GRES News 4.8.22

April 8, 2022

Good evening GRES families,

Although rainy, we've had another exciting week. If you follow us on facebook, I'm sure you've noticed all the recent celebrations:

The following staff received a nomination from the Yorkville Education Foundation as either Employee of the Year or Support Staff of the Year: Mrs. Buerger, Ms. Hamer, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. Lunn, Mr. McHugh, Mrs. Munch, Mrs. Popp, and Miss Schilling.
A great big shoutout to the GRES Music teachers nominated by a high school senior in the top 10% of the current YHS graduating class of 2022.
We also celebrated Paraprofessionals Day this week and can't thank our wonderful paraprofessionals enough for the patience, care, and compassion they show to the GRES students every day.
Last but not least, this week is also Assistant Principal's Week and GRES is blessed to have Mrs. Countryman as our Assistant Principal. The time she puts in with students, building relationships with parents, and working alongside the teachers does not go unnoticed. We appreciate you being such a strong leader and role model for us all!

There was a misprint in last week's newsletter. Sixth grade step-up night has been moved to May, stay tuned for further updates.

We will be taking care of any IAR test make-ups next week. A big thank you to Mrs. Countryman for all she has done to make this a smooth experience!

5th grade students will participate in the annual Candor Health Presentation at the end of April. Please see this letter for additional information. Please communicate with Mrs. Breyne if you want to opt out your child(ren) for this experience.

Enjoy your weekend,

Michele Breyne

GRES Principal

Summer School Info

Fox Clubs

Thank you for all the donations for Garden Club; we have everything we need! Your generosity is appreciated! :)

No clubs will meet on Monday, 4/18/22.

PTO

Our PTO is putting together a student directory. Ideally, this is something we will do every fall and share out to make it easier for parents/guardians to connect for invitations, play dates, etc. Please complete the form by April 22, 2022 if you'd like to be featured in the Spring version by clicking here. By choosing to participate, information entered will be included and distributed to other participating families in the same classroom.

Upcoming Author Visits

We invite you to join us for our 4th quarter Read Aloud Pajama Party on April 19th at 6:45pm! For the first half of our event we are thrilled to be hosting Caron Levis, author of 2022 Monarch nominee This Way, Charlie! This year our elementary students have celebrated this story of friendship & patience between a grumpy goat and blind horse, which is inspired by a true story from the Open Bud Ranch animal sanctuary. So as a special bonus, after Caron finishes her read aloud we will be taking a virtual tour of the Naperville Area Humane Society!

Please see the Zoom information below and the flyer for more information. Hope to see you on April 19th! =)

Q4 Read Aloud Pajama Party with Caron Levis & the Naperville Area Humane Society!

6:45pm on Tuesday, April 19th

Zoom webinar link: https://y115-org.zoom.us/j/93764282728

Webinar ID: 937 6428 2728

Intramural Information

5th & 6th grade students are eligible to sign up for Intramural Spring Soccer. Practices will be held the weeks of April 19, 25, and May 2. Students athletes will participate in three practices per week. Specific dates for practices within those weeks will be shared with the student athletes by the coach.

Fox Foodies

SHOUT OUTS!!!

For Ms. Heather: "Shout out to all staff who have made it possible to implement an earlier morning drop-off routine to keep the line moving! What a positive impact it has made in our students so they recognize the importance of getting a head start on their school day.... thank you!"

For Ms. Cathey: "Ms. Cathey is doing an amazing job as a substitute teacher. She has formed a great rapport with the students. She is very friendly and patient. The first grade students love seeing her in the building and having her as a teacher in various classrooms. She is very professional and goes above and beyond when following teaching plans, students' individual plans and leaving notes for the teacher. I am so thankful she is a part of Grande Reserve. She is a great addition to GRES."

"I want to thank Ms. Hamer and Ms. Tracy both so much for recognizing my students. They have been so excited about being the top in the school for checking out books. When they returned from the library they were so ecstatic about the books they received from the book ninja. They loved how Ms. Hamer and Ms. Tracy both thought about their interests when selecting a book for them. For example, one of my students LOVED how they gave her a book about dogs."

For Mrs. Smith: "Just a quick note to thank you so much for the extra care you've shown to the kindergarteners at pick-up during these extra cold days. Keeping them just inside the doors until their car pulls up, making sure they're bundled well, even shuttling them to cars with umbrellas on the rainy days. I wanted you to know that extra mile you go is noticed and always appreciated!"

Do you have someone you'd like to recognize or thank? Someone who has gone out of the way for you or your child(ren)? Submit a shout out by completing the Staff Shout Outs or you can email it to mbreyne@y115.org or scountryman@y115.org.

Thank you for helping spread joy! We are looking forward to sharing your responses!