November Principal's Newsletter

During the month of November, Grandview Elementary and Morrisville Intermediate School staff and students will be reflecting on what we are grateful for within our school community. We would love to hear from our valued families about who and what you are grateful for at Grandview Elementary and Morrisville Intermediate School. Please take a brief moment to express your gratitude to our amazing staff by completing the survey linked below by Friday, November 21, 2025.

https://forms.gle/7EwpsEBs9GZGxW9n8

Your words of appreciation make a great impact on our school climate and culture. We will compile all responses and share them with the staff on November 26th.

We kicked the month of October with our Citizen of the Month Assembly! Students selected were recognized for displaying our BARK (Be Safe, Always Try Your Best, Respect Self and Others, and Kindness Matters) expectations throughout our school community.

Our students have continued to exhibit our BARK expectations into October. From the beginning of the school year through the month of October 93% of our students have received 1 or fewer behavior referrals.

The SWPBS team will be meeting with a group of student representatives from the Intermediate School at our November meeting to get their input for this school year and we plan to meet with representatives from Grandview at our December meeting.

As the year moves along, we look forward to celebrating the students' positive behaviors. So far this year students have earned a total of 4,146 BARK bones.

Thank you to our students, faculty, and staff for continuing to exhibit our BARK expectations.

Congratulations to the following students and staff who have been selected as a BARK Bone winner for the month of October.

Grandview Elementary:

Dawson

Angelica

Shayara

Nyzir

Brian M.

Mutrhel

Rafaela

Braziel

Cameron

Carson G.

A'siah

Elias

Hazel

Mabel

Layla H.

Ms. Moet (2)

Ms. T

Mrs. Osterhout

Mrs. Galante

Morrisville Intermediate School:

Atticus

Kason W.

Averie

Steven

Inaya

Heiner

Grislenny

Zoey

Isaias

Jasper

Liam

Estevan

Lincoln M.

Musfirah

Donovan

Ms. Keogh

Mrs. Digney

Mr. Smith

Mrs. Branch

Ms. Long

Punctuality and regular attendance are essential skills that children need to learn at an early age to prepare for lifelong career opportunities. Consistent attendance and punctuality are critical to each child’s maximum learning experience.

In the month of October we had 109 K-5 student receive Perfect Attendance.

If your child(ren) will be absent from school, please email Elementaryattendance@mv.org with your child's name, grade, and reason for being absent.

The PTO will be hosting a Family Game Night on Friday, November 14th at Grandview Elementary. We hope to see you there!

The next PTO open meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 3, 2025.

If you are interested in joining our PTO or helping with events throughout the school year, please email gvimpto@gmail.com .

Parent - Teacher Conferences will be held on Tuesday, November 25th and Wednesday, November 26th. We are offering parents/guardians conferences in person, virtually or by telephone . Please see the attached letter below regarding more information about Parent-Teacher Conferences.

All Conference forms are due on Monday, November 17th.

This month, our athlete mentor, Sean Hollander teaches our students all about emotions!

When you're centered, you feel calm, in control, and able to make responsible decisions. When you're feeling strong emotions like anger, despair, frustration, or even elation or pride, it's important to name the emotion you're feeling, and then find a way to get back to a place of calm control, or find your center. Finding your center looks different for everyone!

Through the Emotions unit, students will explore various ways to get back to center and move on — deep breathing, taking a drink of water, going for a short walk, and taking a moment to plan next steps are some options to explore. While the goal of this unit is to give students the tools they need to name their strong emotion, find their center, and make decisions, it's equally important to ensure that students know that these strong emotions are normal, and not wrong or bad.

Our Citizen of the Month trait for November will be recognizing students who manage emotions appropriately.