Kid's Stuff Sale

Kids' Stuff

If you are interested in consigning at or visiting the upcoming Kid's Stuff Sale at Edgewood School, please click HERE for more information.

CARES Students of the Week

Way to show the C.A.R.E.S Grainwood Students!

Butter Braid Fundraising Information

Please click HERE for a letter from Grainwood's PTC regarding the Butter Braid Fundraiser, which kicked off today.  Look in your child's backpack for the order form.

The top 3 sellers from Grainwood will receive a Target Gift Card!

Make sure to order some of these yummy pastries for your own family!

Baby Worm has Arrived!

Congratulations to Mrs. Worm, 4th grade teacher at Grainwood, and her husband Phil on the birth of their baby girl, Hensley Rae.  She was born February 18th, 2014.  She weighed 9lbs. 6oz. and was 23 inches long.

Parent/Teacher Conferences - make-up date

The make-up date for Parent/Teacher Conferences at Grainwood will be THURSDAY, MARCH 6th from 3:30-7:30PM.  All families whose conferences were scheduled for Thursday, February 20th will now be held on THURSDAY, MARCH 6th.  If you have a conflict with this date, please contact your child's teacher to reschedule.

For 2^nd grade families, just a reminder that the SAGE Academy Parent Information Night will also be held that evening at WestWood from 6:30-7:00PM.  If you plan to attend and this conflicts with your child’s conference at Grainwood, please contact your child’s teacher to reschedule.

Thank you for your flexibility!

Arctic Cuddle Up and Read this Wednesday

This is a reminder that as part of "I Love to Read Month", students are invited to bring any stuffed animal (especially a bear, hare or leopard if you have one) this Wednesday the 26th.  This will be for "Arctic Cuddle Up & Read" day.

Donuts with Dad

Grainwood was bustling early this morning for our inaugural Donuts With Dad event!  Students and their dads, uncles or significant male in their life had fun eating delicious donuts and playing "Minute to Win It games"!  Thanks to all who came for this special morning!

Click HERE to see videos of this event on the Prior Lake American's youtube Channel.

This morning was also the unofficial launch of Grainwood's D.O.G.S. program (Dad's of Great Students).  Contact our office if you are interested in learning more about D.O.G.S.

Winter Weather - PM Cancellations

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for our area. School will remain in session today as scheduled. However, after-school activities this evening have been cancelled, including parent/teacher conferences and the 6-8th grade choir concert at Twin Oaks.  No make-up date for parent/teacher conferences has been determined yet.

Kids' Company will remain open until 6 p.m. tonight.    

All Community Education programs are cancelled including after school and evening classes, ABE, ELL, GED and ECFE.

Boys Basketball has been rescheduled for tomorrow evening, February 21. Section Tournament schedules including swimming/diving and hockey will remain on schedule for this evening.

Thank you for your patience as we work through this weather situation.

Author Nancy Carlson Visits Grainwood

Children's author and artist, Nancy Carlson visited Grainwood yesterday.  Each class had the opportunity to listen to her speak about her career, her books and see demonstrations of her illustrations.  Her presentations were thoroughly enjoyed by everyone!

"We've Got Heart" Winter Concert

The 1st-3rd grade concert last Friday was a hit!  Students and their families enjoyed the special Valentine's Day concert.  Thanks to all who made it a success!

SPAN (SYNERGY/SAGE) Parent Action Network Meeting

SPAN (Synergy/SAGE Parent Action Network) will host our next meeting on Monday March 3 at 7pm in the WestWood Media Center.  The meeting will feature Dr. Deborah Ruf, high intelligence specialist and author of 5 Levels of Gifted, who will speak about intelligence testing and levels of giftedness. Dr. Ruf has developed a new screening tool for educators that she will share as well, and she will give away one free Ruf Estimates (see www.talentigniter.com ) to someone who attends the talk. Teacher relicensure CEU certificates will be available. 

Our final meeting of the school year will be on Thursday April 3 at 7pm in the WestWood Media Center.  The meeting will feature Anne Rinkenberger, a Twin Cities therapist who focuses her practice on working with gifted children and adolescents, who will speak about Supporting the Special Needs of Gifted Children: Neuroscience Implications for Regulating Emotions and Behavior.  Teacher relicensure CEU certificates will be available. 

Please email Apryl at span.priorlake@gmail.com with questions or to be placed on SPAN’s email list.

Pennies for Patients - 5th Grade Service Project

February is an exciting month at Grainwood Elementary!  All classrooms will participate in a 5th grade service project with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Pennies for Patients program.  We will be raising money to benefit children with blood cancers, including leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, and myeloma.  Each day during the week of February 24-28, students will be encouraged to bring in designated coins (of course any money will be accepted any day).

Monday, Feb 24 - Pennies

Tuesday, Feb 25 - Nickels

Wednesday, Feb 26 - Dimes

Thursday, Feb 27 - Quarters

Friday, Feb 28 - Bring a Bill to Wear a Bill (bring a dollar bill and wear a cap during the day!)

Grainwood's goal is to raise $1,800.

The class that raises the most money will win a Domino's Pizza party!

Thank you for helping!  Remember, every penny counts!

I Love to Read Month - Reading Challenge Winners

Every week during "I Love to Read" month - winners are selected from a raffle consisting of all students who completed that week's reading minute requirements.  

The winners and their prizes!

CARES Students of the Week

Grainwood's Student Directory

Student Directories are Here!

• Please contact our office or your child's teacher if you'd like a 2013-14 Student Directory.  The cost is $2.00.

Olympic Read Day - Wear Red, White and Blue!

This is a friendly reminder that this Wednesday, Feb 12th as part of "I Love to Read Month" students are invited to wear red, white and blue (the colors of both United States and Russian flags) for Olympic Read Day.

I LOVE to READ!

CARES Students of the Week

Grainwood's CARES Heroes for the week of February 3rd!

"We've Got Heart" - 1st, 2nd and 3rd Grade Choir Concert

On Friday, February 14th, all families are invited to attend the 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade choir concert, "We've Got Heart".  It will be in the gym from 1:30-2:30pm.

Please come for some great entertainment and to appreciate all the hard work the kids have put into making this concert a success!

Conferences

Parent Teacher Conferences are scheduled for:

• Thursday, February 20, 3:30 - 7:30pm
• Tuesday, February 25, 3:30 - 5:30pm
• Thursday, February 27, 3:30 - 7:30pm

Your child's teacher will be sending your scheduled conference time home soon. If there is a conflict please let your child's teacher know as soon as possible.

Successful Students - Dr. Tim Johanson to present

Lost and Found

For your information:  all remaining items in our lost and found will be donated this Thursday, Feb 6th.  Please stop by and take a look if your child is missing anything.

E-STEM Logo

Introducing: our new E-STEM logo! Working with the district’s E-STEM committee, our logo was designed to bring to life all of the components of our E-STEM curriculum: Environmental Education, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.

The green leaves and tree represent our district’s strong Environmental Education curriculum and the colored leaves with symbols encompass the STEM areas. Looking closely, one can see that the tree’s structure is actually a person, which reinforces the hands-on teaching and learning aspects of E-STEM. The logo is color-coordinated, so each of the colors matches a letter in the acronym and its definition. 

You will be seeing more of this logo throughout the school year wherever you see E-STEM happening!

February Nurse's Note

Give Kids a Smile 2014

Give Kids a Smile is a charitable program coordinated by the Minnesota Dental Association to provide free care to children in need. The two-day, statewide event is Friday, Feb. 7, and Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. A few clinics plan to provide care on later dates in February.  The Association is committed to doing what it can to make quality care accessible to every child in Minnesota.
After Jan. 1, a list of participating dental clinics will be available on this website or by calling United Way 2-1-1 (or 1-800-543-7709). Once the list is available, you should find the clinic that best fits your needs and location, then call to make an appointment for your child (ren).

http://www.mndental.org/public_home/about_us/give_kids_a_smile/what_you_need_to_know/

February is Heart Month          

Some heart attacks are sudden and intense — the "movie heart attack," where no one doubts what's happening. But most heart attacks start slowly, with mild pain or discomfort. Often people affected aren't sure what's wrong and wait too long before getting help. Here are signs that can mean a heart attack is happening:

Chest discomfort:  Most heart attacks involve discomfort in the center of the chest that lasts more than a few minutes, or that goes away and comes back. It can feel like uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain.

Discomfort in other areas of the upper body: Symptoms can include pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw or stomach.

Shortness of breath: with or without chest discomfort.

Other signs: may include breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness

Warning signs for women may differ from men“Although men and women can experience chest pressure that feels like an elephant sitting across the chest, women can experience a heart attack without chest pressure, ” said Nieca Goldberg, M.D., medical director for the Joan H. Tisch Center for Women's Health at NYU’s Langone Medical Center and an American Heart Association volunteer. Instead they may experience the symptoms below.

·         shortness of breath

·         pressure or pain in the lower chest or upper abdomen

·         dizziness, lightheadedness or fainting

·         upper back pressure or extreme fatigue.”

http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/HeartAttack/WarningSignsofaHeartAttack/Warning-Signs-of-a-Heart-Attack_UCM_002039_Article.jsp

Caps for Diabetes

On Friday, February 7th, bring $1 and

wear your favorite hat at school! 

All money raised will be donated to JDRF

through their Walk to Cure Diabetes. 

Please help us find a cure for Type 1 Diabetes for one of our own Grainwood Second Graders.

Thank you!