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13	14	15 Kindergarten Orientation PTA Sponsored Social and Class Lists	16 First Day of School	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25 Fall Pictures	26
27	28	29	30	31 Back to School Night	1 Minimum Day - Dismissal 1:05	2

News

8/18/17

First Week

Garden Grove Families,

We had a great start to the new school year. On Monday August 21st, after the fire drill, we are having a morning assembly about school rules and procedures.

All students will have indoor morning recess and snack due to the solar eclipse. Please remember to reinforce that no one is to look directly at the sun! Have a nice weekend.

8/14/17

Drop off and Pick Up Procedures

Please continue to follow the parking lot rules for the safety of all students:

Only park in visitor spaces in the parking lot.
Please DO NOT
- - Let your children out on the other side of the cones unless your child is a special needs student and you are going to personally walk your child to the curb.
  - Park in front of the kindergarten yard and leave your vehicle.
  - Park behind the handicapped crosswalk; it closes off the flow of traffic.
The children are not permitted to run between the parked cars to get to class or to the car.
Students may only be picked at the Tracy entrance in front of the cones. This may seem inconvenient but it is for the safety of ALL the children.
Please enter in the driveway closest to the K yard (south side) and exit the other driveway (north side).

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Peaceful Playground is at Garden Grove!

Peaceful Playground is a playground system that is designed to put an end to most playground conflicts. Peaceful Playground teaches students important life skills using these six key principles:

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Universal School Phrases

Bathroom: Go/Flush/Wash/Leave

Line Up Walking on Campus: Hair/Stare/Walk/Not Talk

Fire Drill: Silent/Calm/Walk/Sit/Listen

Buying Lunch: Wait/Get/Sit

Assembly-Check Your 5: Body/Brains/Eyes/Ears/Mouth

Leaving Lunch: Get the OK/Trash or Tray/On Your Way/Then Play

Peaceful Playground: Walk/Talk/Rock,Paper,Scissors

Earthquake Drill: Drop/Cover/Hold

Dress Code: Plan before bed/check the rules/look in the mirror/leave for school

Dress Code: Check your shirt/check your shorts/check your shoes/ then cruise

GOLDEN PAW AWARDS

Garden Grove is proud of the weekly classroom awards earned by students that exemplify the philosophy of Garden Grove IMPACT Academy. Student recipients are eligible for a monthly drawing to earn "Time with the Principal" and a "Golden Paw Spirit Stick".Students who demonstrate exemplar behavior in one of 4 categories weekly are able to earn a Golden Paw Award – Teachers will give tickets weekly, and students come to the office and put their ticket in the appropriate container.

School Year:

1917-1918

CHAMPS-

Classroom behavior

On A Roll- Academic

or Social Improvement

GROWL- Good

citizenship

in the classroom or on

campus

MPACT-

problem solving and

critical thinking skills

Every month one recipient from each of the four categories is randomly chosen to spend time with the Principal and they receive the Golden Paw Spirit Stick and their name on the web page.

Garden Grove IMPACT Academy

Integrated

Math, Science, Art

Problem Solving

And

Critical Thinking

Techniques

Champs at School (GROWL)

Get started with a positive attitude

Respect yourself and others

Offer kindness and encouragement

Work hard and be responsible

Listen and learn

Congratulations Garden Grove

Mrs. Feinstein,

On behalf of Educational Results Partnership (ERP) and the Campaign for Business and Education Excellence (CBEE), I am writing to congratulate you. After an extensive analysis of ...more

PTA

Sarah Miller, President

Kim Pusl, 2nd VP

Maria Lawrence, 3rd VP

Sarah Gerber, Treasurer

Patty Buffaloe, Secretary

Mindy Gallo, Parliamentarian

Mrs. Horn, Teacher Representative

Bullying

Bullying Definition-- The actions of a student are INTENTIONAL, REPEATED, and HURTFUL acts, words, or other behavior which occurs in a relationship where there is an IMBALANCE OF POWER.

Please know that the teachers and administration take "bullying" incidents very seriously. And want to remind you that there is a difference between playground conflicts and "bullying".

THANK YOU! DONATIONS & GRANTS

Linked In

Simi Valley Kiwanisonline

Simi Valley Education Foundation

City Auto Body

Garden Grove PTA

Cornerstone Photography

Kenny Miller, ThumbPrint

Rocky Peak All Service (3 years)

Bryant Lawrence, Eagle ...more

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