
Granger School Weekly Newsletter
Feb. 11-15, 2019
Quick Reminders/Planning Ahead
Feb. 12 Last day to purchase candy and/or balloons for your Valentine's delivery to class
Feb. 12 Last Home BB Game & Senior Night: JV Boys 5:00 PM Varsity Boys 6:15
Feb. 13 TSI Assessment
Thurs. Feb. 14 Elementary Valentine's Day Party
Feb. 14 Baseball shirt orders due by noon
Feb. 15 Food Pantry Raffle Winners announced
Feb. 15 Sophomores to Taylor to tour CTE classes
Feb. 18 No school
Feb. 19 Booster Seat Event 3-4:30 pm
Feb. 23 Father/Daughter-Mother/Son Dance 6:30-9:00 pm
March 1 National Read Across America
March 2 Prom
March 11-15 Spring Break
Friday, March 22 Early Release 1:00 pm
Secondary UIL Dates:
March 8 District OAP in Cameron
March 26 Journalism in Thrall
March 29 Remainder of events at Blinn
May 10 K-2nd Grade field trip to Mayburn Science Theater
May 17 All library books due
May 30 Last day of school year - Early Release 1:00
Menu
Tuesday: Chicken Fajitas
Wednesday: Cheese Pizza
Thursday: Grilled Cheese
Friday: Chicken Burger
Submitted by: Andres Salcedo, aspiring comedian
Where "arg" you?
Father/Daughter & Mother/Son Dance
Sat. Feb. 23, 2019
Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm
Location: School Cafeteria
Ages: 1 year old-8th Grade
Ticket Prices:
Advanced: $8 (couple)
At door: $10.00
$2 for each additional child
The child must be accompanied by an adult. (father, mother, grandparent, aunt, uncle)
Forms due Feb. 20, checks payable to Granger Student Council
FCCLA STILL SELLING CHOCOLATE! YES, PLEASE!
Attention Parents! Important information/opportunity to be involved in your child's education!
Below are the dates for parent meetings and class selections. We will discuss graduation requirements and plans.
Parent Meetings with the Academic Counselor:
Monday, February 11th @6:00pm - Juniors/Seniors
Tuesday, February 12th @6:00pm- Freshman/Sophomores
Tuesday, February 19th @6:00pm- 8th Grade
Class Selections with TxMyZone during school hours:
February 25th- Juniors (6th Period)
February 26th- Sophomores (2nd Period)
February 27th- Freshman (7th Period)
February 28th - 8th Graders (2nd Period)
Amber Thorsen
Granger ISD
Director of Federal Programs
and College and Career Guidance Counselor
Another opportunity to be involved in your child's education!
Proclamation 2019 Public Review
English Language Arts and Reading (ELAR) Instructional Materials Adoption Information
Community members are encouraged to review samples that Granger ISD is considering for the 2019 ELAR book adoption and complete the Instructional Materials Evaluation Form for Kinder through 8th grade. All submitted Instructional Materials Evaluation Forms will be used by the Instruction Materials Selection Committee to determine community preference for the book adoption .
Materials will be available for public review on February 14th in the Granger ISD cafeteria from 1:00pm to 3:00pm. Please come check the samples out and complete the Instructional Materials Evaluation Form. Email Sara Cooper, Director or Curriculum, Accountability, and Testing at scooper@granger.txed.net. if you have any questions.
Sprinkling of Wise Words
But Not Rude.
Be Kind, But
Not Weak.
Be Humble,
But Not Timid.
Be Proud, But
Not Arrogant.
And more sprinkles...
Never enough sprinkles...
And one more sweet sprinkle...
Dangerous Projectiles!
One Hundred Times The Fun!
Thank you to all who helped make it a special day and a big shout out to Mrs. Vanek for coordinating another successful 100th day!
Another reason to get your 8 hours...
Schedules
Testing Schedules
RTI Progress Monitoring Calendar
Feb. 11-15 OFF/Make-Up
Feb. 19-22 Reading
Feb. 25-March 1 Math
March 4-8 OFF/Make-Up
March 11-15 OFF (Spring Break)
March 18-22 Reading
March 25-29 Math
April 1-5 OFF
*April 8-12 Reading EOY
*April 15-18 Math EOY
April 23-26 OFF
April 29-May 3 Reading
May 6-10 Math
May 13-17 OFF/Make-Up
May 20-24 OFF
STAAR SPRING DATES:
Eng 1, 4th/7th Writing, 5th/8th Math - April 9
5th/8th Reading - April 10
Eng 2 April 11
Alg 1 - May 6
Bio - May 7
US History - May 8
3rd/4th/6th/7th Match, 5th/8th Retake - May 13
3rd/4th/6th/7th Reading, 5th/8th Science -May 14
5th/8th Science - May 15
8th Social Studies - May 16
The TSI Assessment has been scheduled for next Wednesday, February 13.
Granger Lion Basketball
Feb. 12 @ Granger vs Mumford 5:00 JV2, JV1, Varsity Senior Night
Feb. 18-19 Bi-district TBA Varsity
Feb. 21-23 Area TBA Varsity
Feb. 25-26 Regional Qtrs. TBA Varsity
Feb. 28-March 2 Regional @ New Braunfels Varsity
March 7-9 State Tourney @ San Antonio TBA Varsity
Baseball
Feb. 19 Brentwood Christian Home Jv 4:30 V 7:00
Feb. 22 Brazos Christian There V 6:00
Feb. 25 Florenc (Double Header) Here V 5:00
Mar. 5 Round Top Here V 5:00
Softball
Feb. 13 Somerville Home 5:00
Feb. 15 Jarrell Home Double Header 5:30
Feb. 19 CTCS Home 5:30
Feb. 21-23 Academy Tourney
Feb. 26 Bremond Away 6:00 District Game
Feb. 28-Mar 2 Taylor Tourney
March 5 Rosebud-Lott Home 6:00
Track and Field
High School:
Feb. 28 Rosebud-Lott
March 7 Thrall
March 21 Florence
March 28-30 Texas Relays
April 3 Thrall District Track Meet
April 15 Thrall
April 26-27 A&M Kingsville
May 10-11 State Track Meet @ UT
Junior High:
March 1 Rosebud-Lott
March 8 Thrall
March 22 Florence
March 27 Thrall
April 1 Holland
Tennis
Taylor/Granger JV February 28
Taylor/Granger V March 1
Cameron JV March 7
Franklin V March 21
Taylor/Granger JV March 28
Taylor/Granger V March 29
District Tennis April 4-5
*Remember to check school website and Dojo in case of any last minute changes due to situations beyond GISD control.
Friendly Reminder
***All students in grades 7-12 have the 2018-19 $35 laptop insurance due please.***
Granger ISD
Email: dgriffis@granger.txed.net
Website: grangerisd.net
Location: 300 North Colorado, Granger, TX, USA
Phone: 512-859-2173
Facebook: facebook.com/Grangerisd
Twitter: @Granger_Lions