GUE News from the Nest Week #6

Dress your best on Thursday for PICTURE DAY! Ordering will be done directly through our vendor, Kelly Color. Ordering information will be sent home. Did you know a portion of your school picture purchase supports our school! Get your kiddo’s smile and help our school all at once!

Students who are NOT in 6th grade choir are invited to audition to attend Circle the State with Song Choir Festival. Audition packets are available from Mrs. Lauren Thompson or in the office. See the flyer below for more information. Practice and audition tracks have been added to the CTSWS Google Classroom that can be found by clicking the button below. You will also need the class code, which is listed below. For more information see Mrs. Thompson.

Are you willing to help support our student incentives or staff appreciation events at GUE? If so, please fill out this short Google Form! Our incentive team will be in touch!

Congrats to Eden Chizmar who placed 3rd at the Cleora Middle School Cross Country Meet and Kane Brodrick who placed 11th. Also earning points for the team were Deegan Shaw and Kase Phillips. Earning team points for the girls was Kinley Thompson. Both teams, along with the middle school runners, placed FIRST overall!

Our Varsity Ridgerunners have a home game this week vs. Gravette! Come out to Ridgerunner Stadium to support our football players, cheerleaders and band!

The only balls allowed within Ridgerunner Stadium are the footballs on the field. If your child has a football or any other ball inside the stadium it will be confiscated. A parent may come pick up the ball at the Upper Elementary office on Monday. We ask that all students sit in the stands and enjoy the game! No students will be allowed within the red barriers around the field.

Congratulations to our very first member of our 4th grade Multiplcation Facts Club, Josie Sokoloff!!! Josie completed her quiz of 100 math facts in under 5 minutes! Great job Josie!

Congratulations to our Week One winner of Where in the World is Mr. Phillips, Gabriel Jones who correctly placed Mr. Phillips at the KC Cheifs vs. Denver Broncos in Kansas City on Monday Night Football. Who will find him next week? Our game starts with Thursday night games and end on Monday night games. Kids have until noon on Tuesday to enter the contest in the front office. One correct winner is drawn to win candy, a picture with Mr. Phillips and a house point.

Congratulations to our Readers of the Week for August 31st-September 4th for each grade level!

Nora Murphy, 4th grade

Jack Stice, 5th Grade

Zane Wilson, 6th Grade

Way to go readers!

Colton and William made literacy come to life with Legos in the library this week by building the character Bob, from “The One and Only Bob” and Hogwarts Castle from Harry Potter! Great use of your imaginations, boys!

Reading passports are available for students who want to read new titles! Each passport consists of 4 or 5 novels students can read that are related in some way. They may be books about sports, or books about hunting, books from the same author or books that are recommended from staff members. Once a reading passport is complete a student earns a prize and will be honored in our weekly newsletter! Congratulations to our first passport earners of the year!

If you would like to help sponsor our reading, or upcoming math, incentives, please contact Mrs. Matthews at cmatthews@ridgerunners.net. These kids go through a ton of prizes!!

Enjoy our selfies from the last TWO weeks!

Years in Education: 13

Years at GUE: 2

One word that describes you: Excited

Favorite Quote: Faith over Fear!

Years in Education: 24

Years in Current Position: 21

One word that describes you: Crafty

Favorite Quote: "Walk with a purpose"- Coach Hacker

Grove Public Schools is proud to offer parents continuous online access to their child’s grades. This allows you to check their grades in real time! No more surprises at conference time or when report cards are printed! If you do not know how to log in to our online Parent Portal, Sylogist, please contact our site secretary, Mary Pollett at mpollett@ridgerunners.net.

Our Essential rules this week are numbers 21, 22, 23, 24, 25.

September 16th: 6th Grade Cross Country at Tahlequah

September 17th: Fall Individual and Class pictures

September 21st: 4th Grade Lifewise starts during block

September 22nd: 6th Grade Cross Country at Tenkiller

September 23rd: See You at the Pole

September 25th: 5th Grade Field Trip to Harbor Village

September 28th-October 2nd Spirit Chain Fundraiser

September 29th: 6th Grade Cross Country at Cleora

October 2nd: Homecoming Parade in PM

October 7th: 5TH Grade Color Run and Spirit Chain Assembly

October 7th: Book Fair

October 8th: 6th Grade Amazing Race and Spirit Chain Assembly

October 8th: Book Fair

October 9th: 4th Grade Field Day and Spirit Chain Assembly

October 9th: Book Fair

October 12th: Book Fair

October 13th: Book Fair

October 13th: First Quarter House Assembly, Football Field, Time TBD

October 13th: Family Conferences, 4-7pm

October 14th: Family Conferences, 8-12pm

October 14th-16th: No School, Fall Break

October 19th: No School, Professional Development

October 30th: Halloween Parties

November 4th: Picture Make Up Day

November 11th: Veteran's Day Concert, 6pm, PAC

November 19th: 5th Grade Tween Fair

November 23rd-27th: No School, Thanksgiving Break

December 3rd: Christmas Concert, 6pm, PAC

December 18th: House Assembly, PAC, 9-10am

December 18th: Christmas Parties, sometime after House Assembly

December 21st-January 1st: No School, Christmas Break

January 4th: No School: Professional Development