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The Grove Grizzly A big THANK YOU to all of our families who demonstrated their appreciation for our staff this week through participation in our PTO’s Teacher Appreciation Week activities!! Our staff definitely felt loved this week through the outpouring of special treats, kind words, and thoughtful notes! We are so lucky to have such great parents and community members to partner with us each day! Also, a SPECIAL THANK YOU to everyone who was involved in the renovation of the staff lounge! It has been transformed into such a beautiful space for our staff! I cannot begin to express both the excitement and gratitude that our staff feels for this special gift!   FIELD DAY – FRIDAY, MAY 17TH We are getting excited for our upcoming Field Day this Friday, May 17th!! Please see the official letter with details for the day! Be sure to click on the link in the document to order a sack lunch for your child if you are planning on ordering a lunch from school that day. Please note: that hot lunch will NOT be served on Field Day. Students may only choose the sack lunch from food service or bring a lunch from home for that day.   Reminders: Summer school registration is still open! Visit the Summer School webpage for information. Registration for next year is open. You must log-in to register on your IC account, you cannot register on your phone! Check lost and found! It is filling up again!   Upcoming Dates Tuesday, May 14th – 1st Grade Walk to Baker’s Lake Wednesday, May 15th - Kindergarten Music Performance for parents in class (Scanlan’s Class 10:40-11:05 a.m.) Thursday, May 16th - Kindergarten Music Performance for parents in class (Laird’s Class 10:40-11:05 a.m.) Thursday, May 16th – 5th Grade Field Trips to Middle Schools, 9:30 a.m. Friday, May 17th – Field Day Monday, May 20th – 5th Grade Track Meet @ BHS Tuesday, May 21st – 1st Grade Field Trip to the Zoo Tuesday, May 21st – Success Night & Book Fair, -6:00-7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 23rd – Rain Date for 5th Grade Track Meet Friday, May 24th – Rain Date for Field Day Monday, May 27th – NO SCHOOL, Memorial Day Wednesday, May 29th – Senior Graduation Walk @ Grove, 9:15 a.m. Thursday, May 30th – 5th Grade Farewell, 6:30 p.m.  Friday, May 31st – Kindergarten Play Performance for Parents in the classroom Monday, June 3rd – 4th Grade Field Trip to the Museum of Science and Industry Tuesday, June 4th – Last Day of School   We are in need of more than 100 volunteers to help with our Second Annual Grove Avenue School Field Day on Friday, May 17th.    Volunteer HERE!!  Please note that a rain date has been set for Friday, May 24th.  The success of this program depends on our volunteers!  We had a great first year field day, so lets recreate that experience for our kids again this year.      You may volunteer for the entire day, and we hope many of you will.  If you are a room parent in the morning session, you may only run a game or treat station in the afternoon.  All room parent helpers will need to stay with their assigned class for lunch from 11-11:40 am.  Each class will need a wagon.  Please email dankmylin@gmail.com if you have a wagon we can borrow for the day.     We are so grateful for all that you do for all our children! Thank you!! Thank you!!      Best Regards,   Grove Avenue PTO Spring Book Fair Volunteers Needed! 5th Grade Farewell       We need your help to give the 5th graders a memorable send off to middle school! We are looking for parent volunteers to help hang decorations and arrange food donations from 1pm-3pm on Thursday, May 30th. Historically, 4th grade parents help out the night of the event. If interested, we would need help from 5:30pm-9:00pm. Thank you to those parents who have already volunteered. If you would like to help, please contact Tasia Remi at tasiaremi@yahoo.com, Elena at kouruklis.elena@gmail.com or Page at page@wildcatinvst.com