Here comes December! Believe it or not we are already 1/3rd of the way through our school year! Please look over the dates provided and mark them on your calendar.

An announcement I would like to share with you all this month is that Mrs. Stacey Pugh is our Teacher of the Year for 2024-2025! We will be honoring her at the school board on Thursday the 19th at 5:30pm. Mrs. Pugh is very deserving of this award, and really exemplifies what it means to be there for kids and for her coworkers.

Last month we had our student character awards assembly, and we were able to award 2 students from each class for being our best examples of the character trait of: Kindness. These students were recognized in front of the entire student body, they received a certificate and their photos have been posted in the common area for the past 3 weeks. On Friday the 6th, we will recognize 2 more students from each class for November’s trait: Being Responsible. Each month we will celebrate 2 students from each class who are really going above and beyond to be great examples in our school. Next month we will be focusing on the trait of being Safe. 

I hope December is a wonderful month for all of you! Thank you for all you do and your support. Greenville is an amazing school and we truly want the best for every student, family, teacher that is a part of our school and community. 

~Dee Downs 

Hello Families!

It’s hard to believe we are heading into the month of December! Our school-wide character trait for the month will be ‘safe’! Staff will be looking for students who are practicing being safe in the school setting. Please review the monthly character trait with your student(s) and also talk about what being safe in the community looks like as well! Thank you!

~Miss Kacie

Hello from the Library!

I would like to thank everyone who came and supported the book fair in the library during Parent-Teacher Conference. It was a big success, and it was a lot of fun getting to meet some of our amazing parents. I also want to add a quick note to catch you up on what’s going on here in the library in December.

1. We have been talking about story elements, including plot, setting, and characters. As part of our unit this month, our older students will be writing puppet shows that teach about “The Dragon Way”, our school-wide positive behavior initiative, to perform for our younger students. 

2. We have also been reviewing proper library behavior, including talking about how to take good care of our books. It is very helpful if you have a special place to keep library books at home that is safe from pets and smaller children. It is also important to keep your student’s books clean and dry. In the event a book does become damaged, please don’t try to repair it at home. I have library-approved materials we use at school to fix rips and tears and to replace loose pages. Additionally, some of our books are warrantied and can be replaced for free by the publisher if they are defective, so always return them even if they are damaged. 

3. Our next AR quiz deadline is Friday, December 6th, at 8 pm. Any quizzes completed after the cutoff will count toward the next deadline. We will hand out small awards on Wednesday, December 11th, and we will "Rock the Halls" and hold "Pizza with the Principal" on Thursday, December 12th. If your student earned Rock the Halls and/or Pizza with the Principal, they will be awarded a certificate and will bring a note home with more information on Wednesday. 

4. If you get a chance during the holiday break, please try to look for any overdue or lost books. I will gratefully take back books whenever you find them and am always happy to see them returned to the library.

Thank you for sharing your amazing students with us at school and for all you do to encourage and inspire them to do their best! 

~Emily Thompson
Media Specialist/Librarian