Mustang Messenger
2018-2019 School Year: Volume 30: Week of April 15, 2019
Be the Best YOU at Grandview!!!
I is for Integrity
In following our PRIDE model, Integrity is the next character attribute that we will be focusing on for the next two weeks. It is simply defined as "doing the right thing, even when no one is watching." On our model, we help to define it to the students as following school rules, being honest, and playing fair.
It is the letter that is the one area that we need to work on the most at Grandview. The most challenging time for some of our Grandview students is during "unstructured" time. Unstructured times is lunch, recess, and sometimes during specials. It is during those times, where behaviors often escalate. So I now am asking our students, "Are we carrying ourselves with integrity?"
When I have meetings with local companies and professionals, I ask professionals, what characteristics are you looking for in our next generation. Almost every professional has integrity on their list.
So how appropriate that the next three character attributes are integrity, discipline and effort as we enter the M-STEP and NWEA window?!?! We hope the Grandview students are disciplined in their learning, showing their best effort without the teachers assessing their learning. We know that our students can do it!! We cannot wait to see how they WOW us!! Good luck to the 5th graders as they test on Wednesday and Thursday!!!
Let's keep our focus and continue to have conversation with our students about their learning to help them to see that their learning is important know more than ever!! Lets have them show and validate a year's worth of learning!!! We can do it Grandview!!
Your Proud Principal,
Melissa Carruth, Ed.S
ANOTHER WEEK OF FUN AND LEARNING!
It must be spring
Non-fiction readers
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Enrollment for the 2019-2020 School Year
School of Choice Deadline
Upcoming FOG Events
Upcoming FOG Meetings and Elections
April 16th
- Make nominations for the 2019-2020 FOG committee - there are 2 open positions. We have candidates that will be accepting their nomination. Nominations can be made up until Tuesday.
- Discuss Cake Raffle and Tiger Game Event
- Discuss voting process for the open positions
May 14th
- Vote on the 2 open FOG board positions for the 2019-2020 school year ie President, VP, etc...
- Vote on the sports director for the 2019-2020 school year. There are 3 candidates - Tom Krueger, Beth Hall and Stacey Wittscheck
- Discuss 5th grade and kinder graduations
- Make suggestions and vote on any end-of-the-year donations for the 2019-2020 school year.
- Set calendar dates for the 2019-2020 school year
- Honor out-going FOG members
If you are interested in holding a FOG position for the "special" election, as well as, FOG positions for the 2019-2020 school year or for the Sports Director position, please email me in advance of the April 16th meeting.
Upcoming Assessment Dates and Information
M-STEP Dates
5th Grade = April 17 (ELA), 18 (Math), 24 (Science), and 25th (SS)
4th Grade = May 8 (ELA) and May 9 (Math)
3rd Grade = May 17 (ELA) and May 20 (Math)
April 29th-May 31st
All K-5 students will participate in the NWEA, DIBELS, DRA, and CCR assessments
Attendance is important and please be on-time as assessments begin first thing in the morning.
Livonia Parks and Rec Grant Opportunity
The City of Livonia Parks and Recreation Department is offering students who are on free or reduced lunch the opportunity to apply for a grant of up to $300 to pay for Parks and Rec program participation. Grant applicants must be a Livonia resident.
Please see attachment for grant application.
Measles
Grandview Baseball
Baseball Registration Forms
Lace Up, Clarenceville
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
Transportation Changes
Schoolstore Fundraiser
FOG Popcorn Day
Custody Information
Fever
After-School Event Guidelines
Watch Dog
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!!!
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
April 15th: Principal's Breakfast - RESPECT
Livonia Symphony Orchestra Event for 4th and 5th Grade
April 16th: FOG Meeting at 6:00
April 17th: 5th Grade M-STEP = ELA
April 18th: 5th Grade M-STEP = Math
3rd Grade Field Trip - Morley Candy Factory
Last Day to turn in your baseball money
April 19th: No School - Good Friday
April 24th: 5th Grade M-STEP = Science
April 25th: 5th Grade M-STEP = Social Studies
RS Savers
Board of Education Meeting at Botsford = 6:30 pm
April 26th: Popcorn Friday
Cake Raffle Family Event = 6-7:30
April 29th: 1:00 Lockdown
April 30th: Principal's Breakfast - Integrity
May 1-3rd: 5th Grade Camp
May 3rd: FOG Family Event at AirTime Novi