Dear Griffin Families,

October was full of celebrations and fun! We appreciate your involvement in your child's school performances and activities. I know you are as proud of their talents and gifts as we are!

As we move into November, we have some community events that we would like to invite you to participate in: Veterans' Day Breakfast and our annual Coats for Bulldogs Outreach with Flint Baptist. You can read more about these events in this newsletter.

I would also like to ask you a favor. We strive to provide quality learning and leadership opportunities for our students, and we want to hear what we are doing well and what we could improve on. Please take a few minutes to complete this survey. It will help us grow!

Thank you for your partnership in supporting your child's education,

Steven Ladd

Principal

Griffin Elementary School

11/01 - District College Colors Day

11/03 - Daylight Savings Ends

11/11 - Veteran's Day Breakfast

11/12 - LifeTouch Picture Retake Day

11/14 - 5th Grade AVID Presentation

11/15 - Kona Ice

11/16 - Coats For Bulldogs Outreach

11/19 - 4th Grade Field Trip

11/22 - Fun Friday

11/25 - 11/29 - Thanksgiving Break!

We would love to celebrate our local veterans with coffee, donuts, and patriotic songs from our Griffin Bulldog Choir. We will hold our event on Monday, November 11, from 7:30 - 8:00 AM in the Griffin Library. If you know of anyone that you would like to bring or invite, please click on the link below.

Flint Baptist Church will be partnering with Griffin again this year for our annual coat outreach just in time for the cooler weather! We will hold the event at our Head Start drop off area. More information will follow. Please click on the link below to register.

1. Click on the button below
2. Choose "Tyler ISD" Under School District
3. Choose "Mamie Griffin Elementary" Under PTA

Thanks to Nurse Alpizar and our Tyler ISD nursing department for training our families on first aide processes including CPR and Heimlich maneuvers!

Our Lions finished up their Literacy tour with our Bulldogs! We appreciate their dedication to inspire our students to read!

Our own Coach Taylor competed in an international boxing tournament at Madison Square Garden in New York City! Our Bulldogs wished him well in a farewell parade!

Our Griffin PTA volunteered time and funds to support our Griffin Trick or Treat event! They also sponsored our Fun Friday with a giant bounce house!

Students in Ms. Arteaga's Library and Communications class have been learning about creating healthy habits! Thanks to our community partners from the East Texas Food Bank for sharing with our Bulldogs!

First Grade parents in Mr. Owens' and Ms. Ramirez's classes celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month by sharing traditional Latin American cuisine!

Thanks to Coach Moore and our friends at Tyler High, our Bulldogs had the opportunity to rush the field ahead of the Lions at a Friday night home game!

Our Bulldogs let their artistic talents shine this month! Our K-2 Bulldogs performed beautiful renditions of Latin-American songs and displayed their art. Our 3-5 Bulldogs performed for our first Dia de los Muertos musical celebration. Thanks to Ms. Vollmer and Ms. Mendoza for leading and supporting our students in these events!

Thanks to our teachers, PTA, and families for donating time and resources so that our community could enjoy a safe and fun Trick or Treat!

Our Bulldogs and their teachers dressed up as their favorite book characters and marched our Griffin halls. This was part of our Red Ribbon Week drug awareness program: "Our Characters are Drug-free!"