Georgetown-Ridge Farm CUSD #4

GEORGETOWN-RIDGE FARM KINDERGARTEN ROUND-UP 2023-2024 The Georgetown-Ridge Farm School District is rounding up Kindergarteners for the 2023-2024 school year. All Kindergarten aged children in the Georgetown-Ridge Farm Unit #4 School District who will be five years old before September 1, 2023 will be admitted to Kindergarten. Kindergarten Round-Up screening will be held at Pine Crest Elementary School April 17 - 20. Please call 217-662-6981 to schedule a time to bring your student for testing. Documents required to register your Kindergartener are as follows: • Current physical including a Diabetic screen and Lead screen • Immunization record • Certified Birth Certificate • 2 Proofs of Residency – Power bill, Water bill, Disposal bill, Rental agreement, Mortgage papers, Real Estate Tax bill, etc. School law requires that all Kindergarteners have the following: a PHYSICAL exam – including Lead screen and Diabetic screen, a DENTAL exam, and an EYE exam. Make appointments now. A health card will be given to parents for the doctor to complete. Students will not be able to attend school until we have a birth certificate on file and all medical and immunization requirements are complete. At the screening, your child will go with different staff members to be screened for abilities, skills, and speech. Parents will complete additional paperwork while waiting. If you have questions, call 217-662-6981.

VIDEO: GRF School Board Candidate Form recoding form Tuesday, March 28th. Please click on the link below to hear about each of the school board member candidates responses during this recorded forum. Thank you. https://youtu.be/s8vYTZ6gvm8

REMINDER ANNOUNCEMENT: THE SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE FORUM IS TONIGHT, TUESDAY, MARCH 28TH AT THE GRHS CAFETERIA (500 W. MULBERRY) FROM 6:00 P.M. TO 8:00 P.M. COME IN PERSON OR LOG ON TO FACEBOOK LIVE AT EXACTLY 6 P.M. ( https://youtube.com/live/jqnaYVtQ3K8?feature=share ) TO HEAR ABOUT EACH OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CANDIDATES. THE CANDIDATE'S PREPARED RESPONSES WILL BE POSTED ON THE GRF WEBSITE FOLLOWING THE FORUM. THANK YOU!

The GRF Music Department is hosting a talent show on Saturday, April 15, 2023, at 6:00 pm in the GRHS Gym. Any student in grades 6-12 is eligible to compete! Junior Division will be students in grades 6-8; Senior Division will be students in grades 9-12. You do NOT have to be enrolled in a music class to sign up for the talent show! Come show us your skills! Students interested in competing in the talent show, please click the link to register: https://forms.gle/qsLy95U1MMZfox2V8 Remember: We are looking for a variety of acts! The more off-the-wall, the better! Can you juggle? Teach your pet some tricks? Ride a unicycle or skateboard? Have an idea that is even more bizarre? We want you!

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: THE SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE FORUM IS TOMORROW, TUESDAY, MARCH 28TH AT THE GRHS CAFETERIA (500 W. MULBERRY) FROM 6:00 TO 8:00 P.M. COME IN PERSON OR LOG ON TO FACEBOOK LIVE TO HEAR ABOUT EACH OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CANDIDATES. THE CANDIDATES PREPARED RESPONSES WILL BE POSTED ON THE GRF WEBSITE FOLLOWING THE FORUM. THANK YOU!

Dear Parents, Please be advised that we will be dismissing school at 1:40 pm on Thursday, April 6, 2023 and there is No School on Good Friday on April 7, 2023. Sincerely, Jean Neal, Superintendent

Congratulations Hunter Meeker on winning First Place in the Boys Middle School State Archery Competition with a score of 285!

GRHS student council wants to "egg your yard". Fill out the form at the following link. bit.ly/grhseggfundraiser *The form closes April 1!*

#WeAreGRF GRHS students volunteered to help at the cemetery this week. Great kids doing good things! #seethegoodsaythegood

#WeAreGRF Great night at the Vermilion County Music Festival! There is a lot of talent in Vermilion County! The boys and girls also collected the team sportsmanship awards. We hope our community is proud! #seethegoodsaythegood

#WeAreGRF Proud of our Building trades group and Mr, Anderson. They were awarded $7500 for their work with "Festival of Trees"! They have constructed a playhouse for the event the last 15 years. Way to go!!

#WeAreGRF The Buffalo baseball and softball games have been cancelled due to the weather and wet grounds.

Reminder! There is no school tomorrow, Friday, March 17, 2023. School will resume after spring break on Monday, March 27, 2023.

Mrs. Goodwin's class worked on sorting and graphing today with Lucky Charms!

Reminder! Report cards - Progress reports, went home today with students. Schedule a Parent-Teacher conference by calling your building.

#WeAreGRF It was National PI Day on 3/14. These staff members were good sports about it!

Mr. Barth got to kiss the pig today! Thanks to our staff and students for donating!

GRHS baseball and softball games have been cancelled due to cold weather.

MMJH Science Teacher, Miss Franzen was awarded a $500 grant from Eastern Illinois Electric Coop. She already has plans for the award to go back to her classroom. We are so proud of her. Thanks to the Empowering Education Grants for supporting our outstanding educators.

The GRF Music Department is hosting a talent show on Saturday, April 15, 2023, at 6:00 pm in the GRHS Gym. Any student in grades 6-12 is eligible to compete! Junior Division will be students in grades 6-8; Senior Division will be students in grades 9-12. You do NOT have to be enrolled in a music class to sign up for the talent show! Come show us your skills! We are looking for performers in all kinds of talent acts. Athletic talents, comedy talents, skits, music, dancing, hoola hoop! If you can dream it up, we want to see you shine! Go to this link to enter: https://forms.gle/f91vC2JommwpP1JQ7