Garden Lakes Elementary School

🏆✨ Big news from the Garden Lakes Elementary family! Join us in celebrating our incredible 2025–2026 Teacher of the Year: the phenomenal Mrs. Joanna Beasley! 🌟🍏

If you know Mrs. Beasley, you know that “Life is Better in her Classroom!” Whether she is turning reading and writing into an absolute adventure, launching our “Leaders at the Lakes” student group, or filling her room with joy and laughter, she makes every single student feel loved, seen, and capable of greatness. 📚❤️

But Mrs. Beasley’s impact doesn’t stop when the school bell rings. From spending her weekends driving kids to community events to tutoring after school, her heart for our GLES families knows no bounds. She is a true leader, an inspiration to her colleagues, and a master educator.

Thank you, Mrs. Beasley, for always running the extra mile for our school! Help us shower her with love in the comments below! 👇🎉

🏆🎸 He keeps our school sparkling, our hearts full, and our hallways happy! Please join all of us at Garden Lakes Elementary in celebrating our 2025–2026 Support Staff of the Year: Mr. Clint Hayes! 🌟🧹

Mr. Clint is our absolute resident “Superman.” He tackles the hardest, messiest jobs in the building with a smile on his face and a “happy to help!” attitude. He is the definition of a team player—always coming in early, staying late, and dropping everything at a moment’s notice to lend a hand to anyone who asks. 💪✨

Beyond keeping GLES looking beautiful, Mr. Clint brings the music to our school! Whether he’s playing sweet Christmas hymns on his guitar, performing for our preschoolers at Nest Fest, or just checking in on teachers and joking around with students, he brings an energy that makes our school a better place. Even through personal challenges this year, his resilience, kindness, and heart of gold never wavered.

We truly could not do our jobs without you, Mr. Clint! GLES is incredibly lucky to have you. Leave a note of congratulations for Mr. Clint below! 👇🎶

The traditional GLES send off! Happy Summer!

That’s a wrap…our 4th grade students did one final walk through the halls of GLES today. Our younger students came out to give them one last cheer! This is what makes life better at the lakes!

HEY PARTY PEOPLE! It’s the last day of school! Here is the party schedule for the day. Students may check out from the classroom after the parties.

How it started…and how it ended…

Shout out to our fourth grade teachers, who were great sports and jumped in the dunk tank to celebrate Milestone scores!

Kindergarten is GLOWING today! Maybe it’s radiation, maybe it’s a black light…it could literally be anything!

Our Fourth Grade Promotion Parade was a blast! We got to recognize our kiddos’ hard work and enjoy some time together. It truly was a special evening.

Oceans, pirates, snowflakes…we were all over the place today!