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 students from all grades are 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 empathy. 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 keep their school clean.
WELCOME, MRS. SWORDS
If you been int he building recently, you may have noticed a new face in the office. Mrs. Border, our secretary of 12 years, ahs transitioned to a position in the district office. We wish her the best, but we are also excited to have Mrs. Swords join our office staff. She is already off to a great start! Please welcome her as you visit GES.
GES SPIRIT WEEK
Our next spirit week will be the week of March 4. Click here for details.
KIDS HEART CHALLENGE IS HERE
Registration is now open! Our community counts on lifesavers like you. Please sign your student up for our Kids Heart Challenge so they can learn how to keep their hearts and brains healthy while raising funds to help kids with
special hearts. By completing Finn’s Mission, they’ll also learn the lifesaving skill of Hands-Only CPR and how to recognize a stroke. CLICK HERE AND FIND OUR SCHOOL TO REGISTER - KIDS HEART CHALLENGE You can also download our Kids Heart Challenge App and experience all kinds of fun activities for your student at home. The App includes Finn’s Mission, which is a great way to learn Hands Only CPR. This quick and easy lesson can help you or your student learn to save a life! The American Heart Association wants everyone to be a lifesaver! TO DOWNLOAD THE APP - APPLE DEVICE OR ANDROID DEVICE
Lastly, there are all kinds of fun ways to collect our Super Lifesaver Characters! One way is to send 10 emails through your personalized fundraising page! Ask them to help you save lives and learn more about your heart!
PAX TOOLS PARENT WORKSHOP- MARCH 19
PAX Tools are a collection of nine evidence-based strategies to improve cooperation and self-regulation with children and youth. The tools draw on decades of science to create strategies that support parents, youth workers, and caring adults to create a nurturing environment that helps kids thrive. PAX Tools are rooted in the same science used in many of our schools, including GES. The PAX Tools strategies, which have successful outcomes, are fun for children, teens, and adults. This program is funded by Licking Memorial Health Systems and supported by Mental Health and Recovery for Licking and Knox Counties and by Our Futures in Licking County. Click here for more information.
DADDY-DAUGHTER DANCE
The annual Daddy-Daughter Dance sponsored by GHS wrestling will occur on March 23 from 6:00-8:00 PM. Click here for more details. Tickets can be ordered here.
PTO-SPONSORED MOTHER-SON DANCE
Granville PTO is sponsoring a Mother-Son Dance on April 13 at GHS from 6:00-8:00 PM. Click here for more details. All proceeds will benefit resurfacing the GIS playground.
SPOKESKIDS JR. KIDS RIDE FOR PELOTONIA
What: A Pelotonia-style charity bike ride.
When: July 27, 2024 @ 10:30am. (Virtual option available.)
Where: Starting at Wildwood Park and finishing at the College Townhouse.
Who can ride: Any child currently in grades Pre – K through 3rd grade.
How to register: 1st – Go to the Granville Rec website and register your rider(s): https://granvillerec.recdesk.com/Community/Program/Detail?programId=938
2nd – Go to the SpokesKIDS Jr. Pelotonia page anytime after February 29, 2024 to donate the registration fee. https://www.pelotonia.org/profile/SK0232
Cost: $20 registration donation (includes a T-shirt and swag bag for riders).
Who benefits: All proceeds will be donated to Pelotonia.
For more detailed information:
https://www.facebook.com/SpokeskidsJR/
https://www.instagram.com/spokeskidsjr/
READING CURRICULUM UPDATE
Reading Curriculum Update: The State of Ohio Department of Education and Workforce (ODEW) is requiring all school districts to adopt Science of Reading specific materials for grades K – 5 for the 2024-25 school year. The State was supposed to come out with a list of approved materials/curriculum schools could select in the fall. That list was pushed back to November/December, and now was recently released in late January. The implementation timeline is still for the 2024-25 school year. We have been reviewing reading and writing curriculum over the past two school years in preparation for this change. That review process includes use of EdReports and other research agencies that compile data on alignment, usability and effectiveness of all reading programs. The World Class Education Committee, composed of Granville Schools’ residents and parents, was involved in this review as well. From the feedback from staff, committee members and administrators, Granville Schools intends to propose Wit & Wisdom (with Geodes) as the curricular choice for Granville Elementary and Granville Intermediate Schools language arts classes. The Board of Education will review this request at their March Board meeting. We invite any community member to review the Wit & Wisdom curriculum, as samples are located at the District Office (2nd floor) at 130 N. Granger St. If interested in reviewing those materials, please contact Granville Schools Assistant Superintendent Ryan Bernath ([email protected]) to arrange a time for review and/or to offer any feedback for consideration.
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 be having a lesson from the “Zones of Regulation” program. They will continue to learn about different feelings and color zones. In addition, they will hear about “size of the problem” and learn that their reactions should match the size of the problem.
First Grade: Our students will listen to a story and review the different feelings and color zones. In addition, they will practice doing some “zones check-ins”.
Second Grade: Students will listen to a story and review the “Zones of Regulation.” They will practice reading various scenarios and identifying what zone they would be in.
Third Grade: Students will have another lesson from the TGFD program. The lesson will focus on skills used for active listening. They will practice their listening skills by doing a fun activity.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Thatcher
WELL NOTE
Engaging students in conversations about events in the world, books, movies, and social events assists students in developing curiosity and critical thinking skills. Your students are never too young or too old to have these conversations.
CALENDAR
March 4- March 8- Spirit Week
March 11- 1st Grade Concert (GHS, 6 PM)
March 14- Spring Pictures
March 18- PTO Meeting (9:30 AM, GES)
March 22- End of 3rd Quarter
March 25-29, April 1: Spring Break
April 8: No School; Staff PD
April 10-11: 3rd Grade State Testing (ELA)
April 13: PTO Mother-Son Dance
April 17-18: 3rd Grade State Testing (Math)
Click here for the 2023-2024 GEVSD calendar.
Click here for the 2024-205 GEVSD calendar.