Humane Society Poster

and Photo Contest

Thanks to all of the GES

students that participated in

the Humane Society’s

contest. I would like to

congratulate award winners

Madeline Hillner and

Marley Dolberg. Madeline

took first place in the

poster contest and Marley

in the photo contest.

Recycle and Reuse School

Supplies

The end of the school year

will soon be approaching

and the staff at Grafton Ele-

mentary would like to make

things a little easier for the

GES families. Whenever

possible, we are encourag-

ing students to reuse their

current school supplies for

the 2012-2013 school year.

We are hopeful that this will

be a great teaching tool for

students, while easing some

of the back to school costs

for parents.

Registration Changes

Coming

Next school year’s registra-

tions will be taking place

on-line. The registration

period will be from August

1st through August 15th.

You will be receiving more

information on the new

process sometime in July.

From the Principal… Mr. Martyka

April-May 2012

June 6th - Last day for early childhood classes

June 7th - Field Day and Picnic Lunch

June 8th - Student Recognitions at 8:30 a.m.; student dismissal at 11:00 a.m.

July 19th - 2012-2013 Class lists will be posted outside GES office.

August 1-15th - Online Registration

Grafton Elementary Newsletter

Upcoming Dates

Inside this issue:

Letter from Principal 1

Early Childhood 2

Kindergarten 2

First Grade 3

Second Grade 4

Third Grade 5

Fourth Grade 6

Fifth Grade 7

Reading 8

Music 8

Library 9

PTA 10

GES Flower Bed

The flower bed in front of

the school looks awesome

thanks to girl scout troop

8079. Leaders Karen

Rouna and Joy Bloemer led

a work crew consisting of

girl scouts, moms, dads,

brothers and sisters in

beautifying the front of the

school. Thanks again for

all of your hard work.

From Mrs. Jarvis’s Class

JAIME was asked, What was the best job on the job

chart and why? She said, “Basket carrier is great.

You get carry all the lunches and pick a friend to

help.”

RYDEN shared that the hardest part of kindergarten

is thinking.

AIDEN thinks the hardest rule to follow in kinder-

garten is “not saying bad words.”

GIANNA said, “The best thing about having a big

buddy was “that they can help you. It was fun doing

the mulch together.”

HARRISON said, “The best field trip was the farm.

I liked running down the big hill.”

When asked what is the best part of kindergarten?

GRACE said, “I like book bags. I love reading.”

MATTHEW said, “When we go to recess and do the learn-

ing.”

and NATALIE said, “Playing house and restaurant.”

CALVIN’s favorite K-café this year was making my own ice

cream .

As we transition to first grade with much anticipation

EVELYN said, “In first grade I’d like to learn about counting

backwards from 100.”

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KINDERGARTEN Mrs. Jarvis & Mrs. Voss and Mrs. Shanks & Mrs. Lorge

G r a f t o n E l e m e n t a r y N e w s l e t t e r

Will Brouillette-I like to do projects. I liked making our sausage costumes for

our sausage races. We tasted different sausages and the ones we liked best

were the hotdog and polish sausage. We didn’t like the chorizo so much.

Tatum Wiedenhaft- I like all the friends I have to play with.

Maddie Inman-Well, I really like working on the iPad because it is so much

fun.

Samantha Hackbarth – I like learning letters. I can do the whole alphabet.

Aiden Maher- Let me thing about it. I like making letters on the iPad. They

turn into trains. It’s so funny.

Elizabeth Dresher- I like playing and eating snack and being the leader. The leader

has to be responsible.

Payton Donahue-I liked doing the sausage races. I was number 3, the Italian Sau-

sage. I’m a winner!!!!

Nigel Walls-I like Mrs. Viesselmann

Matt Sauer-I liked it when we played pirates. We followed a treasure map and

found real treasure in the gym.

The children in the afternoon Early Childhood Program reflected on things they liked and enjoyed during the past year.

Early Childhood - Mrs. Visselmann, Mrs Dufner, & Mrs. Ebel

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First Grade - Mrs. Lennon & Mrs. Neubauer

From Mrs. Lennon’s class:

As our time together in 1st grade draws to a close, we find ourselves questioning and wondering

what was the most important thing we learned in 1st grade. I think you will enjoy reading our

responses.

The most important thing I learned in first grade was

learning to be a much better reader. Now I can read

chapter books! ~Ava The most important thing I

learned in 1st grade is writing. I can write sorry and

animal too. ~Lauren The most important thing I

learned in 1st grade is math. In math I do addition and

subtraction. I also do tables. ~Arsheya The most

important thing I learned is math. Math is fun. I

learned a lot of stuff from math. ~Nico The thing

that I mostly learned in first grade is reading. It helps

you know a lot of words and a lot of things. ~Claire

The most important thing I learned in 1st grade is

subtraction and plus. I really like when you teach us

new problems. ~Matthew

The most important thing I learned in 1st grade is following

the rules. If you follow them you’re a good citizen. ~Dylan

I learned in first grade to spell very good and to do good

pictures in my writing. ~Gwen In first grade the most im-

portant thing I learned is math. I learned new subtraction and

adding problems. ~Lucas The most important thing I

learned is . . . math! Math is my favorite because I learned

subtraction. ~Kylie I like to learn everything in 1st grade. I

like to do math because I can do + and < > = - and I am

really smart. ~Ben

This year was exciting. I learned interesting things. I learned how to tell time. It was kind of hard at first but then I got

the hang of it. ~Vincie My most important thing I learned in first grade is reading and writing because when I was in

kindergarten our teachers had to do it for us! ~Chris The most important thing I learned in 1st grade is to treat people

how you want to be treated. If you don’t they’ll treat you how you treated them. ~Amanda 1st grade is important be-

cause you learn how to read, write and spell. I think first grade is important because you learn how to get your letters

neat. You also learn how to do math. ~Chase

The most important thing I learned in

first grade was social studies. That’s

history and learning how to use re-

sources wisely. We have a lot of differ-

ent social studies books. In each book

there are different topics. ~Kayla The

most important thing I learned in 1st

grade is how to do writing because if I

said I had to write something I would

know how to do it. I like writing books

and stories. ~Emma

In 1st grade the important thing I learned is telling time. I learned 12:00 and

3:00. ~Hannah I like 1st grade a lot. It’s really fun! What I like most about it

is . . . writing! It is really awesome. I learn new words. ~Colton The most

important thing I learned was dividing with crackers. We also learned halves,

fourths, and thirds. ~Austin The most important new thing that I learned

how to do is write better. I wrote bad in kindergarten. I learned to write better

in first grade. ~Vikram In first grade I like to learn math. I will tell you what

I know about math. Math makes your brain big. ~Eliana

My favorite thing in second grade is

math. –Jacob B.

My favorite part of second grade is

V.I.P. because you can tell about

your life. –Teagan W.

I liked the Daily 5. –Arden R.

I like second grade because I have

nice teachers. –Greg D.

In math, I love to do multiplication. –

Olivia S.

I had a birthday treat at school. –

Emanuel C.

I had the best teacher

ever! –Sophia C.

That I had the best

teacher ever! –Weston I

One of my good memories of second

grade was having music. –Hannah K.

I like being a second grader because we

get to study harder math. –Yash J.

I love second grade because I love math

and we do lots of math. –Grace G.

I enjoyed going to the zoo. –Kyle E.

I had the best teacher ever! –Hunter S.

I like second grade because we do fun

things. –Joshua D.

I like second grade because there

are lots more fun things. –Ethan R.

When it was my V.I.P. week. –

Justin O.

My best memory is when my birthday

was on the first day of school from

winter break. –Ruby E.

I liked learning with you. –Maddie V.

Learning more and more new math

and reading, spelling, music, and I just

love being smarter. –Nathan T.

My memory of second grade was eve-

rything but the most favorite was get-

ting smarter. –Cassidy B.

I enjoyed the zoo. –

Alexis E.

I remember when we dug

out the chocolate chips from the

cookie like we were fossil hunters

digging for fossils. –Jaden H.

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Second Grade - Mrs. D’Amico and Mr. Lazovik

G r a f t o n E l e m e n t a r y N e w s l e t t e r

Second Grade Memories

Sydney the furniture maker made a

bed. –Camille M.

I will never forget the day I was a

pretend furniture maker, at least my

head won’t. –Sydney T.

Sydney the furniture maker was awe-

some. –Nolan T.

At Halloween, going in the Haunted

Hallway was scary for other people,

but I wasn’t scared. –Lana H.

I remember playing lacrosse in gym

and I was really good at throwing the

ball. –Ethan W.

I will never forget

when our class went to

Ozaukee Sports Center

because I liked mini

golf and almost got a

hole-in-one! –Elijah H.

Ruler Tap was awesome and I want to

play it again. –Isaac D.

It was funny when Mr. Lazovik broke a

chair. –Braden F.

I will never forget when I met one of the

best teachers (aka Mr. Lazovik). –Anna

S.

I remember when Mr. Lazovik came in

with crutches and a cast. –Alec P.

I will never forget meeting the best

teacher ever, which is Mr. Lazovik. –

Kaylee G.

I will never forget our field trip to the

zoooooo! –Geetika T.

I like reading with Mr. Lazovik for

Daily 5. –Zachariah K

I liked the Ozaukee Sports Center field

trip when I painted the fish. –Joshua F

Mr. Lazovik crushed a chair! –

Elisabeth S.

I like playing mini golf at the Ozaukee

Sports Center. –Hieu N.

I liked when we wrote a bad day

story. –Marissa W.

I will never forget when I scored 12

goals in sideline soccer, that’s 4 hat

tricks! –Cooper C.

In second grade I will never forget

writing 21 pages on a

Holistic Assessment. –

Ella D.

I like reading because

it is fun. –Keaton K.

I like music. –Sameer G.

I will never forget the time when I

first met my big buddy, Hailey. –

Katelyn B.

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Third Grade - Mrs. Zozak, Mrs. Gaulke, & Ms. Suhr

Before we went to the play, our class read the book of Charlotte’s Web and

watched the movie so we had an idea of what would happen at the play. We also prac-

ticed a song that would be sung at the play. The play was at West Bend High School’s

auditorium. It was cool how Charlotte made her webs. She hung little sparkly strings

up to the wood so it would make a web and spell the words. Wilbur was funny be-

cause he had funny reactions to things and got scared easily. It was cool how

Templeton was always changing his moods. He took a rotten egg from the mother

goose and Avery sat on it. It really smelled bad! Templeton got so fat at the end. He

and Wilbur made a deal that Templeton would get all the best food from Wilbur. At the

end of the play, we got to high five some of the characters. Their costumes were cool.

At one time, a disco ball was turning with lights. That was supposed to represent Char-

lotte’s babies floating away! She had over 500 babies!

Charlotte’s Web Play

On Wednesday, April 18, we put some bark chips in the

woods with our little buddy class (Mrs. Jarvis’ Kindergarten)

and with Mrs. Gaulke’s Third Graders. Some people form

Kohls Department Store came to help us, too. Some parents

came and helped, also. There were two trails and we had a

race to see who could put the bark chips on the trails the fast-

est! We planned this event to celebrate Earth Week and be-

cause we did this event, we earned a $1,500 grant from Kohls

to use for a “Go Green” project. We hope the money will be

used to help make our courtyard into a nice outdoor learning

center area, maybe even build raised garden beds to help

grow food to be used in the kitchen. This project helped us

learn how to be good citizens and help take care of our

planet!

Go Green Trailblazing Machines!

Ms. Zozak’s Third Grade Reporting!

Our trip to Madison is something I’ll

never forget. I learned more about

the state of Wisconsin then I ever

have learned in any other grade.

Marley Dolberg

A day I will never, ever

forget would be the day I

sang in front of the

school! I was extremely

nervous, but I did it! I

felt so good after and got

a lot of compliments

from my classmates and others too!

Grace Hahm

I’ll never forget our Social Studies

projects. We had so much fun learn-

ing about the five regions of the

U.S.! Halena Gehrke

Fourth grade was awesome, but the best

part was answering all the questions on

the chalk board each week. My favorite

question was “If you were famous what

would be in your closet?”

Natalie Cherella

I’ll never forget the time I

first tried an instrument and

liked it. I can’t wait to be in

the band!

Jamie Kretlow

One of my favorite things in fourth

grade is being with all

my friends. William

Valerious

I liked fourth grade because I was able

to be with my friends, and I also liked

answering the questions on the chalk-

board. My favorite question was

“What is something you are proud

of?” Molly Rose Biebel

In fourth grade I learned a lot. In read-

ing I went up several levels, and also

we played a lot of fun games. We

have this chalkboard, and we put dif-

ferent questions on it. I love putting

things up there. Kirsten Van Ryzin

My favorite part about fourth grade

was math. Math is my favorite sub-

ject. James Herron

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Fourth Grade - Mrs. Sladky and Mrs. Shepard

G r a f t o n E l e m e n t a r y N e w s l e t t e r

Memories of Fourth Grade from Mrs. Sladky’s Class

Something I will

never forget is our

pacer tests in gym

class! Blake Olson

Something I will

never forget is the

great teacher. I loved how we did

things in such fun ways, thanks Mrs.

Sladky. Eli Bolker

In 4th grade I will NEVER forget all

of the field trips and the fun!

Sydney Raymond

The thing I will never forget is our

trip to Madison, it was an amazing

trip. Max Stilb

I will never forget the

time when we went to

Madison and went in the

rotunda. Then we

looked up, and saw the

painting on the walls and the roof. The

most interesting part was that you could

go up and touch the painting on the roof

before they closed the entrance. I loved

the Utopia ice cream! Josh Garcia

A good memory about fourth grade

would be coming to school every day,

and having a poem to look forward to.

For example “Cranky Poodle” and

“Sock in the Gravy.” I loved fourth

grade. Maddy Hillner

My favorite part

about 4th grade

was… when we

went to Madison

and saw the awe

inspiring rotunda.

Brianna Rapp

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Kyle Proefrock- I will miss Gym class

Jackie Tomashek - I will miss all the wonderful teachers at GES

Payton Riddle- I will miss Mrs. Maronde

Corbin Woessner- I’ll miss all the wonderful staff, especially Mrs. Maronde pulling out my teeth

Kate Rosenberger- I will miss all of the teachers

Savannah O’Neal- I will miss the responsibility and being a role model

Matthew Bagatta- I will miss the great teachers and all of the specials

Luke Wolfe- I will miss the best teacher ever Mr. G.

Kate Sewart- I will miss Miss.Beltz and all her fun projects

Traden Lockwood- I will miss one of the best teachers I have ever met Mr. G, and I really mean this from my heart

Hailey Kiehnau –I’ll miss all my former teachers including Mr. G. and Mrs.Heinz

Isaiah Holland- I will miss my gym class inside and outside!!!

Michael Mertens-I will miss music and Mrs. Andrews and her fun music games and

projects and choir!

Kayliah Smith –I will miss Mrs. Andrews and her fun music games!

Jonas Clermont – I will miss the computer assignments

Jazmine Rivera- I’ll miss all the teachers that work at G.E.S!

Noah Ellison-I will miss playing capture the flag

Christina deGroot- I will miss everything

Carter Day-I will miss the awesome teachers

Shashank Bangalore- I will miss the playground

Emma Parins- I will miss Mrs. Maronde

Sean Johnson- I am really going to miss gym class

Anthony Hubacek-I am going to miss the awesome gym classes

Colin Smith –I am going to miss my awesome teacher Mr. Pointek

Fifth Grade - Mr. Girmschied and Mrs. Heinz.

From Mr. G’s Class: What I will miss most of G.E.S

Reading doesn’t go away during the summer; it may just look different. Here are some ideas to get you and your kids

started.

Combine activities with books. If you plan on going camping, have your child read a book of camping safety tips first.

Before a baseball game, have them read about a favorite player.

Sign up for a summer reading program at your local library. The librarians are a great resource for book suggestions as

well.

Go on an alphabetic scavenger hunt. Find items in your neighborhood that start with each letter of the alphabet. Acorn

could be for A, bird for B, car for C, and driveway for D.

Who says reading has to be from a traditional book? Other great reading materials are newspapers, magazines, cook-

books, comic books, instructions, and song lyrics.

Read a book and watch the movie. Some great titles include Shrek, Cat in the Hat, Charlotte’s Web, Harry Potter,

The Polar Express, Matilda, Wimpy Kid movies and The Lorax.

Ten or more books over the three month summer break will help kids maintain vocabulary and

comprehension skills. If your child is not reading chapter books yet, get them on tape or read the

book to your child. Both provide a different reading experience.

Have a great summer!

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READING- Mrs. Wargolet

G r a f t o n E l e m e n t a r y N e w s l e t t e r

Thank you for another great musical year! The lessons learned and songs sung were outstanding! Music doesn’t end

when school does. Take advantage of all of the local free musical opportunities!

Summer Park Concert Series ..... July 12 - August 23

Veterans Memorial Park .......................... 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

GALA (Grafton Area Live Arts)

July 12 ............................................. “Copper Box” (New Orleans Zydeco)

July 19 ............................................ “Eternity”(Rock-Solid Gospel Quartet)

July 26 ................................................. “Vinyl Groove” (60’s Revolution)

August 2 ................................................... “Leahy’s Luck” (Irish Music)

August 9 ..................................... “Above The Town” (Bluegrass Music)

August 16“Cold Sweat & The Brew City Horns” (Classic R&B 80’s Pop Rock)

August 23 .......... “Tim Castle and Young Southern” (Top 40 Country)

Website: ............................................... www.graftonarealivearts.us

Email: ............................................. galainc@graftonarealivearts.us

David Liss .................................. 262-375-0177 or 414-429-0177

Lucky Street Music Festival ...................... June 2

Veterans Memorial Park ...................... 1000 13th Avenue

FREE Community Event .... Variety of Music & Family Entertainment Noon - 10 pm

Cedarburg-Summer Sounds

http://summersounds.net/index.php/schedule See you in the fall!

MUSIC - Ms. Andrews

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As the school year quickly winds down, we’d like to take a moment to highlight a few opportunities students have

during the summer months to continue with their reading.

The Grafton Public Library - Summer Reading Program – Dream Big…Read!

The children’s librarian from the Grafton Public Library was at GES the last week of May talking about

their reading program.

This is a great opportunity for the kids to receive fun incentives for the reading they do throughout the

summer months.

See the note sent home from the Grafton Public Library for more details.

John Long Middle School Library:

The JLMS Library offers summer hours where 5th grade students entering 6th grade in the fall can come

in, “checkout” the library, and “checkout” books. The library is open most Tuesdays 9:30-1:30.

This is another great chance for kids to become familiar with their new school along with taking a look

at some new titles available through the John Long library.

We’d like to take a moment to thank the following individuals who helped with classes and shelved books

throughout the school year:

Marla Aspenson, Monica Dempsey, Lisa Feld, Kerrie Herron, Carol Knott, Mary Luedtke, Chris Mursch, Stacy

Ringgold and Sharon Volkmann.

We truly appreciate all the hours you gave GES! THANK YOU!

And finally, we’d like to leave you with some parting thoughts from our students. We asked several children the question,

“What was your favorite part of library this past year?” Here are their responses:

Kindergarten:

Layla: Listening to the story (Mrs. Steffens read).

Jacob: Getting to check out books.

Grace: Coloring the book marks and reading the books.

James: Scaredy Squirrel books.

1st Grade:

Gwenyth: Passports and traveling around the world.

Vikram: Checking out books and reading them.

Eliana: Reading books and coloring.

Nico: Checking out the books

2nd Grade:

Ella: Learning new authors and hearing their books being read.

Isaac: The passes. The talking globe pass was my favorite.

Lana: Getting books and being with Mrs. Steffens.

Zach: Checking out books

3rd Grade:

Layne: Doing the passes and reading books

John: Learning new things and reading the best

books.

Sarah: Computers

Cael: My favorite thing I did was work in the

encyclopedias. 4th Grade:

Tommy: My favorite thing this year was when we learned to

use SmartNotebook.

Betsy: My favorite part of library class was the biography.

Aaron: I liked when Mrs. Steffens taught us how to use

SmartBoard technology.

Cailyn: My favorite part of library was getting to know

some new software.

5th Grade:

Emma: Presenting PowerPoints.

Carson: Checking out books and doing projects.

Jaden: I liked the Creative Advertisement.

Stephanie: Being library helpers and passes.

Have a great summer!

Library Media Center -

Mrs. Steffens and Mrs. Cibulka.

The PTA would like to thank all of the volunteers who

contributed their time and effort this year.

We look forward to working with you again in September!

Have a safe and happy summer!

On behalf of all the Grafton Elementary Staff,

Have a wonderful summer.

See you in September!