Griffin Elementary School - Bulldog Strong

Thanks to all who showed up to our Griffin PTA's McTeacher's Night! Proceeds will go towards providing student incentives and supporting our field day! 🐾 🍔 🤩

Our students were read to by royalty as part of Read Across America Week at Griffin! Texas College's Ms. UNCF, Keala Ousley-Berdette, visited our kindergarten Bulldogs and read to them inspiring them to be lifelong readers! 👑 📚 🐾

Math Benchmark Tests are tomorrow & Science Benchmarks are on Thursday! Let's help our Bulldogs prepare by providing: 🏃‍♂️ Plenty of playtime 🍲 A healthy meal 💙 Words of encouragement 🛌 Plenty of sleep We know they can do this! 🐾

A special thanks to Ms. Borens for inspiring our Bulldogs and leading them to perform with joy! 🎶 🧡 🐾

Tomorrow is the day! Join us in celebrating Black History Month at Griffin! Food, Family, Fun! 🖤💛💚♥️ 🗓️ February 26 🏫 Griffin Cafe Entry ⏰ BHM music program: 5:15 - 5:45 PM ⏱️ BLOCK PARTY: 5:45 - 6:30 PM

Tomorrow is the day! Join us in celebrating Black History Month at Griffin! Food, Family, Fun! 🖤💛💚♥️ 🗓️ February 26 🏫 Griffin Cafe Entry ⏰ BHM music program: 5:15 - 5:45 PM ⏱️ BLOCK PARTY: 5:45 - 6:30 PM

We are proud of our very own music teacher, Ms. Borens, and a group of our Bulldogs who participated in Saturday's City of Tyler Black History Month Expo and College Fair! Their performance was inspiring! 🎶 🐾

Our 5th grade Bulldogs are committed to their academic goals as they prepare for middle school. Pictured are those who met their goals in math and their previous unit assessment! Way to go! 🐾 📈

A few 📸 from our Griffin Black History Month potluck. What a special time of celebration, sharing, and joy! A special thanks to Ms. Roberson for coordinating and leading. 🧡🐾💙

Griffin Bulldogs and their teachers have celebrated Black History Month through biographical studies in social studies, writing projects, revisiting important historical timelines, studying Black American artists, and sharing messages of hope through art! 🐾 🖤💛💚♥️

Don't miss out on an opportunity to celebrate Black History Month this Saturday at the City of Tyler Black History Month Expo and College Fair! Bulldogs will be performing at 2 pm! 🐾 🗓️ Saturday 21 ⏰ 2 - 5 PM 🗺️ Glass Recreation Center

One more week from today! Join us in celebrating Black History Month at Griffin! Food, Family, Fun! 🖤💛💚♥️ 🗓️ February 26 🏫 Griffin Cafe Entry 🕰️ PTA: 5:00 - 5:15 PM ⏰ BHM music program: 5:15 - 5:45 PM ⏱️ BLOCK PARTY: 5:45 - 6:30 PM

A few 📸 of Griffin PTA's Parent and Student Valentine's Dance! Thanks to our Griffin PTA, DJ Zimba, families, and staff who made the night memorable! 💕 🪩 🐾

Let's celebrate Black History with a dress up thematic week! We invite you to participate next week with the following themes:

🐾2/23 - Wear red, black, green, or yellow (or all!)
🐾2/24 - Soul Train! Wear your favorite 70s style to celebrate soul music, art, and dance!
🐾2/25 - Education is the way! Wear your favorite HBCU, fraternity, sorority, or college shirt!
🐾2/26 - Wear your favorite African cultural attire or Black History Month t-shirt.
🐾2/27 - Hero day! Dress as your favorite African American hero in science, leadership, sports, music, or the arts!

A special thanks to Ms. Shanan McEuen from Bethel Hope who coordinated a drive with her National Honor Society high school students to collect prizes and funds for our Bulldog Store! 🐾 🙏

Kona Ice will be at Griffin on Friday, February 20th! 🍧

Greetings Griffin Family! 🐾 Upcoming Important Dates & Family Events you won't want to miss! 2/16-20 - TELPAS State Testing 🗣️👂✍️📖 2/17 - Family Valentines Dance 💕 2/19 - 5th grade Parent Data Night 📈 2/26 - Black History Celebration Night! 🎉

Happy Valentine's Day from Griffin Elementary! 💙 🐾 🧡

Join us in celebrating Black History Month at Griffin! Food, Family, Fun! 🖤💛💚♥️ 🗓️ February 26 🏫 Griffin Cafe Entry 🕰️ PTA: 5:00 - 5:15 PM ⏰ BHM music program: 5:15 - 5:45 PM ⏱️ BLOCK PARTY: 5:45 - 6:30 PM

We celebrated our wonderful Griffin counselor, Ms. Strong! She does so much to support our abulldogs through guidance, check-ins, and campus-wide positive behavior and academic events! Thank you for being our friend! 💙 🐾🧡