Griggsville news 5.4.22: Renowned author to speak at G-P Title Family Night
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By NADINE
KESSINGER
217-407-4502
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Griggsville-Perry Kindergarten Roundup will be Wednesday, May 11 at 6 p.m. for anyone entering kindergarten next year. Students must be 5 by September 1, 2022 to start kindergarten for the 2022-2023 school year. Parents will have a short informational meeting in the music room while students play and check out the kindergarten classrooms. If you have a copy of your child’s certified birth certificate and social security card, please bring it so we can get it copied for their file. Hope to see you there!
G-P Title Family Night will be held Tuesday, May 10, 2022 beginning at 6 p.m. in the Griggsville gym. We are very excited to provide an evening of laughs, stories, and music for our G-P families. Dr. Mike Lockett is a teller of traditional tales and a children’s author. He has given over 4,000 programs across 32 states and in 17 countries. His trips have included 25 paid tours of Taiwan and 15 of China. He was one of only two Americans in over 50 years to be invited as a performer to represent the USA at the Tehran Storytelling Festival in the Islamic Republic of Iran. He has written 27 books, 17 of which are available here in the United States. He will be telling clean but humorous stories for the students during the day and will deliver stores and music for families in the evening at 6 p.m.
Our Scholastic Buy 1, Get 1 Free Book Fair will be May 9 through May 13 in the music room! Students will have a chance to shop each day during specials. The Book Fair will be open during the G-P PTO Breakfast with a Buddy Wednesday, May 11 from 7:30-8:30 a.m.
GP PTO presents “Breakfast with a Buddy” Wednesday, May 11 in the Elementary School Cafeteria at 7:30 a.m. Students and a buddy of their choice are invited to enjoy donuts and milk before the school day begins. The buddy can be an adult that is special to the student.
Pike County Leos, a community Youth Service Organization, are collecting newspapers, clean old rags, blankets, and cat litter for the Pike County Animal Shelter. Please drop off your donations at Sharon’s Town & Country Day Care/Preschool, 425 Spring St, Pittsfield, or at the Cardinal Inn, 1299 W Washington St, in Pittsfield.
Robert and Tammy Brewer of Pittsfield have purchased the Griggsville Drive Inn.
Congratulations to our GP Prom royalty, queen Claire Tate and king Aaron Miller!
Carol Bradshaw, Jill Bradshaw-Nicholson and daughter Calee, and Becky Myers all of Griggsville, Becky’s daughter-in-law Chelsie Shriver and her daughter, Lillian of Quincy, and Debra Wilson of Wood River all enjoyed the weekend in St. Louis. Saturday they enjoyed time at Union Station and the Aquarium, and Sunday they enjoyed seeing the animals at the St. Louis Zoo. Dewayne and Nadine Kessinger of Griggsville and Joey and Katy Kessinger of Rushville visited Pete and Betty Butler of rural Perry. Also joining in on the visit was Pete and Betty’s son, Gary Butler of Versailles.
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