Mustang Messenger
2018-2019 School Year: Volume 31: Week of April 22, 2019
Be the Best YOU at Grandview!!!
Earth Day Excitement
Monday is Earth Day!! A day we want to honor the Earth and focus on Reuse-Recycle-Renew. As important as Earth Day is, at Grandview, we focus on the Earth every day. Grandview is classified as a Green School and in fact we have Evergreen Status.
Learn more and see the complete list of schools.
Mrs. Hayes chairs this for our school, but there are other people that are leading the charge of great ways we protect the Earth at Grandview. Ms. Simone recycles our plastic in the cafeteria. Mrs. Nagle and GSRP chair our Grandview garden. Mrs. Nagle just received a $1,000 grant and is going to double the size of the garden for this year. GSRP is partnering with 5th grade to maintain the garden. Mrs. Duplessis is recycling milk carton with her students. Ms. Makulski is recycling supplies to use for her cardboard challenge. I have students that are reaching out to me to start a charge at Grandview to start a Recycling Club after reading motivating articles in their Scholastic News and wants to start a ban on plastic straws, as well as, other students wanting to start a plastic bottle challenge. In the end, it is amazing how our Grandview community is coming together to make a difference not only for Grandview, but for the Earth.
It is great to see so much leadership around Grandview! Let's make it another great week at Grandview!!!
Your Proud Principal,
Melissa Carruth, Ed.S
ANOTHER WEEK OF FUN AND LEARNING!
Livonia Symphony Orchestra
3rd Grade Field Trip
Collaboration Couples
5th Grade Camp Money
What is CEF and how can I support?
CEF Goals
Enhance student learning and teacher effectiveness by putting resources into the classrooms for items the district cannot fund.
- Provide scholarships
- Reward achievement growth and promote a desire to learn
- Provide technology enhancements to encourage new approaches to teaching & learning
- Deliver enrichment opportunities
- Provide mini – grants to enhance and sustain programs
Want to Support CEF, here is how?
- Every Thursday is Clarenceville Education Foundation Trojan Day at Fantastic Sam's.
- Come to a CEF Event....Lace Up Clarenceville, Reverse Raffle Dinner, Golf and Bowling Outing
- Link your Amazon Prime Account to the Clarenceville Educational Foundation
Enrollment for the 2019-2020 School Year
School of Choice Deadline
Clarenceville Theatre Presents The Addams Family
Upcoming FOG Events
Cake n' Bake Event
We are asking parents to donate a cake and or bake good for the raffle. It can be a home-made or store bought item! (Please let us know)
The Music Lady, who is also new to any Grandview function, will be performing some FUN family songs and entertainment before the raffle starts.
You will be able to buy tickets ($1ea.) throughout the evening and then the last 1/2 of the night will be for calling out our winners to take home their cakes!!
Come out and try something new
PLEASE BRING YOUR CAKE OR BAKED GOOD TO RAFFLE WITH YOU! We will have tables set up for them to be placed
Grandview AirTime Event
Upcoming FOG Meetings and Elections
May 14th
- Vote on the FOG board positions for the 2019-2020 school year. The following are the candidates -- President, Jamie Liss, Vice-President, Nick Dorst and Mary Ann Gould-Brent, Public Relations, Audra Roberts and Joy Mitchell
- Vote on if the sports director for the 2019-2020 school year is a FOG Position or not a FOG position.
- Vote on the 3 sports director 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
NOTE: If you cannot attend the May 14th meeting, but want to vote, there will be a ballot in the office from May 7th-14th. You may only vote one time. You need to get the ballot from Mrs. Ruspaj and sign a form that you voted in order for your vote to count.
Upcoming Assessment Dates and Information
M-STEP Dates
5th Grade = April 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.
Scholastic Buy One Get One Book Fair is Coming
Scripts
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.
Calling all 5th Graders (Incoming 6th Graders) -- Great Summer Opportunity!!
Registration is now open for middle school students looking to participate in a hands-on, project based learning program centered around Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, or STEM concepts.
Each camp is grade-specific and enables students to experience culinary arts, engineering, health sciences, information technology, robotics and visual imaging. Students will also have the opportunity to visit STEM-related programs at Oakland University and will create professional portfolios during a career day.
The camps are held from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free after-camp care is available from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. The camp will run for incoming sixth graders from June 24-28, for incoming seventh graders from July 8-12 and incoming eighth graders from July 15-19.
The camp is housed at all four Oakland Schools Technical Campus locations:
- OSTC Northeast, 1371 N. Perry Street, Pontiac, 48340
- OSTC Northwest, 8211 Big Lake Road, Clarkston, 48346
- OSTC Southeast, 5055 Delemere Avenue, Royal Oak, 48073
- OSTC Southwest, 1000 Beck Road, Wixom, 48393
The cost is $190 a week, including lunch and snack. Dinner is provided to students who stay for after-camp care.
Measles
Grandview Baseball
There is still time to turn in registrations if you haven't done so.
Tuesday 4/23 is the last day!!
Wednesday 4/24 @ 6:00 at Grandview is the coaches meeting. If you are just thinking of being a coach, please attend. We will go over team assignments, rules and equipment .
Also, any 4th, 5th or 6th graders that want to pitch, please attend the pitchers tryout after school Thursday 4/25 (must have parental permission).
Any questions call / text Tom (248) 719-1058.
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.
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 #2
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 23rd: Last day to sign-up for baseball
April 24th: 5th Grade M-STEP = Science
Baseball Coaches Meeting @ Grandview @ 6:00 pm
April 25th: 5th Grade M-STEP = Social Studies
RS Savers
Pitcher's Try-out (4th, 5th, and 6th grade)
Board of Education Meeting at Botsford = 6:30 pm
April 26th: Popcorn Friday
Cake Raffle Family Event = 6-7:30
April 26 & 27th: The Addams Family Play at Clarenceville High School
April 29th: 1:00 Lockdown
April 30th: Principal's Breakfast - Integrity
4th Grade Field Trip
May 1-3rd: 5th Grade Camp
May 3rd: FOG Family Event at AirTime Novi
May 6th-10th: Teacher Appreciation Week -- Spoil GV teachers
May 7th-14th: FOG Election Ballot in the office
May 8th: Tornado Drill @ 2:00 pm
May 9th: Board of Education Meeting at MS = 6:30 pm
May 10th: 5th Grade Step-up to the Middle School
May 13th: Principal's Breakfast = Discipline
May 14th: FOG Meeting @ 6 pm
May 15th: 4th Grade Field Trip @ Domino's
Grades 1-5th Grade Choir Concert @ 7 pm @ the HS
May 16th: Fire Drill @ 10:00 am
Grandview Learning Fair @ 2:00 pm
May 19th: Clarenceville 5K Fun Run "Lace it up Clarenceville"
Grandview Tigers Game