Grant's Reading Challenge

Don't forget! Continue reading through Winter Break and earn a FREE Pizza Hut Personal Pan Pizza! Reading Calendars are to be turned in on January 3.

Make reading more often a New Year's goal! The January Reading Challenge will begin January 1. January Calendars will be due on Tuesday, February 2.

UGM Winter Camp

UGM Winter Camp is January 14-16. There is still room for 4th-6th grade students to attend, forms are available in the office. Thank you to Union Gospel Mission and South Hill Bible for sponsoring this event for our Grant students!

Conferences Are Coming!

January 26-27 are Progress Conferences. There will be no school these days so teachers can meeting with parents to discuss their student's progress. Teachers will be sending home signups when we return from Winter Break. You can also sign up online starting January 6 at 5PM.

Counselor's Corner

Hello Grant families,

December was a busy month at Grant Elementary!

Our 5th and 6th grade students used their creativity and information they learned at the Career Fair to create amazing projects that share details about a career that they were interested in. It was impressive to see the variety of different projects that were created! Great job to all of our 5th and 6th grade student for your hard work!

Each 5th/6th grade class submitted the top project from their class. A vote was taken to decide which of those 3 projects would be submitted to represent our school in the district wide contest! Congratulations to Monroe Stepper for her incredible animation project!

Three lucky project winners will be selected by the school board and will receive prizes in February!

Our new Purposeful People Character Trait for the month of January is PERSEVERANCE. One way to think about Perseverance is “pushing yourself through challenges and obstacles.” We all experience challenges in our lives. We all have moments when we feel like we can’t do it or that we want to give up on a big task. It is important to develop tools that help us work through those challenges in order to grow in those moments instead of giving up. How might you practice Perseverance as a family this month?

Perseverance is 1 of 3 traits we will focus on throughout the year that helps students Be Strong. Throughout the school, students will be developing skills like focusing, organizing, and goal setting.

When we return from winter break our counseling program will be shifting from classroom lessons to small group and individual counseling supports. These groups will be based on the identified needs of our students, and will focus on topics such as grief, anxiety/worry, social skills, friendship, emotional regulation, etc. Students will be offered the opportunity to participate in these groups after being referred by their teachers, staff or families. More information will come after winter break.

If you have any questions or concerns or feel that your student would benefit from participating in a small group or individual check-ins, please contact me via email at sierraca@spokaneschools.org or you can call (509) 354-2798.

We want to wish all our Grant families a wonderful and safe holiday break! We look forward to seeing you in January. 😊

Band & Strings Fun

Grant 6th Grade Band and Strings students performed for each other during class on December 9. They learned about concert etiquette, overcoming performances nerves, and preparedness. They gave great positive feedback to each other. Their first performance for parents to attend will be at Sacajawea MS in February. Watch for details to come home via backpack in January.