Greystone News
May 4, 2018
Congratulations to Carol McLaughlin- Alabama Teacher of the Year Final Four Finalist
To read more about Miss McLaughlin's honor, click here to read Jon Anderson's article from the Hoover Sun. http://hooversun.com/schools/greystone-educator-among-final-four-contenders-for-2018-19-a/
Congratulations to Mr. Roberson Greystone PTA Teacher of the Year
Middle School Night
Come and meet your upcoming middle school family!
Hoover Middle School Parent Night
at YOUR upcoming middle school
Monday, May 7, 2018
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Parent and student activities will include:
A welcome from your school’s principal
An overview of programs, clubs, activities, and opportunities
An opportunity to meet your school’s counselors, faculty, and staff
An orientation meeting specifically designed for parents
A tour of the school
Who should attend?
All parents and students who are NEW to their middle school
for the 2018-2019 school year. This includes any rising
6th, 7th, or 8th grader who will be new to the school.
The Genius Hub is Ready
Community Service Forms Are Due by May 14th
Parents,
If your child has completed community service, please submit the form to Mrs. Amos-White by May 14th. The award assemblies will take place on May 21st at 8 am (grades K-2) and 8:45 am (grades 3-5). If you need a Community Service form, please see this link https://goo.gl/ekzJ4v. Thank you!
Kristin Amos-White
School Counselor
205-439-3222
Talent Show Auditions May 7th
The maximum time allowed for each act is 1½ minutes. Ms. Evans can help edit length of the accompaniment.
One act per student, unless participating in a teacher-sponsored act. Teacher-sponsored acts include the whole class and must be less than 4 minutes.
Parents, please watch the act at least once at home before the audition to check for appropriateness, quality, and length of the act.
The act must be thought out and prepared well in advance so that the student(s) can do their very best at the audition. No food, liquids, or throwing items from the stage.
Students are required to attend the dress rehearsal on Thursday, May 17th during school. Please, no parents.
Costumes must be approved by the Talent Show Committee and worn to the audition. Bodysuits must be worn underneath costumes if midriffs are exposed.
Accompaniment music for singing acts must not have lead vocals. Karaoke tracks are usually available online and in local stores for most songs.
Recorded music must be submitted via email or thumb drive as an mp3 or on CD to Ms. Evans. MP3 players, iPods, YouTube videos, and other website links cannot be utilized.
No parents backstage without prior approval from Mrs. Lamb and Ms. Evans
Please email Mrs. Lamb (alamb@hoover.k12.al.us) or Ms. Natalie Evans (nevans@hoover.k12.al.us) with any questions.
LIbrary News
All library books are due now! If your child still has library books checked out, please remind them to bring them on Monday! If you would like to help with inventory, please email Julie Richey at jrichey@hoover.k12.al.us It's a fun way to volunteer, and you can help any day, any time that works best for you!
Spain Park Seniors "Walk the Halls"
Note: Seniors who are taking their 2nd-period exams will be dismissed in time to make it to school, but will be provided a pass should they arrive late.
Commit to 36 is a fundraising campaign for the Hoover City Schools Foundation.
Stacey Stocks
Commit to 36 Is Here!!
Commit to 36 is a fundraising campaign by the Hoover City Schools Foundation with the goal of raising $36 per student (that’s $1 for every school week) to support grants and innovative programming in Hoover City Schools. With almost 14,000 students, we could raise $500,000. We believe this is an achievable goal with community support from parents, business leaders, and local businesses. Together, we can make a big difference in the educational offerings for our students.
This year, the Foundation has announced some exciting changes to Commit to 36 for this year!
We have added a list of schools to our Donate page for tracking purposes. We will donate 10% of your school’s designated donations (from April 7 until May 24) back to your PTO.
If your school reaches 20% participation, we will increase our donation to 20%.
The school with the highest participation rate gets an additional $1000 grant directly to the Principal.
We are working with the Hoover Restaurant Alliance to host a city-wide Spirit Day to benefit the Foundation. More details to follow.
Attention 5th Grade Parents! Middle School Transition Night is May 7th!
Take Time to Care for Hunger (T3)
Every 3.6 seconds a person dies of hunger. 75% of those are children.
A club has been created at Spain Park called: Take Time To Care (T3) by two of our former Greystone students, Lupita and Juan Luis Contreras. Also, Sofía Conteras one of our 5th graders is organizing this project as well. The T3 Club, along with the support of Mr. Giangrosso and Mrs.Hadder at Spain Park as well as the cosponsors Stop Hunger Now, Helping Hands and CRS, will host a 10,000 meal packing drive on May 5th from 8:30-10:30 a.m. in the Spain Park High School Cafeteria. They need around 80-100 volunteers and donations. Each meal costs 50 cents.
Please, follow our link to donate and register to help at http://helpinghands.crs.org/events/take-time-care/
Important Dates
May 7th - Talent Show Auditions
May 7th - Middle School Transition Night - 6:00 pm
May 8th - High School Transition Night - 6:00 pm
May 8th - School Board Meeting 5:30 pm
May 10th- K-2nd Field Day
May 11th- 3rd-5th Field Day
May 11th - Safety Patrol Party
May 11th - 6:30 pm - Jumpin' Jags Friends and Family Performance at Spain Park
May 14th/15th - Field Day Rain Dates
May 16th - Seniors Walk the School and Reception 8:00 am
May 17th - Talent Show Dress Rehearsal
May 18th - Kindergarten Kick-Off 9:30 - 10:30 am
May 18th - Bridge to Berry - 1:00 pm
May 21st - Awards Day - Times TBA
May 22nd - K-2 Talent Show 8:30 am, 3-5 Talent Show 12:30 pm
May 23rd - Early Dismissal - 12:45 pm
May 24th - Early Dismissal - 11:00 am, Last Day of School
Don't miss The Little Mermaid at Spain Park! The shows at 2:00 are followed by a tea party for children where they get to meet the cast!
Greystone Elementary
Email: mfox@hoover.k12.al.us
Website: http://greystoneelem.al.hce.schoolinsites.com/
Location: 300 Village Street, Birmingham, AL, USA
Phone: 205-439-3200
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreystoneElementarySchool/
Twitter: @greystoneelem