In Mrs. Esteppe's second grade class Noah Williams was awarded a token to spend in the book vending machine for having the best attendance and only missing 3 days of school this year. The other token was awarded to Mattix Price for the most improvement in oral reading fluency. Congratulations to these deserving students!
Next week is our House Challenge Spirit week!
Tuesday: Hat Day
Wednesday: Purple and Gold
Thursday: House Color Day
Heads up! Tuesday when we return from Memorial Day weekend will be Two Quarter Tuesday. Have your student bring in 50 cents to receive a mini insect eraser.
Mrs. Crowl turned her class into robots yesterday and they had to solve clues to turn back into humans as they completed their escape room!
Journee, Aryonna, and Wyatt earned a trip to the book vending machine for good behavior!
Jayden Peterson earned a coin for the book vending machine for getting 125 AR points. Great work Jayden! 📚📖
Thank you to Catlin Bank for talking to our 2nd grade classes today about money. Students learned ways to save money, spend money and how saving money in the bank can be safer than saving it at home.
Abel Nelson, from Ms. Willoby’s 2nd grade class, was the lucky gold coin winner to pick a book of his choice! Abel has displayed great behavior while working hard in 2nd grade!
2nd grade students enjoyed the beautiful weather today by visiting the William M. Staerkel Planetarium to watch a Solar System Safari followed by lunch as we celebrated our countdown with extra, extra recess at Meadowbrook Park in Urbana.
Leila Thompson earned a token to the boik vending machine today for being extra observant in class. Way to go Leila!
Don't forget to join us on May 26th in the High School gym to celebrate 5th grades accomplishment!
2nd grade students started their countdown to second grade ending today. Every letter in the words second grade is tied to a different activity each day. Today we started with S, which was Surprise Guest Readers! Thank you to Mrs. Ehrich, Mrs. Vaughn and Mr. McCorkle, for picking extra special books to read to us today! We want to wish Mrs. Ehrich many years of fun and relaxation during her retirement!
COMING SOON: GRF is excited to offer Online Registration for the 2023-2024 school year! Our ultimate goal is to make it more time efficient for you. This is our first year so there may be a few bumps to work out. Questions? - Call one of the school offices.
Please attend the Summer Bash sponsored by the District Parent Support Team (PST) and Project Success. The event will be held on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Georgetown-Ridge Farm High School. We are having this event to celebrate the end of the school year and the beginning of summer. You are all invited to attend the Summer Bash and bring your families. If you are on Facebook, please click on the event to show that you plan on attending. Thank you.
REMINDER -
Dental forms are due May 15th for kindergarten, 2nd, 6th, and 9th grade.
Eye exams for Kindergarten are due May 15.
Today was 3rd Grade's wax museum! The students learned about famous Americans, dressed up as them, created a board, and presented their research to the school and comminity. Everyone did a fantastic job!
Congratulations to Miss Shelby Siddens on completing her 80 days of student teaching, at Pine Crest Elementary School, in Ms. Willoby’s 2nd grade class! The GRF School District wishes you the best on future endeavors as a teacher!
If you received a letter for your child regarding summer school, you must sign and return letter by Friday.
COMING SOON: GRF is very excited to offer online registration.for this upcoming school year's registration process. Hopefully you will find it easy to navigate and a convenient use of your valuable time. Our district website will have a GRF Online Registration page with supports, resources, and tutorials to support parents & guardians with this new process. See the image of our informational flyer attached to this post.
