On Monday, we kicked off our Read Across America Week. Some students from Stearns came to Granite to read a book to each class. Thank you Jennifer Maldonado, Hailey Aldridge, Emily Rogerson, Molly Anderson, Sunday Voraraj, Shelbi Phelps, Kaitlynn Dorr, Savannah Krause, Madison McInnis, Vanessa Morrow, Olivia Andersen, Eva Blanchette, Madison Carr, and Anthony Gurewicz for visiting our classrooms.
We had five classrooms with perfect attendance on our early release day, February 26th!!!
Friendly reminder that Monday is crazy haircut wear a hat day at Granite Street to celebrate Dr. Seuss and Read Across America.
Congratulations to the following Basketball Players:
Mariah Frost selected for 1st Team All PVC Conference Class D and All Defensive Team
Madison Carr selected for the Spirit of the Game Award
Shayne Grass selected for 2nd Team All PVC Conference Class D
Lucas Pelkey selected for All Defensive Team
Emerson Michaud selected for the Spirit of the Game Award
Mrs. Hannafin and some of our students made a very hungry caterpillar out of snow during recess today.
Next week, March 3-7, we will be celebrating Dr. Seuss's birthday and Read Across America. We have special readers visiting each classroom and a dress up spirit week.
A reminder that tomorrow, Wednesday, February 26th will be an early release day for grades Prek-12. Granite will dismiss at 11:25 and Stearns will dismiss at 11:15. High School students will be doing blocks 1 and 2!
For the last month, students were able to guess the number of hearts in the jar when they returned their library books. Today we drew tickets for the winners. Olivia Reece won for PK-2nd grade , and Aviah Pelletier won for 3rd -5th grade.
Tomorrow Granite Street will be recognizing Heart Health Month. Please remember to wear red.
Granite Street Elementary School Library
Granite Street Elementary School is excited to enhance our library with updated State Books and Presidents series to support our 4th-grade students' annual exploration of the 50 states. Our current collection is outdated, with missing states and outdated presidential information. Upgrading these resources will provide accurate, comprehensive, and inclusive learning materials to inspire curiosity and foster success. Your donation can help us create a library full of updated knowledge and endless possibilities for our students. Let’s invest in their future together—donate today at https://www.ourkatahdin.com/support/community-projects/
Stearns High School is pleased to announce the following......
Girls on the Run Maine is program being offered to girls in grades 3-5. More information about this program is provided in the image below.
During the month of January 2025, Granite Street School earned $73.00 in the Hannaford Community Bag Program. Thank you to everyone who made a contribution to Granite Street by purchasing a reusable bag.
Upcoming Events at Granite Street School
February 13, 2025 Wear Red for Heart Health Month
February 17-21, 2025 February Break
February 26, 2025 Early Release Day
March 2, 2025 End of Trimester 2
March 9, 2025 Daylight Savings Time
March 27 and 28, 2025 Early Release/ Student Led Conferences
Parent Reminders:
Please remember to stay in the pick up line at the end of the school day and not park in the lot.
Students should not be dropped off at Granite before 7:30 each morning unless your child has chorus practice.
Students should not have cell phones at school. We are also seeing more students wearing smart watches which is causing disruptions in learning. These should be left at home.
Our fifth grade students have been participating in some exciting science projects in recent weeks. Both classes have been learning about the Earth's rotation and revolution. This involved building shadow boxes, also known as sundials, to learn about how the sun's position changes the shadow's direction and length. In order to learn more about which constellations are visible during the different seasons, they built a Universe in a Box.
We had a wonderful 100th day of school on Friday, February 7th. Some students and staff wore shirts proclaiming 100 days of school. Others dressed up as if they were 100 years old, wore clothing with 100 items attached to it, or wore necklaces made with 100 things. We also had classes that made headpieces to mark this special day of the school year.
A HUGE thank you to all of the students and their families who made donations for the Millinocket School Department's food pantry as part of our 100 day celebration. We collected 150 containers of pasta, 127 cans of soup, 146 containers of cereal, and 41 containers of other food items. We appreciate your generosity.
Today Stearns High School wore red in support of Cardiovascular disease and women's health. Anyone wearing red stood in a heart shaped formation and received a free bag of concession popcorn! A big thank you to our photographer, Mr. McLean, for taking the pic, Mr. Cullen for popping the popcorn with a few students and Mrs. Hayes for helping to organize raising awareness!
Reminder to Granite Street Parents,
Student drop off time is 9:30 and there is no breakfast when we have a two hour delay.
There will be a two hour delay for Millinocket school department today, Monday, February 3rd!