What a wonderful week it was! From our third grade Veteran's Day performance on Monday to four days of celebrating our grandparents and our first graders celebrated the 50th day of school in style! We are grateful for our teachers, staff, students, parents, and community members who bring their love for our school each and every day. We want to wish all of our families a Happy Thanksgiving!

Fondly,

Mrs. Jones & Mrs. Davis

Please send in your gently used coats/jackets by

Tuesday, November 20th

Have your children place the coats in the blue container

in the recycle corner near the library.

Puritan Cleaners will pick up our donated coats, wash and repair the coats, and they will be distributed by the Salvation Army to Virginia families in need.

November 20 - 1st grade Creativity Day; Turkey Trot; Puritan Cleaners - coat pick-up

November 21 - 23 - Thanksgiving Break

November 28 - College T-Shirt Day

November 30 - Pajama Day - sponsored by GHES SCA - pay $1.00 and wear PJ's for the day - all proceeds benefit the Crohns & Colitis Foundation

December 4 - Snickers, Snack, and Book Chat (4th & 5th) - 3:15 pm

December 7 - Father/Daughter Dance - 6 - 8 pm

December 11 - Pride Pow-Wow's (K & 3)

December 12 - Pride Pow-Wow's (2 & 5)

December 13 - Pride Pow-Wow's (1 & 4)

December 18 - Winter celebrations - grade K, 1, 3, 4, & 5

December 19 - Winter celebration - grade 2

Winter break - Dec. 20 - Jan. 1st - School reopens on Jan. 2

STEAMmania T-Shirt Order:

We're so excited to have every team filled for our STEAMmania competition at Cosby High School on Saturday, January 12th! STEAMmania participates should order the GHES STEAM shirt for competition day. However, orders are open to all GHES students, families, and teachers. You can show your support for our STEAMmania teams and your Bulldog STEAM Pride throughout the year.

Order Online Only: https://www.customink.com/g/ane0-00bm-njr3

Cost: ~$10

Delivery: When shirts arrive at school they will be delivered to classrooms.

IMPORTANT: Please write your student’s teacher name in the note before placing an order, so we know where to deliver the shirts.

Holiday Lights:

As you are pulling out decorations for the holidays, if you find your lights are partially burned out or you're just replacing them with new ones, STEAM will take them! They are perfect for circuitry lessons. Send them to the office or STEAM Room - classroom 14.

Avery Schwarz, Senior at James River High School in the Leadership and International Relations Specialty Center would like to invite Grange Hall students in Kindergarten - 2nd grade to a Father/Daughter Dance (any Parent/Guardian is welcome to attend with their child) benefiting the Crohns and Colitis Foundation. Avery's Capstone Project is focused on this foundation because she has a family member who battles Colitis daily and it is her goal to educate and bring awareness to the people in our local community on these diseases. The hope for her event is to provide an outlet for the community to become involved in an organization that strives to provide a better quality of life for Crohns and Colitis patients as well as providing funding, from the ticket sales, to go towards research and finding a cure.

Dance the Night Away

6:30 - 8:30 pm

James River High School

Tickets - $10.00

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For more information contact:

Avery Schwarz @ averynschwarz6@gmail.com