Griffin Elementary School - Bulldog Strong

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! 🐾

James was recognized by Ms Moore for being PROACTIVE! He has been taking ownership of his learning and he has been meeting his goals! Way to lead by example, James! 🐾

Today our Bulldogs kicked off Say Hello Week in their favorite superhero shirts! This was a reminder that we can all be a hero in someone's day by being kind and saying "hello"! 🦸‍♂️ 🐾

Attention Griffin Families! Next week we will be celebrating "Start with Hello! Week" alongside the rest of Tyler ISD elementariness. Please see flyers below with daily dress up themes! 🐾 9/15 - Superhero Day! Wear a superhero shirt or cape! 🦸‍♂️ 9/16 - Wear a shirt with a kind message!💙 9/17 - Wear green for UNITY! 💚 9/18 - Wear yellow to brighten the day! 💛 9/19 - BOOTS ON THE GROUND, KINDNESS ALL AROUND! Wear your boots & western wear 🤠

🚍💙 Shout-out to our hero, Major! 💙🚍 When his bus partner began having a medical emergency, Major immediately spoke up and made sure help arrived quickly. His quick action made all the difference. Way to go, Major - you are a true hero! 👏🌟

PTA Pizza Bash! 🍕 Griffin PTA sponsored pizza parties for Ms. Kpormego and Ms. McDaniel's classes! Ms. Kpormego's home room had the most parents involved in filling out PTA feedback forms. 📋 Ms. McDaniel's home room had the most families sign up for PTA! 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 It's not too late to join Griffin PTA!

United as one: Bulldogs wore their red, white, and blues in honor of Patriot Day today. We will always hold space for remembrance. 🐾 🇺🇸