February Calendar

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Address: 2700 Browns Lane, Louisville, KY 40220 PHONE: 502-485-8259 FAX: 502-485-8768 WEB: www.greathouseshryock.com

Lion’s Tale Greathouse/Shryock Traditional Elementary

School Newsletter

February 2013

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Principal’s Page

JCPS will conduct the 2012-13 Comprehensive School Survey from Monday, February 4th

through Friday, February 22nd. The survey is administered to all classified and certified staff

members, all parents/guardians, and all elementary students in grades four and five. All

parents/guardians are encouraged to complete the survey online, but they can also fill out a

printed version. Watch for an upcoming E-Blast which will include survey link information.

Everyone is encouraged to participate in the important annual survey, which identifies specific

district needs and helps district staff members develop strategies to ensure student success.

Participating in this survey ensures that your voice will become an integral part of the district’s

decision-making process. Your opinions are important, and the district values your input. Thanks

for your participation…Greathouse needs a large response rate from our families to reflect the

high levels of parent involvement we have in the traditional program!

I am happy to share with you that 15 of our classroom audio enhancement systems have

arrived and are already in use in classrooms…the remaining 13 systems should be here by the end

of this month. This technology projects the teacher’s voice through a large speaker by way of a

small microphone worn around the neck or clipped to a shirt. Students may use an additional

microphone while sharing their thinking or their work with the class. It is easier to focus on what

the speaker is saying when it is so easy to hear what they are saying. We could not have

accomplished this technology goal so quickly without your support…the PTA Fun Run and our

Cashbook coupon book sales made this new technology possible. Teachers and students are

excited about our audio systems, thanks again for helping make this happen at Greathouse!

We will begin work on our 2013-2014 school budget this month by forming an ad-hoc committee

to make recommendations for allocations of general school funds to our SBDM Council. If you

have expertise in planning or budgeting or would like to be a part of this committee, let me know.

Budget committee meetings are tentatively scheduled for the mornings of February 7th, 14th, and

21st from 8:15-8:45 a.m.

Finally, continue to stay on top of what your student is learning each day. Our teachers do a

wonderful job communicating weekly learning targets. I hope you see these in your weekly

newsletter or on the class website. This communication is also a great way to stay on top of

homework and project due dates as well as other important school and classroom dates. Do you

know your child’s reading goal for the 4th grading period? Did their STAR reading and math

assessments show growth? Is your child performing at grade level? Teachers are in the process of

conducting our second round of parent-teacher conferences. Our goal is to meet with each

student’s family at least twice during the school year to discuss growth as well as areas for

improvement. Feel free to contact us if you need assistance meeting goals to be successful in our

program.

High Standards + High Expectations = High Achievement and Lifelong Learning

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New GH Arrival Procedures

New arrival procedures were implemented when students returned from winter

break. Students in grades 2-5 now report directly to the hallway outside their

classroom door. Kindergarten and 1st grade students continue to report to the

gym. The time between 8:30-8:55 a.m. is designated as Independent Reading

Time (IDR) for students. We are always trying to provide students with enough

IDR time during the school day and these additional minutes help us move closer

to that goal.

Teachers report that students are not only coming into their classrooms more

quickly, but they are also entering the classroom ready to learn… more focused

and orderly. Students have additional classroom minutes to complete morning

assignments as well as to prepare for their day.

All students should have a book or two that they carry in their backpack so that

they will have available reading material during this time. Additional IDR time

will assist our students in reaching their reading and Accelerated Reader

goals…ask your child about their reading goal for the 4th grading period. They

should be able to share this information with you!

You are invited to The Greathouse Talent Show!

Please join us for a showcase of singing, dancing, skits, and

musical performances by Greathouse students on Friday,

February 22, from 6:30 - 8:30 pm.

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Principal’s Honor Roll-Third Grading Period

Kindergarten

Aryan Arusam, Abby Barker, Jack Bolyard, Grace Fridy, Tyler Hawkins, Addison

Goodman, Bethany Jansson, Sukhjot Kaur, Ajay Kavuri, Ryleigh Kohler, Cameron Marks,

Juliana Neukomm, Jackson Neuman, Marcelo Ojeda, Emmie Pledger, Alena Polimati, Jack

Pollett, Tinley Richards, Briana Sandefur, Sadie Spencer, Katelyn Tsueda, Luke

Vallandingham, Isha Venkat

First Grade

Sydney Breitenstein, Ryan Curry, Nate Eatherly, Audrey Hammond, Esha Kanakapura,

Jacob Kast, Ishani Kulkarni, Sindhu Maringanti, Shivaan Pendyam, Roshni Ramesh, Tyler

Rowland, Yoland Xie, Jordan Young

Second Grade

Gokul Achaththekoot, Ellie Avery, Taylor Bretz, Bryce Carr, Matthew Cox, Grace Davis,

Brady Gossett, Mason Gregory, Elizabeth Habeeb, Brennan Insko, Emma Kuo, Tanishk

Natu, Kyla Sandefur, Will Scholtz, Olivia Siebe, Karlyle Sullivan, Natalie Thai

Third Grade

Chase Chreste, Weston French, Camella Korner, Simon Li

Fourth Grade

Chloe Baker, Arian Chopra, Mason Deeley, Jackson Griggs, Lainey Holland, Nimish

Mathur, Holton Shults, Maddie Smith, Maggie Will, Abby Yarberry

Fifth Grade

Claire Binford, Sophie Budd, Cody Coleman, Hutch Conrad, Taylor Cooper, Lucy Custer,

Benjamin Grissom, Sydney Horsley, Nelson Lamkin, Cal Ledoux, Tate Luckey, Anish

Polimati, Jackson Schleff, Emily Shackleton, Gustav Sorensson, Alexander Thai

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Honor Roll-Third Grading Period

Kindergarten

Isabelle Bodart, Drew Braun, Keagan Brown, Stephon Daisey, Jaxin Fox, Kenedee

Gant, Veronica Goldentul, Gabriel Habeeb, Gabbie Hall, Jayla Hall, Quinton Hughes,

Naleia Johnson, Krish Khurana, Arnav Koparkar, Cameron McKenzie, Yassin

Mohamed-Hassan, Amogh Muddappa, Logan Ramirez, Emma Ruby, G.G. Schneid,

Ava Sutton, Nyeema Tooley, Kennedy Vannatta, Austin Wan

First Grade

Eimaan Almaghfi, Ava Beams, Caitlyn Bizzell, Eliza Bone, Ava Brock, Rylee Carter,

Tyler Castellano, Christian Clements, Matthew Coleman, Avery Fulmore, Cameron

Gehm, Mason Harmon, Ariel Hatzell, Andrew Hill, Emma Korn, Himanish

Lingamaneni, Natalie Lyvers, Ally Maultsby, Ashlyn McBride, Gareth Schlageter,

Mara Smith, Jaxon Turner, Vedika Venkataramanan, Kane Watson, Josie Williams,

Alex Yarberry, Joseph Zeru, Jackson Zirkle

Second Grade

Josh Able, Caden Allen, Allison Baugh, Allie Breitenstein, Frank Brock, Katie

Bryant, Jack Bryant, Zoe Chapman, Komal Chilukuri, Lucas Cobler, Tristan

Copeland, Thomas Craycroft, J.J. Dalrymple, Ella Dillon, Matthew Doan, Surabhi

Garre, Jake Goodman, Wesley Griggs, Christian Haberman, Caelen Harbison,

Brendan Harrelson, Jake Heckman, Caroline Kittell, Thunvi Kulkarni, Micah Lape,

Emily Lovett, Isabella McElravy, Evan Mullins, Kalina Newman, D.C. Norman,

Jeremiah Oliver, Brandon Osborne, Carson Pledger, Ben Purnell, Davis

Rampenthal, Stella Sharp, Aakanksha Shewale, Ashlyn Short, Hailie Smith, Ava

Staley, Alexis Strong, Brynn Sutherland, Ethan Tyler, Willow Volsted, Conner

Warren, Ava Weissman, Vivan Zeru

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Honor Roll-Third Grading Period

Third Grade

Haven Birchall, Haydon Brown, Madison Cook, Mallory Erwin, Ty Evans, Jackson

Finney, Cami Franklin, Taylor Gallahue, Chloe Gehm, Jimmy Gonzalez, Emma Haas,

William He, Erin Hitch, Ella Johnson, Kyle Kemper, Raigan Lawrence, Amelia Lowe,

Brennan McIver, Ansh More, Ananya Muddappa, Connor Nelson, Audrey Neukomm,

Kendall Ogden, Sameer Pareba, Shragvi Pendyam, Justin Pham, Emma Roggenkamp,

Saketh Sangaraju, Sophie Sharp, Kara Stratman, Hannah Sutton, Aditi Talegaonkar,

Raylyn Tarquinio, Sanat Tiwari

Fourth Grade

Mekenzi Anderson, Hannah Antkies, Hannah Avery, Lauren Barrouquere, Kaitlyn

Black, Solomon Bosco, Sydney Boyd, Chase Carter, Taylor Cattano, Cooper Chandler,

Jackson Cook, Emma Coomes, Sophia Eshenbaugh, Chloe Freilinger, Aden Garvey,

Erick Gonzalez, Jake Heuke, Lizzie Hext, Amy Irwin, Nathan Jarboe, James Jean-Marie,

Abby Johnson, Kenny Karl, Max Karrer, Gavin Keating, Amber Klein, Anjali Koparkar,

Raeveion Leemore, Minh Maultsby, Keara McGinn, Sara Moghimi, Kalkidan Norville,

Jose Ojeda, Megan Osborne, Hannah Pyles, Sadie Sheff, Trinity Smith, Sydney Snyder,

Ikshu Tippi, Cole Turner, Aakash Vadhanam, Justin Xu, Alex Zhu

Fifth Grade

Courtney Banner-Lynch, Jalen Barnett, Alexis Barnett, Maddie Bridges, Frankie

Broughton, Tremayne Daisey, William Edwards, Ashlea Eversole, Sydney

Featherstone, Judah Ford, Sydney Ford, Aydin Garbus, Aanika Garre, Harshith Gontla,

Lilly Gonzalez, Jacalyn Goodman, Devin Gruber, Braden Insko, Genesis Leemore,

Maggie McGee, Cameron Mosley, Walter Munday, Lokesh Nanthakumar, Brennan

Perry, Caleb Reinhart-Haywood, Damion Rhode, Olivia Richards, Jordan Sheff,

Aarushi Shewale, Nimrit Singh, Noah Sutherland, Soumya Vajrala, Clay Weber,

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Rules and Expectations

Children need and want clear limits or boundaries, even though they may

sometimes fight against them. Rules, expectations, and limits provide

structure, but they need to be specific because when kids don’t clearly

understand what’s expected of them, it can lead to conflict.

Setting Family Rules:

Keep rules simple and easy to understand.

Keep the number of rules low.

Repeat the rules often.

Establish what happens when rules are broken.

Have “Do” rules as well as “Don’t” rules.

Change the rules as kids change and grow.

Expect that all members of the family respect and follow the rules. Make

sure the rules are ones that really matter. For example:

Treat everyone respectfully

Listen to each other

No name-calling or put-downs

Absolutely no hitting, punching or slapping

Everyone puts away their personal property

No yelling

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Happy February! As the second half of the year is now in full swing, the PTA is starting to

form the Nominating Committee which will work to fill open Executive Board and Board

of Managers positions for the 2013-2014 school year. The PTA is looking for involved and

connected parents to sit on the committee. Once formed, the Nominating Committee

will meet several times and correspond via email frequently over the next few months to

find candidates to fill our open positions. As always, quite a few of our committee chairs

have children moving on to middle school, creating vacancies on the PTA Board of

Managers. We need you to fill the positions! Some of the open chair positions are:

Be Your Best

Soup Labels

Fifth Grade Committee

Hearing/Vision Screening

Outdoor Beautification

KY Kids Day

Recycling

Reflections

Please consider becoming a committee chairperson for one of these, or any other, PTA

committees. We need your help and welcome new volunteers. Without the help of

volunteers, the PTA cannot carry out the programs that benefit all of our children.

If you would like to be part of the Nominating Committee or are interested in chairing a

PTA committee, please contact me at [email protected] or call me at 417-0668.

The next PTA meeting is on Thursday, February 7th at 9:30 in the cafeteria. Come and

find out what is going on at Greathouse.

Hope to see you around school!

Laura Mechlin

PTA President

From the PTA President

mailto:[email protected]

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SAFETY UPDATE

Safety continues to be a priority at Greathouse. We routinely practice for all types of

emergency situations: evacuation, lockdown, and shelter-in-place. Knowing what to do

and where to go alleviates fears as well as prepares students and staff for actual

emergencies.

You may notice that we are being more vigilant about our safety plans and procedures.

We appreciate your patience and understanding as we refine our systems to ensure the

safest, most efficient building possible.

We ask everyone entering the building to use our doorbell and intercom system.

Office staff must identify everyone entering the building prior to unlocking the door. Be

prepared to state your name and the nature of your visit when an office staff greets you

on this system.

Parents and visitors to our building are required to sign in and document the reason for

their visit. An identification sticker is issued to everyone when they sign in, and it must

be worn for the duration of your visit. You will also notice that all staff members will be

wearing their JCPS issued staff ID badge. This means that every adult in the building will

have a form of identification (sticker, badge, or tag) displayed at all times.

A big change that we have made is our process for classroom parties on each of our

three party days: fall harvest, holiday, and valentine. We now require a detailed sign-in

process which will begin at 1:55 p.m. on party days. Sign-in sheets will be available at the

front door…room parents and party coordinator names will be pre-printed as these

should be the only adults present in the classroom during the party. Be prepared to

present identification and to wear an issued ID tag. We are hopeful that the pre-printed

sheets will speed up our check-in process so that everyone will be checked in prior to 2:15

p.m.

While these changes may be a bit more inconvenient to some folks, we are committed to

providing the safest possible environment for our students and staff. Thanks for your

understanding as we implement these additional precautionary measures to ensure

everyone’s safety. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact Mrs. Davis or

Mrs. Walker at 485-8259.

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Congratulations to the Greathouse Spelling Bee winners:

First Place: Cal Ledoux

Second Place: Lilly Gonzalez

Third Place: Nimrit Singh

The top three spellers from each third, fourth, and fifth grade class competed in a spelling bee on

Friday, January 11. Our winner, Cal Ledoux, will represent Greathouse at the JCPS 15th District

Spelling Bee on February 12, 2013, at Sallie Durrett Auditorium, Louisville Male High School at

4:00. Good luck, Cal!

Congratulations to all of the Spelling Bee participants:

Third Grade

BANET HAAS HERSHBERG THEOBALD

Ty Evans Chase Chreste Chloe Gehm Kyle Kemper

Simon Li Taylor Gallahue Sam Schade Shragvi Pendyam

Luke Stone Sakdeth Sangaraju Andrew Wang Sanat Tiwari

Fourth Grade

BRYANT GOLDSMITH MOLTER SANDERS

Chloe Baker Amber Klein Jackson Griggs Hannah Avery

Mason Deeley Maddie Smith Max Karrer Minh Maultsby

Trenton Gore Trinity Smith Justin Xu Lainey Holland

Fifth Grade

ARMBRUSTER BURNS HERBERGER SCARPELLINI

Aarushi Shewale Maddie Bridges Lilly Gonzalez Sophie Budd

Nimrit Singh Benjamin Grissom Maggie McGee Aanika Garre

Alex Thai Cal Ledoux Anisha Polimati Clay Weber

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Greathouse Cheerleading Updates! Congratulations to our Greathouse Cheerleaders for a great season! They

have grown so much in their skills, stunting, tumbling and cheering! We have received many compliments from other schools regarding our talents and representation of Greathouse! WAY TO GO! We invite everyone to come support us in the tournament games to be announced, as well as the JCPS

Cheer Showcase on February 15th at Jeffersontown High School!

Thank you to all the parents and supporters who have made it a successful year!

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Reflections Art Contest Congratulations to Esha Kanakapura whose art work will be competing on the state level! Way to go Esha!

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Save The Date!

Spring Fling Dance

All students and families are invited!

Friday, April 12th at Greathouse Shryock Elementary School

7:00PM-9:00PM (more details to follow soon!)

This is a fundraiser for the Kosair Foundation, Kids for Kids, hosted by the 5th Grade Committee! Each class will be donating a themed basket from their class! There will be an admission fee, snacks and great baskets to be won! Tickets will be sold in advance!

Please contact Laura Goodman @ [email protected] / 502-432-4352 or Wendy Palazzo @ [email protected] / 502-254-9903 to Volunteer Today.

We need volunteers from all grades to make this a successful fundraiser!

Thank you for your consideration!



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Ciao Amici!! That's "Hello Friends" in Italian!

Our February Fundraiser Night is going to bring out the Italian in all of us because we will

be dining on delizioso pasta, pizza, sandwiches, salads, garlic breadsticks and of

course, Dolci (desserts) at Fazoli's!

You will have your choice of dining at the 3083 Breckenridge store or the 337

Whittington Parkway store.

Vouchers with the GREATHOUSE information will be distributed at school prior to the date. Please keep one for yourselves and hand some out to friends,

neighbors and extended family!

Available kids menu consists of pizza, choose your noodle shape pasta dishes with choice of sauce, apples slices and chocolate chunk cookies.

Greathouse will receive 15% of total sales when the voucher is presented at the register.

So, mark your calendar for February 21 and have dinner at Fazoli's AND make some

money for our school! Your purchase will benefit all of our GREATHOUSE students and families!

Stay tuned for more details...

Arrivederci!

(Hope to see you soon!)

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Attention Greathouse Business

Owners!!

Take advantage of a “GREAT” way to market

your business – make yourself known to other

Greathouse parents!!

Advertise your business in the Greathouse

Lion’s Tale newsletter for the 2012-2013

school year for a low one-time fee. The Lion’s

Tale is available to all Greathouse students

every month during the school year.

Rates per year are:

Business Card $75

¼ Page $100

½ Page $150

If you are interested please send your ad or

business card to [email protected]

or call Staci Rampenthal @ 426-5885.

The Greathouse/Shryock PTA

has a Facebook page for

reminders, announcements,

volunteer opportunities, idea

and item requests, etc., in an

effort to continually improve

our communications with our

wonderful Greathouse

families.

If you are on Facebook, please

search “Greathouse Shryock

PTA” and like us to receive

status updates in your news

feed.

The page is set up for one way

communication; therefore

posts are not accepted at this

time for privacy and

confidentiality of our

students. If you want to

contact a PTA Officer, please

refer to the front of your

directory.

The Facebook page is not for

early dismissal notices, school

closings or other emergency

matters. On occasion you

may get such notices via

Facebook but it is run by a

volunteer that does not always

have access to a computer and

not someone at school. It is

just another tool to keep you

informed on some dealings of

the PTA. We can’t wait to

have you as a friend!


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February Calendar


1st-School Spirit Day

1st-Chess Club, 8-8:55am

4th

-Young Rembrandts, 3:50-4:55

4th

-Quick Recall Practice, 3:50-5

5th

-ECE Parents Night 5-7

5th

-Dance for Joy, 3:50-4:45

6th

-KY Opera visits 3rd

-5th

grades, 2:15

6th

-SBDM Council Meeting, 4pm Conference

Room

6th


6th

-Problem Solving Practice, 3:50-5

7th

-PTA Meeting, 9:30am, Cafeteria

7th

-Budget Committee, 8:15-8:45am

7th

-Drama Club, 3:50-5

7th

-Talent Show Practice, 3:50-5:30

8th

-Chess Club, 8-8:55am

11th

-15th

-Jump Rope for the Heart

11th


11th


12th


13th


13th

-Problem Solving Practicem 3:50-5

13th

-4th

grade to KY Center, 11:15-2:30

14th

-Valentine Classroom Parties, 2:15-3:15

14th

-Budget Committee, 8:15-8:45am

14th

-Drama Club, 3:50-5

14th

-Talent Show Practice, 3:50-5:30

15th

-March Lion’s Tale Deadline

15th


15th

-Basketball Championship

Game/Cheerleading Showcase, Fern Creek HS

15th

-NAEP Assessment, 4th

grade students

18th

-3rd

to Frazier Museum 9:15-1:45

18th


18th


18th

-5th

grade to Jr. Achievement Biz Town

18th

-22nd

-Career Week

19th


19th

SBDM Committee Meetings, 4pm

20th


20th

-Problem Solving Practicem 3:50-5

20th

-1st grade to Ten Pin Lanes, 9:30-2

21st-PTA Community Night, Fazoli’s

21st-Budget Committee, 8:15-8:45am

21st-Drama Club, 3:50-5

21st-Talent Show Dress Rehearsal, 3:50-5:30

22nd

-End of 4th

Grading Period

22nd


22nd

-Talent Show, 6:30pm

22nd

-Kids for Kids Kickoff, 2:30

25th

-NO SCHOOL, Gold/Conference Day

26th

-28th

-NO SCHOOL or Make-Up Days, TBD

4th

-22nd

-Comprehensive School Surveys

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