New this year will be a monthly communication about CARES at Grainwood. To begin with, each month at our all school meeting, The Grainwood CARES Heroes take time to educate and celebrate behavior. As a PBIS school (please see link on the right side for more info), Grainwood is committed to improving and sustaining building-wide behavioral expectations for students and staff. Last year, our focus was on bullying. We created a school definition and described what bullying is and what it is not through videos. This year, we will continue with our bully education theme with a focus on the "bystander," those witnessing the bullying, and implementing curricula at each grade level with an anti-bully theme. Students will take on a larger role in the video production for the all school meetings, beginning with grade 5's involvement in October. Grainwood has also launched an "Adopt-a-Hallway/or Bathroom" challenge as part of CARES. Congratulations second graders for being recognized yesterday for their hallway cleanliness! Below is the traveling trophy to be awarded monthly!Help us promote anti-bully behavior by having your child wear orange on UNITY DAY, next Wednesday, October 9th!
http://www.pacer.org/bullying/nbpm/unity-day.asp
