Eagles Prepare for STAAR Testing...Madge Griffith Elementary School April 5, 2019 Volume 5, Issue 8...
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Madge Griffith Elementary School
Apr i l 5 , 2019
Volume 5 , Issue 8
Eagles Prepare for STAAR Testing April 9th-4th Grade Writing STAAR
May 13th- 3rd & 4th Grade Math STAAR May 14th--3rd & 4th Grade Reading STAAR
Volunteer of the Year!
The sound of drums echoed through the halls as the
Brazosport ISD Education Foundation's Cash
Caravan entered the cafeteria to surprise our two 3rd
Grade Bilingual Teachers, Mrs. Delgado and Mrs. Oros
with checks from the Coins for Classroom Grant. They
wrote the grants for virtual reality glasses to provide
enhanced classroom instruction.
Congratulations to Jeana Andrews, 2nd Grade Teacher, for
being chosen Griffith’s Teacher of the Year and to Ms.
Castro for being chosen Griffith’s Support Staff Member of
the Year! Thank you both for making Griffith a special place
to learn and work!
Coins for Classroom Grant
Congratulations to
Sandra Consilio for
being chosen
Volunteer of the Year!
Sandra is our PTO
President and is very
active in organizing
and planning events
and activities at our
campus. Thank you
for all your hard work
to make Griffith a
great place to be.
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Spelling Bee Winner & Runner Up
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Griffith has had 3 work days so far putting together the
new Outdoor STEM Lab. Thank you to everyone who
participated. We are looking forward to more work days
and will let you know when they will be.
Thank you DOW for the grant to create our Outdoor
STEM Lab which will allow our students to have many
hands-on learning opportunities.
We also want to thank Brazospoint’s Servolution Team for
coming out and helping lay the groundwork for our project.
Servolution Team Members:
Briana Delatorre
Priscilla Gonzales
Terry Jensen
Lauri Jensen
Amy Jensen
Rikki Lookingbill
Fallon Maldanado
Ruben Maldanado
Kelby Martinez
Cindy Mckelroy
Melanie Rodriguez
Stephanie Rodriguez
Bryan Rodriguez
Johnathan Rodriguez
Emmie Jo Rodriguez
Mackenzie Sanders
Amber Staner
Aubrey Staner
Johathan Wilkinson
Kathryn Wilkinson
Thank you so much for your hard work. We are looking
forward to many years of outdoor learning for our Eagles!
Outdoor STEM Lab
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Griffith Eagles enjoyed a week
of Dr. Seuss fun with Pajama
Day, Grinch Day, Wild Thing
Day, Cat in the Hat Day and
Oh The Places You’ll Go Day!
Thank you to Ms. Burke for
organizing this fun filled week
of activities!
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Griffith Colorguard was outstanding at the Brazoswood
Showcase! Thank you to Ms. Mohrman and Mrs.
Gomez and all of our club helpers for making Griffith
shine at the Showcase!
Eagles Design Pizza Boxes
Griffith Colorguard Performs at
Brazoswood Showcase
To help promote BISD’s character education program throughout the
community, Domino’s Pizza in Freeport and both All-Star Pizza
locations (Clute and Lake Jackson) agreed to include our “Character
Counts in Brazosport ISD” designs that were created by BISD
elementary students.
Thank you to the elementary counselors for coming up with this
wonderful idea and a special thank you to Domino’s Pizza in Freeport
and All-Star Pizza locations for agreeing to participate!
Tuesday.-- College READY! (wear favorite college team shirt or red)
Wednesday- Your future is BRIGHT! (wear bright or neon colors)
Thursday- Dreaming of our future! (wear PJ's)
Friday-Career Fair Day! When I grow up, I want to be...... (Career dress up)
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PTO has done an excellent job this year! They have helped out in so many
ways including All STAAR Saturday’s pizza and prizes, after school clubs
and field trips this year! The members volunteered to help out in the library,
Smencil sales, Popcorn Sales and at the Book Fairs. We are truly blessed to
have such a great group of parent volunteers at our campus! If you would like
to be a part of our PTO, please come to the next meeting April 2nd where they
will discuss ideas for next year and elect new PTO officers. We look forward
to seeing you! Please check out flyer on Peachjar for complete details.
Mrs. Lopez, our Counselor, has
put together a fun week of
activities and invited several
different people to come to
speak to our Eagles at the
Career Fair. Students will learn
about the many kinds of jobs
and careers they can choose
from when they get older.
College and Career Week
April 23-27
PTO News
Come join the fun!
Upcoming Events!
All 3rd and 4th Grade Eagles are invited to participate in our All
STAAR Saturday tutorials program. Each Saturday our teachers
will be reinforcing the skills students are learning in the
classroom. We look forward to seeing your children there.
Dates:
Time: 8:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
There will be pizza & prizes each Saturday.
Parents please be sure your children are picked up at 12:15 p.m.
Permission slips have been sent home. Please call your child’s
teacher if you have questions.
April 6 April 13
April 27 May 4
May 11
All STAAR Saturday Tutorial Program
Attention 3rd& 4th Graders
read Elementary Eagles Page 6
Volunteer
Appreciation Breakfast
We appreciate our volunteers at Griffith and
would like to invite you to join us for a light
breakfast as we celebrate your commitment &
dedication as a Griffith Volunteer! Notes will be
sent home with students. Please RSVP to your
child’s teacher.
Thursday, April 18th
7:15 am- 7:50 am
Madge Griffith Elementary
Teachers’ Lounge
Upcoming Testing Dates-3rd & 4th Grade
April 9th-4th Grade Writing STAAR May 13th- 3rd & 4th Grade Math STAAR
May 14th--3rd & 4th Grade Reading STAAR
Campus will be closed during lunches these 3 days!
2018 Pre-K & Kinder Round Up
Yearbook Reminder
Yearbooks will be on sale until April 13th
They will be $25 each if you pre-order.
Please watch for notes with more details!
Kinder Program “Oh the Places You’ll Go”
May 9th 6:30 pm
Griffith Cafeteria Students in the program need to arrive by
6 pm please.
We would like to invite you to join our PTO.
Meetings will begin at 6 pm.
Our next meetings is:
April 2nd, 2019 – 6 pm
Please see our website or contact our officers @
[email protected] for more information. You can
also find us on Facebook for more pics.
By Kirsten Linder
Important Dates to Remember
Happy Birthday April Eagles! Apr 2 - Clubs: Mileage, Dancing Eagles, Colorguard & Storybook / PTO Meeting 6pm Apr 3 - Math Games, Dancing Eagles, Harry Potter, Mosquito (K-2), Lego (A) Apr 5 - Nutrition Assembly for 1st & 2nd (9:00) /Colorguard & Mosquito Club (3-4) Apr 6 - All STAAR Saturday Apr 9 - STAAR WRITING TEST / 1st gr field trip to Lake Jackson /Mileage, Dancing Eagles & Colorguard Apr 10 - 2nd Grade SEARCH testing for Academy / Math games, Dancing Eagles, Mosquito (K-2), Lego (B) Apr 11 - 2nd Grade SEARCH testing for Academy / Student Council & Chess Club Apr 12 - Popcorn Friday / Colorguard and Mosquito Club (3-4) Apr 13 - All STAAR Saturday / Name that Book Competition Apr 15 - Birds of Prey (2:00) Apr 16 - Griffith Night at Texas Roadhouse / Mileage, Dancing Clubs Apr 17 - Math Games, Dancing Eagles, Harry Potter & Lego Club (A) / Elementary Track Meet (5:30 - 7:30 at Hopper Field) Apr 18 - End of Progress Reporting Period / Volunteer Appreciation Day Apr 19 - Apr 22 - EASTER HOLIDAY - NO SCHOOL Apr 23 - Dancing Eagles & Colorguard Apr 24 - Math Games, Dancing Eagles, Harry Potter & Lego (B) Apr 26 - Smencil Sales / Career Fair / Colorguard Apr 27 - All STAAR Saturday Apr 29 - May 3 - PK & Kinder Roundup Apr 30 - Mileage Club (last one), Dancing Eagles, Storybook & Colorguard
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Follow us on #BISD Pride Check out our website:
https://www.brazosportisd.net/schools/madge_griffith_elementary
Join us for our Buy
One, Get One Free
Book Fair. There are
lots of titles to choose
from.
May13th-17th
We would like would like to
congratulate these students on
making the Griffith Name That
Book teams. On our K-2 team is
Alexis, Joel, Elijah, Andrew,
Lionel and Kassandra. On our 3-4
team is Christian, Kaiden, Hayden,
Yumalay, Genaro, Amyah, Sokaiya
and Brayden.
Congratulations to those students
and we know you will represent our
school well at the competition on
Saturday April 13!
Immunizations Please bring immunization records if your child has
received more vaccinations this year, or if your child
was not up to date.
Pre-K will need to receive vaccinations for the
upcoming school year, so make sure to get them as
soon as possible. Pre-K Round Up is April 29th-
May 3rd and August 5th- 9th.
Nurse Notes
April is a busy month for Physical Education. 4th grade
students will be trying out and preparing for the district
track meet scheduled for April 17. We are able to take 20
hardworking, dedicated boys and girls to participate in this
fun community event at Hopper Field. We will also be focusing on sun safety, water safety and
bike safety preparing our students for their outdoor summer
activities and taking proper precautions while having
fun. Lots of exciting things while staying healthy and fit. Mileage club is also coming to an end for this school
year. The last club morning is April 30. I have really
enjoyed spending Tuesday mornings with many of our
Eagles getting FIT and having fun.
Health & Fitness
Corner
April 2019 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2
PTO Meeting
6 pm
Clubs
3
Clubs
4 5
Nutrition
Assembly
1st & 2nd
Clubs
6
All STAAR
Saturday
8:45-12:15
7 8 9
STAAR
Writing Test
4th Grade
1st Field Trip
Lake Jackson
Clubs
10
2nd Grade
SEARCH
testing for
Academy
Clubs
11
2nd Grade
SEARCH
testing for
Academy
Clubs
12
Popcorn Friday
Clubs
13
All STAAR
Saturday
8:45-12:15
Name That
Book
Competition
14 15
Birds of Prey
Program
16
Texas
Roadhouse
Night
Clubs
17
Elem. Track
Meet Hopper
Field 5:30pm
Clubs
18
End of
Progress
Reporting
Volunteer Day
19
No School
Easter Holiday
20
21
22
No School
Easter Holiday
23
Clubs
Career Week
24
Clubs
25
26
Smencil Sales
Career Fair
Clubs
27
All STAAR
Saturday
8:45-12:15
28 29
Pre K &
Kinder
Round Up
30
Clubs
May 1 2 3
Clubs
4
All STAAR
Saturday
8:45-12:15
Happy Easter, Happy Spring,
Happy, Happy Everything!