On behalf of the Grandview Staff, I’d like to wish you and your family a Happy New Year!  The first semester has ended.  Grade cards will be mailed on Wednesday, January 7th. We will again be giving Honor Roll awards to those students in 3rd, 4th and 5th grades.  — Mrs. Kim McCune, Principal

Congratulations to the participants of the Grandview Hoop Shoot! They were: Jacob Kimble, Kyle Koehler, James Phillips, Tori Johnson, Abby Kunkel, Clarice Bolen, Garett Motter, Peyton Duryea, Preston Arnold, Summer Larkin, Braylon Daniels and Mikala Ruff.   These students represented Grandview at the County Hoop Shoot on Saturday, Dec. 6th at the Middle School.  Congratulations to the following winners: Jacob Kimble, Abby Kunkel, Peyton Duryea, Braylon Daniels and Mikala Ruff.

School begins at 8 a.m. and ends at 3:15 p.m.  Please help your child by making sure they arrive at school on time, and that they are picked up promptly after school.

Way to go Grandview Gators! Grandview students donated a total of 189 toys to the KZSN Toy Drive. Congratulations to Mrs. Smith’s third grade class who collected the most toys. Second place went to Mrs. Roop’s first grade class; third place went to Mrs. Engels’ kindergarten class.

Friday, January 16th will be “Grandview Night” at the EHS Basketball game vs. Wellington. Students wearing their GE t-shirts will be admitted free with a paying adult. Games begin at 4:15. The Booster Club is having a drawing for a signed EHS basketball to be given away at halftime. Please look for the Booster Club table when you arrive.

This is a free developmental screening for infants and preschool children.  The screenings are sponsored by the Butler Co. School Board Council, Special Ed Program and authorized by the KS State Dept. of Education.  The purpose is to help parents identify potential learning problems and find help.  If your child has difficulty walking, talking, seeing, hearing or learning, please call 1-800-353-8561 from 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. to schedule a free appointment.

The 5th Grade Strings, and 5th Grade Band classes will present a concert on Tuesday, January 27th at 7:00 p.m. in the El Dorado Middle School Auditorium.  This concert will be an opportunity for the students to show the community what they have learned in their instrumental music classes.
   
 The final performances for the school year will be the City-Wide Orchestra Concert at EMS on Monday, May 4th for strings students and Band Regalement at Forest Park on Thursday, May 14th for band students

Grandview Elementary is still collecting Box Tops. We want to thank all of the students who have brought Box Tops to school this year. So far, we have collected 5,002 Box Tops! Wow! The class who has brought the most is Mrs. Currier’s class with 1,156. Mrs. Smith’s class is in second place with 786 and Mrs. Shum’s class is in third place with 523. Ms. Hildreth’s class is close behind with 513. Please continue to collect Box Tops over the winter break.

Grandview students made a record year for giving the most food items to the local Salvation Army to help families in need during the holidays. The total number of items donated was 1, 705. Way to go Gators!

Engels’ Class — 83                    Baumgartel’s Class --- 119
Hastin’s Class --- 102                Roop’s Class ---- 72
Long’s Class --- 109                   Barnes’ Class ---- 88
Smith’s Class ---- 213                Shum’s Class ---- 108
Currier’s Class ---- 131              Hildreth’s Class ---- 100
Hollingsworth’s Class ---- 233     Clark’s Class ---- 347

Our classes competed, and the winner for bringing the most items will be able to choose their activity for one day during PE.

What’s all the BUZZ about?  The Spelling Bee is coming! 

Calling all 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade spellers.  Have you dreamed of representing Grandview Elementary at the Butler County Spelling Bee?  Now is your chance.  Each 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classroom will be conducting a spelling bee before Christmas. 

If you are interested in extra help to study for this, the following three sites may be of help to you.  First, at www.myspellit.com students can see the lists of words divided by language of origin.  The site allows students to click on a word to hear its pronunciation and see its meaning.  This site also gives spelling tips for words based on their language of origin.  Next, students can look at www.spellingbee.com.  It is the official website of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.  Students can take practice quizzes after they have studied a language of origin list. One more site that is just plain fun for all spellers is www.spellingcity.com.  On this site, you can enter a list of words to learn, play games with those words, and take a computerized quiz over those words.

Grandview’s Spelling Bee will be held on Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.  If you have any questions before then, you can contact Mrs. Shum or the school office at 322-4830.