Mustang Messenger
2019-2020 School Year: Volume 7: Week of October 14, 2019
Be the Best YOU at Grandview!!!
Engaged Families Build a School Community
Dear Families,
When families, communities and schools work together, students are more successful and the entire community benefits. For schools and districts across the U.S., family engagement is becoming an integral part of education reform efforts.
Why Parent Engagement Is Important
Research over the last forty years tells educators and parents, with a substantial amount of evidence, that parent involvement and engagement is associated with children’s academic performance and social competence. The following is a list of benefits when parent engagement is at a high level...
1. Students achieve more, regardless of socio-economic status, ethnic/racial background or the parents' education level.
2. Students have higher grades and test scores, better attendance, and complete homework more consistently.
3. Students have higher graduation rates and greater enrollment rates in post-secondary education.
4. Educators hold higher expectations of students whose parents collaborate with the teacher.
5. Student achievement for disadvantaged children not only improves, but can also reach levels that are standard for middle-class children. In addition, the children who are farthest behind make the greatest gains.
6. Children from diverse cultural backgrounds perform better when parents and professionals collaborate to bridge the gap between the culture at home and at the learning institution.
7. Student behaviors such as alcohol use, violence, and antisocial behavior decrease as parent involvement increases.
8. Students will keep pace with academic performance if their parents participate in school events, develop a working relationship with educators, and keep up with what is happening with their child's school.
9. Junior and senior high school students whose parents remain involved make better transitions, maintain the quality of their work, and develop realistic plans for their future. Students whose parents are not involved, on the other hand, are more likely to drop out of school.
As you can see, parent engagement is essential to your child's success. So be engaged at home by providing a supportive home learning environment and having your children at school and on time.
I look forward to seeing all of you at the Fall Festival this Friday night.
Your Proud Principal,
Melissa Carruth, Ed.S
Great Week of Learning
4th Grade Field Trip
Extra Math
Kindergarten Authors and Illustrators
2nd Grade QR Codes
2nd Grade Scientists
Kindergartner Learn and Play
Picture Day
Our on-line site is https://my.lifetouch.com
School ID is LM729181Y0
Profits of the sales come back to the building.
News from the Music Room
Choir
Has begun.....4th and 5th Grade Choir is on Tuesday's from 12:20-12:45. 5th grade choir students will have lunch with 4th grade on Choir days and give up their recess to do choir. Please note that this will cut into 4th grade's instruction, by about 20 minutes
Band
Instrument Fitting is on Monday, October 14th from 9-11. There will be an informational meeting this Wednesday October 16th at 6:30 pm in the Botsford Gym to introduce and explain the Elementary Band program. Marshall music will also be in attendance with instruments, books, accessories and music stands for purchase.
Fall Festival is THIS FRIDAY!!!!
On October 18th, is Fall Festival. A Grandview tradition that I love to be a part of. There will be cider and doughnuts, games, Spooky walks, pumpkin picking, and trunk or treating. In order for this event to go off without a hitch, you need to purchase tickets ahead of time. The flyers are going home on Monday!! Tickets will not be sold on the 18th!! You need to purchase before the event!!
Pink Out Store
FOG Popcorn Day
October has one more popcorn day. This Friday, October 18th is the next selling days. $0.50 a bag and all proceeds go to FOG.
Watch D.O.G.S
A Note From Our Specials Teachers....
A Message from Mr. Davidson
Hello Families! We have had a great start to our year here in Art! Our youngest grades continue to work on fine motor skills such as holding scissors correctly and cutting carefully on the lines. Our upper grades have been doing some creative group projects where everyone’s creativity can be used. October is Bully prevention month and we will be working on some anti-bullying/positive choices posters that we will hang up all around the school. I love seeing the creativity of our students when given an “Open ended” type of project.
I would like to share an Apple app that allows students to draw and design. It’s on my iPad!
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/paper-by-fiftythree/id506003812
If you have an Android you can find this app in the Google Play store
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bytestorm.artflow
Mr. Davidson
A Day With Art- Is GREAT
A Day Without Art- Is like a cold rainy Monday
Family In Need Applications
Grandview Apparel
Grandview Apparel can still be ordered.
https://stores.alleycatdesigns.com/grandviewmustangs/shop/home
Remember that Grandview Apparel make great Christmas gifts too!!! A portion of your order comes back to FOG!!
In need of Milk and Water Gallon Jugs
Mrs. Duplessis is in need of cleaned out and emptied milk and water gallon jugs. She is building a recycled igloo for a learning spot for her learners. The igloo is in Room 119. Come and check out this amazing way to live out the motto....Reuse, Reduce, and Recycle!!
The Importance of Sleep
Importance of being in school
Education is important for your child’s success in life. Regular attendance ensures that your child gets all the benefits school can offer. When children are missing school, they’re missing out on those benefits. School attendance is so important, that Michigan law makes it compulsory for all children ages 6 to 16 attending public schools. When children are excessively absent, the law holds parents/guardians accountable. If your child is truant (missing scheduled school time without an accepted excused absence), you and/or your child could end up in court with serious consequences. Attendance may be the single most important factor in school success because:
- Children do best in school when they are in class every day. The U.S. Department of Education reports that for every missed day of school, it takes a student two days to catch up.
- In addition to academics, children learn valuable lessons about personal responsibility and commitment.
- Children keep up with their peers and have stronger bonds with the school and community.
- Annually, students who graduate from high school will earn 30% more than those who don’t complete high school.
- One in 10 kindergarten students miss nearly a month of school every year. In some districts, it runs as high as 1 in 3.
- Kindergarteners who miss 10 percent of school days have lower academic performance when they reach first grade.
- Chronic absence in kindergarten translated into lower fifth grade achievement.
Below is some important information about the correlation between attendance and achievement.
Transportation Changes
School Hours
8:30-3:40. 1/2-day ends at 11:30.
School Doors open at 8:20 and the students will report to their grade level location. At 8:25, the first bell rings and the 2nd bell rings at 8:30, when learning begins.
At dismissal, parent walk-up and pick-up will begin to be dismissed at 8:35. The final bell is at 3:40 when all students will dismiss from their afternoon dismissal location.
Your child is marked tardy starting at 8:40. Attendance and tardy was a problem at Grandview. Please do not get into the same routine this year. We need your children in school each and every day!!
Free Breakfast and Lunch
Breakfast and Lunch Menus
Late Drop off and Early Pick Up
Tardy is marked starting at 8:40.
Children will not be allowed an early dismissal from the office after 3:15 pm so we can ensure a calm and safe end to the day for all students. Please plan accordingly. If you need your child picked up between 3:15-3:40, please contact the office or classroom teacher in the morning so that we are ready for this early release.
Tuesday Night Night
Grandview Sports
A note from the Sports Director....
Flag Football is off to a great start! Please check the sports website for up to date team rosters, game schedules, team standings & league rules. Grandviewsports
The Grandview Sports website is undergoing a transformation... Grandview Sports will soon be home to BOTH Grandview & Botsford Sports! Stay tuned and watch as both our fabulous elementary schools merge into 1 home for all sports!
If you haven't paid your league dues ($25) or any T-Shirt/Hoodie orders; please contact Amy Young at Botsford or Stacey Wittscheck at Grandview to make arrangements to submit payment.
As always, if you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me!
Be sure to sign up and participate!! If you have questions regarding sports, reach out to Stacey at her email at GVSportsDirector@gmail.com.
Also be sure to follow the Grandview Sports Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/GrandviewSports/
Kroger and Grandview
Kroger and Grandview
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.
Volunteering at School
iChats are also needed to be filled out if you wish to be a WatchDOG dad or chaperone a field trip.
Job Opportunity
Important Dates and Upcoming Dates
October
14-18: No Pink Out Store.....Fall Festival Raffle Tickets $0.25 for raffles
14: Instrument Fitting-- 9-11:00 @ Grandview
FOG Restaurant Night -- Texas Roadhouse Dinner Night
15: 3rd Grade Field Trip -- Henry Ford (8:45-12:45)
16: 5th Grade Field Trip -- Cider Mill (10-2:00)
Parent Band Meeting at Botsford at 6:30 pm
17: Picture Day
18: Fall Festival
Popcorn Friday
23: Fire Drill @ 3:00 pm
24: RS Savers
Assembly -- Farmington Hills Fire Department
Board of Education Meeting @ 6:30 pm
30: Principal Breakfast
31: Assembly -- Wild World Adventure