Greenville September Update

September was a wonderful month of coming together, building community, and settling into a new year at Greenville. We kicked things off with our PAWS Assembly, revisited our No Place for Hate Promise, and read What Do You Do With a Chance?, encouraging students to notice opportunities, take positive risks, and try something new. Students made new friends, connected with their teachers, practiced important safety routines, and jumped into learning. We also enjoyed connecting with families at Coffee Night and throughout the month - a great start to the year!

The FLES program for our fifth and sixth grade students has not yet begun this school year as we continue our search for a qualified teacher to lead the program. We look forward to beginning instruction once the appropriate candidate is in place.

As we settle into our routines, please help us keep arrival and dismissal safe and efficient by remembering the following:

• Pull all the way forward to the furthest available sign in the circle before stopping.
• Children should always exit and enter vehicles from the passenger/curb side. Please never call a child into the roadway to enter your vehicle.
• Whenever possible, please have children ready to exit the car independently with their belongings. Greenville staff members are available to assist children who need help getting out of the car.
• Please remain in your vehicle during arrival and dismissal and never leave your vehicle unattended in the circle.
• Please do not idle while waiting.
• At dismissal, please have your family dismissal sign clearly visible in your window so staff can quickly match children with the correct vehicle.
• Families with multiple children should arrange for the older child(ren) to meet at the youngest child’s dismissal location. Families should not need to pick up children from multiple locations.
• If your child will be walking home, please be sure you have completed the Walker Form and that all dismissal plans and changes are entered in School Dismissal Manager.
• Please share these procedures with caregivers, relatives, or anyone else responsible for dropping off or picking up your children.

These procedures are in place first and foremost for the safety of our students. Thank you for helping us keep arrival and dismissal safe, smooth, and efficient for everyone.

This week, the district shared new Screen Time & Artificial Intelligence Guidelines that outline a balanced, age-appropriate approach to classroom technology. For elementary students, teachers use the "Purpose Before Device" principle, ensuring technology is used only when it clearly supports learning. We strongly support hands-on learning, physical play, and in-person social time, and balance digital lessons with required breaks for eye health.

For Artificial Intelligence, our goal is to protect students’ original thinking and the effort that real learning needs. Students do not have unstructured or unsupervised access to AI tools.We introduce AI through a carefully designed framework, starting with teacher-only tools in grades K-2 and progressing to guided, whole-class demonstrations in the remaining elementary grades.

We invite you to read the full 2026 Parent Guide: Screen Time & AI at EUFSD, available on the district Curriculum Website, which also includes tips for mirroring mindful technology measures at home.

Our annual Halloween Parade will take place on Friday, October 30 at 2:30 p.m., weather permitting. Families are welcome to watch as our K–6 students parade around the Greenville circle before returning to school for our regular 3:00 p.m. dismissal. As you plan costumes, please remember that masks, toy weapons, and inflatable costumes should not be brought to school, and we ask families to avoid violent, gory, or gruesome costumes. Small costume accessories and items that can easily be lost may also be best kept at home. We can’t wait to celebrate with our Greenville students and families!

Please find our October lunch menu here. As we continue to settle into our new lunch program, we are making adjustments along the way, and families can find dietary information, menu details, and other helpful lunch information on our Food Services website.

• October 1- Family Math Night, 6pm- Greenville Lunchroom
• Week of 10/5 - We will hold another evacuation (fire) drill
• October 12 - No School - Columbus Day/ Indigenous Peoples Day
• October 15- Picture Day
• October 30 - Greenville Halloween Parade- 2:30pm- Greenville Front Circle
• November 3 -- No School for Students - Election Day/ Supt. Conference Day
• November 11 - No School - Veterans Day
• November 25- Early Dismissal at 11:30am
• November 26 & 27 - No School - Thanksgiving Break