December Principal's Newsletter
December 8, 2024
PTO Holiday Shop
Our PTO Holiday Shop will take place Monday, December 9th - Thursday, December 11th in the Grandview Elementary Library during the school day (9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.). Your child's teacher will communicate when their class will be attending. If you are sending your child with money to participate, we ask that you send the money in an envelope with the child's name, amount of money, and grade.
The Holiday Shop will also be open to families on Friday, December 13th 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
If you would like to help with the PTO Holiday Shop, please email Gvimpto@gmail.com and jcappuccino@mv.org .
Winter Weather
We ask that all students are sent to school with proper winter wear each day. Please review our weather conditions for outdoor recess below. Please also check our Lost and Found. We have many coats looking for their proper owner!
Weather Conditions
Students will play outdoors when:
Temperatures are above 25℉ with consideration given to wind chill factor (www.weather.com)
There is light precipitation (e.g. snow flurries, drizzle)
Snow is on the ground, depending upon how different play areas are affected
Playground/Field Conditions
Students will be permitted to use playground equipment, fields, and asphalt play areas when conditions are suitable for safe play. Safety considerations included:
Equipment that is dry and ice free
Fields that are not muddy or icy and asphalt play areas that are not icy
Snow that is not deep enough to inhibit students walking/running
Celebrating our November Citizens of the Month
On December 2nd, we honored and recognized our November Citizens of the Month. Students selected were recognized for managing emotions appropriately. We also recognized 168 of our students who earned Perfect Attendance for coming to school each day and on time in November! Congratulations to our hard working students! A special thank you to Mayor Wallace and Chief Ciampa for joining us!
BARK Data
In the month of November Grandview students earned 868 BARK Bones and Morrisville Intermediate students earned 501 BARK Bones! A total of 1,369 BARK Bones for the month of November!
Congratulations to the following students who have been selected as a BARK Bone winner for the month of November.
Kindergarten:
Simon
Liam
Muhtrel
Charlee G.
Nikolas
1st Grade:
Franklin
Jacob
2nd Grade:
Angelica
Harlem
Kamren
Kayden
Lincoln M.
3rd Grade:
Maddie
Leila
Aiden
4th Grade:
Anusha
Heiner
Shammah
5th Grade:
Carter
Lily
Alex B.
Emily CG
Angel
Lucia
During the month of November we had 61 behavior referrals including 29 majors and 31 minors. 29 referrals came from behaviors in the classroom, while 11 came from the playground, and 10 came from the cafeteria. The top 3 most common behaviors were defiance, minor contact, and disrespect. Although we will all continue to work on these behaviors it is positive to see that Major physical aggression fell out of the top 3 for the month. Overall, our students showed fewer unexpected behaviors in the month of November compared to the first two months of the school year. Another positive to highlight from this month was that fourth graders generated 0 behavior referrals.
We strongly encourage you to speak to your child(ren) about threatening language and bringing, or drawing any type of weapon real or a replica to/in school. These are direct violations to our Student Code of Conduct and Weapons Policy and will not be taken lightly.
This Month in Classroom Champions is all about Community
This month in Classroom Champions, Rosie will talking about Community! This month, our students will learn that we all need support to accomplish dreams and our communities are a great source of this support. Community service has long been seen as an effective way to build empathy in children and adolescents. We encourage our students to participate in a community service event this month!
Our December Citizen of the month will focus on someone who participates and serves our school community or Morrisville community!
Our Student Government is hosting a food drive to help those in need in our local school community. Please consider donating to this great cause! Please send in any donated items in by Thursday, December 12th!
See what Rosie has to teach us about Community this month!
Parents Make a Difference Newsletter
Check out this month's Parents Make a Difference Newsletter linked below.
English: https://www.parent-institute-online.com/download2.php?13105-PMD1-X833786
Spanish: https://www.parent-institute-online.com/download2.php?13105-PMD3-X833786
Important Dates this Month
- 12/2 - Citizen of the Month 9 am Students and Staff Only; School Board Re-Organization Meeting 7:30 pm
- 12/3 - Bells Practice 8 am
- 12/4 - Student Government Meeting 8 am; Chorus 3pm - 4 pm
- 12/5 - Picture Day Retake; Chorus 8am; 5th Grade Bucks County Playhouse Trip 10am; PTO Open Meeting 6 pm
- 12/9 - PTO Holiday 9am - 12pm
- 12/10 - PTO Holiday 9am - 12pm
- 12/11 - PTO Holiday 9am - 12pm; Chorus 3pm - 4 pm; School Board Agenda Meeting 7 pm
- 12/12 - Chorus 8am; PTO Holiday 9am - 12pm
- 12/13 - PTO Holiday Event & Holiday Shop 6pm - 7:30 pm
- 12/17 - Bells Practice 8am; Men of Harmony 9am
- 12/18 - Student Government Ugly Sweater Day $1; Pretzel Day - Pre-Orders; Chorus 3pm - 4pm; School Board Meeting 7:30 pm
- 12/19 - Chorus 8am; Pajama Day Fundraiser for Lymphoma & Leukemia Society $1
- 12/20 - Performance Concerns Sent Home
- 12/23 - 1/3 - District Closed - Classes Resume on January 6,2025