The Gator Bite
Greenfield Elementary 2019-2020
Look for us each week!
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Annual Update Reminder
Click here for PARENT PORTAL ANNUAL UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS
As this is a state requirement please be aware that you will continue to receive notices until the update is completed.
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Calendar of Events
Click here for the full Greenfield Elementary calendar.
Tuesday, September 10: Book Fair
Wednesday, September 11: Book Fair, Early Release, 1:55 p.m.
Thursday, September 12: Book Fair
Friday, September 13: Wear Gator Green!
Tuesday, September 17: 6th Grade Science Camp Chaperone Meeting, 6 p.m.
Wednesday, September 18: Early Release, 1:55 p.m., Dads Club BWW Wing Eating Contest, 6 p.m.
Friday, September 20: Wear Gator Green!
Monday, September 23: Student Council Meeting, 3:10 p.m.
Tuesday, September 24: Fall Individual Pictures, Running Club Parent Meeting, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, September 25: Early Release, 1:55 p.m.
Thursday, September 26: Parent-Teacher Conferences, Half-day Release, 11:55 a.m.
Friday, September 27: Wear Gator Green!, Parent-Teacher Conferences, Half-day Release, 11:55 a.m.
Monday, September 30: 6th Grade Band/Strings Demo
Tuesday, October 1: 6th Grade Band/Strings Demo, Dads Club Meeting, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, October 2: Sixth Grade Leaves for Science Camp, 5th Grade Band/Strings Demo
Thursday, October 3: 5th Grade Band/Strings Demo, PTSO Meeting in Library, 11:30 a.m.
Friday, October 4: Wear Gator Green!, Half-day Release, 11:55 a.m., Sixth Grade Returns from Science Camp
Monday, October 7 through October 14 - No School, Fall Break
Tuesday, October 15: School Resumes
Wednesday, October 16: Early Release, 1:55 p.m.
Friday, October 18: Wear Gator Green!
Monday, October 21: Student Council Meeting, 3:10 p.m.
Tuesday, October 23: Early Release, 1:55 p.m., PTSO Restaurant Night
Friday, October 25: Wear Gator Green!
Monday, October 28 through Friday, November 1 - Red Ribbon Week
Monday, October 28: Fall Family Night: 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 30: First Grade Field Trip to Orpheum Theater, 9 a.m., Early Release, 1:55 a.m.
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Early Release on Wednesday
Early release is this Wednesday, September 11th. School dismisses at 1:55 p.m. Also, remember that early release Wednesday lunches are different from the rest of the week. The Wednesday lunch schedule is listed below:
The PTSO would love your help with future events at The Swamp! Please see our website at www.greenfieldptso.org for who we are and what we do here at the school!
Sign up for our newsletter and updates here.
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Dads Club Fundraiser - Next Wednesday!
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Greenfield Elementary Fall Book Fair
Greenfield's Book Fair is here until Thursday, September 12th! Every purchase from the book fair earns rewards for our school so make sure you stop by between those dates from 8:05 until we close at 3:15! To learn more about the fair, please follow this link to our book fair page:
Book Fair eWallet
We have a new way to purchase books at the book fair! It is easier, so much faster and the best part is there is no worry of lost money! Click the following link to learn more: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/parent-how-it-works.html
Volunteers Needed
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0D48ADAF2BA6F85-fall5
Teacher Wish Baskets
Teacher Wish Baskets are up and running in the Book Fair! Please feel free to stop by and donate a book to your child's classroom.
Thank you!
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Box Tops
Preschool through 3rd Grade Winners for the August Collection
Mrs. Harris (Kindergarten): 227
4th Grade through 6th Grade Winners:
Mr. Puchi (5th Grade): 157
Whole School: 2,850 ($285)
Did you know that there is a new Box Tops App? This app now has instructions to submit your email receipts if you shop online! This is helpful as some of you may have transitioned to grocery pickup and found that you didn't have a physical receipt to scan. See BTFE.com for all the details.
Physical clips will still be honored until they reach their expiration dates so keep sending them in! Eventually the need to clip will be phased out but with thousands of products and hundreds of brands the conversion will take some time.
We will continue to coordinate, communicate, count and reward the leading classes each collection for as long as the physical clips still exist and have not expired.
We will NOT be collecting coke rewards codes this year but you can still enter the codes online and earn money for our school!
We will also NOT be collecting Campbell Soup labels as they have phased out their program.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact Laura Mason (ljinaz04@yahoo.com) or Karen Arendt (karenarendt@hotmail.com).
THANK YOU for continuing to help out our gators!
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What's Cookin' at the Swamp?
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday Lunch Schedule
Lunch schedules are subject to change when heat or rainy day schedules are in effect.
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Hot Lunches
The last hot lunch needs to be ordered by 9:30 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday mornings. The last call for hot lunch will be 9:00 on Wednesday mornings. These requests can also be left on the attendance line when calling in your child late for the day: (480) 892-2801, ext. 1401.
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Join the Greenfield Elementary PTSO!
The PTSO would love your help with future events at The Swamp! Please see our website at www.greenfieldptso.org for who we are and what we do here at the school!
Sign up for our newsletter and updates here.
To read our September newsletter, please click here.
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The PTSO Store is open!
Families can now order from PTSO's online store! Orders will be delivered to your child's classroom. Be sure to check out the store for items such as t-shirts, hooded jackets, patches and jewelry!
Click here to go directly to the site.
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Join Dads Club!
The Greenfield Elementary Schools’ Dads Club works in conjunction with our PTSO to organize and host family oriented events aimed at having fun, improving community relations and bringing students, their families and teachers together in a social setting. In addition, these events raise funds which are donated to the school in various forms, with an aim at enriching each child’s educational experience.
Are you interested in being a part of this amazing group? You can stop by the monthly meetings or send an email to get a little more information: greenfielddadsclub@gmail.com
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InTouch Instructions
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Greenfield Elementary
Email: greenfieldinfo@gilbertschools.net
Website: https://www.gilbertschools.net/greenfield
Location: 2550 East Elliot Road, Gilbert, AZ, USA
Phone: (480) 892-2801
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenfieldElementaryGators/
Twitter: @GrESGators