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Grant Gazette At Grant Elementary WE Learn the Way, To Know the

Way, To Show the Way!

January 2018

Grant Elementary School

425 West Upham Street

Welcome back students! Happy New Year, 2018!

I hope that everyone had a relaxing and festive Christmas/Holiday Break! It’s that time of year once again when we all talk about, think about, and/or at least consider making some new year’s resolutions. With that in mind, I would like to offer up some suggestions, or “resolutions” parents can make together with their child/children in helping them to be as successful as possible at school. Please consider “Mr. Damrau’s Study Tips for Success” when making “resolutions” (goals) with your child/children.

Mr. D’s Study Tips To Being A Successful Student!

Make sure your child has a quiet, well-lit place to do homework. Avoid having your child do homework with the

television on or in places with other distractions, such as people coming and going.

Make sure the materials your child needs, such as paper, pencils and a dictionary, are available. Ask your child if

special materials will be needed for some projects and get them in advance.

Help your child with time management. Establish a set time each day for doing homework. Don't let your child leave

homework until just before bedtime. Think about using a weekend morning or afternoon for working on big projects, especially if the project involves getting together with classmates.

Be positive about homework. Tell your child how important school is. The attitude you express about homework will be

the attitude your child acquires.

When your child does homework, you do homework. Show your child that the skills they are learning are related to

things you do as an adult. If your child is reading, you read too. If your child is doing math, balance your checkbook, etc.

When your child asks for help, provide guidance, not answers. Giving answers

means your child will not learn the material. Too much help teaches your child that when the going gets rough, someone will do the work for him or her.

When the teacher asks that you play a role in homework, do it. Cooperate with

the teacher. It shows your child that the school and home are a team. Follow the directions and guidance given by the teacher.

If homework is meant to be done by your child alone, stay away. Too much

parent involvement can prevent homework from having some positive effects. Homework is a great way for kids to develop independent, lifelong learning skills.

Stay informed. Talk with your child's teacher. Make sure you know the purpose

of homework and what your child's class rules are.

Help your child figure out what is hard homework and what is easy homework.

Have your child do the hard work first. This will mean he will be most alert when facing the biggest challenges. Easy material will seem to go fast when fatigue begins to set in.

Watch your child for signs of failure and frustration. Let

your child take a short break if she is having trouble keeping her mind on an assignment.

Reward progress in homework. If your child has been s

successful in homework completion and is working hard, celebrate that success with a special event (e.g., pizza, a walk, a trip to the park) to reinforce the positive effort.

Here’s wishing everyone a happy and successful new year!

Jeff Damrau

In this Edition:

Dates to Remember,

Assistant Principal letter

P. 2

Great Students P. 3

Cribbage Club P. 4

Nurses’ Notes P. 5

Literacy P. 6-7

Counselor's Corner

Other School Notes

P. 8

2018-19 Registration P. 9

Grant Student Snapshots P. 10-13

Menus P. 14-15

Recipe's for Success P. 16-19

Reminders P. 20-21

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Greetings Grant School Community,

Winter weather is here! In order to make sure that you and your children are prepared for it, we would like to remind you of the following information:

1. Due to the location of our school, it gets quite windy. Children are expected to go outside for recess when the wind chill is 0 or above, so please make sure that they have boots, jackets, caps, mittens and snow pants.

2. For school closings, check radio stations WDLB (AM 1450) and WOSQ (FM 92.3), Channels 7 and 9 and the district website: www.marshfieldschools.org.

The school district will also use an automatic telephone messaging system to send an automated message to the students’ home numbers. Let us know if your number has changed. Please do not call the school directly as we must keep the phone lines open.

Thank you for your time & Happy 2018,

Ms. Southworth

DATES TO REMEMBER January 1 - No School (Winter Break)

January 2 - Classes Resume

January 4 - Wear Purple for Healthy Relationships

January 4 - Battle of the Books, LMC (3-4pm)

January 9 - Cribbage Club (3-4pm)

January 11 - Battle of the Books, LMC (3-4pm)

January 16 - Cribbage Club (3-4pm)

January 17 - Can Collection

January 18 - PTO Meeting, Grant

Room 114 (7pm)

January 23 - Cribbage Club (3-4pm)

January 25 - Battle of the Books, LMC (3-4pm)

January 30 - Cribbage Club (3-4pm)

Volunteering

Parents who would like to volunteer at

the school in the classroom or for a field

trip need to fill out the volunteer

application. These can be found on the

district website in the family section.

Please allow two weeks for processing.

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GRRReat Students! The following students have been leaders in

LEARNING the way,

to KNOW the way,

to SHOW the way!

12.1.17 12.8.17 12.15.17 Madison Bauer Marily Acosta Karson Anderson

Brayden Brandemuehl Ariel Carlson Blake Annala

Brynlie Bremer Dannel Carbajal Macias Aryana Bauer

Madison Brennan Mackensey Churkey Aysha Bohman

Ava Chapman Devan Goodwin Teagan Burr

Kaylie Charron Payton Gorst Thomas Cashmer

Kendra Charron Triton Gross Simon Dagit

Davin Clark Henry Johnson Jena Damrau

Lizzie Damrau Devyn LeMoine Peyton Daul

Zakaria Din Jordyn Martinez Maeleea Early

Zachary Kayhart Bhavya Mekala Elly Gardner

Kaidence Keding Austin Niehaus Kenly Hilgemann

Lucas Kumm Cadence Opsal Kaleb Hilgemann

Hunter Offer Alex Pilsner Charlie Kenney

Lily Perkins Noralee Pohl Cooper Lowe

Keara Ronning Keegan Schmidtt Fiona Neal

Ella Schultz Jason Schreiner Alivia Northcott

Petra Soskos Austin Springer Lexxi Oertel

Sophia Southwood Liam Sternweis Kyana Olson

Ivory Therkelsen Lucas Vanden Elzen Riley Pilsner

Adyan Tripathi Nathaniel Wagner Sophie Schlei

Carson Vanden Elzen Kendra Warren Jesse Seehafer

Haley Vanderwyst Bentley Weigel Brock Vanderwyst

Hector Zimmerman Maggie Willuweit Aleena Varghese

Elliot Wulff Caiden Wagner

Ellen Wirthlin

Alainey Young

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Mr. Barnes started a cribbage club at Grant Elementary,

we meet after school on Tuesdays for an hour, grades 1-6

participate, with about 100 kids in the club. You get to

hang out with friends, or maybe make new ones, cribbage

club is fun and you use your math skills.

Cribbage is a card game that you play with two or more

people, you add up cards in groups of 15, make pairs of

two, or if you have an entire hand of the same suit you

peg the number of cards you have, after you put your

cards in the crib you lay cards down every other between

you and your opponent until neither one of you can go

anymore or get to 31. There are 121 points on a cribbage

board, the 121st point wins, or you can make your own

standards.

Peyton Daul (6th Grade) and Mia Preston (5th Grade)

Hello, my name is Natalie. I am 11 years old and this is my first year in Cribbage Club. Crib-

bage is a fun game to play with friends. There are lots of helpful teachers at Cribbage Club.

You can win one of three trophies. You can play in tournaments. Tournaments are exciting.

You can play a friend or possibly a teacher. Cribbage is a fun and exciting game to play.

Natalie Hebbring

5th Grade

My name is Sara and I am ten years old. This is my 2nd year in Cribbage Club. I think Cribbage Club

is pretty good and the game of course.

First of all, in my opinion, the game Cribbage is a bizarre game. This is because of several things: 1.)

The choices you make affect the next stages of the game, similar to chess. 2.) You have to plan ahead

and think what your opponent is going to do. 3.) The boards come in different shapes and sizes, just

to make the game fun.

Now to Cribbage Club. I think it is pretty nice. There are many things that building this club to be a

great/good one. One reason is the tournaments. You can choose a partner and go against another

team. This leads to being a better player. You probably don’t want to struggle through every game

you play. Another reason is there are nice teachers. They are helpful. They are also experts at teach-

ing and playing cribbage.

There you have it. That is why I think the game of cribbage is great.

Sara Tafti

5th Grade

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FROM THE DESK OF THE DISTRICT NURSES

School Health News

It is hard to believe winter break is here already! With the snow and cold

that Wisconsin winters bring, it’s important to consider safety. Ice skating,

sledding, skiing, & other snow activities are great ways to get exercise on a

cold winter day. Here are some helpful winter safety tips to keep in mind

while enjoying the snow:

Dress in layers and be sure your child wear hats, mittens, and boots

while playing outside. Have children come inside periodically to

warm up and to avoid frostbite.

Remove wet clothes and boots immediately after playing.

Sled feet first or sitting up instead of lying down head first.

Skate only on approved surfaces.

Wear a helmet when skiing and sledding.

Avoid building and crawling in snow tunnels; they may collapse.

Apply sunscreen to exposed areas. Snow reflects up to 85% of the

sun’s UV rays.

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PARENTS: TALK TO YOUR CHILDREN ABOUT PROMOTING HEALTHY

RELATIONSHIPS.

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January 4th all School District of Marshfield students and staff will be wearing purple to focus on promoting healthy

relationships.

Throughout the year the School District of Marshfield focuses on promoting

healthy relationships. On January, 4th we will have a special day to emphasize

the importance of having safe and healthy relationships. At the elementary level

we will focus on healthy and positive friendships. At the middle school and high

school we will focus on safe dating and healthy romantic relationships. In order to

bring more awareness, the entire school district will wear PURPLE on January,

4th. Purple is frequently used to bring awareness to preventing domestic violence

by promoting positive relationships. We want all or our students to feel happy

and safe and have positive connections with others.

Other School Notes

Grant had 6 students compete in the Elk’s Club

Hoop Shoot competition on December 10th.

Kylie Laufenberg and McKenzie Holm won their

age divisions and will be advancing to the

District level competition in Chippewa Falls on

January 28th! Congratulations to all of the

competitors!

Gold:

Silver:

Roshan Shameem

Bronze:

“Going for the Gold” Math Olympics

Please join us in congratulating the

following students on their medal

achievements:

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2018-2019 School Year Registration

Returning student registration for the 2018-19 school year will be open January 22-February 9 for

students currently in kindergarten through 5th grade. This registration is conducted through Skyward

Family Access. If you will not be returning to the School District of Marshfield in September, please

notify us of that as soon as you know. Registration will close on Friday, February 9.

To access registration, go to the district website, www.marshfieldschools.org, click on Families, and

then the Skyward icon. A family access login and password are needed. If you do not have your login

and password, you can go to the elementary school your child(ren) attend to get one. Identification will

be needed in order to receive this information.

For more registration information and direction for completion, please see the district website.

Current grade 6 students will be sent registration information coming from the Middle School in

January.

Kindergarten registration information for children who will be five on or before September 1 will be

available upcoming for parents on our website www.marshfieldschools.org.

4K registration information for children who will be four on or before September 1 will be available

upcoming for parents on our website www.marshfieldschools.org.

Open enrollment application period is February 5 – April 30, 2018. The open enrollment brochure and

the application may be found at http://dpi.wi.gov/open-enrollment. This program is for families who

have or will be moving out of the School District of Marshfield.

Intra-District Transfer Requests are for families who have moved within the School District of

Marshfield and want to request a school other than their area school. This request is available through

the online registration process.

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Dress Code Reminders

Please review with your

student the following

excerpts from the Student

Handbook. Students who violate the guidelines of

school attire will need to call home to have a parent

bring in appropriate clothing.

clothing should always completely cover the torso

from above chest cleavage to mid-thigh; no midriffs

showing

clothing items such as backless tops, halter-tops,

strapless tops, and tube tops are not allowed

tank tops with approximately a 2-inch strap will be

allowed

shoes or sturdy sandals must be worn at all times

Have you moved? Has your phone number changed?

Do you have a new job? Are you not attending public

school in Marshfield next year?

If you can answer YES to any of the above questions,

please be sure that you have provided your new

information to the school office.

Nearly every day we have difficulty reaching a parent

or guardian regarding a student illness, injury, etc., due

to outdated information. It is extremely important that

we have accurate parent/guardian information on file,

as well as current emergency contact/pick up

information in the event that we are unable to reach a

parent/guardian.

Thank you for helping us keep your students safe!

Visits During School Hours

If you need to get a message to your student, or deliv-

er something to your student during school hours,

please call or stop in the office. Mrs. Schaeffer-Goham

or Mrs. Nielsen will make sure your request is pro-

cessed. In order to preserve valuable instruction time,

parents/ guardians are not allowed to proceed to

classroom areas unless previous arrangements have

been made at least 24 hours in advance with the

classroom teacher. We appreciate your cooperation

and support to ensure each child at Grant is receiving

the highest quality education!

A reminder to parents/guardians/adults and

community members:

Smoking, use of tobacco products and/or use

of products such a e-cigarettes is not allowed

on any school property. This includes inside

your personal vehicles while on school

property, in parking lots, in school driveways,

drop-off areas, and so forth. Any adult doing so

may be asked to extinguish and

discard such products or leave

school district property

immediately. Please assist us by

abiding by this health and safety

policy for our children, and thank you in

advance for your cooperation.

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Drug & Weapon Free Zone

Parents, please talk to your children about what is

and is not OK to bring to school. It is not OK to

bring toy guns or knives, live or spent shells, or any

other item that may remotely resemble a weapon.

If a student realizes he/she has a knife, toy weap-

on, or anything that might resemble a weapon in

their backpack, they MUST immediately tell their

bus driver or adult ASAP and report to the office to

have the item locked in a safe place until it can be

retrieved by an adult.

This law also applies to adults carrying a knife or

multi-use utility knife in a belt holder, purse, or

pocket. Help keep our schools totally safe by

leaving any potentially dangerous devices out of

our school and off school grounds.

While the State of Wisconsin has passed a Con-

cealed and Carry Law, restrictions to this apply

while on school grounds. (It is a felony for a per-

son to knowingly possess a firearm (concealed or

otherwise) on the grounds of a school. Wis. Stat. §

948.605(2)(a) unless you meet the criteria for exception under state law.)

Student Nondiscrimination

The School District of Marshfield is an equal op-

portunity education institution and will not dis-

criminate on the basis of race, color, religion, na-

tional origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital

status, parental status, sexual orientation, sex

(including transgender status, change of sex or

gender identity), or physical, mental, emotional,

or learning disability (“Protected Classes”) in any

of its student programs, activities, or employment

practices.

To reference the full policy, please visit

www.marshfieldschools.org. District policies

(2260, 3122, 4122) can be found under District/

Board of Education/Policies.

For information regarding civil rights or grievance

procedures, contact the Director of Student Ser-

vices, Tracey Kelz at 1010 East 4th Street, Marsh-

field, WI 54449 (715-387-1101). For information

regarding services, activities and facilities that are

accessible to and usable by handicapped persons,

contact Ron Sturomski, Director of Building and

Grounds at 1010 East 4th Street, Marshfield, WI

54449 (715-387-1101).

Student Religious Accommodations

The School District of Marshfield will provide rea-

sonable accommodation of a student’s sincerely

held religious beliefs with regard to examinations

and other academic requirements.

Directory Data The School Board has developed a policy regard-

ing the dissemination of Student Directory Data.

Student Directory Data refers to the following

items: student name, address, phone number

and the name of parents and/or guardians. If

you wish to keep all or part of this information

private, you need to contact the school office

within 14 days to inform us of this.

We should point out that in the past we have not

had requests for this type of information with the

exception of names and addresses for articles or

pictures that may have appeared in the News

Herald. If you have any questions or concerns

regarding this policy, please contact Mr. Damrau.