Mustang Messenger
2018-2019 School Year: Volume 27: Week of March 18, 2019
Be the Best YOU at Grandview!!!
Spring is Here
Spring is in the air. Our first day of spring is Wednesday! Kids are itching with the warmer weather and spring break. Unfortunately, reminders are being given out more than usual. Behavior reminders are popping up in classroom newsletters too. So please remind and encourage your child to stay focused on their learning and showing respect to their peers and to the adults in the building. We will continue to focus on Respect. Principal Breakfast with respectful students will be on April 15th.
Also at this time, we need to give reminders to our Grandview families about safety and drop-off and pick-up procedures. Please look below for our reminders!! I will continue to be visible at arrival and dismissal to ensure that all procedures are being carried out with fidelity.
Join me in bringing Respect into your home as we are encouraging Respect at Grandview.
Your Proud Principal,
Melissa Carruth, Ed.S
ANOTHER WEEK OF FUN AND LEARNING!
Variety Show Fun
Poms Performance
Variety Show Grand Finale
Principal's Breakfast
3rd Grade Kahoot!
5th grade Researchers
Drop off and Pick up Reminders
Morning Drop-off in the front
- If you drop your students off in the front of the school, park in a spot and walk your child to the front door.
- Do not drop your child off before 8:20. If you do, please be sure there is an adult monitoring the student.
- Doors open at 8:20.
- Do not park in the handicap spots, unless you have a handicap sticker
- Park in an area that is a parking space, do not create a space. If there are not spaces, please wait for one.
- Do not block the bus loop
- If you walk in with your child and want to walk to the classrooms, you need to sign in at the office and get a visitor pass.
Morning Drop-off in the back
- Form 3 lines
- Do not pull up until 8:15
- Alternate cars pulling forward -- slot 1, 2, 3 and repeat
- If you pay for preschool, you can pull up and drop off up until 8:00. After 8:00, you have to park in a space and walk your child in.
- Be respectful to all drivers, we understand that we are all in a rush
- Back doors open at 8:20
Afternoon Pick-up in the front
- Pick-up your child at the front doors
- Do not park in the handicap spots, unless you have a handicap sticker
- Park in an area that is a parking space, do not create a space. If there are not spaces, please wait for one.
- Do not block the bus loop
- Walk up and pick up your child, do not have your child run out to meet you in the parking lot. There are too many cars and busses. Safety first!!!
Afternoon Pick-up in the back
- Form 3 lines
- Alternate cars pulling forward -- slot 1, 2, 3 and repeat
- Do not park in the parking spaces and have your child run out to meet you. Please stay in your car and run through the loop
- Be respectful to all drivers, we understand that we are all in a rush
Safety First
- During the school day, no one can enter the building through any door, but the front door.
- Everyone needs to sign in and get a sticker if you wish to walk towards the classrooms during the school day. Staff indicated that they are unsure if the adults in the building have signed in and look to see the visitor stickers. I know that we are familiar faces to the office, but not all of the staff knows all of the faces, so please take the extra steps to sign-in.
- If you have a GSRP or Pre-school student, after dropping your little one off, please do not walk through the hallways. If you wish to get your other child to class, please walk around to the front and sign in. It seems like a silly extra step, but arrival and dismissal is very hectic and all adults should be identified.
Caine's Arcade Supplies
In need of Milk and Water Gallon Jugs
Grandview Grant Opportunity
March is Reading Month
Transportation Changes
Popcorn Day
5th Grade Camp Details and Fundraiser
The next camp fundraiser is going on, Little Caesar's Pizza Kits. See below for more information on this.
Finally, please communicate with your child's teacher about campl If you need help with the expense, please reach out to your child's classroom teacher. We are wanting a 100% participation with Camp. It is a memory making event for your child and a great momento for their days at Grandview. There are about 23 students not attending at this point in time. That is higher than in year's past. Remember we can give help!!!
Calling all Kindergarten - Class of 2032
Floor Hockey -- All-Star Game
The 3rd annual 5th grade All-Star Hockey Game is this Friday, March 22nd a 6:30. Please RSVP to Stacey Wittscheck, as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please contact her at 586-222-3641.
Schoolstore Fundraiser
Custody Information
WIDA
All students who have a language other than English spoken at home and are identified as English Learners must take a state test called WIDA ACCESS for ELLs (Accessing Comprehension and Communication in English State to State for English Language Learners). The Enrollment Office form that was completed when your son/daughter enrolled in Clarenceville Schools tells us this information. Students will take the test eve if they are not attending ESL/EL classes. The test is for Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking and Comprehension in English. Students will start testing at Grandview on Monday and will go until March 22, 2019. We will mail your child's test results to you when we receive them from the Michigan Department of Education. If you have any questions, please contact Karen Morrison at 248-919-0404.
Fever
After-School Event Guidelines
Watch Dog -- WE NEED VOLUNTEERS
Pink Out Store
Team Gibson/Terpack still have the Pink Out Store opened. Suckers and other items will be sold to raise money for Karmanos Cancer Center. The store will be set up in the main hallway by the office and will be student run.
Reflection Room
Tardy
We have had a lot of students arriving late. Tardies start at 8:40 and will be tracked. If your child comes in after the class did the lunch count, then they will automatically get PB&J as their lunch choice. Lunch counts will not be finalized until after 8:40. If you know your child is going to be late, then please call in the tardy and select your child's lunch choice to ensure that they can get another choice. Our lunch counts are becoming very lopsided and we need to ensure that the children are getting the choice that they signed up for. Also we need our students on time for school!!
Kroger and Grandview
We received over $100 from Kroger from our last reporting. Thank you to all of you who have 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.
Bookflix for Grandview Families
The Michigan eLibrary did not renew their subscription to Bookflix. We found great value in this site for our children. Therefore, Grandview purchased a school subscription that allows teachers and students to use the following username and password to access Bookflix at home and at school. Please feel free to use this at home. The link is as follows.....
https://digital.scholastic.com/site/launch/bkflix?ucn=600063987
There is a link on the Library symbaloo and will be putting a link under the student links on the Clarenceville website.
Username: grandvw
Password: flix
If you click on the apple and book in the top right corner, it takes you to a Resources and Tools page where you can search for books, search by themes, running times and grade levels.
This is another way to engage your students with their learning at home.
Enjoy!!!
Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts
Meetings are underway for both of these great organizations. Girl Scouts will be meeting on Wednesdays and Boy Scouts will be meeting on Mondays at 6:30. Come join the fun!
Transportation Changes
Do not rely on just the office for transportation changes. It is important that you also put it in writing in an email to the teacher. If you alert the teacher and the office, chances are better that the message is delivered accurately. We have so many transportation changes at the end of the day that makes us uneasy that a mistake could occur. Please do not make a change after 3:00!!
Job Opportunity
Volunteering at School
Lunch Menu -- This week is Week #1
Box Tops
Now is the time to turn in all of the Box Tops you have saved over the summer including all of the Back to School Bonus Box Tops. Please send them to school in a baggie and give them to your child’s teacher. The class will the most Box Tops collected will win a prize!
Important Dates and Upcoming Dates
March 18th: Blackout Day to put down the electronics and pick up a book
Fire Drill at 2:00 pm
March 19th: Silly Sock Day
FOG Meeting at 6:00 pm
March 20th: Tornado Drill, RS Savers
March 22nd: Flashlight Friday -- Wear your PJs and bring a flashlight to school
FOG Popcorn day
March 25th: Mustache Monday -- Wear a mustache to celebrate reading
Camp Storer Parent Meeting at 5:30 pm
March 27th: Bookmark Contest Entries Due
March 28th: Disney Day -- wear anything Disney
March 29th: Book Character Day to end our month of celebration -- Last Day before Spring Break
April 1-5th: Spring Break