Reminder: Elementary Math Club

Calling all elementary math lovers in grades 3-6!

We have a group of 10th graders who want to share their love of math with students in grades 3-6 in a club trial this spring. Join our own GRS adolescents to talk about games, puzzles, problems, patterns, and other math interests. The club will meet for 4 sessions, weekly on Thursdays, with the hope of continuing next year. Dan Myers, a parent of elementary students, will provide adult supervision and support for the club.

Cost: Free of charge

Meets: Thursdays, May 8-May 29, 4-5 pm

Location: Room 270

Signup: Please fill out this brief form to sign up for the club

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REMINDER: Great River School Board Elections 2025 - 2026, Vote now thru May 7th!

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It's time to vote in the Board Election for the 2025-2026 school year! Thank you to all of our candidates for being willing to serve on the board! We have a great group of candidates. Caregivers and Faculty, please check them out here! 

Voting will close at 11:59pm CT on Friday, May 7th.

If you have questions, feel free to reach out to executive@greatriverschool.org.

All parents, faculty, and board members are able to vote. Voting is open digitally from Monday through Thursday this week! cast your vote here! Election results will be shared the following week after voting closes. 

Questions? Email executive@greatriverschool.org. 

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"80s Extravaganza"! Pre-order Concert T-shirts!

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The GRS 80's Extravaganza at the Amsterdam is almost 2 weeks away! Get your tickets for Great River School's 80s Extravaganza at the Amsterdam Bar and Hall on Wed May 14, 2025! Students have been hard at work since October putting together over two hours of 80s classics by Guns n Roses, Michael Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, and many more (33 more to be exact!)! This is our ninth themed show and our third one at the Amsterdam. The Amsterdam has fantastic food as well as a wide variety of adult beverages. Students get discounted tickets! Doors open at 5:30 with music at 7:00.

Link to GRS 80s Extravaganza Tickets. See you there!

New this year! Band shirts! Get your fan merch today!
This year, students have designed a t-shirt for the concert.  There is a "Band Member" version and a "Concert" version (for all the groupies!)  To get these FOR THE SHOW, we are asking families to PRE-ORDER them by TOMORROW, Tuesday April 29th.  We will deliver the band member shirts on Monday, May 12th at school (for them to all wear on the 13th), and the concert t's will be available to pick up at the concert.  Financial assistance is available for band members, as we want all band members to be able to get t-shirts.  Please reach out to the front office or bigcanoe@greatriverschool.org if you need assistance.  

You can specify size and "band member" during checkout.  Please help us make sure your family gets their shirt order in on time!

ORDER HERE: https://www.greatriverschool.org/extended-day-products

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Congrats to NoMythic!

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NoMythic just returned from the Robotics World Championship in Houston, Texas! Even after some bumpy turbulence, we landed in Houston with tons of excitement and enough energy to charge a robot. We spent three days at the championship not only competing with our robot, but also meeting and bonding with other robotics teams from 59 countries around the world! We made friends with students from Mexico, Taiwan, Israel, Germany, and many more places. We also got to hang out and watch younger students from FIRST Lego League showcase their work! Overall, we had an amazing time. NoMythic was given the magical opportunity to fly across the country and share our love of STEM and robotics with more than 40,000 other people, and we adored every second of it. We came home with beautiful silver medals, proudly sharing the title of division finalists with our alliance partners, teams 1153 Timberwolves, 2200 BCR Blackout, and 3339 BumbleB. Sponsors and schools, thank you so much for your support, and Houston, we can’t wait to see you next year.

Elementary Math Club

Calling all elementary math lovers in grades 3-6!

We have a group of 10th graders who want to share their love of math with students in grades 3-6 in a club trial this spring. Join our own GRS adolescents to talk about games, puzzles, problems, patterns, and other math interests. The club will meet for 4 sessions, weekly on Thursdays, with the hope of continuing next year. Dan Myers, a parent of elementary students, will provide adult supervision and support for the club.

Cost: Free of charge

Meets: Thursdays, May 8-May 29, 4-5 pm

Location: Room 270

Signup: Please fill out this brief form to sign up for the club

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REMINDER: Great River School Board Elections 2025 - 2026, Vote now thru May 7th!

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It's time to vote in the Board Election for the 2025-2026 school year! Thank you to all of our candidates for being willing to serve on the board! We have a great group of candidates. Caregivers and Faculty, please check them out here! 

Voting will close at 11:59pm CT on Friday, May 7th.

If you have questions, feel free to reach out to executive@greatriverschool.org.

All parents, faculty, and board members are able to vote. Voting is open digitally from Monday through Thursday this week! cast your vote here! Election results will be shared the following week after voting closes. 

Questions? Email executive@greatriverschool.org. 

Volunteers & donations needed for our Lower Adolescent student planned DANCE! May 2nd

The 7th-9th grade student leaders have been planning a Spring formal dance to celebrate the end of the year! We need your help to make this a possibility! Let’s help them by getting the gym ready for a party and donating snacks and drinks. 

Please take a look at the Sign Up Genius and help make this student led initiative a success! We can’t do this without your help. Thank you! All donations can be brought to the Front office anytime during the week of the dance! 

The Dance will be held in the GRS Gym on Friday May 2, 2025 from 6-8pm. Moon and Stars - Celestial Themed! Dress Code is Formal (no jeans, sweatpants, or hoodies). 

$5 admission at the door. Scholarships are available. 

All students Grades 7-9 are invited!

For more information, reach out to Gina Sedlacek Adol Program Assistant Gsedlacek@greatriverschool.org

(Link to the Signup Genius: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0D49A4A62BABF94-56363861-lower#/)

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Improving the practice Rooms, Instrument donations wanted

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Hello GRS Families,

We are a group of 10th graders working on a community project to restore and improve the music practice rooms. We are looking for people to donate instruments such as bass, guitars, drum set or electric drum set, full size keyboards, synthesizers, bass amps, guitar amps, and working cables. This would give more students the resources they need to play music. If anyone has used or old instruments and amps in good working condition, donations would be greatly appreciated. Organs, acoustic pianos, and other large instruments will not be accepted at this time. If you have any possible donations please email jglaeserallen@greatriverschool.org. Donations are Due by May 7th.

Sincerely,

Javier F, Julian GA, Teo R, Griffin B and Leo T.

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Congratulations! All-State ensemble acceptances!

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Congratulations to our students who auditioned for All-State ensembles this year! All three were accepted into an ensemble for this very prestigious and competitive honor. James Pumphrey (11th) and Emma Williams (10th) have been invited to sing in All-State Choir and Henry Fetsch (11th) has been invited to play in the All-State Orchestra for a second year. These students will spend a week in an intensive music camp in August and perform at Orchestra Hall next February. Please congratulate these students on this major accomplishment!!

Prom 2025 - Searching for Volunteers!

Prom is on Saturday, May 17th this year, from 7–10 pm at Station 10 Gatherings in St. Paul! We are currently looking for volunteers to donate snacks (please bring to GRS by Wednesday, 5/14), help set up and clean up the space, and help run ticket and concession stands during the event. Please use this to sign up to volunteer!

Prom tickets are $35 from now until May 11th! 11-12th graders can purchase tickets here. Remember to do so before the price increases on May 12th! 

For more information, email: amclements@greatriverschool.org

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Boxes of Tissues Needed!

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Great River School is in need of boxes of tissues! With allergy season, and various illnesses that can occur, the need for tissues increases and we run out of tissues very quickly. If you would like to donate, families can bring the boxes of tissues to your student’s individual classrooms or to the front office.

Thank you for your help!

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Subs for Subs!!

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Great River would like to recognize our fabulous subbing staff who support our community! We are collecting $10 gift cards to local sub shops at the front office to gift our fabulous subs! If you are able, please drop off a card to the front office and we will present them the Week of May 5th. Subway, Jimmy Johns, Jersey Mike's, Nelsons-the sky is the limit! We will accept giftcards from any casual, local eatery of your choice! Please submit cards by Friday, May 2nd. Thank You!

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REMINDER: Coffee House Interest Form

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A few students in Flightpath decided to start up Great Rivers past tradition of a Coffee House! This will be an event where people and students from 4th through 12th grade can hang out, eat food, and see/perform anything from music, comedy, poetry, and any other talents. It will happen Wednesday, April 23 from 7 - 9 pm and will be an open, free event for Upper Elementary and up, parents and staff included. The Interest Form below is to assess who may want to come so that food and supplies can be determined. Another physical interest form can be found outside Randi's room to determine any special abilities that people may want to perform during the Coffeehouse.

Coffee House Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd5TUisG0_pUMZNdPvZTQjYARGItzu7X24pnUvWFz3lwnu1Tw/viewform

Questions?: Contact asataportwood@greatriverschool.org, mkane@greatriverschool.org, and rspears@greatriverschool.org

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Flight path project: Archery League

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Zack Smith, Gavin Brooks, Richard Schulz, and Ben Kleman are trying to enter Great River School into an archery league MSAA, it would be a winter/spring(mostly spring) activity. our goal is to bring archery to a more diverse audience and include people who would otherwise not have an a opportunity. but we need you, to sign up and learn a new sport and support the team.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfiwkewvYJTiF6Cj6BmXW14tXUoGvpb7f5ul-_X0847tC5vEg/viewform

Donations of Snacks needed for Social Work and Behavioral support!

Our social work and behavioral support team is looking for donations of snacks to use with students throughout the day outside of the classroom. Things we are looking for peanut free snacks. These include- beef sticks, fig bars, nature valley granola bars, soft and chewy granola bars, graham crackers and other nut free snacks. Donations of snacks can be dropped off at the main office or your student can bring it in to their classroom guide or social worker. Thank you on behalf of our growing students!

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EXTERNAL: People of Color Career Fair, April 15th

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10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

peopleofcolorcareerfair.com

“This is your opportunity to get in the room and build relationships with people who can help you move your career and life forward. This is the best networking and hiring event in the Twin Cities and it’s FREE!

Meet with 50+ top employers here in Minnesota, including: U.S. Bank, Andersen, Midco, Ameriprise, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, Thrivent, 3M, Children’s Minnesota, RBC Wealth Management and many more. Some will be hiring and interviewing on the spot!

You'll also be able to expand your network with the more than 1,000 talented professionals in the room.

Plus get your FREE professional headshot, courtesy of Best Buy.”

Recap Video - Fall 2024 People Of Color Career Fair