) for at least two of the last three school years. For 2024-2025, only 744 total schools in the state were recognized in 49 school districts.

We are extremely proud of the students, staff, and families for receiving this designation in five of our very own schools.

Our mission in Santa Rosa County District Schools is to love, educate, and prepare all students for graduation and a successful future.
Congratulations!

Mission: To love, educate, and prepare all students for graduation and a successful future.
Vision: Gulf Breeze Elementary School provides an environment that fosters each learner's potential, equips
students for academic excellence and promotes lifelong learning.

Trunk or Treat and Fall Dolphin Baseball Scrimmage Tuesday, October 28, 2025 starting at 5 PM!

Register if you want to participate in the Monster Dash 5k!

YOU'RE INVITED TO SCIENCE DAY Get ready for a night full of spooky experiments, scarily delicious candy, and hauntingly mysterious crafts! OCTOBER 24TH HOSTED BY: GBHS SCIENCE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY 5:00 PM TO 8:00 PM GULF BREEZE HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA

We Need You! Please consider volunteering for this year's Bike Fest! You can contact Coach Rinker or Coach Cardoso or sign up using this link! https://signup.com/go/kRBKAyN

On Thursday, October 30th, GBHS has a home football game, and the GBHS Student Government Association (SGA) is organizing a trunk-or-treat before the game from 5-6pm behind the Dolphin Stadium. They'd love to have the best turnout possible, so please consider joining them!

October is both National Internet Safety Month and National Bullying Prevention Month. We have an upcoming event that is tailored to help protect your child’s confidence by supporting positive student behavior!
Join Superintendent Dr. Karen Barber along with SmartSocial for a LIVE virtual event, designed to help parents understand how to combat online bullying and foster positive student behaviors.
When: Thursday, October 23 @ 6:00pm
Where: This is a free, virtual event! Register at the link below.
🔗 https://www.smartsocial.com/event/combat-online-bullying-supporting-positive-student-behaviors-on-campus-and-at-home-live-session-3?org=santarosacsd

PTA activities for October and November. 1. Fall Treats for GBE Staff October 24th: the GBE PTA would like to show our teachers and staff our appreciation for an AMAZING first 9 weeks. This event will be held on Friday, October 24th and will have grab-and-go snack & drinks in the staff lounge. Please sign up for one or more of the following items. Please drop off items to the front office by Wednesday, October 22nd. Sign up HERE. https://signup.com/mobileweb/2.0/vspot.html?activitykey=9306334092#choose_event_page 2. Bike Fest will be Thursday, October 30th, and is for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students only. We need approved volunteers to make this event happen. Please consider signing up to help HERE. https://signup.com/mobileweb/2.0/vspot.html?activitykey=1171826918050#choose_jobs_page Thank You! 3. Sign Gypsies "Boo" sign rental through October 31st: spread some spooky fun and support your school. When you book a "You've been Boo'ed" yard sign from Sign Gypsies, $15 from each booking goes directly to GBE PTA. Valid for zip codes 32561 and 32563. Sign up HERE. https://signgypsies.com/all-locations/sign-gypsies-pensacola/ 4. Fall Festival Nov 9, 2025: Get ready for an unforgettable afternoon of family fun at the GBES PTA Fall Festival 2025, proudly presented by Rostan Solutions! 🎡 This is our one and only fundraiser for the fall, and every ticket, game, and snack directly supports Gulf Breeze Elementary School students, teachers, and programs. Open to the entire community, this festival will be packed with exciting attractions for all ages — bounce houses, laser tag, a nerf war zone, 10 different carnival games where you can win prizes, food, face painting, prizes, and so much more! Sign up to participate or donate HERE. https://app.givebacks.gives/gbeptafallfestival2025/Campaign/Details To volunteer, please fill out THIS FORM. https://form.jotform.com/252473354738161 5. Lunchroom Legends: become a cafeteria superhero and help our students during lunchtime. Open for approved volunteers, sign up HERE. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050F45AFAA2BA4F58-59583798-lunchroom#/ 6. Spirit Wear: the spirit shop is back open! Pre Order your fall items or grab in-stock specials (estimated arrival, mid-November). Shop HERE. https://gbedolphins.givebacks.com/shop 7. Open volunteer/committee opportunities: Want to volunteer/assist more with PTA? Email gulfbreezeelementarypta@gmail.com to learn more. We are looking for volunteers for family events and social media.