Grant Line Buzz

As Halloween and Trick Or Treating quickly approaches, please remember to not send candy in your child's lunchboxes. We appreciate your help with this! We have a lot of food allergies throughout our building.

Also, if you would like to volunteer for your child's fall party or a field trip, you will need a background check. The link to do this is listed below.

CAR RIDER LINE - Please do not allow your students to get out of the car before the fence closest to the building - this is to keep them safe! Also, please have your students ready to go as you approach the playground so they can get out quickly to keep the line moving. We unload 5-6 cards at a time. Thank you!

Our Scholastic Book Fair is quickly approaching! This year’s fair will be held the week of October 28 - November 1 with special event shopping on October 30 from 5 - 7pm. This event not only provides high-quality reading materials for families to purchase but also serves as a valuable fundraising opportunity for our school. While both the company and our school do our best to vet the books and materials, we recognize that each family has different standards for what is appropriate. To accommodate these varying needs, we are offering three options for participation. Families can take advantage of one or any combination of the three options:

Option 1

In-School Shopping: Students can shop with their class at a scheduled time during the school day and independently select books to purchase. Assigned class times occur during their library class the week of the book fair. Parents are also welcome to join their child at the scheduled shopping time to assist with the selection. If you prefer your child NOT shop independently during the school day, please complete the following Google form:

https://forms.gle/UcMP4FM4QiXZsJbD8

Option 2

Event Shopping: The book fair will be open October 30 from 5 - 7 pm, allowing parents to shop with their child and help select books to purchase.

Option 3

Online Shopping: Families can shop from home via our online book fair beginning October 25, enabling parents and students to select books together with this link:

https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/grantlineelemschool

We look forward to seeing you at the book fair and appreciate your support in fostering a love of reading within our school community.

October 23 - ELA Practice Test - 3rd/4th grades

October 24 - ELA Checkpoint 1 - 3rd/4th grades

October 25 - Fall Colors Spirit Day. Wear your best orange and black gear! Kindergarten Only - wear your 50th day of school outfit!

October 28 - November 1 - Book Fair

October 28 - Wear Red and a hat - Hats off to being drug free!

October 29 - Dress as a famous duo or trio - team up against drugs!; Mrs. McCory to present about self-regulation 6 - 7 pm

October 30 - Wear your PJ's - Follow your dreams instead of doing drugs!

October 30 - Book Fair open from 5 - 7 pm; Boy Scouts here for sign ups in lobby

October 31 - Grant Line Spirit Day! Wear your GLE gear + ice cream treat (we will have allergy friendly treats!) at lunch to celebrate our awesome IREAD scores and to show our school chooses to be drug free!

November 1 - Fall Parties, All Pro Dads (6:30 am); Wear Crazy Hair and Crazy Socks - we are drug free head to toe!

November 8 - Football Spirit Day. Wear your favorite football shirt or colors!

If you'd like to volunteer for a field trip or to help in a classroom, please fill out this form. This is much easier than the paper form!

https://forms.gle/dPBDF5Tx3HrUKxLT6

If you see a mess, help pick it up! Be willing to help, even if you didn't make the mess!

Welcome back!

I hope you all enjoyed your break with your families. I can't believe it is already mid October. Before you know it we will be planning for Christmas. Speaking of which, there are a few local organizations that offer Christmas assistance to families in need. Currently the Salvation Army is taking applications for their Angel Tree program until October 30, 2024. I will keep you posted.

In guidance this week and next, I am discussing safe and unsafe touches. This week I am in K-2nd grades. This is a one time discussion that parent permission was obtained for every student to participate. Those students whose parents did not want them to participate will go to another grade level classroom during my lesson. Please talk to your children about safe and unsafe touches as well as three safety steps to take if needed. The three safety steps we will discuss are to yell no, go to a safe adult, and tell them what happened. Keeping children safe is our number one priority.

The next parent meeting with Ms. McCory and Ms. Kraemer will be Tuesday, October 29th from 6-7 pm. The topic will be self regulation. Children are welcome.

See attached invite.

Have a great weekend,

Lisa McCory, Counselor

Here is a link to a guide for Southern Indiana activities. Enjoy!

https://www.gosoin.com/about-the-area/visitors-guide/