Granville Elementary School

Principal Ten Eyck is bringing a strong Sports Day game for today's Spirit Week theme at GES! #granvillecsd #gohorde

Pallets Needed for Jr/Sr High Bonfire! Granville Community, if you have one or more to donate, please deliver to the red parking, next to soccer and baseball fields and behind Price Chopper, before Thursday 10/17. Thank you!

THIS WEEK! BOE Meeting Tonight 6pm MJT and GES Spirit Week Kicks Off Today! (See Picture) Homecoming Tickets Go on Sale Tuesday 10/8 PTO Meeting Wednesday 10/9 6pm Intro to Vex Robotics (Grades 4/5) Thursday 10/10 6:30 This Week's Homes Games (in Blue) here: https://www.granvillecsd.org/o/gcsd/page/athletics October Superintendent's Message https://www.granvillecsd.org/page/superintendents-message Only 38 more school family survey responses needed in order to reach statistically significant responses! Please check your email from 8/28 or text from 9/28 for the survey link. For all event details visit the District Calendar called "Events" on our website or app. Have a Great Granville Week!

Board of Education Meeting Monday, October 7th 6:00 pm High School Library Meeting Agendas & Livestream link can be found on our website. https://shorturl.at/LNBnk

This Week's Updates from Granville CSD: Jr/Sr High News https://www.granvillecsd.org/article/1803125 GES Gazette https://secure.smore.com/n/kbmq68 MJT Weekly https://secure.smore.com/n/3tamv Have a great weekend!

Ms. Saunders's First Grade Class enjoys the new Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Snack Program at Granville CSD elementary schools. These pictures staff delivering fruit to classrooms and shows children tasting and learning all about peaches, including how to cut them safely - many for the first time! To learn more about this new snack program visit this blog post: https://www.granvillecsd.org/article/1713899

New Blog Post: Granville High Introduces Exciting Video Game Design Course https://www.granvillecsd.org/article/1791670

Bring Your Family and Join Us For Lights Week Games! Come watch special "under the lights" home games leading up to the Homecoming Dance. 10/2- Boys Soccer 7pm (Sam Eppolito Field) 10/8- Field Hockey 7pm (Field behind GES) 10/17- Bonfire @7pm (Parking Lot by Baseball and Softball Field, Behind Price Chopper) 10/18- Football 7pm (Sam Eppolito Field) 10/19 - Homecoming 6pm (for Granville Students 9-12 Only)

Dear Granville School Families, The Granville Jr/Sr High and GES was on lockdown for approximately 5 minutes immediately following the Jr/Sr High release bell due to a security issue in the Village of Granville, that was not on school grounds. At 2:20pm our School Resource Officer (SRO) was alerted by the Granville Police Department that there was an individual with a handgun in the village. In response, we immediately went into lockdown to prevent our Jr/Sr High and GES students from entering the village until further information. At 2:23pm Granville Police Department alerted our SRO that the individual was apprehended and we ended the Lockdown. Our security personnel and administrators have released all JR/SR students to buses and after school activities as usual, and GES will be released on time as well. Please note, as result all GES and JR/SR high buses will be running approximately 10 minutes late, as they left the JR/SR high later than normal. Thank you Granville families for your cooperation and understanding. Our students are safe and we thank Granville PD for rapidly alerting us of a potential issue and special thanks to our SRO and administrators for working swiftly to keep our school community safe and secure. Thank you again, - Granville CSD

Our first Good Apple Award winner of the school year! Congratulations to 11th grader MaKenna McKnight! She was nominated by Dean of Students, Justin Nassivera for her leadership, guidance of fellow students and helpful attitude during a challenging school day. Thank you to Hicks Orchard General Manager, Michelle Wilson for bringing this moment of recognition and encouragement to our Jr/Sr High. Pictured from left to right: Justin Nassivera, Kayla McKnight (proud mom to MaKenna), MaKenna, Michelle Wilson for Hicks Orchard and Principal Duell.

This Week! Lights Week (more like two weeks of fun games under the lights this year!) kicks off with a Varsity Soccer Game on Wednesday, 7pm. There are lots of home games to choose from this week for a free, family outing, look for the blue in the athletic schedule: https://www.schedulegalaxy.com/schools/493 Our PTO sold lots of books at the GES Book Fair in September - thank you Granville families! - and this means the PTO will be able make wishlists of book orders come true for our some of our teachers, guidance offices and libraries . Hurrah! Are you reading our new Friday newsletters with friendly reminders and resources for your children? Please check your email or text. Do you want to work together to improve our community and schools? Grab a coffee and take 5 minutes to answer the school family survey, if you haven't already. (Check your Saturday 9/28 text from Granville CSD) . We need 45 more responses to be statistically valid for our district. Reminder: The District Calendar is your homebase for all events and more: https://www.granvillecsd.org/events (also in the Granville CSD app) Have a great week!

Does it take forever to get your kids out the door for school? Try a Bedtime Checklist! Download a free Bedtime Checklist for young kids or older kids here: https://www.understood.org/en/articles/download-bedtime-checklists-for-kids Don't forget, we have free breakfast and lunch at all three schools! See you in the morning!

Two coaches still needed for Girls Baskeball - 7th grade coach and 8th grade coach. Come make a difference, be part of our school community and mentor young ladies. Details at "now hiring" on our GranvilleCSD.org website. Select the coaching application. Thank you!

Two coaches still needed for Girls Baskeball - 7th grade coach and 8th grade coach. Come make a difference, be part of our school community and mentor young ladies. Details at "now hiring" on our GranvilleCSD.org website. Select the coaching application. Thank you!

Here are this week's updates for 9/27/24: Granville Jr/Sr High News: https://www.granvillecsd.org/article/1787792 GES Gazette: https://secure.smore.com/n/eds7c MJT Weekly: https://secure.smore.com/n/ypg9w Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Granvillecsd Have a great weekend! - Granville CSD

GES/MJT parents, due to a bus driver shortage, the Giraffe bus students will be returning home on the Horse or Fox bus starting today and will be arriving up to 35 minutes later. Morning routes will not change. The My Ride K-12 App has been updated for your reference. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

We need bus drivers! Are you semi-retired and looking to make a difference? Ready to start a new career proudly driving a big yellow bus that says Granville Central Schools? Not afraid of a little weather? Want to take our teams to away games and bring them home safe? Granville CSD is looking for a few good bus drivers who want to stick with us and our kids. We train! We offer generous benefits, school hours, plenty of holidays, NYS retirement and an opportunity to be a mentor and encouraging person to a bus load of kiddos. Our schools, community and school families need you! Please visit "Now Hiring" on the GranvilleCSD.org website for details and contact info for applying to be a bus driver or bus monitor. Granville families, please spread the word! Visit this link to learn more: https://www.granvillecsd.org/page/employment

Due to a Bus Driver shortage, the Alligator bus and the Butterfly bus will be combined for BOTH our High school run, AND our MJT/GES run this afternoon, and will be a few minutes late this afternoon. Thank you for your understanding. (Want to drive for us? We train! Visit "Now Hiring" at GranvilleCSD.org)

Meet Barb's Bench - A tribute to one of our beloved Granville Elementary custodians that passed away, and a new addition to the GES grounds. According to Ms. Pilch, a Fifth Grade Teacher at GES, "Barbara Varney was a custodian here at GES who was well respected and loved by students and adults in the building. She was a very kind person and always willing to help others. Barb passed away in 2023 and it was very sad for those of us who knew her. To honor her memory, we gathered support from our community and staff: The bench was donated to us by Telescope; Our maintenance people poured the cement foundation and installed it; and we took up a donation for flowers and the plaque from staff." Thank you to our staff and community for celebrating Ms. Varney's life and work. Barb's Bench was installed in the spring and the plaque was affixed in September. Come say hello to Barb's Bench sometime and take a picture with your kids in celebration of her life and service to Granville CSD school community.

Hello GES Families! Here are this week's updates from Principal Ten Eyck: https://secure.smore.com/n/4bs0x See you next week! Granville CSD