Mustang Messenger
2020-2021 School Year: Volume 14: Week of Dec 7th & Dec 14th
Be the Best YOU at Grandview!!!
The Season is Here!!!!
Dear Families,
This is a 2-week issue and the last issue of 2020. May 2021 Mustang Messenger bring better news and more sense of reality for all of us with students back in the hallways of Grandview.
Oh how I love this time of year with elementary students. I love hearing the excitement in the eyes of the children each and every day. Even virtually, the kids are having fun enjoying the holiday season no matter what holiday you celebrate. The kids excitement last week over the snow, some student's elves have arrived in their home, some students are so excited to show off their Christmas tree and others are just excited to have a break coming up. It truly is the most wonderful time of year. The following week is Holiday Spirit Week. Please enjoy all that the season has to offer even if it looks a little different this year due to COVID.
Also, with this wonderful time of year comes the c-c-c-cold outside. I have lived in Michigan off and on for 20+ years and I STILL am not use to the cold weather! If your child is in need of winter coats, gloves, hats, snow boots, etc.; please reach out to us at Grandview and lets see how we can help you.
Finally, help our students to stay focused throughout the holiday excitement. There are still ten more days of learning!
I hope you all have a fantastic holiday filled with lots of quality time with friends and family. Be sure to have your children learning over the break. Reading, writing thank you notes, and practicing math facts is something small that goes a long way.
Enjoy the season!! I look forward to leading all of you in 2021!
Your Proud Principal,
Melissa Carruth, Ed.S
Your Proud Principal,
Mrs. Melissa Carruth, Ed.S
Important Info to support your children at home
Another Week of Learning!!
Roll a Snowman
Kinder Mathematicians
Reader Leader
Spreading the Holiday Cheer
2nd grade writer
Kinder scientists
GV Virtual Holiday Spirit Week
School Supplies and Distribution
Last Friday, December 4th, was our last Supply Pick-up. This was the only distribution for December.
Thank you to all of you that took time out of your hectic day to come to Grandview on Friday to pick-up your child's learning materials. It was wonderful to see our Grandview families. If you could not come, we need you to make arrangements to come and get the supplies this week. The office is open from 8-4:00 and we have your child's materials in the front of the school. These materials are to support the asynchronous learning that will happen each day. If your child is coming in for testing, they can pick-up their materials at that time.
These supplies are VERY important to your child's success whether they are hybrid remote or virtual. Therefore, we expect all families to come to school to pick up the necessary supplies.
It is our goal to get all the materials out to all of you before we go out for holiday break. Please work with us to get to GV to pick up.
We will not have another supply distribution until January. We will set the date based on when we will be returning to school.
Grandview Virtual Parent Cafe -- Literacy Essentials
We also will be launching our GV parent website. It is a site that was developed for Grandview families to provide resources to all of you, as well as, the recordings of our Tuesday events in case you could not attend.
We know that with COVID, support for our parents is just as important as the support for our students. So the GV staff want to provide that support. The meetings will be short and we hope you walk away with one nugget of learning that will make teaching and learning with your child easier.
Below is the link and calendar of dates around the big 4 topics. The subtopics will be featured each week in the Mustang Messenger.
Parent Support Learning Sessions
There are a ton of amazing sessions on super relevant and impactful session!!! I encourage you to take time out of your schedule to support yourself to support your children.
Take a look and let me know if you attend and what you learn!!!
FOG NEWS
FOG is holding a 5 Below Fundraiser the week of December 13th-19th. Without our Holiday Shop event able to happen, due to COVID restrictions, this fundraiser is a great way to buy some economical presents for families.
You need to take the below flyer with you when you are shopping!!! Feel free to show the picture or print off and give to the cashier.
Clarenceville District and Elementary Calendar
Yearbook Pictures
First Day of School, Grandview FOG Facebook Page, Constitution Day, Virtual Spirit Week has all brought in some great pictures for our yearbook committee, but we need more. Thank you to those families that have sent me pictures, but we still need more. If you have some great pictures of your child learning virtually, please email them to the following address.....gviewyearbook@gmail.com. It will take a village for us to ensure that we have enough pictures to mark this historical year.
This Week's Specials Content Introduction Video
Still Not In the Special's Google Classroom, here are some tips to help you.....
Junior Kindergarten through Second Grade students who have not yet enrolled in their Specials Google Classroom have been added to the classrooms. You will not need to follow instructions for joining with a code. Instead, go to classroom.google.com and you'll see the Specials class automatically listed. Click the "Join" button and then the classroom will open. Look at the image below to help guide you.
Third through fifth grade students who have not yet enrolled in their Specials Google Classroom should follow the instructions to join with the code provided. Each of your classroom teachers have the codes listed.
School Hours and Attendance
This week we are starting tardies. If you are more than 10 minutes late into the meetings, tardy will be marked. So any student in after 8:40 or 10 minutes after their afternoon session, will be marked tardy. That will happen in brick and mortar.
Any student that misses more than the majority of the lesson, will be marked absent. Students are coming in with under 5 minutes to go, that is missed learning. The teachers will try and keep your child on to catch them up, but small group sessions are happening and they might not be able to.
Tardies can affect truancy, as does attendance. Remember, attendance IS taken daily. Attendance will be monitored. Truancy laws will be upheld. Under State of Michigan legislation, truancy is defined as a child who has 10 or more unexcused absences per school year. If you are option 1 - hybrid remote, teachers will take a morning and afternoon attendance, just like in brick and mortar. If you are in option 2 - virtual academy. You have a little more flexibility, but daily contact with the teacher is still expected. You can still call into the attendance line to excuse your child, but please do not get yourself into trouble with attendance. Unlike the spring, attendance is mandatory.
Free Breakfast and Lunch -- December Details!!!
Curbside meal pick-up for all children 18 and under or any mentally or physically handicapped adults ages 19-26 will take place on Thursdays at Clarenceville High School, Door 21. On most Thursdays, students will be given 7 days’ worth of breakfast and lunch meals. Parents/students can pick up their meals during one of the following service times: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM OR 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM. See the 2020-21 First Semester Meal Pick-Up Schedule for a complete list of service dates and the number of meals to
be provided on each date.
If you are in need of food, but cannot get to Grandview for food, please reach out to myself or the Grandview office so that we can help you to get food. I have included another free food resource from Bush's.
FOG Positions and FOG News -- JOIN OUR TEAM!!!
The following positions are still available:
FOG President:
FOG Co-VP with Nick Dorst:
If you are interested, please reach out to myself or Nick Dorst at fogvp2020@gmail.com
Tech Support this School Year
Click here for Google Meet Support Link
Click her to access Google Meet for Tech support
Tuesday Night Night
I will read this Tuesday and next Tuesday and then will take a break until January 5th where we will continue reading great stories in 2021!!
Grandview and Kroger
We get money from Kroger if you add Grandview to your profile. Thank you to all of you who have already 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.
Interested in Cub Scouts
Grandview Sports
In the meantime, check out this great communication piece for our families!!
Important Dates and Upcoming Dates
December
8: GV Virtual Parent Cafe Meeting @ 6:00 pm - Literacy - Essential Literacy Practices
10: Board of Education Meeting @ 6:30 pm
13-19: FOG Five Below Fundraiser
14-18: GV Virtual Spirit Week
15: FOG Meeting
19-January 3: Holiday Break
January
4: Classes Resume virtually at 8:30 am