Mustang Messenger
2019-2020 School Year: Volume 9: Week of October 28, 2019
Be the Best YOU at Grandview!!!
November is almost here!!
Dear Families,
Happy Halloween week! This is a week filled with lots of sugar, excitement and fun for the students. We hope you have a Spooktacular week, but please remember that learning still needs to be a priority. We notice that when structure and routines are altered, behaviors are affected. Still make sure that your children are getting enough sleep and enough structure so that learning can be at a maximum! Finally, have a safe Halloween! Make sure your child is warm, accompanied by an adult, and has some lighting/glow stick to ensure that they are safe!!
If you have not signed up for conferences, please do so. It is the expectation for the teacher to meet with each student in the fall. A lot of important information will be shared with all of you and it is essential that the parent, student, and teacher dynamic is rich with communication and information. So please ensure that you are able to set a conference.
As I look to November, it is my month to express things I am thankful for. Please be sure to take time to reflect on all that we are thankful for. I will be sharing my thankfulness with the students on the announcements, as well as on social media. We all have a lot to be thankful for, so lets spread the word!!
Your Proud Principal,
Melissa Carruth, Ed.S
Great Week of Learning!!!
2nd Grade Scientists
Kinder Writiers
3rd Grade Reader's Workshop
Halloween At Grandview
1) . Kids can wear their costumes to school. We have not done this in the recent years, but we will this year. Remember no masks can be worn, no weapons can be carried, and no scary make-up can be put on. Wearing a costume is OPTIONAL!
2) . We will be having an assembly that day. It is the Wild World Adventure assembly. There will be live animals at Grandview. Preschool-2nd grade will be from 9-10:00 and 3rd-5th grade will be 10:15-11:15. Parents and siblings are welcome to come and attend this amazing assembly.
3) . In the afternoon, the Middle School Marching Band is coming over. Weather depending, we are going to have the kids walk in the parade at 1:30. Parents are welcomed to attend as we walk around with the marching band to celebrate fall. We are going to ask all kids to also carry their favorite book that they have read or was read to by themselves, teacher, or even me. We are having a great year fostering a love for reading with our students, so lets celebrate this excitement.
4) . In the classroom, teachers will have a fall celebration. Some classes will be doing cider and doughnuts, other classrooms may do some fall games. In the end, it will be focused on fall fun.
I understand that some families do not celebrate Halloween. Again, that is fine and respected, but please know that we are just making this day to be a fun day for our students!!!
Conferences
Is on Tuesday, November 5th. Teachers will set their own schedule and will begin by 11:00 am and will not last longer than 8:00 pm. In the fall, teachers will meet with all parents of all of their students. If you cannot meet on Tuesday, November 5th, please be sure to reach out to the teacher to set-up another date and time. Important information will be shared, like fall NWEA data, M-STEP data, report cards, compacts and other information. Do not miss out on this opportunity. If you want to meet with the specials teachers interventionists or myself, please reach out to us. All teachers, and myself, are available to meet.
Fundraising
1) . The Grandview office has started a Kleinhenn fundraiser. Proceeds go back to the school to help sponsor the Scholastic News subscription, fund assemblies and other classroom expenses. For every three items, the students will be put in a drawing for a robot and for every 10 items sold, earns the students an entrance into the video game truck.
2) 5th graders are going to start selling poinsettias as a fundraiser to start raising money for 5th grade camp.
Fundraising is optional, but so appreciated as we continue to provide opportunities for our students.
Scripts Gift Card Fundraising
Order forms are due: Friday November 8th
Cards delivered: Tuesday, November 19th
Grandview Sports
Some update on Fall Football....
From the Sports Director
It's hard to believe that our Flag Football season is almost over; there's only one game left... FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS! This season has been so much fun; and while I'm sad to see it end, I'm excited to start Floor Hockey soon. As always, please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Thank you to all the volunteers that helped make this season so successful!
Congratulations to everyone on a great season!
Friday Night Lights info.
Please join us at Shaw Stadium on Friday Nov 1st for Friday Night Lights!
Consolation Games:
6:00pm - Orange Tigers vs Blue Dragons (Junior League)
6:45pm - Sharks vs Red Rovers (Senior League)
Championship Games:
7:30pm - Dragon's Blood vs Blue Guppies (Junior League)
8:30pm - Purple Pride vs Wolverines (Senior League)
Stacey Wittscheck, Grandview Sports Director, has created a Grandview Sports website. All of the information from schedules, rules, code of conduct, sign-up, forms, etc. will all be housed in one location. Check out this great communication piece for our families!!
Be sure to sign up and participate!! If you have questions regarding sports, reach out to Stacey at her email at GVSportsDirector@gmail.com.
Also be sure to follow the Grandview Sports Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/GrandviewSports/
Book Fair - November 11-15
Grandview Compact
Pink Out Store
Principal Breakfast
Watch D.O.G.S
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Tuesday Night Night
A Note From Our Specials Teachers....
A Message from Mr. A
Family In Need Applications
In need of Milk and Water Gallon Jugs
Mrs. Duplessis is in need of cleaned out and emptied milk and water gallon jugs. She is building a recycled igloo for a learning spot for her learners. The igloo is in Room 119. Come and check out this amazing way to live out the motto....Reuse, Reduce, and Recycle!!
The Importance of Sleep
Importance of being in school
Education is important for your child’s success in life. Regular attendance ensures that your child gets all the benefits school can offer. When children are missing school, they’re missing out on those benefits. School attendance is so important, that Michigan law makes it compulsory for all children ages 6 to 16 attending public schools. When children are excessively absent, the law holds parents/guardians accountable. If your child is truant (missing scheduled school time without an accepted excused absence), you and/or your child could end up in court with serious consequences. Attendance may be the single most important factor in school success because:
- Children do best in school when they are in class every day. The U.S. Department of Education reports that for every missed day of school, it takes a student two days to catch up.
- In addition to academics, children learn valuable lessons about personal responsibility and commitment.
- Children keep up with their peers and have stronger bonds with the school and community.
- Annually, students who graduate from high school will earn 30% more than those who don’t complete high school.
- One in 10 kindergarten students miss nearly a month of school every year. In some districts, it runs as high as 1 in 3.
- Kindergarteners who miss 10 percent of school days have lower academic performance when they reach first grade.
- Chronic absence in kindergarten translated into lower fifth grade achievement.
Below is some important information about the correlation between attendance and achievement.
Transportation Changes
School Hours
School Doors open at 8:20 and the students will report to their grade level location. At 8:25, the first bell rings and the 2nd bell rings at 8:30, when learning begins.
At dismissal, parent walk-up and pick-up will begin to be dismissed at 8:35. The final bell is at 3:40 when all students will dismiss from their afternoon dismissal location.
Your child is marked tardy starting at 8:40. Attendance and tardy was a problem at Grandview. Please do not get into the same routine this year. We need your children in school each and every day!! Also, your child will not be released after 3:15, unless plans were set beforehand.
Free Breakfast and Lunch
Breakfast and Lunch Menus
Late Drop off and Early Pick Up
Tardy is marked starting at 8:40.
Children will not be allowed an early dismissal from the office after 3:15 pm so we can ensure a calm and safe end to the day for all students. Please plan accordingly. If you need your child picked up between 3:15-3:40, please contact the office or classroom teacher in the morning so that we are ready for this early release.
Kroger and Grandview
Kroger and Grandview
We get money from Kroger if you add Grandview to your profile. Thank you to all of you who have already added Grandview to your account. Though know that it is never too late to sign-up and join!!! So shop away, Grandview is benefitting from your grocery shopping!
Simply encourage your participants to visit http://www.kroger.com. Once logged into their Kroger account they can search for Friends of Grandview either by name or TH003 and then click Enroll. New users will need to create an account which requires some basic information, a valid email address and a rewards card.
*Customers must have a registered Kroger rewards card account to link to your organization.
*If a member does not yet have a Kroger rewards card, please let them know they are available at the customer service desk at any Kroger
REMEMBER, purchases will not count for your organization until after your participants register their rewards card.
Participants must swipe their registered Kroger rewards card or use the phone number that is related to their registered Kroger rewards card when shopping for each purchase to count.
Volunteering at School
iChats are also needed to be filled out if you wish to be a WatchDOG dad or chaperone a field trip.
Job Opportunity
Important Dates and Upcoming Dates
October
31: Assembly -- Wild World Adventure (9:00-K-2, 10:15-3rd-5th)
Parade -- 1:30 lead by the Clarenceville High School Marching Band -- Come and watch our students celebrate the start of the year and our fall holiday fun!
November
4: 5th Grade Camp Poinsettia Fundraiser Starts
5: Election Day -- No School -- Parent-Teacher Conferences
7: RS Savers
8: Principal Breakfast -- "P" of Pride and Reader Leaders
Lockdown @ 10:30 am
Scripts order deadline
11-15: Fall Book Fair
12: 1st Grade Field Trip to the theater
15: Movie Night @ Grandview = 6-8:00
18-22: Penny War
20: Chucke Cheese Family Dinner Event
21: RS Savers
25: Last Day for Poinsettia Fundraiser
26: GV Turkey Trot
27-1: Thanksgiving Break