F.M. Gilbert Elementary

At Gilbert Elementary all students can,must, and will learn at high levels!

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🐻The future is BRIGHT for our Grizzlies! 🌟

Today, our students had the opportunity to explore exciting careers, ask questions, & dream BIG at Career Day! A HUGE thank you to all of our presenters for inspiring the next generation of leaders, dreamers, and doers! @IrvingISD

[IISD Libraries @IrvingLibraries]

📚🦎 They didn’t just read a little…they read ALOTL! 🎉

Celebrating our 2nd 6 Weeks🏆 Top @beanstackapp Readers & Campuses🏆 for leading the way! Every page, every book & every minute counts as we build a community of readers @IrvingISD 📚❤️

3.5M down…6.5M to go!

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📚 BIG things are happening in the @fmgilbert Library! 🐻

Our 2nd six weeks was filled with reading, STEM challenges, coding & creativity!

📖 4,597 Book Checkouts
💻 14,870 eBook Checkouts
📚 181,139 Beanstack Minutes

@IrvingLibraries

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The storybook pumpkin patch is growing in the @fmgilbert Library! 🎃 @IrvingLibraries

[Mariellena @Mariellena21]

What a great day of learning, teamwork, and leadership at the TEPSA Student Leadership Workshop! ❤️🖤🐻 A special thank you to ISF for sponsoring this amazing opportunity for our student leaders! @IISDFoundation @fmgilbert @TEPSAtalk #WeLeadTXd

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Our @fmgilbert 4th graders had a hauntingly good time reading There’s a Ghost in This House! 👻 Inspired by the illustrations, they layered tracing paper over their pictures to create their own ghostly scenes! 🎨📚 @IrvingLibraries

[𝙵𝚊𝙻𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚑𝚊 𝙴𝚜𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 @esslinger5]

@fmgilbert Kinder had a blast learning all about the State Fair of Texas! 🎟️ They put their creativity to work designing and constructing their very own fair games and rides! Roller coasters and haunted houses were definitely the crowd favorites! @IrvingLibraries

[F.M. Gilbert Elementary @fmgilbert]

Thank you, @CaraMiaTheatre, for bringing Six Flags Over Texas to our 5th grade Grizzlies! 🎭🐻 We loved experiencing Texas history come to life through such an engaging performance! ❤️ @IrvingISD

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🐻🐰🎡 @fmgilbert First graders read The Bear, the Hare and the Fair today, then brought the story to life with a little coding fun! Students coded their Bee-Bots to travel around the fair and stop at all the rides! 🎢🎟️ @IrvingLibraries

[𝙵𝚊𝙻𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚑𝚊 𝙴𝚜𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 @esslinger5]

@fmgilbert 1st graders read Menudo Sunday and explored the family traditions that bring us together! 🥣❤️ They crafted their own bowls of menudo filled with love, family, culture, and cherished memories! 📚✨ #HispanicHeritageMonth @IrvingISD @IrvingLibraries

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The 1st Six Weeks in the @fmgilbert Grizzly Library were BUSY! Students were reading, creating, coding, building & exploring through Beanstack, Sora, Sphero Indi, LEGO SPIKE, STEM challenges & more! We’re building readers, creators & problem-solvers! ❤️ @IrvingLibraries

[𝙵𝚊𝙻𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚑𝚊 𝙴𝚜𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 @esslinger5]

🎶 ¡Azúcar! 🎶 @fmgilbert Students learned about Celia Cruz and her contributions to salsa music! 💃🏽🎺 Then they explored the science of sound by creating their own harmonicas and learning how vibrations make sound. A perfect mix of music, culture, and STEM! ❤️ @IrvingLibraries

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📚🎉 Ending the six weeks with our @beanstackapp winners! These awesome readers earned gift certificates to spend at the Scholastic Book Fair! 📖🛍️

Way to track those reading minutes and keep crushing your reading goals! 🌟👏
@IrvingLibraries @fmgilbert

[F.M. Gilbert Elementary @fmgilbert]

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month at Gilbert! ❤️⚽🌸 Our Grizzlies showed their spirit by wearing their favorite soccer jerseys and beautiful flower crowns inspired by Frida Kahlo! 🎨🌺 @Chief_Grizzly_

#HispanicHeritageMonth

[𝙵𝚊𝙻𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚑𝚊 𝙴𝚜𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 @esslinger5]

🚨 STEM CHALLENGE ACCEPTED! After reading The Antlered Ship, @fmgilbert 4th grade students teamed up to BUILD, TEST & COLLABORATE! 🤝 Using STEM materials, they engineered their own boats and put them to the ultimate test—WILL IT FLOAT?! 🛶🌊 @IrvingLibraries

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🔨💡 1st graders became ENGINEERS today! They collaborated with their teams to design and create a brand-new toy or tool. 🧰✨ Creativity, teamwork, and problem-solving in action! ❤️🐻 @IrvingLibraries

[Ms. Jaime @KatyJaime84]

Education is the passport to the future, 🤘🐂🧡🦅💚 for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today 🖤🐻❤️ #CollegeColorsDay #IrvingISDGoesToCollege #ExcellenceInAction @IrvingISD @fmgilbert @SarahPerizzolo @mscandi_waugh

[Ms. Jaime @KatyJaime84]

Every child knows something about math 🤓💙🔵🟦🔷 Sorting is fun! 🟩🟢💚 #PreKlife @fmgilbert @jennmckee3 @IrvingISD

[𝙵𝚊𝙻𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚑𝚊 𝙴𝚜𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 @esslinger5]

Inquiry-based learning in action! 🔎Today, our 2nd grade students explored the amazing world of axolotls using @LightboxEdu! They discovered some fascinating facts—and the best part? Each student went home with their very own axolotl “pet”! 🦎🩷 @IrvingLibraries

[Irving ISD @IrvingISD]

Let's Go Grizzlies! 🐻❤️ Our Gilbert Elementary campus was celebrated today as they improved their accountability rating from an F to a B for the 2025-2026 School Year! We are so excited and proud of the remarkable growth in our district. 👏

Stay tuned for more campus rating celebrations! 🥳
#ExcellenceInAction @fmgilbert