St. Marys Grade School

Congratulations to our September Students of the Month!

Maddie I
Annabelle M
Ronan S
Blair M
Genevieve K
Thaddeus G
James B
Kambree C
Tessa T
Madelyn R
Charlee P
Noah S
Eli D.
Ada C

Play Cafe for October!

Devany Hurla leading some professional development on AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) Devices today at SMGS. Teachers learned more about the use of these devices and how they can empower our students, promote inclusion, and meet students where they are at so their voices are heard.

"Cereal math? Yes, please! 🥣 We’re multiplying equal groups and building tasty arrays!"

We are counting down the days to our Pre-K family engagement event Big Art, Big Heart! Join us Sunday, September 28 for some large-scale fun and learning. We will be painting a suburban, a five foot duck, creating a 10 foot long mural, and more. Our afternoon preschoolers experienced painting a big, big, big stick together today and are going home with a party invite in their backpack.

Friday Families Scrabble challenge!!

USD 321 Pre-K Families:

We hope you will join us this Sunday afternoon for our Big Art, Big Heart event! Today, our morning preschool classes had the opportunity to experience large-scale art by painting big tree branches. They are very excited about the BIG art party Miss Dori is throwing for them and their families.😊

Mr. Medley knows who he can count on to color coordinate! Lookin' SHARP Declan and Mr. Medley!

Good afternoon! It's that time of year again--time for you to meet with your students' teachers and touch base with how the first quarter has been for your student in school. Conference dates are scheduled for Monday, 9/29 and Wednesday, 10/1. Below you will see the link to the sign up for SMGS. When you click on the link you will be directed to a Sign-up Genius page. Across the top of the page you will see tabs that include all of the teachers in our school and if you click on your child's teacher, it will direct you to their classroom sign-up. PLEASE make sure you are in your child's teacher's sign-up.

Don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.

www.signupgenius.com/tabs/13573DF03AECBE4C7A18-smgsteacher

See you all next week!!

Miss Dori led SMGS first graders in an interactive reading of The Little Old Lady Who Wasn’t Afraid of Anything to get everyone excited about our upcoming Read More BOOks family engagement contest.

Shout out to our Baby Bears/Junior Bears for their performance last Friday night! Special thanks to the cheer coaches Mrs. Hurla and Mrs. Kincaid as well as the high school cheerleaders for all their hard work in making the evening a success!

It’s always a fun day when the “big kids” come over to SMGS to hand out player cards and get our kids excited for game day! Go Bears!

Pawsitive Bear call home was made by Owen today! Ms. Strole says that Owen is a leader in the classroom. He takes initiative by doing the things that need to be done without being asked. His classmates look up to him because he is kind and patient and helpful. Way to be a leader Owen!!

Kaw Valley USD 321 is looking for full or part-time custodial help. Apply today!
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In case you did not receive that hard copy that went home with students, here is the activities calendar for the month of September.

Two for one! Jack got a Pawsitive Call home AND it's his birthday. It was reported to Mr. Medley that Jack is a kind friend in class and encourages others. He is also helpful and responsible! He was seen picking up scraps of paper on the floor several times and throwing them away without being asked. He also did a great job leading his group in the hallway back to the classroom. Great job Jack and Happy Birthday!!

Attendance Matters! (of course when you are not sick)

Congrats to our Top 3 Classes in Attendance % for the first half of the 1st quarter:

First Place: Mrs. Brown (Knd): 96.8%
Second Place: Mrs. Sutton (4th): 95.1%
Third Place: Mrs. Marple (4th): 94.6%

Hat Day!

What a exceptional way to start the day! Thank you St. Marys High School Cheerleaders for the uplifting welcome this beautiful Friday morning! Gets us pepped up and ready to cheer on the Bears for the game tonight against Rossville. Go Bears!!

Ace S. made a Pawsitive Call home today with Mr. Medley. Mrs. Stallbaumer says that Ace has stayed positive--even when working through hard math problems! He also offers words of encouragement to classmates that may be struggling with new math concepts. Nice job Ace!!