GVS Family Newsletter
November 17th, 2023
Afternoon Car Pick-Up
REMINDER TO PARENTS PICKING UP IN THE AFTERNOON.
If your child participates in an afterschool activity such as basketball, music lessons or DI groups please don't get in the carline traffic prior to 3:30. If you do, you'll be instructed to park so we can keep the dismissal process flowing.
Please remember that school begins promptly at 8:30 a.m. and those arriving afterward are marked with an unexcused tardy.
Drop off begins as early as 8:10 and kids can enjoy outdoor recess until school begins. We welcome your kids earlier so they can get some wiggles out before the school day begins with the added bonus of being on time.
If you are in the car line, please pull all the way up to the front of the sidewalk so that more children can exit at the same time. And, if your child needs extra time and help, please consider parking in the lot and walking them in to help avoid delays.
Please note that when students are tardy, it impacts the flow of the classroom routines and academics.
The School District Annual Meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at 6:30 pm in the GVS Gymnasium. Elections will be held on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in the Grantham Town Hall. Polls are open for elections from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm.
Become a GVS Math Maverick!!
Our GVS Math Challenge kicks off TODAY--Friday, January 24th!
GVS is joining a math challenge that schools around the world are participating in! Students in Kinder - 6th grade are invited to participate and become GVS MATH MAVERICKS!
Challenges can be found online at our Math Challenge website: https://www.mathinaction.org/grantham-village.html or in the “Math Challenge” bin on the table by the front office.
Each challenge is available (online or in the bin) on a Friday and families have about 2 weeks to complete the challenge. The due dates for each challenge can be found on the bulletin board or online!
Students can solve the Challenge questions by themselves or work with friends, family members, teachers, or anyone else! You do not need to answer all questions!
Students in K-1 answer at least 3 questions
Students in 2-3 answer at least 7 questions
Students in 4-6 answer at least 12 questions
On (or before) the due date students can submit the Challenge by:
Bringing the paper form back to school and place it in the bin or
Submit their responses to our Google Form.
Solutions will be posted on the website the following day and put up on the bulletin board. A new challenge begins the following day and will be available online and in the bin!
Reach out to Sam Hutchins with any questions-- shutchins@gvshawks.org
Links to Keep Handy
Our GVS Math Challenge Website: https://www.mathinaction.org/grantham-village.html
GVS Math Challenge Solutions Google Form
Challenge Due Dates: 2024-2025 Math Challenge Calendar
Please remember to update Pickup Patrol. Instructions are included for how to make one-off dismissal changes, record an absence, default plan changes, late arrivals, leave and returns, early dismissals. The instruction document is also available on our website under GVS Families > Back to School 24-25 > Pickup Patrol Instructions (click on the down arrow).
The quick access link to Pickup Patrol is available on the website home screen. If you find that you don't have access,you need to contact the Front Office. Pickup Patrol Welcome emails are only valid for 24 hours before having to be resent.
Stuffed Animals
Mrs. McFee is collecting old/outgrown stuffies in good used condition for use in her physical education classes for the younger grades. Perhaps some new friends will replace the old ones over the break, and we will gladly accept the outgrown ones! This is an ongoing collection with no definitive deadline; please drop off at the front office.
A couple of things I have noticed:
Parents are still sending students to school sick and/or medicated to mask fevers. This causes others to become sick. Strep throat, which is highly contagious, has been rampant the last couple of weeks. I get it. It’s hard to get time off from work. However, kids spread illnesses quickly because they are not always diligent with covering their cough/sneezes, or washing their hands.
Parents are sending their children to school too soon after being sick. They feel miserable and can’t focus on their tasks. Give them a day to rest!
There are still parents who have not filled out the SNAP Health Portal medication administration yet. This helps me to help keep them comfortable enough to focus at school. Please don’t forget to email me if you have given any medication prior to school so I do not have to disturb you at work. In turn, I will let you know (via email) by the end of the school day if I have given them anything while at school.
From the GVS parent handbook: Signs and Symptoms to Keep Your Child Home OR To Be Sent Home From School Fever over 100.0- students need to be free from fever without using medication for 24 hours before returning to school Vomiting or diarrhea, within the past 24 hours Reddened, itchy eyes with sticky drainage Suspected or known head lice Unrelieved, self-limiting pain and/or accident that has resulted in injury which needs further medical attention Stay Healthy!
