The Jr. Bulldog Pride
Great things are happening at Grove Park Elementary!
Week 28
Greetings Jr. Bulldog Families,
We hope everyone had a great weekend. This is a BUSY time of year! Make sure you check out the "Looking Ahead" section of the newsletter for upcoming events. Reach out if you have any questions! We look forward to another great week and can't wait to see our students tomorrow!
WEEK 28 AT GPE
Monday, March 17th: Specials Day 2 - Day 120 of school
Tuesday, March 18th: Specials Day 3 - Day 121 of school
Wednesday, March 19th: Specials Day 4 - Day 122 of school
Thursday, March 20th: Specials Day 1 - Day 123 of school
Friday, March 21st: Specials Day 2 - Day 124 of school
LOOKING AHEAD!
Wednesday, March 19th: Duty Free Lunch for teachers
Thursday, March 20th: PTO Spring Fling Planning Meeting @ 6:00
Friday, March 21st: Career Day!
Tuesday, March 25th: Papa John's Pizza Night!
March 26th & 27th: 5th Grade Field Trip to Outer Banks
Thursday, March 27th: Last day of 3rd Quarter
Friday, March 28th: Teacher Workday - NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
Saturday, March 29th: ABSS Spring Recruitment Fair @ Highland Elementary
Wednesday, April 2nd: PTO Meeting @ 5:30
Thursday, April 3rd: Report Cards available in PowerSchool
Saturday, April 5th: Science Olympiad
Saturday, April 5th: All County Chorus
Wednesday, April 9th: Duty Free Lunch for teachers
Wednesday, April 9th: 2nd Grade Field Trip to Greensboro Children's Museum
Thursday, April 10th: 5th Grade DARE Day at the Park
Thursday, April 10th: 3rd-5th Grade Fancy Feet Ball
Thursday, April 10th: ACC Special Olympics Field Trip
Friday, April 11th: 3rd Quarter Awards Assemblies
Friday, April 11th: PBIS Reward Day
Saturday, April 12th - Monday, April 21st: SPRING BREAK!!
ABSS Recruitment Fair
Family Resources - How Can You Help Your Student at Home?
Each week, we will be sharing ideas and resources on how you can help your student be successful!
Be Aware of Your Surroundings - Make Observations!
PTO
If you have questions about PTO or if you are interested in being a part of our PTO, please email Ana or Necole at Groveparkpto2024@gmail.com
Duty Free Lunch
Our next scheduled Duty Free Lunch is scheduled for Wednesday, March 19th. Please use the Signup Genius link below to volunteer!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4AABA62CA5F8CE9-54223484-duty#/
Spirit Wear
PTO is no longer accepting money for spirit wear orders at this time. We will let you know when the latest order of spirit wear arrives!
SPRING FLING!
PTO will be sponsoring a Spring Fling on Friday, May 16th from 5:00-7:00. We need your help! Volunteers are needing for setting up, running stations, clean up and more! Additionally, we will be holding an in-person meeting for all volunteers on Thursday, March 20th at 6:00 to plan the event in detail and divide tasks amongst volunteers. If you sign up to volunteer at the Spring Fling but are unable to attend the planning meeting, please let us know so that we can be sure you keep you up-to-date with all of the planning details. Please see the current sign up link below for the Spring Fling. If you have any questions, please do not hestitate to forward any inquiries to grovepartpto2024@gmail.com. We look forward to working with you to make this event a great success for our Grove Park Family.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4AABA62CA5F8CE9-55579455-grove#/
ABSS Code of Conduct
We are including the link to the District’s Code of Conduct here. While each of you are familiar with our school handbook, we wanted to make sure you had access to the District’s Code of Conduct that guides our decisions with consequences. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to our administrative team.
What's For Lunch?
To view the full month's menu, please click here.
Important Reminders
- 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.
Want to Celebrate Your Student's Birthday?
Families that wish to send in a special treat to the classroom to honor their child’s birthday must pre-arrange this with the classroom teacher 24 hours in advance. Treats for celebrations must be dropped off in the office. Please check with your student’s teacher to determine if there are any classroom food allergies that should be considered when purchasing food for the class. The teacher will distribute the treats at a time and manner that does not disrupt instruction or the overall workings of the school. The school cannot provide serving utensils. Student birthday celebrations can only include snack items such as cupcakes, donuts, chips, juice boxes, etc. According to state law, any cupcakes or other snacks must be store-bought and labeled. Items such as treat bags, noise makers, balloons, party favors, etc are not allowed. Parents are not allowed in the classroom for this event. Treats for celebrations cannot be brought to the cafeteria during lunch per ABSS food service guidelines. No homemade food items are allowed. Special food from off campus (like pizza) cannot substitute food service offerings.
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Grove Park Elementary School
141 Trail One
Burlington, NC 27215
Phone:336-570-6115
Fax:336-570-6205