The Jr Bulldog Pride
Great things are happening at Grove Park Elementary!
Greetings, Jr. Bulldog Families,
We hope everyone was able to find something relaxing to do on this rainy weekend. As we close in on the last weeks of the school year, please help encourage our students to finish strong. This is an opportunity for growth and reflection, not only for our students, but our staff as well. We appreciate your support and commitment to your child's success. This week is Teacher Appreciation week. Thank you to everyone who donated items for our "Pack-A-Snack" event for our teachers this week. Our teachers work tirelessly and we want to show them how much they are appreciated. This week is another busy one. Please see the "Looking Ahead" section for lots of important dates/events coming up! Reach out if you have any questions!
Did you know that poor attendance can influence whether children read proficiently by the end of 3rd grade or be held back? By 6th grade, chronic absence becomes a leading indicator that a student will drop out of high school. 9th grade attendance can be a better predictor of drop out than 8th grade test scores. Attendance Matters!
Please help us meet our School Improvement Plan goal of at least a 93% attendance rate! We need our students in school all day every day in order to provide them with the most high quality instruction. Every minute counts!
- 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.