Do you know Emily?... No? Well, she is an extraordinary young lady! First of all, she went to school here at Grantham, she has a twin brother and she has an older sister! And she also along with her siblings, played in the Grantham Marimba Band! But, that is not why we are writing this article. Miss Emily went to school here at Grantham during the time when the whole school studied and worked on a Lewis/Clark Centennial Celebration on a Confluence Garden Project where kids painted tiles for the tower that teachers also worked on designing and making. It’s down the street from our school going towards 13th, right by the little building where preschool goes to school here at Grantham. Well recently, Emily came to a Grantham Booster meeting, to ask for a mini grant to help her with a project to clean up the overgrown mess the con-fluence garden had become. Boosters accepted the mini grant and she began her work. On a Saturday, they cleaned and fixed up the Garden. There were lots of the other young adults who some were also former students here at Grantham! Again I asked her a few Questions about it the project. 1.)How long did the clean-up take? I started working on a Saturday, and have so far spent 15 hours (2 days) work-

ing on this. I plan to come back and finish it up in the next few weeks! 2.) Who helped you? I had some previous Grizzlies help me, plus some students from the AFJROTC

program. There were plenty of great people to help me out! Besides the monies from the Grantham Boosters, they fead us break snacks and water/juice and then Lunch! Thanks Mrs. Heath and Mrs. Layes!

3.) What did you do to the garden? My crew and I cleaned out the garbage, trimmed back the trees and bushes,

cleaned up the rocks and reorganized those. Plus we added new bark and flowers to brighten the place up! We still have some weeds to pull and flowers to plant, it’s not quit done yet.

Emily also says, “ I’d like to thank the Boosters for contributing to this

project. Also to the AFJROTC Program as well. They helped make this project possible. Emily ”

We thank you Emily + friends for taking care of our Confluence Garden here at Grantham! Grizzlies have GRIT! Please, rest in the shade at the garden and DO NOT LITTER, Keep it Green! Thanks! This is Hazel & Dannika signing off!

Volume 7, Issue 8

Emily Lahnum—Confluence Project Update By Hazel A. and Dannika B.

EMILY LAHNUM! 1

Brain Busters 2

Book Review-Time Trap 3

Comm. News—Starshine 4

School Programs– PAX 6

Pop w/ Pops! 7

Pop Tabs 8

CALENDAR! 8

Inside this issue:

Special points of interest:

New Grizz Kid from Hawaii! – Matthew –pg. 3

Grizz Teacher Interview– Miss Anderson pg. 5

Kindergarteners, Band & Marimbas - pg. 6

Awards Night! - Pg 7

by Sunshine S. & Kaylie R. What did one wall say to the other wall?

I’ll meet you at the corner!

What do you call a bear with no teeth?

A gummy bear!

What do you call cheese that isn’t yours?

Nacho cheese!

Where do cows go for entertainment?

To the moo-vies!

Where does Bacon go to dance at?

The Meat Ball.

What is fast, loud and crunchy?

A rocket chip!

Why did the teddy bear say NO to dessert?

Because she was stuffed.

What has ears but cannot hear?

A cornfield.

What did the left eye say to the right eye?

Between us, something smells!

What did one plate say to the other plate?

Dinner is on me!

P A G E 2 V O L U M E 7 , BRAIN BUSTERS !

P A G E 3 V O L U M E 7 , I S S U E 8

Grizz Kid Interview- Matthew P. by Jaiden B.

We have a new student in our school, in my classroom– Wendt– 3rd

grade! His name is Matthew P. and believe me his last name is amazing, hard to say too! He

is from Hawaii! We asked him about a few of his favorite things and stuff to do, so, you could

get to know him better! Here it goes...

If you see Matthew in the hall, lunchroom, playground, say hello and ask him to pronounce his Hawaiian last name and ask, “Is Hawaii a fun place to live?”

Mahalo, Matthew! Thanks for the interview! This Jaiden with the GRIZZ KID INTERVIEW!

Good Bye! (In Hawaiian: A hui hou Aloha!) "Mahalo" is a Hawaiian word meaning:

thanks, gratitude, admiration, praise, esteem, regards, or respects.

Favorite things! Fun stuff He likes or to do!

Food: Pizza! Favorite thing to do: Just play!

Place to go: School School thing: Math

Book(s): Goosebumps! When he is 14, he wants to go to Los Vegas.

Animal: Dog He likes sharks!

Movie: Spiderman He likes to paint.

Chair: a rocking chair. He came here to see snow!

Teacher: Mr. Wendt He likes quiet.

Technology: computers. He has never gone to a pool. (He just swam in the ocean!)

Book Review and Book Club By Bob-

by E.

Hi, this is Bobby and I will tell you about our Book Club and

do a book review about the book we’re reading!

The book we’re reading is about a girl called Rayen, who got chased

by a beast and then fell off a cliff into a canyon. Things look and

sound familiar but not! An old guy was talking to her and told her

she was allergic to peanuts, she was 17 and to RUN! And then she

stumbled literally into a group of teens and got captured by the offi-

cials and taken to a special school, which no one, no matter what,

can figure out who she is. At least so far...

The Book Club is every Tuesday and Thursday from 11:15 to 11:45.

Mrs. Layes reads to us, and after we’re done, we might take turns

reading so everybody gets a chance. We might even have reader’s

testing cards later on for the Book Club, and even snacks.

This is Bobby with the Book Review and

the Book Club report,

P A G E 4

Fruit and Vegetable Grant Yes the fruit and vegetable grant is still happen-ing! Kids get an afternoon snack of either a fruit or vegetable. Some fruits & veggies they may have tasted others not so much. And then they decide if they like it or not. This is a special fed-erally funded grant and wonderful to have for the kids! So kids, enjoy your yummy goodies!

V O L U M E 7 , I S S U E 8 EVENTS & NEWS As you may know by now , Mrs. Lee has been doing the Grantham Arts Program for several years now and toward the end of school she has had a Tea & crumpets for the 5th & 6th grade girls in the Library and the Boys do a Guys thing with Mr. Lee also. The kids also pick out clothing that they will do a Starshine Runway but before that, this year she had a Sewful Saturday with the kids. They learned how to remodel clothing to make something new out of it. And then they get to model their creations at the Starshine Runway show with the “Fashionista Sisters”! Next in May they will have a GAP Year End Program

where they will display some of their art work and work in a little dance and drama into the evening! It takes a lot of organizing and a lot of volunteers form the school– Teachers & Paras. Community

Volunteers that gave of their time to teach the arts, gave of their business to do the girls hair & makeovers and gave of their monies to fund some of the materials and activities! It is a great experience for these young kids to do this excellent program. Please come join us at the year end program and see the students talents and work in the arts. And Thank You Volunteers from the Community! Here are pictures of the Tea & Starshine Runway program. D.

P A G E 5 V O L U M E 7 , I S S U E 8 By: Angela D.

Hi, Friends!!! Today I am doing an interview report on an adult. The adult I am doing is…(drum roll)…

MISS ANDERSON! (I honestly love her!)

I have asked her some questions so you can get to know her. Here they are… When did you know when you wanted to be a teacher?

She knew she wanted to be a teacher when she was in 5th grade. Where did you go to school?

Grade school: Shiloh Christian School and Juliaetta Elementary. Upper grades: Kendrick JR and High School.

Collage: NNU and LCSC How do you like teaching at Grantham?

She loves teaching here, because of all the good kids and great staff members she works with. Favorite things she likes?

Outdoors: Camping, fishing, and boating. Indoors: Read and spend time with family.

Food: Prime Rib and Watermelon Colors: Turquoise and Red

Music/Song: Country Sport: Volleyball and Basketball

Any pets? How many? Also Names?: No pets! 0 pets. No names because she doesn’t have any pets!

What is your favorite book? Oh, the Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss

Do you have siblings? 1 older brother, 3 years older. What kind of jobs did your parents have?

MOM: Tri State memorial hospital DAD: 4th grade teacher

How about your Brother?: Police Officer Well, I hope you enjoyed this adult in-terview about Miss Anderson. She is one of my favorite teachers and is the best ever! One of the sweetest you will ever meet & she is just outstanding! Please be sure to say “Hi” to her, when you see her in the hall, and make sure to give her a hug or a high five! This is Angela D. signing off, bye-e-e!

Miss Anderson with Eleanore

T. one of her students! >>>

by Mrs. Layes I wanted to point out the fact that we have

some mighty wonderful teachers here at Grantham teaching PAX and Kelso’s Choices! Mrs. Hanthorn’s class is the BESST room and the kids have been working on a PAX Game called, PAX-Master! The kids worked on identi-fying Spleems and PAX behaviors and made it into a Can-dyland “like” game. The game pieces are about 17 x 11 in size and the kids roll a large dice and count and they may land on natural territory or a Spleem that may

make them go backward or a Good PAX Leader Be-havior and go forward! Fun way to learn PAX! They also invented another game called, PAXGO and you play it like Bingo and it has Spleems and PAX Good Behaviors on it. Here are pictures of the PAX-Master Game!

P A G E 6 V O L U M E 7 , I S S U E 8

The Music department has been busy this

last month! The Marimbas performed at the Ida-

ho Vets Home, Kindred Care and Evergreen Es-

tates! Plus they performed at the Awards Night

for their friends & families!

Then the 6th grade band performed at the

Awards Night also and did a superb job!

And then also that night the Kindergarten

kids performed their rhythmic cups! Good

Jobs Kids! Mrs. Ledgerwood and Mrs.

Thompson work wonders with the kinders

and their performance! Here are pictures!

04/2018 POPS WITH POP Hey did you have a popsicle with the princi-

pal this month? We missed a few names last

month due to printing date. So March 30th

is also listed! Glad to see your names up

here! It means you are a great PAX Leaders!

Keep up the good work! Remember to be

good and No reminders! This is Ali K. Bye!

P A G E 7 V O L U M E 7 , I S S U E 8

Awards Night!By: Jaiden and Sophie

It was a fabulous evening! Everyone had a wonderful time

and the deserts and awards were the sweetest ever!

By Ali K.

1253 Poplar Street Clarkston, WA 99403 509-758-2503

Next Booster Meetings - 6PM: See you on:

April 9h & 23rd Boosters E-mail:

gesboosters@csdk12.org

Calendar 2018 BY Lilly H.

1ST – MAY DAY ! 2nd -4th 6 grade Camp Wooten 3RD National day of prayer

5th – Basketball @ LCSC – All

Families Invited -5PM

5th Cinco De Mayo !

7TH All school musical @ CHS Auditorium - 6pm

9-14th BOGO BOOK FAIR

9th BOGO Book Fair Family Night &

Spring Carnival 5:30pm—7:30pm

10th Kindergarten Round up

13th Mother’s Day!

14th Last Day of Book Fair!

17th Presidential Award Luncheon

-12noon @ Clarkston Country Club

18th 5th Grade Boat Trip

19th Armed Forces Day!

20th GAP End of Year Program@ 6:30pm/Grantham Gym

23rd 6th Grade field trip to Field Springs

24th 3rd Grade field trip to Public Works

24th NAIA BBQ - 11:15am players here!

25th NAIA Game– 4th, 5th, & 6th going

28th NO SCHOOL- Memorial Day!

29th Walk-a-Thon! Plus it’s a Full Moon!

31st Track Meet 9AM-1PM

Pop Tabs

Pull the tab off your can, put it in a small container or zip lock bag & put the can in a bigger plastic sack, save up & turn them in, to your teacher. Mrs. Heath col-lects the whole can for cash & it goes towards the annual Snake River boat trip for 5th graders. And of course, Mrs. Nedrow takes the pop tabs to the Ronald McDonald house. So let’s help the families who need the Ronald McDonald House of the Inland Northwest to be near their children in a hospital situation and help our school in this easy fund raiser! It is an easy Act of Kindness! :)

Get to collecting!!!

Dani Layes, Advisor, Editor of Grizzly Kids News