Grapeview School: Visit us online at www.gsd54.org Gator Gazette Monday Enrichment Groups : Campus Life Volume 2, Issue 6 March 10, 2016 Message from the Principal Zumbatomic (ends 3/25) March Events: 3/16: Grades 1-3 to SHS for play 3/16: Science Fair 1:00-5:00 pm 3/17: MS Band Program at 6:30 p.m. 3/18: Noon Release End of Trimester 2 3/22: Board Meeting at 6:30 3/24: Young Writer s Conference @ OC in Bremerton 3/30: NMHS Band Presents 3/31: BUGS assembly at 10:30 a.m. 3/28-4/1: Spirit Week 3/29-3/31: Conferences & Noon Release April Events: 4/4-4/8: Spring Break Greetings from Grapeview! I hope you have been having a wonderful 2016 so far. We are so thankful to be in our new building the classrooms are beautiful. Staff moved over the long weekend in February, so they have had a few weeks to get settled and it is going well. The month of March begins the mad dash for the end of the year. I hope your child has shared some of the wonderful things they are learning as they work on their Science Fair projects as a class or individually. The Science Fair is March 16, 1:00 5:00 pm. On March 18, second trimester will end leaving us the last trimester of the year. On the 18th, students will be released at noon and no lunch is served. This will be followed by Spring Conferences occurring March 29 April 1, with noon release each day. This week will be busy it is also Spirit Week, and we have the BUGs Assembly, in recognition of outstanding students, on March 31 at 10:30. The week following conferences is spring break. At the end of April we will be starting our end of the year assessments including the Smarter Balanced Assessments required by the state. If you have questions about this (or any) testing, please call me or your child s teacher. You could also attend the next Coffee with the Principal occurring on March 29 at 5:00 pm. Hope to see you there! With warm regards, Josie Bean, Principal
Track practice will start the first Tuesday after spring break, April 12. Please have your physicals up to date. Track is open to all 5th 8th grade boys and girls! There are MANY different events so come and check it out! Grapeview s Annual Science Fair is Wednesday, March 16. Doors open at 1:00 and close at 5:00 p.m. STUDENTS: Be sure to finish those experiments! All Middle School students have participated in the process of designing a testable hypothesis. We also have numerous students in other grade levels, as well as class projects. Please take some time to come and enjoy the hard work, creativity, and amazing projects our Grapeview students have put together! Office Request When paying for lunches, yearbooks etc. through the office, bringing exact change would be greatly appreciated. The office only holds a limited amount of cash on hand. Thank you for your understanding.
PTA Updates You re invited to: Grapeview PTA s Dinner and Auction The evening s theme is Throwback Prom and we will be remembering where we ve been and where we re going. Come experience prom with a whole new class. It s going to be a wonderful evening filled with great food, silent and live auctions, fun people, photos, and throwback music. This is sure to be a night that is not to be missed!! Get out your best Throwback Prom outfit, or just come as you are and spend an enjoyable evening supporting what s most important to all of us, our Grapeview Kids and School! The event is Saturday April 16, 2016. The doors will open at Grapeview School at 5:30 p.m. and we ll get the evening started at 6 p.m. Tickets for the event will be $25 per adult. Watch for more information to be coming home soon or follow our Facebook Page: Grapeview PTA to keep up with the excitement of what s planned! Are you asking what you can do to help? Great! We could really use help gathering donations to be auctioned off! We re looking for destinations, activities, services, gift cards and items! We need all donations by April 2, 2016. Our email address is grapeviewpta@gmail.com if you need to get a hold of us! So, get those calendars out now, and pencil us in! We can t wait to see you all, and party like it s 1999!! Your 2016 PTA Auction Committee
Classroom Corner What s happening at Grapeview. Kindergarten is researching and studying motion for the science fair. We have been experimenting with push and pull, and writing observations. Next week we are going to explore surfaces and gravity! The 3rd grade class is really enjoying their new classroom with their beautiful view of the woods. Stop by our shared learning center to see our nature inspired poems about the magnificent Pacific Northwest. The 3rd grade class is also getting excited for our science fair projects and listening to other students present their science questions and hypotheses. We have brilliant students! Ms. Nelsen Mrs. Gill s 5th grade is finishing up their Earth in Space unit in science. They have made paper 3D planets and turned the classroom into our solar system. Our sun had to be 109 inches in diameter with Earth only being 1 inch in diameter. We used what we learned about fractions in math to figure what the scale would be to have our solar system to fit in our classroom. The class had to measure the room and to research what the diameter (in miles) was for each planet and how many miles they were from each other. Today, they will be making edible planets using Rice Krispie treats! This is what a few of the students learned: Hunter that the planets are really huge, but small when compared to the whole solar system. Michael that Uranus has rings. Dakota that Saturn is filled with hydrogen and ammonia. Isaac that Mercury is the closet planet to the sun. Alyssa that Jupiter is the second largest planet. Ms. Jennings: Middle School Social Studies In social studies we are continuing our civics unit. We have discovered the types of government found around the world, with a focus on our Democratic form of government. We have learned about the types of Economic systems found around the world, with a focus on ours = a Market/ Capitalist Economic system. We are now beginning to learn about how our Constitution was developed, and will move onto the Branches of Government soon! The countries we are developing have paralleled the learning; students have developed their own Countries and determined their forms of Government, leaders, and Economic systems.
Warmest greetings from the gym! We have been working really hard recently but having boat-loads of fun, too! Our weeks usually are broken up into skill-based days and fitness-based days. For the past several weeks our focus has been on Ultimate Frisbee during our skill-based days, and our focus is on speed training/running mechanics during fitness based days. In Ultimate, we have worked together to learn how to throw a Frisbee in three styles: backhand, forehand, and the hammer throws. After working with the different throws, we have focused our attention on learning the rules as well as offensive and defensive strategies. Students are currently working in this phase of the unit in small groups, helping one another gain understanding. Once we have a clear understanding of how the game works, we will play a few games of Ultimate!! During our fitness-based days students have been working to demonstrate proper running form. We have worked on running fundamentals like arm motion, body lean, knee drive, and foot placement. After practicing these running mechanics, we have focused our workouts around lots of plyometric exercises to promote activation of our students fast-twitch muscle fibers. With track and field coming up in the spring, we should see some fast, powerful athletes out there!! In the primary grades, K-2, we have focused our practice on understanding the fundamentals of moving. We are practicing swinging our arm and legs in opposition as we walk, march, jog, gallop and skip. We are also taking time to work on moving sideways while crossing our trail foot both in front and behind the lead foot. To help practice these skills we have played games like Hit the Deck and used team relays where we demonstrate different movements. At the elementary level in grades 3-5 we have also been working on learning some basic Frisbee skills like the backhand throw, and consequently, catching a Frisbee. To practice these skills our classes have played a variation on the game of Frisbee Golf! In teams of three, students threw the Frisbee to each other around a course designed on the playground. We were very thankful for the beautiful weather! These grades will also be learning the basic framework of an Ultimate Frisbee game like how to pass, defend, and move into open space. It s always a great day for PE! -Mr. Mork Grapeview School District does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Title IX Coordinator, Civil Rights Compliance Coordinator, Section 504/ADA Coordinator Superintendent or Principal; 822 E. Mason Benson Road; 360-426-4921 or 360-275-4921