Garrison-Jones Elementary School PTA

🍦 Join us for our first PTA General Meeting of the year!

Come learn what the PTA has planned for the year, hear about upcoming events, and find out about ways to get involved — all while enjoying FREE ice cream!

The Spirit Shop will also be there with Garrison-Jones swag available for purchase, including T-shirts, hoodies, hats, water bottles, and more!

Whether you’re already a PTA member or just want to learn more about what we do, we’d love to see you there. Bring the family and come have some ice cream with us!

RSVP by responding to the event page here: 1st General PTA Meeting

🚗 Remember to display your dismissal hang tag!
Please make sure your hang tag is clearly visible when you arrive for dismissal. First name + last initial + grade works great! If you have multiple siblings, you may simply use your family’s last name. Thank you for helping us make dismissal safe, smooth, & efficient!

🚗 ¡Recuerde colocar su tarjeta de identificación para la salida!
Asegúrese de que la tarjeta esté claramente visible cuando llegue para recoger a su hijo/a. Nombre + inicial del apellido + grado funciona muy bien. Si tiene varios hermanos, puede usar simplemente el apellido de la familia. ¡Gracias por ayudarnos a que la salida sea segura, rápida y eficiente!

Happy first day of school, Pioneers!

If you have not renewed your signed your membership for the 2026-2027 school year, now is the time! PTA membership DOES NOT roll over each year.

We invite all students, parents, guardians, families, and friends (those in Florida and beyond) to sign up and help win a 🎉 snow cone party 🎉 for your classroom (plus coffee/tea for your teacher)!

Joining the PTA doesn’t mean you’re signing up for meetings or volunteering — your membership alone helps support programs and events that benefit all our students.

Sign up online via the link or QR code in the flyer below. https://garrison-jones.givebacks.com/shop?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwLfl3RleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHjouiOS6C0z9n6MQD0g4ajdjNYdBEEMc3eprzepjdIfmCIxEJqfOycvKl9Sb_aem_7MElB9sT4xg5WVot9jW97A

Friday’s Welcome Back Teacher & Staff Luncheon was such a great afternoon, and we are incredibly thankful to everyone who helped make it possible.

A huge THANK YOU to all of the Garrison-Jones families, community members, and local businesses who generously donated items for our teacher raffle and helped us Load the Lounge!

We had donations from many amazing local businesses, including:
Kawa Coffee Shop, Kue’s Cafe, Dog Pub Social, Side Splitters Comedy Club, Cuban Breezes, Gulf Property Management, Nothing Bundt Cakes, Chick-fil-A Countryside Blvd, Dunedin Blue Jays, and Orange Blossom - Dunedin FL.

Because of your support, we were able to treat our amazing teachers and staff, send home some very happy raffle winners, and stock the lounge with plenty of goodies to help get the school year started.

Have a great first day back, Pioneers!

Three more amazing local businesses are helping us welcome our teachers and staff back! Thank you to Orange Blossom - Dunedin FL, Nothing Bundt Cakes, and Chick-fil-A Countryside Blvd for your raffle donations for our teacher/staff luncheon!

If anyone in our community, business or not, would also like to contribute for tomorrow’s luncheon, please send us a message. We can arrange pick up tomorrow morning.

We are still asking for donations for our Teacher Luncheon Raffle this Friday.

Local businesses, families, and our school
community — please reach out if you’ve got something to donate. We will arrange pickup!

Thank you to those who have already donated — Kawa Coffee Shop, Kue’s Cafe, Dog Pub Social, Side Splitters, Cuban Breezes, and Gulf Property Management.

We are looking forward to spoiling our teachers and staff! We couldn’t do it without you. ❤️

Many of our Garrison-Jones teachers and staff have shared their Amazon Wish Lists!

If you'd like to help, simply scan the QR codes on the graphic to browse their wish lists. Every purchase, big or small, helps provide items that directly benefit our classrooms and students.

GJE teachers and staff: If you haven't shared your Amazon Wish List yet, feel free to add your link in the comments below so our school community can find it!

Thank you to everyone who has already shared a list and to our wonderful families and community members for supporting our school!

Want to get involved with the PTA this year, but aren't able to commit to a board position? We have some new ways to help!

This year, we're introducing PTA Committees and an Event Interest Sign-Up to make volunteering more flexible and accessible for everyone.

PTA Committees are a great way to share your time and talents throughout the year without taking on the responsibilities of a board position. Whether you enjoy planning events, helping with communications, welcoming families, or connecting with local businesses, there's a place for you!

Our new Event Interest Sign-Up is not a volunteer commitment. It's simply a way to let us know which events interest you. If you sign up, you'll be the first to hear when planning begins, giving you advance notice of the general event dates so you can plan ahead before volunteer sign-ups open. This is also a great way to make sure you don't miss out on helping out at your favorite event!

Scan the QR codes on the flyers below to learn more and sign up. We can't wait to work with you this year!

Can you believe we start school one week from today?! Teacher lists are still being worked on so please keep checking focus. We can’t wait to see everyone back!

One week until Open House! Be sure to log in to your Focus account to see who your student’s teacher is.