#WeAreGRF
The Lambert family is back on campus harvesting our crops! We appreciate their commitment to GRHS over the many years. Charlie, Denise, Mason and Harrison have been awesome!
Pine Crest students had a blast parading through the school and trick or treating on Halloween this year. 🎃
Pine Crest would like to thank all of the businesses and organizations that helped make this Halloween a great success!
GRHS Cheer, FCOC, Georgetown Library, Catlin Bank, Bethel Baptist, Camp Assurance, MMJH Cheer, PTO, Trilogy Farms/Dalenberg Farm Drainage, Project Success, Ridge Farm Library , Georgetown Ladies Community Club, Longview Bank and Trust, Parsons Trucking, Russell Lodge 154, and Hefty Seed
Thank you all!
Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.
The Kindergarten team had an amazing Halloween!
Turkey Trot information!
Hello Parents,
Parent Support Team (PST) Meeting - November 2
Let's have an open discussion about BULLYING---how to prevent it and ways to support our kids through it. Join us for a PARENTS ONLY meeting to share our concerns about bullying, learn tips and strategies to prevent bullying and support our kids through any bullying, and exchange ideas for how to address bullying with our kids. ALL GRF PARENTS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND.
What: GRF Parent Support Team--OPEN TO ALL GRF PARENTS
When: Thursday, November 2nd from 6pm - 7:30pm
Where: Georgetown Public Library
Dinner and Childcare provided if you register by THIS Wednesday, November 1st.
CLICK LINK TO REGISTER: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSewH6WNrGFeJsiMIQ3uH7EW1LWnbFW8ul7uYSMf6TNGbvobSg/viewform
Kind regards,
PST Team
Halloween is a good time at MMJH! Congratulations to our October Students of the Month for the word courage: Peyton, Maizie, and Janie! Have a safe and fun evening. Please remember that tomorrow is an 11:15 dismissal.
Our staff always love celebrating holidays with our students. Check out all these awesome costumes!
Mrs. Sollars class is creepin it real for our Halloween fun today!
Mrs. Crowl's class having a FANGTASTIC Halloween.
The 1st grade team really added a splash of color to our Halloween this year!
Our 3rd grade team dressed as Rock, Paper, Scissors!
Mr. Herrin's class is having a SPOOKTACULAR Halloween!
#WeAreGRF Proud of our veteran NHS members along with our newly inducted students. We have some of the best students in Vermilion County, right here at GRHS!
Gov. JB Pritzker has proclaimed October 22-28 as Childhood Lead Poisoning
Prevention Week in Illinois to highlight the need to reduce lead exposure in children.
Lead exposure can cause damage to the brain and nervous system, slowed growth and development, learning and behavioral problems, and even coma and death at severely high levels. Anyone can be exposed to lead, but children are at greatest risk. Lead can also be passed from a pregnant person to their unborn child.
Children 6 years of age and younger are required to be evaluated for lead exposure risks by their physician and receive a blood test, if necessary. Children are recommended to be evaluated or tested at 12 months and 24 months of age, and at 3, 4, 5, and 6 years of age. IDPH also urges pregnant persons to be evaluated for lead exposure and tested if deemed necessary.
IDPH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have determined that one of the most effective ways to ensure children are protected from the harmful effects of lead is by reducing their exposure to lead contaminated dust in homes where lead-based paint was used prior to being banned. Simple measures such as regularly wet mopping hard surfaced floors and frequently washing children’s hands and their toys as they play should be utilized.
In an effort to address the risk of lead poisoning in older homes, IDPH has instituted the Comprehensive Lead Education, Reduction, and Window Replacement (CLEAR-Win) program to reduce the financial burden of lead abatement for low-income residential property owners. Qualified property owners can apply for grants from local agencies from now through June 30, 2025, for window replacement and, where necessary, other lead hazard control techniques to reduce lead paint and leaded plumbing hazards. Approximately 58% of houses in the state were built before 1978 and, among those, about 40% contain a lead hazard.
The CLEAR-Win grantee agencies include Christian County Health Department, Ford County Public Health Department, Lee County Health Department, Montgomery County Health Department, and Winnebago County Health Department.
For more information, visit: https://dph.illinois.gov/topics-services/environmental-health-protection/lead-poisoning-prevention/clear-win.html
This is a reminder that Wednesday, November 1, 2023 is a scheduled 11:15 a.m. dismissal day for all buildings. This is noted on the updated calendar. Thank you!
