Granite Valley Family Newsletter
September 14th -18th
Parent Volunteers Needed for this Friday, September 18th for the PBIS Carnival
Click HERE to sign up to help out with this fun event!
Meet Mike - Day Custodian
Mike has been taking care of Granite Valley for many years. He loves spending time with his family, which includes 6 dogs! He loves being at the ocean and seeing the people at Granite Valley who bring him much happiness.
Meet Joe - Night Custodian
September
Monday, Sept. 14th -
Reading Logs for the Thunderbirds Stick to Reading Program will be sent home with GV Students
Tuesday, Sept. 15th -
International Dot Day @ GV
Thursday, Sept. 17th -
Picture Day @ GV
Friday, Sept. 18th -
Students can cash in for the GV PBIS Carnival today - Parent Volunteers Needed - Click HERE
Thursday, Oct. 29th -
Picture Retake Day
International Dot Day
Granite Valley is excited to celebrate National Dot Day, a day dedicated to creativity, courage, and making your mark! Each student will listen to The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds, the story of Vashti, a student who believes she cannot draw until her teacher encourages her to simply make a mark and see where it takes her. This small act begins a journey of confidence, creativity, and discovering what is possible when we are willing to try. Throughout the day, students will participate in classroom activities inspired by the story and its important message:
You don’t have to be perfect—you just have to be willing to try and make your mark!
To add to the fun, we are inviting students to wear brightly colored shirts or polka dots to school as we bring the Dot Day theme to life throughout Granite Valley!
As a special part of our celebration, our entire school will come together to make our own Granite Valley mark by creating a giant GV Dot! Corey Pitcher, Monson High School Video Production Teacher, will photograph our school-wide creation from above, capturing a memorable moment of our students and staff coming together as one Granite Valley community. Depending on the success and quality of the photograph, we hope there may also be an opportunity for families to purchase a copy.
We can’t wait to celebrate creativity, confidence, and community—and to see the mark we can make when all of Granite Valley comes together!
PE - Sneaker Success
🏃♀️👟 Way to go, Granite Valley! 👟🏃♂️
We are excited to share that 313 out of 316 students came prepared with their sneakers for PE! That is an incredible 99% of our students ready to participate safely and fully.
Thank you, families, for helping our students come prepared and ready to ROCK each day! 💙
Nurse's Notes
🩺Please do not send any medications in with your student(s). Any medication or medical treatments during the school day must have a new medication order and/ or treatment plan written by a medical provider at the start of the new school year.
Please feel free to contact Nurse Wisnaskas with any questions at wisnaskasj@monsonschools.com
Fall Fundraiser Coming To Granite Valley - More info. to come!
Granite Valley will be offering Lyman Orchards® Pie for your Thanksgiving Celebrations this year. This Fundraiser Program will begin September 28th and is an easy and delicious way for our schools to raise funds for future activities and field trips! Pies will be ready for pick up on November 23rd, just in time to make your holiday celebration a delicious one!
The Springfield Thunderbirds Stick to Reading program, proudly presented by MassMutual, promotes literacy amongst elementary school students in the Western Massachusetts community and we are excited to announce that Granite Valley will be proudly participating in this 6-week reading program.
- Reading logs will be sent home with all students on Monday, Sept 14th.
- Reading logs are due back to main office on October 16th
Students who complete the program in its entirety will be invited to the MassMutual Center to watch a T-Birds home game on either NOV 6 or 7. Families can choose which works better for them. Additional tickets will be $25 each.
$6 from each ticket purchased comes back to the PTSA.
Contact Info.
Serenity Greenwood
Principal
Granite Valley School
21 Thompson St.
Monson, MA 01057
413-267-4155