Greetings Jr. Bulldog Families,
First, Happy Mother's Day to all of our wonderful mothers. We hope that you were able to enjoy the day and do something relaxing. We are down to 19 days of school remaining. End-of-grade tests start May 23rd. Specific dates, grades and subjects can be found in the family newsletter. Please help us to encourage our students to push hard all the way to the end. Our perfect attendance challenge will continue through May 30th. Students who have perfect attendance throughout this month's learning and earning attendance challenge will get a chance to silly string Ms. Horton and Mrs. Ellingworth! There is a lot of information included in the family newsletter. Please read it carefully so you are aware of what is going on between now and the end of the school year. Have a great week!
May 12th-16th: Penny Wars!! (see flyer below)
Tuesday, May 13th: GPE Papa John's Night
Friday, May 16th: Last day for lunch visits
Friday, May 23rd-June 6th: EOG Testing Window (see flyer below)
Monday, May 26th: Memorial Day - NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, June 3rd: Field Day
Wednesday, June 4th: PBIS Splash-tastic Party (For students who meet behavior goals)
Thursday, June 5th: K-2 Awards @ 8:15, 3rd & 4th Awards @ 9:15
Thursday, June 5th: 5th Grade Moving Up Ceremony - 5:30 @ Grove Park Baptist Church
Friday, June 6th: Talent Show and Last Day of School
If you have questions about PTO or if you are interested in being a part of our PTO, please email Ana or Necole at Groveparkpto2024@gmail.com
- School begins at 7:50 a.m. for ALL students Pre-K-5. Students that arrive by car should be in the building at 7:50. To make sure our students have enough time to get in the building, get through the breakfast line and arrive in class to start their day, the car rider line cut off time is 7:49 (cell phone time) each day. If you are arriving on campus at 7:49 or later, you will need to park and walk your student in to the front office to sign them in.
- Changes in transportation - If you need to change your child's afternoon transportation, please call the front office at (336) 570-6115 before 2:00 p.m. Teachers cannot check and respond to messages and emails throughout the day when they are teaching. Please do not expect an immediate response from your child's teacher during instructional hours. Office hours for teachers begin after 3:00 p.m.
- Signing Students out early: If you are signing your students out early (before 2:20 p.m.), you must go inside the front office and check them out. No student early check outs will be allowed after 2:20 as students are beginning to transition for dismissal. We appreciate your cooperation with this matter!
- Lunch Visits- Families may come to eat lunch with your students. Please reach out to your child's teacher 24 hours in advance to let them know you are coming so they can plan for seating. Remember: NO OUTSIDE FOOD OR DRINK MAY BE BROUGHT IN. Upon arrival, please sign in at the front office and get a visitor's tag. This must be worn while on campus. All visitors will wait for their child’s class outside the office until their student's lunch time. At the end of lunch, all visitors will need to come back to the office to sign out. Visitors are not permitted to walk down to classrooms.
Lunch visits will end the Monday prior to Memorial Day in May. We look forward to opening this back up and thank you in advance for following the procedures.