We wrapped up week one with a cup stacking challenge! Teams used 6 cups, 1 rubber band, and strings. No hands allowed! Students worked on communication, problem solving, and teamwork skills while learning to synergize! 👏🏻💙 @GTEtoucans #Synergize #FourthGrade

Hey @WillieGeist, From sisters Jennifer and Lindsey atop the Mendenhall Glacier in Alaska. ❄️ After a helicopter ride and two hours of glacier trekking, we celebrated with fresh glacier water in our #SundayTODAY mug! #SundayMugShot

What a bittersweet day at GTE! So special getting to see students from my very first 3rd grade class during their Grad Walk today. I loved hearing them yell, “Toucans are… Ter-rif-ic!” Congrats, Class of 2026! 🎓📚🏫 @GTEtoucans @collierschools

GTE’s Leadership Day and Fourth Grade Living Wax Museum were a huge success! Our students did an amazing job bringing history to life. We are so proud of them! 👏🏻@GTEtoucans @collierschools @ChadCCPS #FourthGrade #LivingWaxMuseum #FutureLeaders

We kicked off Quarter 2 with a pep rally to celebrate all of our amazing accomplishments from Quarter 1 and to get pumped for what’s ahead! 🎉 📚 Readers are leaders — let’s make this quarter our best one yet! 🚀 @GTEtoucans

It’s not all just fun and games. Our team-building activities build collaboration, communication and connection. #Teamwork #StrongerTogether #FourthGrade #CupStackingChallenge #HumanKnot @GTEtoucans

Our fourth-grade wax museum was a huge success during Leadership Day today. The students did an amazing job representing their famous leaders through powerful speeches and incredible costumes! #Leaders #GTE #LeadershipDay @GTEtoucans @ChadCCPS @collierschools

Getting into character with our Character parade for Read Across America Week. @GTEtoucans #ReadAcrossAmerica #CharacterParade

Now watch me revolve, now watch me rotate… 🎵 We had a blast learning about Earth’s rotation through song and dance! #fourthgrade #science #earthsrotation @GTEtoucans @MrsParlier_5

We had so much fun meeting with our new first grade reading buddies today! #ReadingTakesYouPlaces #ReadingBuddies @GTEtoucans

Dissecting owl pellets was so much fun! We investigated, made inferences, and built a food chain based on the bones we found. Thank you @Champs4Learning ! Your generous donation to our fourth graders made this possible. #FourthGrade @GTEtoucans @MrsParlier_5 @CollierScience

I was super excited when I got a special invite to the 5th grade awards ceremony to help celebrate 3 of my former students. All 3 of them got a PERFECT score on their 4th grade PM3 Math FAST test. So proud of them and their accomplishments! 👏🏼#Congrats @GTEtoucans

These fourth graders LOVED their first Junior Deputy lesson with our YRD, Corporal Dusch. Some students even got to try on some of his equipment to see how heavy it is. #juniordeputy #fourthgrade @GTEtoucans @marinesheriff

The fourth graders at @GTEtoucans got hands-on in science with a flower dissection. Using the zoomy, students were able to get an up-close look at the parts of a flower to help them explain the process of plant reproduction. #fourthgrade #science #floweringplants @MrsParlier_5

We had a blast at Agventure today learning about Florida’s agriculture industry! @GTEtoucans #FloridasAgriculture #AgVenture #Citrus #Farming

Thanks Coach Diprima and Coach Farrar for another successful field day at @GTEtoucans! #FieldDayFun #FourthGrade #LetTheGamesBegin

They call this their “game face” look. #GettingTheirGameFaceOn #fieldday #tugofwar #getready

Gathering some data and having fun while doing it! These fourth graders are having a blast gathering data for our math unit on line plots and stem-and-leaf plots, all while adding some competition to it! @GTEtoucans #math #fourthgrade #gatherdata #lineplots