Please be sure to choose GHE for your school when answering the survey. We will keep the survey open until March 9 and I will send out occassional reminders. We would love 100% participation in order to have your voice heard. Thank you!

TITLE I FAMILY ENGAGEMENT SURVEY

Please check out this email and information that is going out from Coach Eller regarding the American Heart Association Fundraiser.

We are participating in the Kid's Heart Challenge through the American Heart Association. During an assembly on Thursday,, the KC representative for the AHA, Melissa Rock, led our students through a lesson about our hearts and taught hands-only CPR. Along with this, she and I let everyone know about a great fundraising opportunity that our school gets to be a part of from Feb. 24th through March 24th. The money raised from this fundraiser as part of the Kid's Heart Challenge goes to helping children and adults who need heart surgeries, need personal AEDs, or other assistance devices.

OUR GRAY HAWKS were sent home with an info letter that explains everything and how to sign up.There is also a QR code that takes you to our school's page and from there you can sign up as well. Donations occur online through the students page after they get signed up.

During this fundraiser there are specific prizes that students can win. There are individual prizes such as key chains, jump ropes, t-shirts, and more. The class that raises the most money will receive a pizza party. Every $1000 raised, one staff member will be slimed, and if we reach OUR GOAL of $6000 Dr. Springer and I will sleep on the roof of Gray Hawk for a night in addition to all of the sliming that will occur! :)

Finally, AHA has partnered with the KC Chiefs and are offering a field trip to tour the stadium and meet some of the staff and players. To win this prize we have to raise $3500 to be entered in a drawing with all the other KC area schools that raise that amount. Two schools will be picked and if Gray Hawk is chosen 25 students, Coach Eller, and a few staff members will be on a field trip to Arrowhead for the day.

On Thursday, Connor Stark (4th grade student in Emma's class) came to me with an idea. He was inspired by Kindness Week and had the opportunity to volunteer at Happy Bottoms. He approached me and asked if we could organize a diaper drive with Happy Bottoms.

Happy Bottoms is an organization that provides diapers to families in need. While they are most in need of sizes 4, 5, and 6 they will collect any size diapers. Diaper packages can be new or they can be partial packages that are open in a bag or box. They will also accept baby wipes but those must be new and unopened.

In sitting down with Connor, I was very proud of him. He had answers to all of my questions and I was able to convince him to lower his lofty goal of 20,000 diapers down to a goal of 2,000 diapers. I told him that we could do this throughout the month of March and see what we could collect. The thing that was most impressive to me is that he said even collecting 20 diapers is better than collecting no diapers. I love the heart that OUR GRAY HAWKS have for giving back! i will put some information together and would ask that you share it with OUR families.

Connor's Family is sponsoring a pizza party for the class that donates the most diapers.

Sign Up for the Talent Show is Tuesday, March 7, 2023 between 5 and 6:30 pm.

Dress Rehearsal is Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 6:00 and participants MUST attend

Gray Hawk Talent Show is Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 6:00 pm.

Please read the attached flyer for more details.

If you would like to sign up to be a part of the 2nd Annual GHES Talent Show, please fill out this form.

Gracias to DJ Tommy Andrade of 90.1 KKFI's Taste of Tejano radio show for donating his talents to OUR event! He did an amazing job and kept the party going from the opening notes to the final song of the night.

Thank you to Lynnmark Mercantile for donating cookies to OUR event.

We are teaming up with Sporting KC again this year to raise money for our school! EVERYONE is invited to sign up for a training date. Training is very easy and the school earns money for each person that is trained! Once training is completed, please feel free to sign up to work a game! If you volunteered last year, we are required to be trained again. Thank you in advance for helping our school raise funds to do some amazing things!

Training Dates are:

Monday, February 27 5:30 - 7:30 pm

Tuesday, February 28 5:30 - 7:30 pm

Saturday, March 4 9 - 11:00 am

Parking and meeting details are in the Sign Up Genius.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094FABAF2BABF58-ghes

• Keynote: The Developing Nervous System and How Adversity and Resiliency Impact our Emotional, Cognitive and Physiological Health - Dr. Lori Desautels
• Deep Dive into How to Tap into the Nervous System of our Most Dysregulated Behaviors - Dr. Lori Desautels
  
• Moving Beyond Rewards and Punishments - Connie Persike

• Sensing Safety: Prevent Crisis with Sensory Supports - Jessica Sinarsky

• You're Getting on My Nerves: Supporting Adult and Child Dysregulation through a Lens of Applied Educational Neuroscience - Dr. Dustin Springer

• More Than Tools And Strategies: How A Simple Philosophy And Fundamental Neuroscience Can Reduce The Need For Punitive Discipline Practices - Guy Stephens

• From Islands to an Ecosystem: Proactive Strategies that will Change Your School - Jessica Harris and Dr. Shannon Gauble

• Keynote: Leadership Panel - Principals in Action - Dr. Dustin Springer, Dr. Melissa Sadin, James Moffett, and Jodi Place
  

• Regulating their Being; Creating a Relational Regulation Space for Students and Staff - Meg Baldwin

• Now What? Putting Trauma-Informed Practice into Action - 5 Must Do's for Schools - James Moffett

• It Takes a Village. Building Trauma-Informed Partnerships with Families and Communities - Tracey Leonard

• I'm a Teacher, Not a Therapist! Decreasing Overwhelm & Empowering Educators in Their Appropriate Role in Healing Trauma in Students - Doris and Rick Bowman Consulting

• Increasing and Securing Student-Teacher Relationships with CTRT - Dr. Christie Opiola and Dr. Cara Carnes-Holt

• See, Guide, Trust: How to Guide Children Effectively - Mr. Chazz

• Student Discipline "Suspended": Supporting Student Success within an Inclusive SEL Framework - Stephen Jez

• Secondary Traumatic Stress Solutions for Educators and School Personnel - Dr. Tracey Cleamans

• How to Handle "That Parent" - Kathleen Hilchey

• Refuel, Reset, and Replenish: Creative Tools for Resiliency - Kay Glidden and Beth Reynolds-Lewis

• Why Does That Student Get To Me?!: Understanding, Accepting And Empathizing Our Ghosts In The Classroom - Dr. Jane Samuel

Check out some pictures from the event below! I left with a completely full heart and was sad to leave all of my friends but it was great to come back and be with OUR GRAY HAWKS!