Groveton Elementary School

Happy "Merry" Halloween everyone, from all the staff at GES! Hope everybody has a fun and safe evening! More Fall Festival pictures coming soon!

Mrs. Ladd's 5th grade class continues with their star students presentations. Last week was Lucas's turn. Great job with your presentation Lucas! Nice work!

**REMINDER** Fall Festival-October 31st, 2023. Students will participate in fall-themed games and activities as well as enjoy some tasty fall treats. The day will end with our annual costume parade starting at 2 pm. Costumes must be appropriate for school. Link to flyer: https://5il.co/27rap

Mrs. Lamberts kindergarten students studied each letter of the alphabet and celebrated with our annual alphabet parade throughout the school last Friday! All students and staff celebrated the success of our youngest eagles. Continue to SOAR! Safety * Ownership * Acceptance * Respect. Nice job taking ownership and learning all your letters!

**IMPORTANT** Basketball Season is approaching, please mark your calendars for the upcoming start of our 2023-24 Basketball Season. More information in the Flyer. Click her for Flyer: https://5il.co/27raq

**REMINDER** Fall Festival-October 31st, 2023. Students will participate in fall-themed games and activities as well as enjoy some tasty fall treats. The day will end with our annual costume parade starting at 2 pm. Costumes must be appropriate for school. Link to flyer: https://5il.co/27rap

*SAVE THE DATE** Book Fair Information. Please see the attached flyer for information about this years book fair. Please note that this year we were unable to secure a date with our vendor that aligned with Open House. The store will be open to families November 1st, 5:30-6:30. Link to flyer: https://5il.co/27nxr

Jaden's Star Student presentation was a huge success. Great job Jaden!

**REMINDER** National Red Ribbon Week is October 23 through October 27th. Please see the attached flyer for theme days throughout the week. Please keep in mind, we keep this week age appropriate for Elementary School aged students. Link to Flyer: https://5il.co/27jes

Groveton Elementary School's 3/4 coed team brought home 2nd place in the Colonel Town Tournament last weekend. Congrats to all players and coaches. Keep SOARING!

Northumberland Public Hearing 11/14

Ms. Lacasse's third grade students were drawing advertisements for "Frobscottle" yesterday! "Frobscottle" is an imaginary drink from the novel, the BFG by Roald Dahl. Students had to listen to the description of the drink, and use that in their advertisements, as well as use adjectives and make people want to buy the drink!

Mrs. Lambert's Kindergartners got to go to the fire station this past Wednesday for fire safety week! They have been spending time in the classroom learning about fire safety, reading nonfiction texts, learning fire vocabulary, and making crafts! They got to experience this first hand at the fire station and came back with some goodies! Thank you to the Groveton Fire Department!

How do we want to start a Monday? We love spreading some kindness around, just like these three students who demonstrated a distinguishable amount of kindness towards others last week. Did you know that kindness is contagious? Well, it is! We challenge you to test this and find out for yourself ! Commit to one random act of kindness today, that one act will have a far reaching impact. Happy Monday and stay KIND!

Professional development and on going training is essential to maintain and support high quality instruction! Several SAU 58 Staff have spent the last two days at the 2023 ATMNE (Association of Teachers of Mathematics in New England) Conference in Portland, Maine. They have been learning about many different topics to include math identities, productive struggle, successes, and much, much more.

*IMPORTANT INFORMATION* Please note the 23-24 School Year Calendar has been updated. December 4th, 2023 is now Parent/Teacher conference day, no school for students (more to come). February 8th, 2023 is now and Early release day for students. Last day of school is now June 14th. Updated Calendar: https://5il.co/26z7o

Ski Information - Please remember that program is not run through the school. We help support the opportunity but this is a volunteer group that organizes the ski program. Please direct any questions to the contacts listed within the brochure. Link to Brochure : https://5il.co/26tgt

Today is the Day. Picture Day has arrived. Don't forget, all students will have a picture taken for class pictures, yearbook and student ID's.

**REMINDER** Picture Day at GES is on Tuesday October 10th, 2023. All students will have a picture taken as part of a class picture, yearbook picture and student ID. Please plan accordingly.

**REMINDER** Early Release Day today, Thursday October 5th, dismissal at 12:30. No School tomorrow Friday October 6th, also No School Monday October 9th, 2023. We welcome students back on Tuesday October 10th, 2023 at 7:45 am. Enjoy the long weekend!