Greetings Jr. Bulldog Families,
Hopefully the winter weather is behind us and Spring is on it's way! We know that disruptions in our schedule due to weather can be frustrating. We have 7 weeks between now and Spring break and our teachers will be working hard to make sure every minute counts! There are two important notes below in addition to lots of other information in our newsletter.
- Our 3rd through 5th graders will be taking their NC Check-Ins this week that were cancelled due to weather. See the newsletter linked below for details about NC Check-Ins. Please make sure students are on time to school each day as once testing has started, late students will not be allowed to join the testing session.
- Friday, February 28th was previously scheduled to be a Teacher Workday. That day is now a regular student day.
Please reach out if you have any questions. Have a great week!
February 24th-28th: NC Check-In Testing window for 3rd-5th graders
Thursday, February 27th: 3rd Grade Black History Wax Museum
Thursday, February 27th: GPE Family Game Night
March 3rd-7th: Read Across America Week
Tuesday, March 4th: 2nd & 3rd Grade Musical Performance
Wednesday, March 5th: Spring Pictures
Wednesday, March 5th: Grove Park PTO Meeting @ 5:30
Saturday, March 8th: Kindergarten Registration Fair @ Holly Hill Mall
Wednesday, March 12th: 3rd Grade Field Trip to Raleigh
Thursday, March 13th: 5th Grade Orchestra "String Jam" - 6:00 @ Turrentine
Friday, March 14th: 2nd Grade Field Trip to Durham Museum of Life and Science
Friday, March 14th: Kindergarten Field Trip to Children's Museum & City Park
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
- 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.