NO SCHOOL - REMINDER

This is a reminder that there will be No School for K-5 next Wednesday 16th to Friday 18th for MEA break.  Enjoy your time off!!

Book Fair Helpers Needed!!

Only 11 more volunteers needed!  Please click, view and sign up HERE.
Please consider helping out with this fun, festive event!

Thank you!

CARES Students of the Week

We proudly present the CARES students for the week of Sept 30th

Family Movie Series

Dear parents,
How often can you see 6 movies for only $6?  Now you can!
In the interest of quality movie entertainment for the entire family, our school is proud to sponsor, in cooperation with Muller Family Theaters, this Family Matinee Series!

Click HERE to see the popular, family-friendly movies that have been selected for you and your family's viewing pleasure.

A series ticket is good for (1) one admission to each movie and part of the proceeds of each ticket will be donated to our school.
Enjoy!

A Day Made Better!

At our all school meeting this past Tuesday, representatives from Office Max joined our meeting and presented Mrs. Brenda Houck with their "A Day Made Better" award.  Our school was identified, and Mrs. Houck nominated, for their national recognition of a local teacher. Throughout the summer, the Office Max in Savage collected school supply donations.  In conjunction with their own commitment of other supplies (a new teacher chair, a Kindle Fire HD, a camera, etc.), Mrs. Houck was surprised at our all school meeting with over $2500 worth of school supplies and donations.  What a great event!  A huge THANK YOU to Office Max for their support for local education and to the community for their donations!

September CARES Update

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

Flip Flop Brigade!

Do you have old summer flip flops that are ready for a new life?  Bring them to Grainwood!  The third grade classes are collecting used flip flops to send to a recycling company that then turns them into fun new things like picnic tables and playground equipment!  

Our collection bin will be out in the front lobby until October 15.  Unfortunately, we cannot accept leather flip-flops, cloth flip-flops, sandals, or other forms of shoes.  Come on in and let’s flip those flops into something new!