Changes to School Lunch Program Begin this Fall

Beginning in September, all schools in the United States must comply with the following new standards set by the USDA for school meals to increase healthy food offerings for students.

Click HERE to view the offerings for all K-12 students.

Get-Up-and-Go Walk-a-thon Pictures

15 Yearbooks Still for Sale!

If you didn't have a chance to order a Yearbook or purchase one before school was out, we still have 15 Yearbooks for sale in the Grainwood office! The Yearbooks are $16.00 each. The Grainwood office will be open from 7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. until Thursday, June 21st. Stop by and purchase a Grainwood Yearbook before they are gone!

Wolf Pack Fun Run

Save the Date...Saturday, September 8th! Wolf Pack Fun Run sponsored by Singewald's ATA and in conjunction with P.L.A.Y. Fest 2012.

For more information on the Wolf Pack Fun Run, click HERE.

District 2012-13 School Calendar

Please be reminded that the district no longer prints or mails a district-wide calendar. A printable version of the calendar is available on the website along with Free-and-Reduced Price lunch information. You can find calendar information under "Family Resources" on the district website: http://www.priorlake-savage.k12.mn.us.

2012-2013 Start Times

The school start and end times for Grainwood Elementary will remain the same next year. The 2012-2013 school day will be 8:30AM-3:00PM.

End of the Year Medication Pick-up

Please pick up your student's remaining medications/inhalers/epi-pens/etc. from the health office staff June 6th or 7th (by dismissal time). Medications/inhalers/epi-pens/etc. cannot be sent home with elementary and middle school students. Medications/inhalers/epi-pens/etc. not picked up cannot be discarded due to the tighter pharmaceutical waste regulations. Please help the District curtail unnecessary costs by picking up your student's unused medication.

Grainwood Yearbooks

If your child would like a Grainwood Yearbook and didn't order one, we have extra Yearbooks for sale in the Grainwood office! The Yearbooks are $16.00 if you are interested in purchasing one.

From the Office of the Principal....

The past three Fridays at Grainwood have been very busy for our students and staff.  Three weeks ago, staff from the Minnesota School of Business, Globe University Campus in Shakopee worked with our students all day for our first ever Junior Achievement in a Day, or JA in Day, event.  We are very fortunate to have 30+ volunteers working with our students on economics, business and other social studies standards.  

Two Fridays ago, Grainwood hosted its 3rd annual Environmental Education Day outside throughout our grounds, including areas at Memorial Park and Lakefront Park.  5 Naturalists from the Richardson Nature Center joined us for the day as our students studied trees, plants and seeds (kindergarten), habitats and life cycles (grade 1), prairie, wetland and forest biomes (grade 2), trees and animals (grade 3), and water (grade 4).  What a beautiful day for EE Day! 

Fifth grade participated in their own event that day at Prior Lake High School.  All of the grade 5 students from around the district competed in the annual Grade 5 Track and Field Day.  Congratulations are extended to Marisa, Jordan, Megan and Isabella for having the fastest time in the medley relay, along with the GW boys team of Nick, Cade, Jarrod and Mason! Congrats also to the girls in Mrs. Perkin's room for winning the class shuttle run and to Mason for having the longest distance in the running long jump.  Way to go! 

Last of all, this past Friday marked the first annual Grainwood Get-Up-and-Go Walk-a-thon.  What a stellar day to be outside and the main event at 1:45 PM was entertaining and successful.  To top things off, Grainwood met its goal of raising $7500.  With a few more sponsor dollars that arrived at school Friday morning, exactly $7503.30 was the final total raised for the event by the end of the day.  Talk about timing!  Pictures of the event are forthcoming...Here's a teaser!

Final Report Card

The end-of-the-year report cards will be posted on Family Access on Tuesday, June 12. To access your child's report card, log onto Grainwood's website and click the Family Resource tab, then select Family/Student Access from the drop down menu. If you have any questions or problems viewing your child's report card, please contact the Grainwood office at 952-226-0300.