Grassy Creek Elementary School

https://www.cpcsc.k12.in.us/o/gce

Dear Grassy Creek Families,

Our students and families did a wonderful job of supporting Jar Wars in November. The money raised from this allows us to purchase holiday gifts for families that need assistance. We appreciate your generosity. Students from winning classes enjoyed the opportunity to "pie" staff members before Thanksgiving Break.

This month, we are collecting canned goods for the Good Cheer Fund. We will collect non-perishable food items between December 4th and 18th. The products collected will be distributed to families in Johnson County who are in need of additional support.

Winter break begins at 3:55 on Friday, December 20th. School will resume on Monday, January 6, 2025. Students will bring their devices home over Winter Break in case of inclement weather. Access to non-school related websites will be blocked during the break.

Have a wonderful month and winter break!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Lake & Mrs. Gross

Just a reminder - Clark-Pleasant uses two E-Learning days (asynchronous) for scheduled professional development for staff and inclement weather. Therefore, if/when the very first time that we have to cancel school for inclement weather, then we will utilize the last asynchronous (non-live) E-Learning day. Then for the rest of the school, we will utilize "Synchronous" E-Learning (live) for inclement weather days. For information regarding asynchronous vs. synchronous visit our parent page and click on the link to the Educational Technology & Resource Info page. (HERE)

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Twitter: @YOUR_GCES

Grassy Creek has an opening for an Instructional Assistant in our Resource Department! If you are interested in working with this amazing team, you can email tgross@cpcsc.k12.in.us or visit https://www.applitrack.com/cpcs.../onlineapp/default.aspx...

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1. From Home, tap the triple bars in the upper right.

Select Account, then Preferences.

From the Preferences screen select Language. Choose your preferred language in which to send and receive messages.

As it gets colder, please send your students to school with a coat. Often they are still going outside for a 30 minute recess. If you are in need of a coat, let Ms. Sedgwick know, and we can likely provide one.

For those providing holiday assistance for a family, gifts are due the week of December 11th. Please make sure your family letter and child number are attached to the black bag. Thank you all for helping others!

Check our January newsletter for more info about January/February and Quarter 3 experiences!

We will have Amy's Ice Paradise food truck at Grassy Creek on December 13th, so our staff can enjoy a a sweet treat or a hot chocolate. If you would like to help us recognize our hardworking staff by donating to purchase this treat, just scan the QR code on the flyer. We encourage you to leave a "thank you" message for your special staff member. Messages will be delivered to staff members on your behalf. If you would rather send in a cash donation, simply place it in an envelope and mark it "Holiday treat for teachers". We appreciate your generosity in recognizing the amazing staff in our building!

Congratulations to all of our Spelling Bee Participants! Our winner was Raian Timur and our runner-up was Jasleen Kaur. Raian will represent Grassy Creek in the Johnson County Spelling Bee in January.

Miss Fowler

Rainer Josafat

Colin Sefton

Miss Hehmann

Dilsher Khalon

Jaycee Smeltzer

Mrs. Stonebraker/Mrs. Woods

Savannah Foust

Phoenix Cameron-Armstrong

Mr.Pollard

Raian Timur

Sehaj Kumar

Mr. Breeden

Madison Rice

Jasleen Kaur

Miss Lowe

Cungza Nawl

Ryker Bohde

Miss Morris

Josiah Moore

Baileigh Johnson

Miss Harroff

Brayden Fields

Diljot Deol

Mrs. Wesselman

Ethan Jackson

Olivia Sutton

Meal assistance applications for the 2024-2025 school year are now open! Last year's meal status is valid until 9/12/24 to give you time to apply. Apply online at: https://shorturl.at/WY8MU. For additional questions, please contact the food service office at 317-535-3106.

8:50 Student arrival begins

8:50-9:05 Breakfast served (optional)

9:05 Start Time/Tardy bell rings

3:50 (M,T,R,F) Dismissal for car riders begins

*3:20 on Wednesdays

3:55 (M,T,R,F) Dismissal for bus riders begins

*3:25 on Wednesdays

CPCSC Food Service is updating our software in 2025. One of the updates is to move from RevTrak to an online payment system called EZSchoolPay.

EZSchoolPay includes three features that parents have requested:

• Payments are available on student accounts within fifteen minutes.

• The ability to view balances on student accounts. Balances are updated every fifteen minutes.

• The ability to view purchases for the last thirty days starting with purchases made on January 6.

There is a fee that parents will have to pay when using EZSchoolPay to make a payment. The fee is 4.9% of the amount paid. If you’d like to avoid this fee, payments via cash or check can be made at your student’s school. There is no fee to access the other features such as checking an account balance or a student's purchase history.

The transition from RevTrak to EZSchoolPay will take place over the winter break. The schedule is as follows:

• December 19 at noon - Payments via Revtrak will no longer be accepted.

• December 20 - First semester classes end.

• December 30 - Payments via EZSchoolPay will be accepted.

• January 6 - Second semester classes begin.

You can set up an EZSchoolPay account today but will not be able to make payments or view student account balance information until December 30. EZSchoolPay can be accessed at the following link: https://www.ezschoolpay.com/Login.aspx?District=6646767. To get started, click on the ‘Register’ button on the bottom left side of the page. There are also links to download the phone app on that page.

Three guides for using EZSchoolPay can be found at https://cpcsdin.sites.thrillshare.com/documents/departments/food-service/420214.

• Due to limited space, we will host lunch visitors on Fridays only

• Preregister for your visit using this LINK.

• Enter through and check in at the front office. Be sure to bring an ID for scanning in. We will keep IDs while you are in the building.

• All visitors will eat in the LGI (large group instruction) room.

• Parents may only eat with their children, not their children’s friends/classmates.

• Your non-school aged children may attend if applicable; please do not bring family friends or non-immediate family relatives. These guests should be seated at the lunch table.

• Please refrain from bringing fast-food/restaurant food for yourself and your student. If you are bringing their lunch, it should mimic a “traditional” sack lunch. They can also eat the lunch provided by the cafeteria while you enjoy a sack lunch.

• If you purchase an adult lunch from our cafeteria, please pay with cash ($4.60/ meal). Only adults purchasing a meal will need to go through the line. Otherwise, they should wait in the LGI for their child to join them.

• Please stay in the area set up in the LGI for lunch visitors.

• There are adult restrooms directly across from the cafeteria. Please use them instead of student restrooms. Students should use the student restrooms.

• Once the lunch period is over, please check-out at the office and retrieve your ID before leaving the school. Visitors may not go outside for recess with students.

• Lunch monitors are present to facilitate appropriate eating and behavior. Please refrain from redirecting students that are not yours.

• Do not take pictures of staff or students during your lunch visit. Cell phone use is discouraged.

• Please be mindful that we have limited capacity to host visitors, and that we may experience high demand.

We still need required documents for some of our student files. We are required to have on file for all students a Birth Certificate, Immunization Record, Home Language Survey and a Proof of Residency document. Proof of Residency can be a mortgage or lease statement or a utility bill (gas, electric, sewer, or trash) If you receive a request for these documents from the office or your classroom teacher, please turn those into the main office as soon as possible. We appreciate your help in keeping our records current and up to date!

We are excited that school has started! Some of our staff have made Amazon Wish Lists of items they would like to have in their classrooms for the students. If you would like to contribute to a classroom, we had included their links here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1BZAaQtJx_-evNbbMdwmOnN-Q0MP9VnFuD_tsWNGf8Uo/edit#slide=id.g110c08ddead_1_10

Calling all Grassy Creek Elementary Families! Did you know you can raise money for our amazing PTO simply by shopping at Kroger? Kroger Community Rewards is a fantastic program that allows you to support our school with every purchase, at no cost to you!

Here's how it works:

*Create a Kroger Digital Account: If you haven't already, sign up for a free Kroger digital account at https://www.kroger.com/. This will allow you to participate in Community Rewards.

*Link Your Kroger Card: Once you have a digital account, link your Kroger Plus Card to it. This ensures your purchases benefit our PTO.

*Choose Our PTO! Search for GRASSY CREEK ELEMENTARY – PTO or enter our organization number, CT308 and select us as your preferred charity.

*Shop and Earn! Now, every time you shop at Kroger and use your linked card, Kroger will donate a portion of your purchase to our PTO!

Why Sign Up?

•Support Our School: Every swipe of your card directly benefits Grassy Creek Elementary and our amazing PTO programs.

•It's Free! You don't pay a penny extra – Kroger donates on your behalf. Just shop as usual!

•Easy to Use: Signing up takes just a few minutes and then you're good to go!

Let's work together to raise money for our school! Sign up for Kroger Community Rewards today!

Spread the word! Share this post with your friends and family who shop at Kroger. The more people who participate, the bigger the impact we can make on our school!

Don't forget: Be sure to search for Grassy Creek Elementary – PTO or use our organization number CT308 when enrolling in Community Rewards.

You can add money to your student's lunch account by clicking here. After creating the account, choose STUDENT FOOD (GCE) and add your student's last name and their 6 digit ID number. If you do not know your student's ID number, please call the office for assistance.

As a reminder, students may apply for meal assistance at any point in the school year. Approved students will always be free now (as we have changed the reduced meal price to $0 effective 1/1/24).

2 Hour Delay Information can be found here.

Clark-Pleasant Transportation Information

Transportation Phone: 317-535-7255

Check out your child’s bus number, pick up and drop off times:

1. Click on the link below: https://versatransweb07.tylertech.com/ClarkPleasant/elinkrp/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fClarkPleasant%2felinkrp%2fStudents%2fBasicTransBoundarySearch.aspx

2. The username is “guest.”

3. The password is “guest.”

4. Type in your address and it will provide the bus number, pick up location, arrival/drop off times.

Our district uses the Here Comes the Bus App

1. Here Comes the Bus is a free product made available to families through Synovia Solutions. Synovia is the GPS tracking system used by our district to monitor bus locations and vehicle diagnostics.

2. Download it in your Google Play or App store.

3. Create a new account.

4. The district code for “Here Comes The Bus” app is 82073.

1. Parent-Student Transportation Handbook

2. CPCSC Alternate Bus Stop Request

1. In order to ensure that your student is transported to an alternate address or child care provider, we request that you submit the following information identified below and allow 3-5 business days from the first day of school for processing. A transportation department team member will contact you with status information. Note, our ability to accommodate will be contingent on space available and bus capacity. First priority will be given to students who are being transported to/from their home address.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_aFPALrwjluVcJpeSd8U1U-g-kP6Is5X7G4Lx7yri_GgQQg/viewform

To improve traffic flow during arrival and dismissal at GCES, we would like families of GCES students to enter school grounds off of Worthsville Road onto Palmore Way (first entrance to CPMS.) Then take your first left before the tennis courts (turn left/west). Continue on the access road to the end of the sidewalk on the north side adjacent to door 8.. Staff members will walk out door 8 to welcome students into the building at 8:50. We will no longer use the front of the building for drop off. Cars should continue on straight to exit the lot.

Clark-Pleasant Early Learning Center is a part of GCES, and their arrival time is 8:45. These families will enter off Sheek Road and line up for drop off in the front of the building,

If students arrive after 9:05 a.m., an adult will need to park and sign their student in at the front office.

Car rider families should enter the same way for afternoon car rider pick up, but stop at the corner that leads to the front drive. A staff member will come out at approximately 3:50 to dismiss students. Students will exit out of door 4. Cars should pull up to the flag pole once dismissal begins.

If your student goes to childcare after school that is not within our GCES boundary, you must register your child for a car rider number as these daycare locations pick up our students in our car rider line. Please stop by the front office to register your child.

If your student attends a daycare that is within our GCES boundary, you will need to complete an "alternate bus stop" form in order for your child to be dropped off at the correct stop. You can access that form here or contact our transportation office at 317-535-7255.

You can help Grassy Creek earn money for our students and staff simply by scanning your grocery receipts! No more clipping and sending Box Tops into school! Just go to https://www.boxtops4education.com/ to create an account, download the app on your phone, and scan your receipts!

Title One School

Email: gcesregistration@cpcsc.k12.in.us
Website: http://www.cpcsc.k12.in.us/o/gce
Location: 2111 Sheek Road, Greenwood, IN, USA
Phone: 317-535-3980
Twitter: @YOUR_GCES