Under an abundance of caution concerning the timing of the forecasted winter weather, Grandview will have an AMI day tomorrow, January 12, 2024. Packets of assignments have been sent home with students. AMI Day 1 assignments will be collected for a grade when students return. If students do not turn in the assigned material they are required to be counted as absent with no grade.
Congratulations to the winners of The V.I.E.W. Awards for the month of October. They are (clockwise in the picture starting at top left):
Support Staff Member of the Month: Kelly Clark (Middle School Counselor)
Elementary Teacher of the Month: Samantha Garrison (2nd Grade)
Middle School Teacher of the Month: Kim Zoph (Special Ed.)
High School Teacher of the Month: Denise Corio (Math)
Have a safe and happy holiday.
The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is asking Eagle Nation, along with all districts, to fill out a School Climate Survey. Please take a few minutes to follow the link and fill out this totally anonymous survey.
https://bit.ly/Parent-Climate-Survey23
In order to allow students and staff to attend services honoring Ms. Jackie Sewald, classes will not be in session on Thursday, October 26.
We will have a bus run to Jefferson college from the high school.
December 22, 2023, and May 10, 2024, will change from noon release days to full days of attendance.
The arrangements for Ms. Sewald's services have been finalized.
Visitation
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
4:00PM - 8:00PM
Funeral Ceremony
Thursday, October 26, 2023
11:00AM
Both services will be at:
Mahn Funeral Home Twin City Chapel
515 Collins Ave
Festus, MO 63028
The school calendar approved in March erroneously marked March 25, 2024, with an X, indicating it would be a day when school would not be in session. Hours for that day were included in the total amount turned in to DESE for the school year. The loss of those hours would cause us to go below the minimum required by DESE guidelines. Therefore, during last night's meeting, the Grandview R-II School Board approved a measure to amend the 2023-2024 school year.
Monday, March 25, 2024, will now be a day of school attendance.
This error was just recently noticed, and we wanted to get it corrected early. The amended calendar can be found by following this link: https://5il.co/27hsz or on the District website.
CTA will be hosting "Grandview's Trail of Terror" on October 20th on the trail behind the elementary building. We are in immediate need of volunteers to help create scenes or work as spooky characters the night of the event. This event will be held next Friday, October 20th so we are short on time! If you are interested in helping as an actor with a scary scene or character or if you are able to let us borrow any Halloween decor for our event please fill out this form and a CTA member will be back with you ASAP!
FORM LINK: https://forms.gle/sqK8jWoqDtNwrZQx5
The menus for October can be found via these links:
Elementary - https://5il.co/2635z
Middle School - https://5il.co/26361
High School - https://5il.co/26360
Remember to fill out a Free and Reduced Lunch Program form and return it by Friday, September 29, to be eligible for a drawing for one of three $100 Wal-Mart Cards.
https://tinyurl.com/23-24Free-and-Reduced
Mr. Zoph's report to the Grandview R-II School has been posted. You can find it here:
https://5il.co/22o6p
Day after tomorrow is the big day!
Three more sleeps till the new school year.
Excitement is in the air. Only five days until the start of the 2023-2024 school year.
The Grandview R2 campus has not recieved any signicant damage due to this evenings storms.
Be safe and we will see you Tuesday.
Attention:
This afternoon the fire alarm system was triggered in the high school. Students and staff were evacuated following safety procedures and the fire department was automatically alerted and were on the scene.
After an investigation, it was found that there was not an actual fire and the students and staff were in no imminent danger. The alert system was triggered from a fault in the alarm system. The fault in the alarm system is being addressed so this event is not repeated.
The administration commends the students and staff for their professionalism during the event today and appreciates the prompt and efficient action of our rescue services.
A huge thank you goes out the the voters of Eagle Nation. Project Safe Eagles passed!
A few school districts in the area have decided to release early tomorrow for bad weather. At this time Grandview is planning on having a full day of school. Please rest assured we will be monitoring the weather closely tomorrow and will release if it becomes necessary.
4-Day Week Update:
Senate Bill 4 was approved out of committee WITHOUT the amendment related to the 4-day school week. I have also been told that we should not consider this a permanent “win” for the 4-day week as a local control option. I’ve heard that this same amendment (that includes the 4-day week) could very well appear again on later bills----so, please do not let this change your efforts to advocate for your position on the 4-day week, whatever it may be. Of course, new amendments could pop up or be added to future bills.
Thank you everyone for your efforts, I will try to keep you updated,
Matt Zoph
Just a quick reminder. Open house will be this Thursday, August 18, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Also remember that school will start on Tuesday August 23 for Kindergarten through 12th grade.