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Dear Parents and Families:

All of the elementary buildings throughout the Norfolk Public School district will be doing something different with homework this year. Research continues to NOT indicate significant benefits of having homework at the elementary level. We believe that when students give us all of their day, they deserve to…

Picture Day at Grant will be on Tuesday, August 30th. 

No need to bring money on picture day.  Two poses will be taken of every student. A Proof and Order from will be sent home about 10 days later so you may select the pose you like. 

When you receive the Proof and Order form, you may order pictures online -OR- you may include payment with the order form and return to the school.…

Students have learned about animals and their habitats, their culminating activity was a field trip to the zoo.  For some students, this was their first visit to the zoo!  A favorite highlight this year included seeing the 16 day old baby giraffe!  Our zoo trip has become a Grant tradition second-grade students always look forward too! Thank-you to our parent volunteers who joined us!  We…

This year the Grant students set an Accelerated Reading goal of  20 million words by the end of the year.  Our principal, Troy Berryman agreed to kiss a pig if they met their goal.  

Delva Santee, our long time AR facilitator spearheaded the project.  For each million words read, a cartoon pig was placed in a prominent area in the hallway.  The students…

As the school year winds down, we are still working hard in speech therapy to ensure each student has access to their best speech and language over the summer! It has been a busy year for us and many students have made incredible gains toward their speech goals. Students who are seen in speech therapy due to articulation impairments have learned all about the “Articulation Ladder”.…

On February 2nd we held our annual Jump Rope for Heart event here at Grant Elementary. We had more than 70 students raising over 2200 dollars for the American Heart Association.  The students then got to have a celebration on February 16  for all those who raised money by getting to throw water balloons at Mr. Long. The entire…

One of the first questions I got from students (and some staff!) when I started this year was: “Will 4th grade get to play recorders?” I’m happy to say we have!  Most of the students are doing quite well, and are very excited about learning to play.  After learning some basics, we began using a book called Recorder Karate.…

The students here at Grant have been busy in art class!  The 4^th graders recently completed their clay project.  This year the students created big mouth fish clay pieces by utilizing the pinch pot method of hand building. Through this lesson, students became familiar with the process of firing pottery. To finish their piece they decorated them using various clay…

Parent Tips: How to Help Your Child Prepare for Standardized Tests

Starting the week of March 20, Nebraska students in grades 2-8 will start “standardized testing season” and will be given two major exams--the Nebraska State Accountability test (or “NeSA test”) and Measures of Academic Progress (MAP tests). In our elementary schools, the NeSA test is given to all third and fourth graders;…

The First United Methodist Church in Norfolk has formed a partnership with Grant School.  In the summer of 2014, the Great Plains Annual Conference of the Methodist Churches passed a resolution in support of educational partnerships within communities.  The resolution states that the church recognizes that public schools are facing budget cuts and other challenges…