GES Weekly Newsletter

March 3, 2023

GES Families,

A Blue Ace Leader at GES is respectful, responsible, and safe. Blue Ace leaders also exemplify our essential Portrait of a Graduate traits. At the end of every month a student from each classroom is chosen to be recognized for consistently demonstrating one of the Portrait of a Graduate traits. For the month of February, we recognized students who were demonstrating responsibility. Click here to see a list of the Blue Ace Leaders for February. Congratulations to this month's leaders!

Have a great weekend!

Mr. Morris

[email protected]

@GES_Aces

GES SCHOOL NEWS

ACE LEADER TRAIT FOR THE WEEK

Blue Ace Leaders follow Blue Ace expectations for all teachers and adults in the building.

3RD GRADE READING AND MATH ASSESSMENTS

State-required reading and math assessments for our third graders begin in March. Reading assessments will be March 28 and 29. Math assessments will be April 19 and 20. These assessments are in two parts which are 90 minutes each, taken over two sessions. Teachers will be sharing their testing dates and times with their classes and parents.

RANDOM "STUFF" NEEDED FOR LIBRARY LESSONS

During upcoming library lessons, third graders will be designing and advertising their own toys. Second graders will be researching insects and transforming Kibo robots into insects searching for food and a habitat. To make these lessons come to life, Mrs. Sherwood needs random items like toilet paper rolls, duct tape, pipe fittings, wire, Legos, scraps of fabric , pipe cleaners, and anything else that can be used in a building or creative way. Donations can be dropped off in the library. Contact Mrs. Sherwood with any questions.

GES BAKE SALE- MARCH 16

Mrs. Mangum's 1st graders and Mrs. Weaver's math students have collaborated to plan, prepare, bake, and set up a fundraising event. The bake sale- full of treats made by the students in the GES kitchen- will support the James Cancer Research Center. Every detail of the event has been led by the students! Click here for more information.

AUCTION MESSAGE FROM PTO PRESIDENT ANDREA WHITT

With the Biennial Auction in April we are gathering silent auction donations. I have included a Signupgenius link with basket ideas that you can sign up for. We have baskets left over from the 2020 auction (That COVID canceled) which we will be including. We are still looking for some Live Auction items (think big ticket items). If you have any connections to get tickets to sporting events in Ohio please message me. Thanks, this will be an amazing auction!

BRYN DU ART SHOW PRESENTS ART-IMAL KIDS WEEKEND

Join us for our animal-themed kids weekend! View one-of-a-kind art and have fun creating it! Click here for more information.

LICKING COUNTY ESC PRESENTS SENSITIVE BUNNY

This is a family 1 on 1 or small group opportunity for each family to meet the bunny, do a miniature egg hunt (10 eggs per student), and participate in some spring activities (gross motor, literacy, craft, etc.). Many spots still open for families. Click here for more information.

SUPERGAMES VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

The final days of school will be here before we know it! And here at GES we tend to mark the end of another wonderful year with a celebration of physical activities and inflatable fun. Supergames will be on May 8 this year. We require many, many volunteers to pull of this fantastic event. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact your child's teacher. More details will be shared as they are available.

TRIPLE P: COPING WITH TEENAGER EMOTIONS (MARCH 21st)

Coping with Teenagers’ Emotions gives some practical suggestions to help teach teens how to manage their emotions. When teens become emotional, it can be difficult for parents to calm them down. The important thing is for teens to learn how to calm themselves when they get upset about something. Parents can help by acknowledging the emotional experience and providing appropriate support without being intrusive. Learning to manage emotions is an important life skill! This program will explain how parents can use some simple positive parenting strategies to help prevent problems and to cope with teens’ emotional behavior if it occurs. Click here for more information.

SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR

The Granville Board of Education approved the school calendar for next academic year. Click here to view the calendar.

SAVE THE DATE- LIFE OF A GIS 4TH GRADE GROWN-UP

All parents and caregivers of a rising 4^th grader are welcome to attend a special meeting with school counselor Ms. Baker and building principal Ms. Lees on June 1, 2023 at 4pm. Topics will include the logistics of a 4^th grade student school day, introduction of important support staff at GIS, quick tip strategies for helping to organize your student and set them up for a successful school year, and other general orientation items. This is a parent/caregiver only event. We look forward to seeing you in a few months!

SAVE THE DATE- LIFE OF A GIS 4TH GRADER

Our annual orientation for all incoming 4^th graders will be held on August 16, 2023. This is a 30-minute student only event to welcome our 4^th graders to our GIS family. Students will meet our school counselor, Ms. Baker, and the building principal, Ms. Lees, and learn from 6^th grade GIS Student Experts about the life of a GIS 4^th grader. Students will also be given a tour of the building so that they are comfortable, confident, and prepared for the first day of school. In order to provide a safe environment for our students, we are asking families to drop off and pick up their 4^th graders at the times listed below according to the following groupings by students’ last names:

10:00-10:30: 4^th graders last name A-F

10:45-11:15: 4^th graders last name G-L

11:30-12:00 4^th graders last name M-R

12:30-1:00: 4^th graders last name S-Z

We look forward to meeting our 4^th graders & families and welcoming them to GIS!

COUNSELOR'S CORNER

STRATEGY OF THE MONTH

This month students will learn about the importance of journaling/drawing pictures about our worries and then crumpling them up to “throw away” those worries. Students will see an example of a “Worry Monster” to make at home using an empty tissue box to feed our worries to the monster. They will also learn that time decreases our worries. They can look back at old worries that they wrote about and recognize that they no longer have that worry.

CLASSROOM LESSONS IN MARCH

Kindergarten: This month students will learn about peer pressure. They will learn how to communicate in an assertive way and discuss other ideas of how to handle peer pressure. They will also review healthy things to do with friends.
First Graders: This month first graders will have a lesson on managing disappointment. They will learn how to handle disappointing situations with positive thoughts and responses instead of negative thoughts and responses.
Second Graders: Second graders will have a lesson on managing mistakes. They will learn about positive and negative self-talk. Students will learn how to handle mistakes in a positive way.
Third Graders: Third grade students will participate in lesson 6 of our “Too Good for Drugs” program. The focus of this lesson is on peer pressure. Students will learn about both positive and negative peer pressure and practice effective peer pressure refusal strategies.

Please let me know if you have any questions regarding your child through email at [email protected] or calling (740) 587-8102.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Thatcher

REMINDERS

SCHOOL LUNCHES

For the 2022-2023 school year, lunches at school will cost $3.00. This includes entrée, fruit, vegetable, and milk/ water. Families will need to add money to the child's online lunch account to pay for lunches. Individual milk or water is $.50. If anyone is need of assistance in purchasing lunches, please complete this form.

REPORTING ABSENCES

All absences need to be reported to the GES office as soon as possible. If you know in advance your child is going to be absent, please be sure to contact the GES office. It is not the responsibility of the teacher to do so. If you wish to email the teacher, please copy that email to [email protected] or call the absence line at 740-587-8102. We also accept the old fashioned, hand-written notes.

PTO MEETINGS

The Granville K-6 PTO will hot regular meetings mostly on the third Tuesday of each month. Meetings will rotate between the two buildings and between morning and evening sessions. All K-6 parents are invited to join. Contact the PTO members directly at [email protected] if you have any questions. A schedule of meeting times and locations can be found here.

VOLUNTEERING AT GES

All volunteers must complete the Volunteer Training Program found here prior to volunteering in the school, on field trips, or in another capacity. Contact your child's teacher or the GES office with any questions.

CALENDAR