Bottle Drive!!
Reminder that tomorrow Thursday, September 18th is school picture day for grades 6-12!
A great presentation to attend tonight!
Wednesday, September 17th will be an early release day. Dismissal time at Granite will be 11:25.
To try to minimize the amount of items we accumulate in our lost and found area, we will be sharing pictures of the items. If you see an something that belongs to your child, please remind them to go to the lost and found area in our lobby to retrieve it. You are also welcome to look through the lost and found items when you visit our school.
Stearns Jr./Sr. High School
Menu change for WED 9/17/25.
We will be serving Cheese Calzones with Marinara in place of the planned Bosco Mozz Sticks.
Parking lot reminder:
Each morning and afternoon, our parking lot is very busy with buses and family vehicles dropping off and picking up students. To keep our students safe, we ask that everyone always use the cross walk at the front of the building. Students can then safely walk to the playground along the side of the building and fence in the mornings .
We also ask that you park in one of the front spaces if you plan to walk your child into the building. This will allow the line of traffic to continue to move smoothly and safely.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Each morning and afternoon, our parking lot is very busy with buses and family vehicles dropping off and picking up students. To keep our students safe, we ask that everyone always use the cross walk at the front of the building. Students can then safely walk to the playground along the side of the building and fence in the mornings .
We also ask that you park in one of the front spaces if you plan to walk your child into the building. This will allow the line of traffic to continue to move smoothly and safely.
Thank you for your cooperation.
This week, we started our new special lunch initiative. On Monday, we reviewed the lunch room expectations. The two staff members on duty chose up to 5 students each day that follow these expectations. The following day, the students names are announced in the morning. At lunch time, they eat with an adult in a separate space that is a bit quieter and they can engage in socializing with peers in their own grade or ones that are in a grade below them and/or above them. Once they finish eating, they can spend the last few minutes of the lunch time playing a variety of games. The students have enjoyed this and cannot wait for their next chance to be picked.
This week, our students participated in various safety drills. We had two fire drills. Everyone was out of the building in 1 minute and 9 seconds the first time and 1 minute and 8 seconds the second time. We also reviewed bus safety by reviewing the bus expectations, practicing how to cross the road when getting on and off the bus, and how to evacuate through the back door. The students did an amazing job listening to the drivers and practicing these important safety drills.
Ms. Leech has been teaching the students how to work together in small teams and develop strategies to steal flags and balls from other teams as part of the game Kingball.
This week, Ms. DeSilva's class worked with Patric Santerre to assemble two soccer goals that Mr. and Mrs. Santerre donated to the school as part of an initiative to improve Granite Street's playground.
For all of you Stearns Football fans who are unable to attend the game tonight. GO BLUE!!!
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The Junior High Field Hockey game @ Warsaw tomorrow is at 3:30. Students will be leaving at 12:30. GO BLUE!!!
Menu Change for Stearns Jr./Sr. High School Lunch
Lunch at Stearns will be Bosco Mozz Sticks with a Marinara Cup in place of the previously planned Chicken Quesadilla.
Lunch at Stearns will be Bosco Mozz Sticks with a Marinara Cup in place of the previously planned Chicken Quesadilla.
School pictures for Granite Street students will take place on September 23rd for PK-grade 2 and September 24th for grades 3-5.
The high school football game vs. Valley tomorrow, Saturday, Sept. 6th has been changed to 12pm start time. Hope to see you all there.
Good afternoon,
Today, local authorities were notified by a crisis center that an electronic message was sent from Stearns to the crisis center from someone with suicidal idealogies. The SRO and another EMPD officer placed the building on hold.
Thank you to our new SRO, Officer Frank Porfido, Officer Lakeman, and our guidance counselor, Sue Buzzell.
Please have conversations with your students and let them know that we are here to help and so are the police.
As always, student safety is our priority.
Today, local authorities were notified by a crisis center that an electronic message was sent from Stearns to the crisis center from someone with suicidal idealogies. The SRO and another EMPD officer placed the building on hold.
Thank you to our new SRO, Officer Frank Porfido, Officer Lakeman, and our guidance counselor, Sue Buzzell.
Please have conversations with your students and let them know that we are here to help and so are the police.
As always, student safety is our priority.
Stearns Junior Senior High School Picture Day!
We had a great start to a new school year this week at Granite Street School. Thank you to all the families who came to our open house.
