The Jr. Bulldog Pride
Great things are happening at Grove Park Elementary!
Week 22
Greetings Jr. Bulldog Families,
We hope everyone had a great weekend! Hopefully you were able to get out and enjoy the warmer weather. The stretch from now until Spring break is a great opportunity to go full throttle and get the most growth out of our students. Rigorous and intentional instruction is our focus and we want to make sure all of our students get the most of out of every day. We encourage you to reach out to your child's teacher and discuss ways that you can support your child at home. We appreciate your support and collaboration. Please let us know if you have any questions or need anything. We look forward to seeing everyone Monday morning!
WEEK 22 AT GPE
Monday, February 3rd: Specials Day 2 - Day 92 of school
Tuesday, February 4th: Specials Day 3 - Day 93 of school
Wednesday, February 5th: Specials Day 4 - Day 94 of school
Thursday, February 6th: Specials Day 1 - Day 95 of school
Friday, February 7th: Specials Day 2 - Day 96 of school
LOOKING AHEAD!
Tuesday, February 4th: Blood Drive at Grove Park
Wednesday, February 5th: Grove Part PTO Meeting (In Person or Virtual Option)
Wednesday, February 12th: Duty Free Lunch for Teachers (See SignUpGenius link below)
Thursday, February 13th: 100th Day of School!
February 19th-25th: NC Check-In Testing window for 3rd-5th graders
Friday, February 21st: Progress Reports available in PowerSchool
Thursday, February 27th: 3rd Grade Black History Wax Museum
Thursday, February 27th: GPE Family Game Night
Friday, February 28th: Teacher Workday - no school for students
Blood Drive at GPE
The Village Tutoring Project
The "It Takes a Village" Project offers FREE weekly tutoring this Spring for K-5th grade students at Grove Park. If you are looking for extra academic support for your child, please reach out to your child's teacher. *Free dinner is served to Grove Park students who attend weekly tutoring*
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!
Talk With Your Child
Encourage your child to talk about their day and help them develop their memory skills and vocabulary. Conversing with your child helps them build language skills, emotional intelligence, and social development. Regular conversation also exposes your child to new words and sentence structures. The more they hear, the more they’ll understand and use language themselves, which improves their communication skills.
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
Spirit Wear
Our first shipment of Spirit Wear arrived last week! We were so excited to see so many students come to school in their new shirts and sweatshirts! The order form for our next batch of Spirit Wear will be coming home this week!
Duty Free Lunch
Our PTO is planning to provide duty free lunch for our teachers on Wednesday, February 12th. If you are willing and able to volunteer 30 minutes of your time, please use the SignUpGenius link below to sign up for a time slot.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4AABA62CA5F8CE9-54223327-duty
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