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 Our current collection is outdated, with missing states and outdated presidential information.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!
Important update on Drop-off and Pick-up for Stearns High School!
Please note, March 27th and March 28th will be early release days for student led conferences. More details will be provided closer to these dates.
Everyone wear Red on February 7th!
Parents and/or Guardians: Please make sure to contact the school if you have updated your phone number or emergency contact information! This is to ensure that we have proper information in our systems!
Stearns Jr./Sr. High School
February Menus
Granite Street School
February Menus
These 4th graders volunteered to read the final copies of their opinion essays to Miss Merry. The prompt was whether or not you agree with a mayor's plan to make a law requiring anyone under the age of 16 to wear a helmet if they are on anything with wheels such as bikes, scooters, etc. Each of these students agreed with the law and had some very valid reasons for their decision.
Granite Street student have been learning and practicing new skills over the past few weeks. PK made structures with blocks and made stain glass snowman pictures. First graders learned about addends and sums as well as various ways to check their addition work. Third graders have been learning about nonfiction features as well as main ideas and details. Fourth graders chant Pencils Ready before starting their writing work for the day. In PE, fourth graders have two teams of students playing scooter ball. Stay tune for more exciting news about what students are learning.
We have updated the notice of extended absences form for families to fill out if their child/children will be absent for an extended time (ie. family vacation, medical needs, etc.). This form can be found under the parent and community link on our website or you can pick up a copy of it in our office.