Week of May 8, 2015
PRINCIPAL
KYLE LANOUE, PH.D.
The Grant Line
BUZZ
ADMIN INTERN
STACEY MEADORS
COUNSELOR
LISA RAY
FRONT OFFICE
CARLA RENN
MILLIE DORRIS
UPCOMING EVENTS
NEW DIRECTIONS EVERY
MONDAY UNTIL 3:25
Mon., May 11 - Last New Directions
Tues., May 12 - PTO Meeting
7:00pm
May 12 & 13 - Chick-fi-A Spirit
Nights
Wed., May 13 - Donuts for 4th Gr.
Dads 7:00an in the Gym. Please
enter Door#6
Book Club Party - 11:15 - 11:35
Student Council end of year Celebration
Mon., May 11 - Last Day for New
Directions
Mon., May 25 - NO SCHOOLMemorial Day
Thurs., May 28 - Field Day
Fri., May 29 - 4th Grade Celebration 10:00-2:20
Mon., June 1 - Rain Date for Field
Day
Tues., June 2 - Last Day of
School
Please keep your
car rider tags
for next year. We will
not be ordering for
returning families.
100%
ATTENDANCE
LAST WEEK
Mr. Julian
GRANT LINE ELEMENTARY
Phone 812-542-5502
Fax: 812-542-4784
Attendance Line: 812-542-5701
Menu Line - 542-2088
Calling All 2nd and 3rd Grade Parents (CLUBS 2015-16):
We're excitedly planning Grant Line's Clubs for the 2015-16 school year and would LOVE to
add some to our awesome students' selection. Clubs are offered to all 3rd and 4th grade students at Grant Line. As of now (with fabulous parent and teacher volunteers), we tentatively
plan to offer Lego, Drama, Ski, Dance, Robotics, Soccer, Sign Language, Rock Climbing, Book,
Chess, Science, Cheer, Outdoor Exploration and Art (please note that track and basketball are separate programs run by the New Albany Track Club and the Parks Department). Each club will take place 5 or more times either before school from 7:30-8am or after
school until 3:15pm (with the exception of Ski Club which will take place in the evening). Parents are responsible for their child's transportation. We're presently seeking individuals for the
following roles:
GAME CLUB CO-CHAIR: facilitate 5 meetings wherein students learn and play new and traditional games (LOTS of fun and has been linked to heightened cognitive skills), teach games
and circulate and assist during meetings, materials provided
INTERNATIONAL CLUB CHAIR OR CO-CHAIR: lead 5 meetings involving celebrating holidays from around the world, learning words from new languages, learning about different cultures, making and trying foods from different countries and creating cool crafts to take home
and keep! Materials provided. This would be a GREAT addition to GLE!
CAMPING CLUB CHAIR OR CO-CHAIR: organize a single camping excursion for GLE families, students would need to attend with an adult and provide their own camping materials, similar to ski club in that all are welcome (no registration limit) and nominal fees would be involved
Have another idea for a school club you'd like to facilitate? Please let us know; we'd LOVE to
hear about it! ***Parents of students younger than 3rd grade are also welcome to facilitate a
club.*** Club registration will take begin the Monday after school starts on Aug. 3rd. The continued success of our Clubs Program depends entirely on our many wonderful parent and
teacher volunteers. We coordinate dates around volunteers' work and family schedules. The
commitment would be 5 meetings throughout the school year set at your convenience (before
or after school). Thank you so much to anyone who is willing to lead or help during a club next
year! Questions or ideas? Please contact PTO Club Coordinator,
Jenny Higbie, at [email protected]. Thank you!
Your child needs fuel for the brain.
Make sure they have a nutritious
BREAKFAST!
REGISTRATION
2015-2016
WILL BE
JULY 20th & 21st
4:00 - 7:00 pm
OR ANYTIME AT HOME
ON-LINE
Counselor’s Corner
This month in guidance, the students will be
learning about different Careers. The third
and fourth grades will complete Career Explorer Booklets with me in guidance. Then we
will make career collages. The K-2 students
will learn by reading the ABC Careers book
with me. They will be making career collages
as well. Please talk to your child/children
about your career and what you do.
I wish you well,
Lisa Ray, Counselor
4th Annual Highland Hills
Volleyball Camp
Current 5th-8th graders: 4:00-5:30
Current 2nd-4th graders: 5:30-7:00
May 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, & 21
Cost $60
Make Checks payable to New Albany-Floyd Co. Schools
Send to:
1374 Edwardsville-Galena Rd.
Georgetown, IN 47122
Call Terri Ragland with any questions
812-989-5066
Bulldog Summer
Basketball Camp
Grades 2nd - 8th
New Albany High School
1020 Vincennes Street
Enter Door 7
$70 per camper
$100 if you have more than one
All participants receive a t-shirt, ribbons, certificate and
hours of instruction and fun.
Please pick up a form in our school office
Jr. Jazzercise
April 8 - 12
12:00 - 3:00 pm
Ages 4 - 11
$85 (Siblings $75)
Register by May 20th
Take $10 off!!
**Guest Speakers**
New Albany Jazzercise Center
2667-A Charlestown Rd
Charlestown Station
To Register
New Albany Youth League Football
Silver Street Park
Pick up form in the office
Or
Contact Kevin Stout - 812-786-0502
Demetrius Watkins - 502-654-0147
Box Tops Contest Results
All the Box Tops have been counted and we have our results!
Grade Level Winners:
K- Schneider
1st- Kitzmiller
2nd- Mattingly
3rd- Cassady
4th- Deaton
Overall Winners:
1. Mattingly
2. Schneider
3. Stilwell
These classes will soon be rewarded with a Jibby's frozen yogurt party! And congratulations to overall winner Mrs. Mattingly,
who will receive a $25 Target gift card. Grant Line students
turned in over 22,000 Box Tops, which means we will receive a
check for over $2000 for our school. Thank you for your support, and please continue to clip and save your Box Tops and
Tyson Project A+ Labels for our next contest in the fall.
Call Janette Slone
246-1464
4th Grade Celebration
4th Grade Celebration will be Friday,
May 29. The ceremony will begin at
10:00AM. Please watch for a volunteer
form coming next week. 3 pictures of
your 4th grader during their time at GLE
for their Memory Video should be sent in
or emailed to [email protected] by Monday, May 4.
2015 Lady Bulldog
Basketball Camp
3rd thru 8th Grade Girls
New Albany High School GYM
June 15, 16, 17, & 18
$50
(Financial assistance available
Must qualify in advance)
Field Day Update
Thank you for the GREAT volunteer response so far to our upcoming Field Day! This
well loved event will be on Thurs., May 28th (rain day: Mon., June 1st) beginning at
11am and ending at 1:30pm. Volunteer forms went home this past week and are due
back on Fri., May 15th. As of today, we still need about 10 more volunteers. Feel
free to volunteer with a family member or friend! ***If you've let us know you're able to
help, you should receive a REMINDER FORM by Fri., May 22nd.*** Please let us
know if you've volunteered and don't receive a form. Questions? Feel free to contact
Mr. Reining ([email protected]) or Jenny Higbie
([email protected]). Thank you!
Hey Kids! What are you doing this summer?
Every year, Camp Invention reinvents summer fun for an experience that you will never forget. Camp Invention
is a hands-on experience inspired by the Inductees of the National Inventors Hall of Fame. This summer the
theme will be Illuminate. You will have the opportunity to design a freestyle racing?kart that can traverse an
ultimate wet obstacle course. Rack up points in daily Hydrochallenges and then spend them?in the Hardware
Shop, where you will find materials that can be used to modify, enhance and upgrade your ride. Let your engineering skills glide you across the finish line to become the next extreme Kartwheel racer. You will get to do all
of this and much, much more. Camp will be held at Floyds Knobs Elementary from June 22-26 from 9:00a.m.
to 3:30p.m. The cost is $220. Register by visiting www.campinvention.org or calling 800.968.4332. Camp will
be directed by Karen Cooke. If questions, you may contact her at [email protected] or 812.542.5505.