Central Elementary School

Introducing our 5th Graders' Legacy Project! They created a beautiful sign to hang above the desk in our front office. When you stop by the office, please take the chance to admire all their hard work! 💙🧡

Exciting news from Central Elementary Quest 4th and 5th graders!

Today, we proudly celebrated the ribbon cutting and unveiling of the Hammock Garden, a fantastic legacy project created by our talented Quest 5th grade students!

This unique space is designed for learning and fun, featuring signs with QR codes that allow our emerging readers to enjoy books read aloud to them.

In a wonderful display of mentorship, our amazing 4th and 5th grade Quest students read to their 1st grade friends while lounging in the hammocks. This outdoor classroom experience is all about making learning enjoyable and engaging!

Thank you to everyone who contributed to this project. Here's to many more joyful learning moments in our Hammock Garden!

Last Tuesday, we celebrated the retirement of another one of our amazing custodians, Mrs. Linda Duckworth, who we lovingly refer to as "Mrs. Duck." After only a week, her presence is already being missed in our building. Her hard work and dedication really helped in keeping our halls clean and bright! We wish her a blessed and restful retirement. 💙🧡

Last week, we celebrated our GSD Seniors that came back to walk the halls of our campus one more time before their graduation day! Our little Sailors were so excited to cheer them on! Congratulations to the Class of 2026! 💙🧡🎓

Gulfport School District’s FREE PreK & Kindergarten Camp is set for July 13–17! 🎒 ☀️

Incoming PreK and Kindergarten students registered for the 2026–2027 school year are encouraged to attend for a fun week of learning, routines, and getting ready for a great school year ahead. Breakfast and lunch will be provided each day. 💙

Please complete an application at your child’s school. See the flyer for more details!

Last but not least, we want to show appreciation to our school nurse, Nurse Kathleen Morrow! She helps heal all the aches and sicknesses of our students, and she helps provide our clothes closet for students who might need it during the school day! We appreciate you, Nurse Kathleen! 💙🧡

We also want to show appreciation to our Speech & Language Pathologists, Mrs. Williams and Ms. McKinney! These ladies work extra hard to help students with their communication skills, and they do so with a positive attitude and a smile on their faces! We love our SLPs!💙🧡

We want to celebrate some special people in our building, beginning with our cafeteria staff, lovingly named Our Lunch Heroes! This staff works hard every day to make sure we have a delicious breakfast AND lunch for students in a clean and healthy environment. Our students love seeing them every day! We appreciate this team so much! 💙🧡

Awards Week is here! We can't wait to celebrate all our students' achievements! PreK - 4th Grade have their awards TOMORROW, and 5th Grade Graduation is on Thursday! 🏆🎓