Not long ago, Mason Elementary went "all-out" with their holiday decorating skills. They soon issued a challenge to other schools: Top this! Some of our other buildings have provided photos of their work. What do you think?
Official vehicles from Metro, Argentine Twp. and Grand Blanc Twp. Police Departments and Grand Blanc, Argentine, and Mundy Twp. Fire Departments lined the sidewalk outside the Hill Rd. Meijer on Tuesday, December 4. 25 students from the area, including 10 from Grand Blanc Anderson & McGrath Elementary, were selected to "Shop with a Hero" at the Hill Rd. Meijer store. Each attendee was given a budget of $100 and a hero shopping buddy to assist them. Thank you to one of our Grand Blanc Twp. resource officers, Dan Wolschleger for setting this up for our students, to Meijer for providing the opportunity, and our local police, 911 office, and fire for being our heroes on this day and every day! #WeAreGB #community #connection #purpose #teamwork #otherpeoplematter
Grand Blanc Community Schools has been awarded $243,838 through the Michigan State Police School Safety Initiative. The money is part of a total of $25 million recently announced for distribution to schools by the State of Michigan. The money granted to Grand Blanc Community Schools will partially fund the installation of barricade locks for all classroom doors in the district. The remainder of the money necessary will come from the district’s Sinking Fund. Legacy Barricades, Inc. manufactures this barricade device in Michigan. It was developed by a military and police veteran and has been approved for use by both fire and police. The product has already been installed on a pilot basis at Reid Elementary and the 1st floor of Perry Innovation Center, which houses Great Start Readiness and Children’s Garden Preschool and Latchkey. Lockdown drill procedures for school buildings will remain exactly the same as in the past, with the addition of activating the barricade device, which on...
The 2nd Annual Wonder Workshop District-wide 5th Grade Robotics Competition was hosted by GBCS Technology Exploration teachers and took place at Perry Innovation Center on Tuesday. The 16 teams from 7 Grand Blanc elementary buildings did an amazing job planning, coding and executing Mission 5 from the Wonder Workshops. 5th-grade Technology Exploration classes have been leading Wonder robots, Dash and Dot, through the first 4 missions since the beginning of the year, and those teams that are able to successfully get to Mission 5 are invited to this competition. Students worked diligently throughout the day to complete the final mission for presentation to staff judges in the afternoon. Great sportsmanship, impressive teamwork, and some truly unbelievable coding skills were observed by staff. Families were invited to join their students for the awards ceremony to conclude the day. Each student received a medal for being a finalist, and trophies were given for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. ...
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