Weekly Update: February 10th, 2023
Weekly Update: February 10th, 2023
Dear Grinnell Newburg Board of Education, Staff, Families, and Friends:
Happy Friday! I would like to thank everyone for their patience and support as decisions are made regarding late starts due to weather conditions. Please be sure that you check your Infinite Campus portal to ensure that you have emergency messaging checked for where you would like to receive emergency notifications.
March 7 Vote: Elks Club Location Polls 7:00 AM-8:00 PM
The Grinnell-Newburg School District is holding a special election on March 7, 2023. This one ballot question asks our voters to approve moving $.67 from our Management Fund Levy to the PPEL Levy. This will not raise your taxes. We ask you to vote on March 7, 2023, at the Elk’s Lodge. This is the only Polling Place open from 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM. This move will enable the district to support much-needed building facility work.
National School Counselors Week:
We are grateful for our school counselors and celebrate you this week! Thank you for all that you do for our students and families! Shauna Grewe (Bailey Park), Amy Harper (Fairview), Nikki Laug (Davis), Paula Simon and Casey McDermott (Middle School), Cass Stubbs, and Amanda Pearce (High School). Thank you for your service to our Grinnell Tiger Families.
Light Up the Night Dance:
The Daddy Daughter’s dance is quickly approaching. Be sure to look at the flyer below for ticket purchases and information!
Pancake Dinner:
SHE Counts is having a Pancake Dinner fundraiser for the 1st Gen scholarship on Feb. 22 from 5-7 pm at West Side Diner. They are looking for volunteers to help serve and clean up. This will be a great opportunity if you are looking for service hours. Here is a sign up link for students.
Legislative Coffees:
The Grinnell LWV is once again hosting Legislative Coffees in the morning on March 4th and April 1st in person at the Drake Community Library and on Zoom.
For more information, click the following link to the news release in the virtual backpack.
Davis Food Drive: Donations for MICA
Beginning January 30th - February 17th:
Boxes are at the Drake Library, Grinnell Mutual, the Grinnell chamber, Hy-vee, and the Grinnell Newburg school office. Please donate canned foods or other items.
Don’t want to donate food items? Checks can be made payable to “G-N Schools” and dropped off at the district office (925 Broad Street) or Davis Elementary (818 Hamilton Ave). Students will purchase items with donated dollars.
For more information, click here.
Large Group Speech Showcase this Weekend:
This Saturday, beginning at 7:00 PM, don’t miss the Large Group Speech Showcase Event! Hope to see you there!
Congratulations to our Large Group Speech Students:
LARGE GROUP SPEECH
The GHS Large Group Speech Team had an amazing showing at the State contest on February 4th. All 13 of Grinnell's Large Group speech team entries received Division I ratings. Those were as follows:
Lift - Choral Reading
The End of the Road - Readers Theatre
How to Succeed - Musical Theatre
Sweeney Todd - Musical Theatre
Young Frankenstein - Musical Theatre
The Fairy Fleet - Group Improv
Tip of the Iceberg - Group Improv
The Heist - Group Mime
3017: An Escape Tale - Solo Mime
My Very First Dragon - Solo Mime
Intus et Extra - Short Film
A Petal in Time - Short Film
Romantic Comedy - Ensemble Acting
Of those entries, six were nominated as All-State performers and will perform at the All-State Festival on February 18 in Ames. This represents 30 out of the 60 members of the team!
The All-State nominated groups are as follows:
Readers Theatre - The End of the Road by Rokhl Korn - Forrest Behrens, Tiernan Boggs, Tobias Crandall, Roman Mackenzie, Reece Madren, Charlie Nicklas, Natalie Nieuwsma, Catherine Schubert, Cameron Thompson, Jeslyn Voogd (c- Jennie Flinspach)
Choral Reading - Lift by Kevin Hosbond, et. al. - Chloe Alger, Sarah Ashing, Emily Cooper, Maddie Davis, Joel Dressler, Kiran Elfenbein, Mary Jacobson, Kiran Jones, Maggie Kaup, Britt Kifer, Ketsia Kiphanzu, Erin Nicklas, Judith Perez-Valentin, Ezra Praitis Hill, Peter Simpson (c- Kevin Hosbond)
Group Mime - The Heist by Kevin Hosbond and ensemble - Chloe Alger, Maddie Davis, Kiran Elfenbein, Kalli Hart, Olivia Mick, Cora Miller (c- Kevin Hosbond)
Solo Mime - 3017: An Escape Tale by Hosbond & Miller - Cora Miller (c- Kevin Hosbond)
Solo Mime - My Very First Dragon by Hosbond & Hart - Kalli Hart (c- Kevin Hosbond)
Musical Theatre - Young Frankenstein by Brooks and Meehan - Will Dahlby Albright, Olivia Mick, Brody Petig (c- Kevin Hosbond, Michael Gookin)
Get your tickets to the All-State Contest here:
https://www.ihssa.org/contests/large-group/all-state/
Girls Varsity Sub State Game at GHS 7:00 Saturday, February 11, 2023.
Please be sure that all families utilize parking on the east side of the high school. We request that families park in designated parking areas for this weekend’s events. It will be a packed house!
Senior Zoe Stoner artist!
Have a Wonderful Weekend. Go Tigers!
Janet