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Things are moving right along here at Graham!! Students are really doing a nice job adjusting to new routines and procedures. The classrooms look great too! Way to go Teachers!!! We were so happy to see all of our families at open house this past week.
What a great first week!
We were so happy to see all of our students and their families this past week after a nice summer break. I would like to officially welcome all of our new students and their families to Graham. Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions or concerns that you might have. We are happy to have you join our school community!!
Welcome Back to School!!!
I hope everyone has had a restful and enjoyable summer. We are SO excited to see all of our students and their families next Tuesday, August 27th for our first day of school!!! The first day will be a HALF DAY of school beginning at 9:10 and ending at 12:20 pm.
Graham has been under construction for the entire summer. The staff is just getting back to the building on Thursday for the first time so we are doing our very best to have things looking fabulous for our students. I am really excited for everyone to see the updates to the building. It looks great! I do ask though that you PLEASE bear with us while we are still under construction for a majority of this school year.
Please be sure to read through our LAST family update of the year! Friday is our last day of school. We will be dismissing on Thursday and Friday at 12:20 PM. I will be keeping you posted about everything going on next week. I want to alert you to our last day of school on June 7th. All students, staff, and family members will have to leave the building at 12:20 on June 7th. The movers will be coming in right away to start the process of emptying classrooms. There will be NO BACKPACKS or SCHOOL BAGS on the last two days of school. Please be sure that you have a plan to pick up your child ON TIME on both half days next week. Please reach out to me if you have any questions at all.
Happy Friday!!
We are down to single digits of school days left! Summer is right around the corner and that is so exciting!! Just a reminder that we do not have school on Monday due to the MEMORIAL DAY holiday. I hope some of you are able to take advantage of some of our FREE summer programs in the district. There is a link in this newsletter to sign up for them. The Literacy Bus will also be hitting different schools throughout the district this summer. Please watch our facebook page for information on that and I will also post on DOJO to remind you. The best advice I can give to you for summer is to make sure your child reads for at least 15 minutes each day. It really does make a difference when they return to school. It is also just a nice way for them to relax and enjoy a good book.
Happy Friday!!
We have been so busy here at Graham with all of our end of the year activities!!! We have a couple of concerts this week for Kindergarten and First Grade. We also have a half day on Friday due to the Memorial Holiday weekend. School will dismiss at 12:20 pm on Friday, May 24th. There will also be NO SCHOOL on Monday, May 27th for the actual holiday. We will be celebrating our 5th graders on June 4th at a ceremony in our gym at 2:00pm. Please mark these dates on your calendar so you don't forget!!!
The month of May is always a time when things escalate at school. Students are excited for summer break but sometimes can be anxious about it too. Behaviors start to show out at recess and sometimes in the classroom. We remind students about keeping their hands to themselves (BE SAFE) throughout the day but it always helps if you can reinforce that at home as well. We want everyone to finish off the school year on a positive note!
Next week in the Positivity Project we will be focusing on the trait of Leadership. Leadership means you value each member of your group and inspire people to do their best! Please take a minute to read through the explanation of this trait and discuss it with your family. Sometimes it helps to give them examples of how this trait fits into your own life.
We are really winding down to the end of the year at this point. There are so many boxes getting packed and the rooms are starting to look a little bare. Please excuse our "mess" while we are getting ready for our summer renovations!!! We are VERY excited about our building getting a new look over the summer!! The new gym in the back of the building is already going up. Progress is happening!!!
There are lots of things coming up with the end of the school year upon us. Please be sure to check out the dates in this update so you are aware of the different events going on at Graham. I would hate for our families to miss out on an event.
I want to say THANK YOU to the PTA for their great job on the SPRING CARNIVAL!!! We had a terrific turnout; the weather helped with that! I hope everyone enjoyed themselves. The baskets that were created by each classroom turned out amazing. We had so many awesome donations from staff, students and their families. We appreciate everyone's time and effort to make the carnival a success. I thought it was so nice to have everyone be a part of the basket raffle. It brings a sense of community and the students feel like they are contributing to the carnival. We will keep doing this next year and have more amazing things to raffle off to our families. There is ONE MORE PTA meeting on May 9th at 6:00. Please come and join us and give us some feedback on things going on at the school. We need more families to participate and help to put on great events in our building!
Happy Friday!
I cannot believe we are at less than 30 days of school left!!! Time is flying by!!! We will be starting our NWEA testing soon. All students in K-5 will take at least two of these tests. We are working on an incentive for them to do their very best on these last tests of the year!!!
Happy Friday!
We are almost done with our MSTEP testing. Our students have done a great job of being here every day and putting forth their best effort! I am very proud of them.
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