J.E. Ober Elementary

A new calendar year kicks off with the January Newsletter from J.E. Ober Elementary! 🎉 Check out the latest updates, important dates, and highlights as we head into 2026 together. ...

The Winter 2026 GKB Newsletter is full of information pertaining to the remainder of the school year and some great information about GKB successes from the first half of our 2025...

🚧📘 The January 2026 Career Development Program Newsletter is here!

Garrett-Keyser-Butler Community School District is celebrating a significant investment in student opportunity, as the district’s Heavy Highway program has been awarded $15,600 fr...

The following students were named Students of the Month for November at J.E. Ober Elementary School: Kindergarten and 1st Grade Nico Kinzer, Cameron Saralu-Davis, Ryker Lan...

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Garrett-Keyser-Butler Community School District is proud to unveil the first in a series of conceptual artwork for the future J.E. Ober Elementary School. These early renderings r...

The Spencerville Order of the Eastern Star hosted the 4th annual Donut Stacking Contest on Friday, September 26. Each school within the DeKalb Co. School System was represented by...

Congrats to October's J.E. Ober Students of the Month! These students were honored in the category of Responsibility. Kindergarten Kennedy Koontz, Caleb Durrwachter, Oliver Bloo...

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Congrats to September's J.E. Ober Students of the Month! These students were honored on October 3, 2025 in the category of Fairness. Kindergarten: Jack Clifford, Christian Zubk...

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This Wednesday, September 24, there will be one new inductee added to the Distinguished Alumni Hall of Honor at Garrett High School. This program allows us to connect our past wi...

Congrats to August's J.E. Ober Students off the Month! These students were honored on September 5, 2025. Kindergarten: Oakley Cook, Lyndy Wilcoxson (not pictured) , Natalia Co...

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Garrett-Keyser-Butler Families, Welcome back to the start of a second week of school! I wanted to give you all an advanced notice that September 10 th will be an asynchronous le...

As the 2025-2026 school year begins, we would like to welcome new staff, as well as some returning staff who will be in new positions with Garrett-Keyser-Butler CSD this school ye...

The annual GKB Back to School Bash will be on August 7th, 2025! Please join us for a chance to meet with different GKB departments, teachers, free haircuts, and more. We look fo...

Garrett-Keyser-Butler School District is excited to announce that the online student registration for the 2025-2026 school year is open! The system allows the district to verify a...

Hello J.E. Ober families! Please take a look at our 25/26 school supply list! It's crazy to think about school starting but we wanted to give everyone plenty of time to pick up th...