Gilmore Elementary School

10/12/2026

THANK YOU! It is amazing to see how our WHOLE community is coming together to support our amazing school and kids!! Our second bin is almost full!!

10/09/2026

We had a PACKED week at Gilmore Elementary!

Students were busy learning in the classroom.. but they did take a few minutes away for some fun and educational activities!!

1) Our 5th graders were able to visit the Mill Creek Water Festival where they were surrounded by amazing water STEM activities and presentations! It was a wonderful experience for our kids!

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2) Our PK-4th graders celebrated Fire Safety Week by having a visit from the Silverton Volunteer Fire Department where students learned about fire safety, how firefighters go in and fight fires, and how a fire truck really works! They had a blast learning!

3) Our 3rd-5th graders entered our annual Volleyball tournament where 5th grade took the prize.. that is until our teachers joined in the fun!!

We made the most of our 4 day week and filled it with learning, growing, and engaging activities!

10/06/2026

WOW!! It’s out with the full and in with the new… and we’ve only been collecting for 6 days!!!

THANK YOU!! We are so appreciative to everyone donating cans!

Don’t stop now.. we are just getting started in our NATIONAL competition!!

10/03/2026

On September 15th, Gilmore Elementary celebrated Dot Day! The whole purpose of Dot Day is to take something ordinary - a dot and make it something unique and special. It is to make your mark on the world!

Mrs. Hinzman sent home a project for students to do.. turn your dot into something. Anything. Just use your imagination and creativity! WOW! Our students did a fantastic job with it - it is displayed in the last picture in our post. The other pictures are what different teachers around the building had students create. The halls were filled with dots! It was amazing to see their minds growing as they created something special and new and completely theirs!

10/03/2026

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Does your local community save aluminum cans to help raise funds for area schools?

Gilmore Elementary has teamed up with Constellium and Fairplain Elementary to recycle a million cans to buy new playground equipment for its students.

Check out how to donate your cans in the comments.

10/02/2026

🎉 TODAY IS THE DAY, GILMORE!

Our 1,000,000 Can Challenge officially kicks off TODAY, and we are ready to make a BIG impact!

We are joining more than 70 schools across 14 states in an exciting competition to collect cans, win prizes, earn money, and make a difference! The best part? We get to keep the money we raise from every can collected!
And we have a BIG goal in mind… OUR BRAND-NEW PLAYGROUND! 🛝

We are now just $7,000 AWAY from reaching our fundraising goal! We are SO close that we can almost hear the laughter, see the smiles, and imagine our students enjoying their new playground! Every can counts, and every contribution brings us one step closer!

A COMMUNITY THAT COMES TOGETHER CAN DO INCREDIBLE THINGS!

A HUGE THANK YOU to B&W Auto Specialist, Riverbend Farm & Home Supply, McDonald's, Fairplain Elementary School, Constellium, City of Ravenswood WV, RT 56 Golf Course, RJ Recycling for picking up and processing all of the cans, and our entire community for stepping up and helping collect cans for our students!

Can't make it to Gilmore? No problem! Several of these amazing local businesses are serving as collection sites and will bring your cans to us. We are grateful for every person and business willing to be part of this mission!

Today’s kickoff was about more than just collecting cans. Our students are learning that small actions can lead to BIG changes! ♻️
📖 Our morning began with an inspiring story, written by Scuba Jess and read by our principal, about the importance of recycling and taking care of our world.

Our incredible third graders then put their creativity to work, decorating 10 collection bins that will soon be placed throughout our community to make donating cans even easier!

🚀 And we're just getting started! Next week, we'll kick off an exciting partnership with Constellium, giving our students an up-close look at how recycled aluminum can help build rockets and other amazing things!

🥫 Start saving those cans.
🤝 Spread the word.
💛 Rally your friends, family, and neighbors.
🛝 Help us build something AMAZING for our kids!

ONE COMMUNITY. ONE MILLION CANS.

LET'S DO THIS, GILMORE! 🎉🥫🚀💚



Recycling Society

10/01/2026

We love our Pirate Pal groups!!

09/30/2026

See you tomorrow for our first PTO meeting of the school year!! We look forward to having everyone at the school!

📣 PTO MEETING TOMORROW! 📣

Come out and support your PTO tomorrow September 30th at 5:30 PM in the cafeteria! We want to hear from YOU, so bring your ideas, suggestions, and anything you’d love to see happen for our school and students this year!

🎉 BONUS INCENTIVE: We’re giving $100 to the teacher who is present AND has the most parents of students in their class attend the meeting! So make sure your teacher knows you’re coming and come show your support! 🙌

The PTO is working hard to make this a great year for our kids, and we need parents, teachers, and our school community involved! Come be part of the conversation and help us make this year amazing! 💙📚

09/24/2026

Surprise surprise surprise!!!

We had a very special delivery today!! Although the contest doesn’t start until next week, you can now start dropping off your cans to Gilmore Elementary!

There will also be one of these large bins at Fairplain Elementary and ConStellium all being counted in our count!

Let’s fill it up and fill it up again!!

RJ Recycling
Constellium
Recycling Society
Scuba Jess

09/18/2026

How are you teaching the next generation about the heroes of 9/11?

Gilmore Elementary students honored "The Man in the Red Bandanna" while learning about patriotism on the 25th anniversary of 9/11.

Honor a hero's story in the comments below!