If you are sick, stay home to heal and get healthy.

Otherwise, try hard to be at school on time every day!

Registered for the GVS morning program? - If so, your student can be dropped off as early as 7:30, but no earlier. If you are here early, there will not be an adult available for supervision.

Regular Drop Off: - Regular drop off begins at 8:10. Please pull your car around the perimeter of the parking lot and drop off at the playground.

Car line dismissal starts at 3:10. As you arrive, join the pick up line. Please do not attempt to bypass cars in the line as this becomes dangerous. The pick up line will go around the perimeter of the parking lot. If you are the first car (at any time), please pull all the way up to the stop sign by the playground. This will help us with a speedy dismissal process.

Grantham Village School

75 Learning Drive

Grantham, NH 03753

603-863-1681

frontoffice@gvshawks.org

Principal: Kristen Reed

kreed@gvshawks.org

Dear Parents, Grandparents and Guardians,

Welcome back to another exciting school year at Grantham Village School! We hope you all had a wonderful summer and are ready to engage in a fantastic year filled with learning, growth, and community spirit.

As we kick off this new school year, we would like to remind you that the Grantham ParentTeacher Group (GPTG) is here to support our students, teachers, and school. Our mission is to foster a positive relationship between home and school and to enhance the educational experience for all our children.

This year, we are excited to announce that we will be holding open elections for the following positions within the GPTG:

• **President**
• **Vice President**
• **Secretary**
• **Treasurer**
• 2 - **Members at Large**

We encourage all parents, grandparents and guardians to consider running for one of these vital roles. Each position plays a crucial role in planning events, fundraising, and ensuring effective communication between parents and the school administration.

**Election Details:**

- **Self-Nomination Period:** August 30th to September 6th

Please complete this form to self nominate!

Https://forms.gle/iFfvr7ZxW3KbwHLE7

- **Voting Date:** September 26

If someone is running unopposed, they will automatically assume the position and elections for that seat will take place.

We look forward to a year filled with collaboration and positive experiences. Thank you for your continued support, and let's make this school year the best one yet!

Warm regards,

Grantham ParentTeacher Group

We had a fire drill today. Ask your child about how it was!

Our students do a lot of different types of moving during their physical education class! The best way to keep everyone safe is for students to wear sneakers. Please check the Unified Arts schedule to know which days students need to wear sneakers!

If you have sneakers you would like to donate to a borrow bin, please leave them with the front office.

Do you have a student in PK through 4th grade? Or perhaps you are a community member looking for volunteer opportunities working with children? This program utilizes a "teach the teacher" model during training workshops provided by a Four Winds Educator. In the workshop volunteers encounter first hand experience with the materials and lessons that are presented to children. We discuss ways to tailor each lesson to the learning needs of younger and older students, and how to utilize the outdoors as a teaching resource. These two hour workshops are held once a month and then volunteers coordinate a mutually agreed upon time to teach the lesson in their assigned classroom (typically 1 hour).

Workshops and topics for this year are as follows.

8:45 - 10:45 am in the Outdoor Classroom

Date Topic
9/4/2024 Insect Life Cycles

10/2/2024 Traveling Seeds
11/13/2024* Birds on the Wing – note 2nd Wednesday due to half-day on 11/6
1/8/2025* Trees in Winter – note 2nd Wednesday due to New Year’s holiday
2/5/2025 Galls Galore
3/5/2025 Songbird Songs
5/7/2025 Flowers to Fruit

For more information about the program check out the website at https://nearbynature.fwni.org/category/cycles-in-nature/ or email our volunteer coordinator Sabrina Graham at sabrinagraham2@gmail.com

Job descriptions can be found by clicking here.

More information can be found by clicking here.

• Sept 2 - No School
  
• Sept 3 - School Board Meeting in the Music Room at 6:30pm
• Sept 20 - Unity Day
• Sept 23 - Picture Day

This year we have added some new staff to our special education team.

• Samantha Beaudry has been a special educator for many years and will case manage 1st, 2nd, and 6th grade.
• Lauren Luce is new to special education, but not new to GVS. She will case manage 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade.
• Katie Jo Roberts has joined GVS as our Speech and Language Pathologist.

We are so excited for them to be a part of our GVS Special Education Team.

• Erin Ames will continue to be the PK teacher and coordinator and will case manage PK and Kindergarten.
• Leslie Brown is our Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA).
• Mrs. Boyea remains our Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant.
• Jean Hines is our contracted PT.
• Kelsey Heafield is our contracted OT.

I will case manage a few students as well.

We are looking forward to supporting all our students and having a great year!

Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns.

Jennifer Cota

Director of Student Services

jcota@gvshawks.org

erin.ames@gvshawks.org

lbrown@gvshawks.org

sbeaudry@gvshawks.org

lluce@gvshawks.org

mboyea@gvshawks.org

kroberts@gvshawks.org