Are you thinking of a family vacation next year? Are you trying to plan and book that precious time with family or travel to someplace warm? Here is the approved 2024-25 School calendar. Please notice, April break has shifted a week.
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Like to plan ahead? So do we! Please click in the link to view 2024 Winter Spirit Week Dress up days, scheduled for February 19th through 23rd.
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Title One Family Math Night and Spaghetti Dinner tomorrow night
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Title One Family Math Night and Spaghetti Dinner
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We are beyond grateful to announce that all lunch bills at Groveton Elementary School have been paid off, thanks to the incredible generosity of an anonymous donor! This act of kindness has lifted a significant burden off the shoulders of many families in our community, ensuring that every child can enjoy nutritious meals without any financial worry, especially now that all students eat free as of February 1st, 2024.
To our anonymous donor, though your identity remains a mystery to us, your impact is crystal clear and deeply appreciated. Your generosity has touched the lives of each and every student and family at our school, spreading hope and joy throughout our halls.
We are overwhelmed with gratitude for your selfless gesture. Your kindness has not only filled our hearts with warmth but has also reminded us of the power of compassion and community support.
Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, for making a difference in the lives of our students and families. Your generosity will forever be cherished and remembered. #GrovetonStrong #CommunityKindness #Gratitude
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Early Release Day tomorrow, Thursday February 8th, 2024. Students are dismissed at 12:30 pm.
Mrs. Lamberts kindergartners are having so much fun learning to measure with nonstandard units! We are learning how to line up objects with the endpoint, determining longer/shorter, and greater than/less than. They are even mastering making the greater than and less than sign correctly!
A couple of our GES students showcasing their talents throughout New England. Great job girls, keep up the hard work and dedication required to compete in these dance competitions. Continue to SOAR!
5th Grade STAR Student Presentations continue to showcase out 5th graders!
Last week we learned that Aubree loves the Boxcar Children Book series, basketball, and has been lucky to do some traveling out of the New England area like going to Washington, DC and Virginia. She also brought in a nice collection of sport trophies and medals! Great job Aubree!
Title One Family math Night and Spaghetti Dinner
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Early Release Day Thursday February 8th, 2024. Students are dismissed at 12:30 pm.
On Friday afternoons, Mrs. Croteau and Mrs. Wells 1st grade split the classrooms up for some math fun and exploration. This week, they have been working on 3D shapes and the workplaces were full of challenges! All of the workplaces have students putting different shapes together to make a new shape. Great experiential learning mixed with some multi sensory math concepts.
Students have been earning "inchy" coins by completing a book review. Inchy coins allow the students to choose a book from our book vending machine as part of our reading initiatives. Here are the first two - Payton in grade 2 and Grayson in grade 4
Mrs. Ladd's Star Students Continue to Shine Bright
Last week we learned we have a potential entrepreneur in our 5th grade. Alexis brought in her rubber band bracelet display filled with examples of her handiwork. She also loves the book, Heartbeat, by Sharon Creech, who authored a book that we read at the beginning of the year- Walk Two Moons. Great Job Alexis!
The Stratford Grange donated dictionaries to Ms. Lacasse's 3rd Grade Class in this long-standing tradition! The kids absolutely loved them, and were very intrigued with the sign language component in the back! They spent the week exploring them and writing some thank you cards!
Please click on the following link for some very exciting information regarding free meals for all students. The attached letter explains the upcoming changes starting February 1st, 2024.
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At GES we believe that first grade is a bridge year between the play-based learning in kindergarten and the academics that lead up to state mandated standardized testing. Our curriculum is rigorous but at age 6 and 7, brain science still says that children learn best by playing. This penguin craft will assess what students know about shapes as a screening tool for the upcoming unit in geometry. Collecting data on student knowledge before starting a new unit allows for lessons to be tailored to meet the needs of all learners. At the same time, this activity offers a celebration of learning as students finish a set of lessons on measurement and comparison with the theme of penguins. There is nothing more contagious than first graders excited about learning!
Students in grades 2-5 did a wonderful act of kindness by making get well cards for Dr. Carl Ladd and flowers for Mrs. Ladd! ❤️ Empathy, especially its in rawest form is a social skill that feeds so many other major critical social components that lead to a high social and emotional intelligence. Small acts, such as card making, is a great way to express feelings of support. Bravo students, Bravo!
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