News From The Nest
GRAHAM ELEMENTARY WEEKLY UPDATE | SEPTEMBER 10th, 2021
IMPORTANT DATES
- Monday, September 20th | IPPC Annual Coat Drive Begins
- Wednesday, September 22nd | Billy Brick's Pizza Truck
- Monday, September 27th | Picture Day - Rescheduled Due To Room Change
- Monday, October 11th | No School - Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Dear Graham Families,
As we end our week with exciting activities to recognize the Falcon Fundraiser, there is much to celebrate from our classrooms the past 5 days. I hope you can take the time and read below some of the wonderful things going on at Graham.
In Mrs. VanHeest's classroom, students are learning and sharing their journal writing, while working on narrative writing. Some journal prompts included writing about fun times had with family, and why students are excited to be back in school.
In Ms. Morgano's classroom, students continued learning their sounds and phonics through Jolly Phonics. Students were given a motion to pair with each letter every day.
And In Mrs. Evans' class, students began learning about regions in Social Studies. To reinforce physical identifiers and concepts, they did a worksheet that used landforms to describe each region.
We continue to be excited by all the learning taking place with our falcons!
Have a great weekend,
Ms. Walton
REMINDER | 3rd/4th/5th Grade Assignment Notebooks
If you have not done so already, please purchase Assignment Notebooks for your third, fourth, and fifth grade student(s). Assignment Notebooks are used by every student in the classroom. Purchase instructions are below:
- Visit https://store.ipsd.org/
- In the left side drop down menus, under Elementary Schools, select “Graham”.
- From here, select the green “Customize” button next to 2021-22 Graham Elementary Student Planner
- Select the appropriate grade, and click “Add To Cart”
- At the top of the webpage, click on Checkout, login, select your student, and follow the prompts to purchase the planner.
Oops Bin Etiquette
- Please email the classroom teacher letting them know that you dropped off the item.
- The item has a sticker or post-it note with the student's name and classroom.
- You tell the front office know so they can call into the classroom.
- In cases where it's food, that the lunch is brought with enough time for the student to grab it before their lunch period.
Name Pronunciation In ParentVue
Directions:
Log in to ParentVue
Select your Graham Student
Next to your child's name, near the top of the page you will see a speaker icon, click there.
Record either your voice or your child's voice saying your student's name.
Save!
Back-Up MASK REMINDER
FALCON FUNDRAISER UPDATE
After three weeks of amazing participation, we're excited to announce that the Falcon Fundraiser met its goal of $6,500!
The Graham PTA will be sending out the final number in the coming days, but everyone should be very proud of their participation, including Mrs. Evan's 4th Grade classroom, who for the first time ever, had 100% participation!
Falcon Fundraiser Game Day!
V. Blanche Graham Elementary School
V. Blanche Graham Elementary School is a Prekindergarten through 5th grade school located in South Naperville. Opened in 1996, Graham is fortunate to have supportive parents and dedicated staff and students who come prepared and eager to learn. We are part of Indian Prairie Community Unit School District #204, which is dedicated to the mission to "Inspire all students to achieve their greatest potential."
Email: anna_mcintosh@ipsd.org
Website: http://graham.ipsd.org/
Location: 2315 High Meadow Rd, Naperville, IL 60564, USA
Phone: 630-428-6900
Twitter: @GrahamElem204