Griffin Elementary School - Bulldog Strong

Dr. Pettigrew and Ms. Nehring wish you a Happy Easter weekend! 🐾 🫧 💐

Senior Yoseline Bustamante is a former Griffin Bulldog and one of the top 20 students based on academic achievement in Tyler ISD! She selected Mr. Gerena, one of her former teachers, as one of her "Shining Stars" to honor this year! Best wishes to Yoseline and congrats to Mr. Gerena for the impact you had on this former Bulldog! 🐾 👩‍🎓

Your third - fifth grade Bulldogs have worked hard all year to prepare for their next level. Tomorrow they get to show all that they have learned in reading by taking the STAAR Reading test. You can support your Bulldog with the following: 🛌 Plenty of sleep! (No late nights). 🏃‍♂️ Plenty of play and exercise after school. 💕 Encouraging words. 🍲 Breakfast in the morning. 💧 Plenty of water. 🚫 No lunch deliveries as schedules will be modified and this could cause disruption. You MAY send a meal with your child in the morning if you wish, but we do provide lunches. Thank you 🙏 🐾

Thank you parents, K-2 Bulldogs, Caldwell Arts Academy Drum-line, and Tyler High Cheer for encouraging our 3-5 Bulldogs during their STAAR Parade! We know they've got this! ⭐️ 🐾

Congratulations to Alanís Casas whose art work will be advancing to state level as part of Texas PTA's Reflections competition! 🐾 🖼️

STAAR tests will take place at Griffin over the weeks of April 14-18 and April 21-25. We will be closed to visitors on those days. We ask that you help ensure our students have an optimal testing environment by supporting with the following: 🛌 Plenty of sleep! (No late nights). 🏃‍♂️ Plenty of play and exercise after school. 💕 Encouraging words. 🍲 Breakfast in the morning. 💧 Plenty of water. 🚫 No lunch deliveries as schedules will be modified and this could cause disruption. You MAY send a meal with your child in the morning if you wish but we do provide lunches. Thank you 🙏

Happy Assistant Principal's Week to our very own! Ms. Smart and Dr. Pettigrew are an integral part of our school. They do so much behind the scenes to ensure our teachers and students are supported. We appreciate their commitment to our Bulldogs and wish them a great week ahead! 🐾

Congrats to our Bulldogs of the Month! 🐾 🐾 Student of the month - Kaitlynn Pineda 🐾 Teacher of the month - Ms. Sentell 🐾 Employee of the month - Ms. González

Our annual Griffin STAAR Parade is Friday, April 11! Parents are welcome to participate! Bring banners, noise-makers, confetti, and streamers! Let's show our Bulldogs we believe in them! 🎉 🐾 🗓️ April 11 ⏰ 2:00 PM 🏫 Griffin Courtyard

STAAR Encouragement Notes! 📝 90 of our 300 3rd - 5th students are receiving notes of encouragement from their parents on STAAR day. We still have 210 students who are without these! 😬 Please sign up below to receive an empty note and envelope and send this back to school before the end of week so we can distribute these on test day. 😊 https://forms.gle/RVhqLtYdjaQsys9a7

Fourth grade artists in Ms. Mendoza's class study how to create their own customized prints plates as part of an art project! 🖼️ 🐾

Great Opportunity for 3rd - 5th Grade Parents! We want to encourage our students to believe in their abilities to do great on the upcoming STAAR tests. If you are interested in receiving a blank card and envelope to write them an encouraging note, please fill out the link below and we will send a blank card with your child next week. Please return these cards by April 9 so we can plan for distribution before the test. Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/RVhqLtYdjaQsys9a7

Easter Bunny is ready for 📸!

FUNDRAISER REMINDER: Fresh Country Cookie Fundraiser packets are due tomorrow! 🍪 RECORDATORIO: El paquete de Recaudación de fondos Fresh Country se entrega mañana! 🍪

Thanks to our community partners at Green Acres Baptist for the sweet pick-me-up for our staff from Sister to Sister Cookies! 🐾 💙 🍪

📢📚 Online Enrollment for the 2025-2026 School Year is OPEN! All students must be enrolled each year. ✅ Mark it off your summer to-do list and register your child today at http://tylerisd.org/enroll 🎒✨

We are proud of our Bulldogs who trained hard and got to participate in today's district UIL competition! 🐾

Thanks to our Griffin PTA parent volunteers for helping run our Fun Friday Bounce House today! 🐾 🏰 😊

We had a great evening celebrating our Griffin Teacher of the Year, Ms. Roberson, at the Tyler ISD Teacher of the Year Banquet! 🐾

Thank you families and teachers for participating in tonight's K-2 Griffin Parent Data Night! 🐾 📈