The Jr. Bulldog Pride

Greetings Jr. Bulldog Families,

We hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. There are only 5 days of school until Spring Break! Please continue to encourage your student to demonstrate positive behavior so that they can participate in all of the fun events that are planned throughout the last quarter of the school year. Be sure to communicate with your child's teacher to make sure you know what is going on over the next several weeks as it will be very busy!! Reach out if you have questions! We look forward to another great week!

Monday, April 7th: Specials Day 4 - Day 134 of school

Tuesday, April 8th: Specials Day 1 - Day 135 of school

Wednesday, April 9th: Specials Day 2 - Day 136 of school

Thursday, April 10th: Specials Day 3 - Day 137 of school

Friday, April 11th: Specials Day 4 - Day 138 of school

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!!

Tuesday, April 22nd: Glamour Girls Tea Party - 4:30-6:30

Thursday, April 24th: 5th Grade Middle School Visits to Graham and Turrentine

Thursday, April 24th: Kindergarten Open House (for rising kindergarten students) 4:00-6:00

Friday, April 25th: Kindergarten and 5th grade Cap & Gown Pictures

Friday, April 25th: 1st Grade Field Trip to Greensboro Science Center

We will have our 3rd quarter awards celebration on Friday, April 11th. The times for each grade level are listed below. Your child's teacher will notify you if he or she is getting an award.

K/1: 8:15-8:45

2/3: 9:00-9:30

4/5: 9:45-10:15

Every Minute Matters in School! Regular school attendance matters as early as kindergarten. Studies show many children who miss too many days in kindergarten and first grade can struggle academically in later years. They often have trouble mastering reading by the end of third grade. By middle and high school, chronic absence is a leading warning sign that a student will drop out. To encourage our students to come to school on time every day we will have a 10-day perfect attendance challenge! See below for more information!

Does your child need bus transportation for the 25-26 school year? If so, see the flyer below! Act now to make sure you have transportation set up for the first day of school.

Each week, we will be sharing ideas and resources on how you can help your student be successful!

Looking over your student's homework before it it brought back to school can help hold them accountable and encourage them to put forth more effort. This is also a great opportunity for you to see what your child is learning in school and see if they are struggling with completing the work independently.

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

All Spirit Wear from the most recent order have been distributed to students. PTO will plan to do one more order. We will send out flyers when ordering is available.

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.

To view the full month's menu, please click here.

• 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.

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