A month of school has passed, and I want to thank everyone for an awesome start to the year. I cannot emphasize enough how lucky I feel to be a part of this district. Our staff has been working very hard setting routines and gathering baseline data to monitor progress throughout the year. I have seen our teachers and aides working with students in small groups and 1-on-1 instruction extensively throughout each day. The intensive individual and small group instruction that is taking place is unique to our school and research shows that nothing is more impactful on academic growth than these methods of instruction. Please keep encouraging your students to read every night and to try their very best in school. Remember to download our school app or visit our web page at www.gfr2.k12.mo.us for additional information. Please also like our page on Facebook as most communications take place through those means.
Be sure you have access to our TeacherEase parent portal. You can check and keep up with your students grades, attendance, and their lunch account balance. Breakfast is $2.20 and lunch is $2.80 for students. These are the minimum prices that we are legally allowed to charge. In order to qualify for free or reduced lunch prices, you must have completed and turned in an application for the current school year. Approval is based on income limits that are outlined on the application. These do not carry over year to year and a new one must be turned in at the beginning of each year. Payments onto your student’s account can be made online in the TeacherEase portal or by sending cash or check with your student to turn into the office or their teacher. Students with an excessive negative balance may be offered an alternative lunch.
A few other reminders as we continue through the school year. If you pick your student up after school, please pull into the drive that is nearest the cemetery and follow the road behind the staff parking lot and around to the front of the building. Car riders are dismissed at 3:30, and it would help if you arrived at the school as close as 3:30 as possible.
The month of October marks the beginning of our 6th, 7th and 8th grade basketball season. The schedule of games is posted on our website and available in the app. Be sure to check it out and be ready to cheer on our students as they play throughout the year. Remember that as fans, you too are representatives of the Green Forest district. I encourage you to be positive and to show everyone else why Green Forest is the best school in the state.
IMPORTANT OCTOBER DATES
7th - No School - Teacher PD Day
8th - 5:30-7 PM - Escape Room Parent Event
8th - 10th - Book Fair
15th - Board Meeting
18th - 1st Quarter Ends
21st - Prop Share/Child Find Meeting 4:00 PM
21st - 24th - Parent/Teacher Conferences
25th - No School
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