Griffin Elementary School - Bulldog Strong

Griffin October Parent Newsletter is Here! Click link below: https://secure.smore.com/n/z6bfj

Fútbol or football? It doesn't matter, because we are United as Team Griffin! Post 📸 of your Bulldog in their jersey in the comments! ⚽️ 🐾 🏈

We appreciate our Griffin Custodial Team! They work to ensure that our school is clean and our surfaces are safe for learning! Thank you, Ms. Murphy, Ms. Davis, Ms. Jones, and Mr. Kennedy! 🧹 😊 🐾

We are excited to announce that we will be celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month at Griffin with a "Mercado Fiesta" this year! See attached flyers for more information! 🎉

📅 October 16
🏫 Griffin Elementary Cafetorium, Gym, and Rear Parking Lot
⏰5:15 PM - PTA Meeting
⏰ 5:30 - 6:30 PM Celebration

First grade Bulldogs work with their math teachers in small groups and complete their myPath work during their daily intervention time!

What a Friday! Our students celebrated good behavior with a Bounce House Party sponsored by Griffin PTA! Our Tyler High Football players came to read to our Bulldogs! And we enjoyed a cold treat from Kona Ice! 🏰 📚 🍧

Lifetouch Picture Day is coming September 30! 📸 🐾 We encourage students to wear their uniform on this day since it will be their ID photo! 👕 🩳 🐾 Spring picture day will be open to "Sunday best" 😊

Thank you for coming to our Griffin Open House! Here are some from tonight 📸!

Thank you for coming to our Griffin Open House! Here are some from tonight 📸!

We look forward to seeing you at Griffin's Open House and Book Fair tomorrow! You will have 3 sessions in each class to allow families to visit all classrooms. 😊 🗓️ Thursday, Sept 25 ⏰ TIMES: 🐾 5:15 - 5:30 PTA Meeting in Cafe 🐾 5:30 - 5:50 - Session 1 🐾 5:50 - 6:10 - Session 2 🐾 6:10 - 6:30 - Session 3

Our Griffin Book fair is taking place this week! Come by to purchase reading materials with your Bulldogs from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM! We will be open during Open House as well! 📚 🐾

We welcome our Griffin Families and Staff to join in celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month through traditional dress! See attached flyers! 💐 🐾 Thursday, Sept 25 - Dress in red, white, and/or green. 🔴⚪️🟢 Thursday, Oct 02 - Dress up as a Hispanic-American leader. 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️ Thursday, Oct 09 - Wear your your favorite soccer/fútbol jersey! ⚽️ Thursday, Oct 16 - Wear traditional Hispanic clothing such as jaliscience dresses, guayaberas, polleras, etc. 💃

Kona Ice will be at Griffin on September 26th! 🍧

Boots on the Ground: Kindness All Around! Our Bulldogs ended our Hello Week and welcomed East Texas Roundup and Fair Season by dressing in Western Wear! Have a great weekend and be kind to one another! 🐾 🤠

Griffin Open House is Next Week!

📅 Thursday, September 25
⏰5:15 - PTA Meeting in Cafeteria
⏰5:30 - 6:30 - Visit Classrooms, student goal sharing, sign up for PTA, purchase spirit wear!

We look forward to seeing you there! 🐾

We got to celebrate our September Bulldog Leaders of the month! 🎉 🐾 Student of the month - Yamilet Valadez 🐾 Teacher of the month - Ms. Nora Zavala 🐾 Employee of the month - Coach Mancilla

Our Bulldogs wore yellow to remind us that we have the power to be sunshine and light with our kindness and generosity! We also had the additional sunshine in the form of Grand-friends visiting us for breakfast today! 🌞 🐾

Thanks to our Grand-friends for coming out to have breakfast with our Bulldogs! Feel free to post your photos in the comment section! 📸 🐾 💙

We wore green across campus to signify unity! We are united and not alone in bringing kindness to each other. 🌳🐾

Today our Bulldogs wore shirts with encouraging messages to remind us that our words can heal and uplift! 🐾