During the third and final trimester of the counseling program Mr. Pride and I will be excited to get back into classrooms to teach whole group lessons, as well as offer a second round of small groups. These groups will focus on self-management and emotional regulation skills. The classroom lessons will be based on the needs of the classroom as identified by the teacher. As we enter the final month so school we will also continue to support our 5th grade students as they look forward to their transition to middle school next year. 😊We have so many fun end of year activities to look forward to. 

Our Purposeful People Character Trait for the month of April is Courage. Courage is “choosing what is helpful, right, and kind even when it is hard or scary.” Courage 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.

Wishing you all a wonderful Spring Break!  

Proud to be a Husky!

Love,

Ms. Campbell & Mr. Pride

When to Keep A Child Home From School

It is important for the health of all students, staff and families that your child not attend school when they are sick. The following guidelines are appropriate reasons to keep your child home from school:

• A fever of 100 degrees F or higher in the last 24 hours. Your child should be fever free (without the use of fever reducing medicines) for 24 hours before returning to school.
• A consistently goopy, runny nose.
• Drainage from the eye and/or redness of the eyelid or skin around the eye.
• A bad cough-one that you wouldn't want your well child to be around.
• A sore throat, especially with fever or swollen glands in the neck.
• Shortness of breath or other problems with normal breathing.
• A child that seems ill-unusually tired, pale, or difficult to awaken, headache or body aches; seems confused or irritable, and/or lacks normal appetite.
• A rash that is associated with fever or severe itching.
• Vomiting with/without diarrhea within the last 24 hours. Your child should be free of vomiting or diarrhea for 24 hours before returning to school. NOTE: A child who has one episode of bloody diarrhea or two episodes of diarrhea at school must be sent home and cannot return until the diarrhea has resolved. Some diarrhea may be associated with bacteria or virus. If your child has severe diarrhea you should contact your health care provider.
• Your child needs to remain at home 24 hours after starting an antibiotic.
• Any contagious disease such as chicken pox, influenza, whooping cough or gastroenteritis.
• As directed by your health care provider.

If you have any questions, please contact Nurse Heidi Hash at 509-354-2785.

Spring Preschool Enrollment

Do you know a child who will be 3 or 4 years old by September 1st? ECEAP is a free, high-quality preschool program that may be a great option for the young children in your life! Grant preschool and all SPS ECEAP programs will begin accepting preschool applications for the 2024-25 school year after spring break (April 9th). New applications will be available in the office, online at SPS Early Learning, or by contacting Celina Hernandez at celinah@spokaneschools.org or 509-354-2774. Please reach out to Celina with any questions.

In Library, Ms. Blalack's class earned a Yellow Paw party. They enjoyed the beautiful weather with an extra recess outside!

Mrs. Williams' class had so much fun creating their leprechaun traps!

In Science, Mrs. McCue's class used the engineering process to design hats that absorbed sweat, blocked the sun, and look pretty cool! Ms. Kim's class explored with invisible forces. No, we did not pierce Kaidence's ears!

The Spokane Chiefs, along with Avista Utilities, came to Grant this week and talked to our students about achieving long and short-term goals. Boomer, the Chiefs mascot, was well loved during the visit!

We had some great doodles turned in for Doodle for Google. We wish the best of luck to everyone who submitted their artwork!