Grizzly eNews 3-8-24
Principal’s Message:Calling all parents! You have a job to do this weekend. Please review your child’s trimester reflection. It can be found in your family’s powerschool account. Your children have worked hard toward their goals all trimester and have done a ton of self reflection to prepare their reflections. Show your children the importance of their work by checking out their trimester reflections and celebrating their successes! |
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School / District News: A Message from Nurse Erin! The nurse’s office is in need of boys pants Large and Xlarge, sizes 10 and 12. Thanks! Erin Scarpetta, RN-BSN 5 Essentials Parent Survey You are invited to participate in the parent survey supplement of the Illinois 5Essentials Survey. Your participation in the parent survey will help us understand the conditions at your child’s school and guide improvement. We guarantee that survey responses will never be connected to the identity of you or your child. School reports will only show aggregated information on how parents and students responded as a whole. Please follow this link to take the parent survey. A Message from Mrs. Gamlin – ROLLER SKATING! Please remember tall socks and to send in a helmet on skating days, if you indicated your child will be wearing one! Batavia Special Education Network Please join Batavia Special-Education Parent Network (BSPN) for a Parent Presentation on Mental Health on Wednesday, March 13, 2024 from 6:30-7:30 PM at the Rosalie Jones Administration Center, 335 W. Wilson Street, Batavia. Speaker, Stephanie Dewinski, Associate Executive Director at Suicide Prevention Services of America, Batavia will discuss and break down myths and statistics about suicide. We will discuss warning signs and risk factors for suicide, as well as steps we can take to help someone thinking of suicide and ways to connect them to supportive resources. Please RSVP here or visit bspn-batavia.org/upcoming- PTO News: Fun Fair A HUGE thank you to the Fun Fair planning team Maura Rosengren, Laura McGloin, Leslie Frenk, Kelly Trudeau, Meredith Pidgeon, Amy Sherrard, Cindy Trompeter, Deanna Sukolowsky, Jen Walker andTiffany Legut for all of your hard work putting together an amazing Fun Fair for our GMS families! We truly appreciate each person who volunteered and every family who attended! Online Yearbook Purchases NOW Available! Purchase a yearbook to capture all the fun memories of the school year! You can officially purchase a 2023/2024 Yearbook at this link. Deadlines to order: Online orders DUE March 25th. *Just under a month left* STAY CONNECTED Visit the PTO website to search the student directory, view the school activity calendar, sign up to volunteer, or purchase tickets to the next PTO event. Login for full access to the site. Having trouble with the website? Email website@gmspto.org Other suggestions or feedback? Email info@gmspto.org Box Tops Collecting extra support for GMS is now super easy. Download the Box Top App and scan your receipt!
IMPORTANT DATES IN THE NEXT MONTH PTO MEETING TUESDAY, MARCH 12 at 7 pm All parents and teachers are welcome! RESTAURANT NIGHT – PANDA EXPRESS MONDAY, MARCH 18 SPRING BREAK – MARCH 23-APRIL 1 MONDAY, MARCH 25 – FRIDAY MARCH 29 UPCOMING CLUB DATES CHORUS MONDAY, MARCH 11 ART CLUB – 1ST GRADE FRIDAY, MARCH 15 CHORUS MONDAY, MARCH 18 BAND – 5TH GRADE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20 ART CLUB – 1ST GRADE FRIDAY, MARCH 22 IMPORTANT LINKS Grace McWayne PTO website: www.gmspto.org Batavia Public School District website: https://www.bps101.net/ Grace McWayne Contacts: https://gms.bps101.net/staff/ BPS 101 2023-24 Calendar: https://www.bps101.net/events/ Grace McWayne PTO Facebook page: Grace McWayne Elementary PTO News & Events Grace McWayne Elementary School website: https://gms.bps101.net/ |
Backpack MailBPS101 often receives requests from community organizations to distribute informational fliers to students in their backpacks. In an effort to be environmentally conscientious, we use an electronic format to deliver this information, which we call “Backpack Mail.” |
