GES Weekly

May 12, 2023

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This week was all about celebrating our awesome staff and teachers. GES students and the community are so very fortunate to have the best group of educators cheering them on everyday!


A huge thank you to all the teachers and staff at Grafton Elementary School.

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Top - left to right: Scott Febbie (Art), Lori McDermid (Food Service), Stephanie Green (OT), Sarah Noble (Administrative Assistant), Cheryl Gay-Sherwin (Speech), Erin Shaw (paraprofessional), Laura Vogell (1/2 Teacher), Desi Wilbur (Nurse), Elaine Kraiger (Math Interventionist), Gary DeRosia (Custodian), Marjie Ottenbreit (Special Education Teacher), Bonnie Miller (PT), Doug Francis (Clinician)


Bottom - left to right: Alyssa Leonard (Music Teacher), Lizzie Hickin (K teacher), Jess Lake (Evening Clean Queen), Ann Beaudry-Torrey (Title 1 Reading Interventionist), Tracy Binet-Perrin (School Counselor), Vanessa Stern (3/4 Teacher), Kristie Lisai (5/6 Teacher), Adam Altshuler (PE & RP Teacher), Sarah Pogue (Librarian), Twyla Putnam (paraprofessional)

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Fun Facts About Our GES Staff

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Flower Shop Math in 1/2

Students in 1st and 2nd grade practiced their money skills by "purchasing" flowers at the FLOWER SHOP! What a creative and sweet idea.


Students took home the bouquets they bought for someone special!

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3-6 Field Trip!

Third and fourth graders joined the fifth and sixth grade class on a field trip to the American Precision Museum yesterday. This trip was part of our unit on the Industrial Revolution. Highlights included creating our own catapults, exploring the amazing machinery in the museum, and learning about the enormous water wheel that was used to power the Robbins and Lawrence interchangeable parts factory before electricity was discovered. When we got back to school, students wrote a reflection piece on the pros and cons of the industrial revolution.


Ask your student to share their ideas with you!

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School Property Access

Now that Spring has arrived, I would like to remind the community that school grounds are not open to the public during school hours, during the school year - Monday through Friday from 7:45am-3:15pm. If you wish to access the property behind our school, we ask that you please use an alternative trail and not the trail on school grounds. We have asked our students not to engage with pets that they may see during school hours while outside.

Mark your calendars!

May 10: Early Release 11:30

May 29: Memorial Day: No School

June 19th: Observation of Juneteenth: No School

June 20th: 6th Grade Move Up Ceremony

June 20th: From Superintendent Haas: ALL students' last day of school will be an EARLY RELEASE DAY on Tuesday, June 20th.