Valentine’s Day

On Wednesday, February 14, 2018, we will

celebrate Friendship Day. Students will

have an opportunity to exchange notes of

friendship or kindness, or Valentine cards

with their classmates at the end of the day.

*Remember that this is not one of our two

party days so we will not distribute cookies,

cupcakes or treats of any kind.

Since all cards/notes will be distributed at

the end of the day, take time to read and

enjoy them when your child arrives home.

*This is voluntary, so if you do not wish for

your child to participate in this exchange in

any manner, please notify your child’s

teacher by note or email.

MGE Event Survey

Please click on the link below

and give us your feedback on

the events listed on the

Google form. Thank you for

your participation!

https://goo.gl/forms/NvPe3bzUZ9dLKxm33

Nominations for MGE PTA Board

If you are interested in a leadership position in the PTA, please fill out an attached Nomination Form on pages 11 and 12 for the MGE PTA Executive Board. This is for officer positions and committee chairs.

Forms are due February 9th.

Monday, February 19, 2018,

originally scheduled as a Student Holiday,

will be a bad weather make-up day!

All students will attend class.

Michael L. Griffin Elementary

Volume XII, Issue 20

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

Grizzly Games

2018, 6-8pm

2

Popcorn Day—2nd

& Pre-K AM

3

4 5

PTA Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night

6

PTA Exec. Bd. Mtg.,

8:30am

District Spelling Bee, 6:00pm

@ MRHS PAC

7

Wear Pink for

character trait:

Kindness

Bluebonnet Bash-PM

8 PTA Program:

Oskar & the Thunder-

ous Thingamabob

9 2nd gr. JA in a Day

Progress Reports Go

Home

Popcorn Day-3rd &

Pre-K PM

10

11 12 PTA Volunteer of the

Month Breakfast,

8:30am

13

3rd Gr. Project Linus

In Library

14

School Store

100th Day of School

Kindergarten

100 Parade,

3:10pm

15

Popcorn Day-4th gr.

16

JA TV Themed

Dress Up Day!

17

18 19

All students

attend classes.

Due to the bad

weather days on

16 & 17th, NO

student holiday.

20

3rd Gr. Dental

Program, 11:30am

Student Council

Mtg., 3:40pm

21 22

International

Festival,

6-8pm, gym

Popcorn Day-5th/

CAP

23 24

Grif”Fun”

Run @ BDJH

25 26 Dist. School Bd. Mtg, 6:30pm

27 28

3rd Gr. Field Trip to Main Street Theatre

MGE PTA News

MGE Grizzly Families,

Fun times were had by our Mama Bears and Cubs at the Grizzly Games. Our thanks go out to the Grizzly Games Committee led by Hetal Ivey for their hard work and time spent planning this event.

We saw smiles galore and moms playing and competing with their sons. Please email mgeptapresi-dent@gmail.com with any ideas, comments or suggestions for improvement for next year.

Thank you very much for supporting the Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night last night!

Nominations for Griffin PTA Board If you are interested in a leadership position in the PTA (officers and committee chairs), please fill out an attached Nomination Form for the MGE PTA Executive Board. **Forms are due Friday, February 9th.

MGE PTA News (continued)

Alley Theater Spring Program The Alley Theatre will be performing “Oskar vs. Thingamabob” on Thursday, February 8th. This program is fund-

ed by the MGE PTA.

The entertaining Oskar touring production educates K-5 students about the important life skills they need to

bounce back from crisis and cope with disasters big and small.

Valentine School Store

The MGE School Store will be open on Wednesday, February 14th. Items range in price

from $0.50-$5. (flyer attached below)

We need your help to make it a success! Volunteers may sign up at:

www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0c49a4a92aabfa7-valentine

A Night to Remember- Griffin Sweetheart Dance Get your tickets for our Father-Daughter event, "A Night to Remember". Tickets will not be sold at the door. There is a limited number of tickets available. (order form is attached below). Please make checks payable to “MGE PTA”. Ticket deadline is Friday, February 16th.

Attire for the event is “Dress in Your Best”. Please note that even if you filled out an RSVP form in November, the ticket order form and payment is required to receive tickets. The tickets will be sent home the week of the dance. For questions please contact Missy Merriman at missymerriman@gmail.com

International Festival Save the Date for this year's International Festival on Thursday, February 22, at 6:00-8:00 pm.

Please encourage your children to help us celebrate our cultures by decorating an International Fes-

tival paper doll (copies will go home this week). All dolls should be turned in by February 16th and

will be on display at the Festival. Please see the flyer for more information.

All booths should have turned in their Needs form to Maureen Lee at mgeptaprograms@gmail.com.

Music for performances need to be sent in by Friday, February 9 (in CD format).

“All participants presenting a booth at our International Festival, please send at least one per-

son to our final planning meeting Friday, February 16 at 10:00 am in the LGA.”

Yearbook Ads

The deadline for purchasing yearbook ads is February 16th

.

Go to mGepta.orG and click on “yearbook”.

Allison Lindberg MGE PTA President

24,

NEW

DATE!

More Math Lunch and Learn—New Topics, New Dates!

The way our children are learning math is very different than how we learned. Come spend a lunch with Ricky Mikelman, our Math/Science IC. In our culture, math has negative connotations. It’s ok to say, “I’m not good at math.” It’s important we develop a growth mindset so we don’t pass negative associations to our children If math makes you a little hesitant, it’s even more important that you come ready to work and play with math!

Thursday, Feb. 15-- Decoding Division –grades 3-5

Long division is a lot of steps to remember! Let’s see how to make long division make sense to our students. We’ll discuss the meaning of remainders and what to do with them. We’ll try partial quotient and even short division! We’ll also talk about your role in helping kids learn their facts.

Tuesday, Feb. 27-- Games to Build Number Sense—grades K-2

Let’s play and have fun with our numbers! This session will work with cards and dice to recognize, order, add and subtract numbers. We’ll discuss family activities that reinforce math understand-ing. You’ll leave with a handout with rules to all the games we play.

Tuesday, March 6-- Place Value as the Foundation to Understanding—grades 1-5

When our children have a firm foundation in place value, they’ll develop stronger number sense and math will make sense. It’s starts with understanding 10s and 1, and goes all the way to millions—and hundredths. We’ll be sure to include a game or two to help strengthen understanding.

All Lunch and Learns are held from noon-1:00 pm. LUNCH IS NOT PROVIDED. There will be

plenty of time for questions and answers, hints on helping children at home, and strategies to develop

a growth mindset in your children. I promise this won’t be scary.

Please RSVP on the google form by using this link so we are adequately prepared:

https://goo.gl/forms/GU3Cs1dgOVNu3uaz1