Grandview Elementary
Parent/ Family Update - August 1, 2025
Dear Grandview Families,
We are thankful that the worst of the predicted snow missed our area and that we were able to remain open today with just a one-hour delay this morning. We appreciate everyone’s patience and flexibility as we worked to ensure a safe start to the day for students and staff.
Thank you for your continued partnership and support—it truly makes a difference each day at GES. As we build on the excitement from the opening of our new gym, it’s been wonderful to see students learning, playing, and gathering in a space that already feels like the heart of our school.
In the coming days, students will continue completing Winter Benchmark assessments. These are important check-ins that help us celebrate growth and plan next steps for instruction and support. Quarter 2 also wraps up on December 19, and report cards and assessment reports will be sent home on January 8.
We’re looking forward to seeing many of you at our GES Holiday Program on Monday, December 15 at 6:00 PM. Please note that the location of the program has changed to Ben Flora. Thank you for being such an important part of the Grandview community—we can’t wait to celebrate the holidays with you!
Thank you for all you do to support Grandview. We are grateful for you!
With appreciation,
Dr. Susan Short
Principal, Grandview Elementary
December’s Character Trait Focus: Empathy
This month we are focusing on Empathy, which we define as: understanding and connecting to other people's feelings. You can learn more about this month’s focus by checking out the latest Character Strong newsletter.
Tip of the Week
Instead of asking your child, “How was your day?” try asking, “How did you try to understand someone else's feelings or perspective today?” This small shift encourages reflection and deeper conversations at home.
Family Resource
The Purposeful People library is a fantastic resource that organizes book lists by character trait. Try checking out some of these titles from your local library, or search for read-aloud versions on YouTube. Reading or listening to these stories together is a wonderful way to spark meaningful conversations about gratitude and other important values.
Stay warm,
Allison Craig
School Counselor-allison.craig@bellevue.kyschools.us
"Empathy is seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another and feeling with the heart of another." ~Alfred Adler (Psychiatrist)
"If you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it." ~Atticus Finch (from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee)
📊 Winter Benchmark Assessment Window
December 8–19
🎄 GES Holiday Program
December 15
6:00–7:00 PM
New GES Gymnasium
🏫 SBDM Meeting
December 17
4:00 PM
GES Library
📚 Board of Education Meeting
December 17
6:00 PM
BMHS Library
🗓️ End of Quarter 2
December 19
❄️ Winter Break – No School
December 22–January 5
Students return on January 6
Report cards will go home Jan 8th
Want to be more involved but don't know how?
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