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High 5's (January)

Posted by admin on January 11, 2012

High Fives January 3rd, 2012

 

Important Reminders:

Heritage Day planning meeting Friday Jan 13, 9:00 am, superdome

Martin Luther King day (no school) Monday Jan. 16

Principal’s Chat Monday Jan. 23, 9:00-9:45 am

Next H&SC meeting Tuesday Feb. 7, 9:00 am, superdome

 

Shopping with Amazon? Please remember to start at the Graystone HSC website (www.graystonehsc.org) and click on the link to Amazon from there. This will earn Graystone a percentage of your purchase, every time you shop!

  • Also, please remember to buy your cash cards (every Monday and Friday in the superdome).

 

Special Guest: Stephen McMahon, the president of the San Jose Teachers Association (SJTA), talked about what the teachers would like to change in the district and how the SJTA is going to try and accomplish that in the upcoming contract negotiations. More information in the minutes and on the website of the SJTA: http://www.sanjoseta.org/live/

Mr. McMahon also offered to come back later in the school year to talk again and give more parents the opportunity to debate with him.

 

Home & School Club business

  • Available board positions for next school year: terms expire for Treasurer (Jeanette Yates) and Vice-President (Anne-Marie Nijssen).

  • Jennise Towle and Joey Keller were presented with a Volunteer Appreciation Certificate for coordinating the ongoing Diner's Night program.

  • Heritage Day Planning meetings will start in January. The first meeting will be on Friday January 13th. Contact Carol Chiu (email: cichiu@pacbell.net ) for more info.

  • Gina Freitag reported that we had $26,000 in sales for the month of December, a great result with 115 families participating.

 

Principal’s report

  • Mrs. Brewer got married over the Christmas break and is now going by the name Mrs. Sheila Murphy-Brewer. She also accepted a new position as half-time vice principal at Simonds elementary so we will be sharing her with that school. Mrs. Murphy-Brewer will be at Graystone Mondays and Wednesdays and every other Tuesday.

  • Transitional Kindergarten will be at Graystone if it happens. Funding for the program is not quite clear again.

     

Library/Media Center News

  • Melissa will use money from book fair to buy hardcovers that will last longer than softcovers, as well as for subscriptions to educational software.

  • The book swap is going on now.

  • End of January there will be a Valentine's craft for Dads to make with their children.

  • Check the bulletin board outside the library entrance for new books recently added and other library news.

 

Graystone Grown-up Gathering – February 10, 2012 from 6pm to 11pm

The first ever Graystone Grown-up Gathering is approaching quickly.  Tickets will be going on sale Monday, January 23rd.  Be sure to watch for your invitation coming home Friday, January 20th.  We are still in need of volunteers to ensure this event will be a success.  If you have some extra time on your hands and would like to join us and lend a hand, our next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, January 12 in the café right after drop off.  We are in need of a dedicated individual to make calls for live auction items, as well as, a few parents interested in making follow up calls to letters already sent out.  Both of these tasks can be done from home.  We will also need many eager parents to help with setup on the day of the event.  Please contact Holly Case and Katrina Healy at ggg2012@graystonehsc.org if you would like to help.

The event is also always in need of more great items to auction off.  If you have access to any season tickets, vacation homes, or other items that could raise some much needed money for the school, please be sure to contact Holly Case and Katrina Healy at ggg2012@graystonehsc.org.  This event needs to be a success to help raise the needed funds for Graystone to continue to be a school that enriches the whole child with great supplemental programs such as Art Vista, Science labs, technology, a great library, and the many other extras provided to the Graystone students.  Please consider volunteering, donating, and attending this event in support of your students.