Grandparents Day, 
November 7	12:25-12:50	12:50-1:15	1:15-1:40	1:40-2:05	2:05-2:30	
Myers	garden	cookies	classroom	recess	classroom	
Coppedge	garden	cookies	classroom	recess	classroom	
Buckner	library	classroom	classroom
or recess	cookies	garden	
Foster	classroom	library	classroom
or recess	cookies	garden	
McDowell	music	garden	cookies	classroom	classroom
or recess	
Rice	PE	garden	cookies	classroom	classroom
or recess	
Allison	classroom
or recess	music	garden	classroom	cookies	
Garrison	classroom
or recess	PE	garden	classroom	cookies	
Teachers: Recess and garden activities may be used at your discretion, weather permitting.  If you do choose
 to go out to recess or to the garden, please go at the time scheduled for your class to avoid crowding.  The current forecast calls for 50 and cloudy.

Grandparents Day, 
November 21	12:25-12:50	12:50-1:15	1:15-1:40	1:40-2:05	2:05-2:30	
Burgess	garden	classrooms	Music	recess	cookies	
Neill	garden	classroom	PE	recess	cookies	
Beuerlien	recess	classrooms	cookies	Music	garden	
Walters	recess	classrooms	cookies	PE	garden	
Blades	recess	classrooms	garden	cookies	PE	
Toler	recess	classrooms	garden	cookies	Music	
cafeteria workers	none	
Student Council members

Teachers: Recess and garden activities may be used at your discretion, weather permitting.  If you do choose
 to go out to recess or to the garden, please go at the time scheduled for your class to avoid crowding.  The 
current forecast calls for lower 70s and sunny.

Grandparents Day			class ___________________________________
 
Teachers:

When the notes that you send home are returned, record them on this paper and keep them. Turn in this list to Mr. Burgess on

K-3: October 31 

4-6: November 14
  
Name of student
	Number of grandparents that plan to come	No grandparent or friend coming	

			

			

			

			

			

			

			
			
Totals: 

GRANDPARENTS' DAY
 
Dear Parents,

Our 20th Annual Grandparents' Day is fast approaching. We are honoring our grandparent(s) of our students by inviting them to come to school, observe their grandchild in their classroom and have refreshments with them.

Grandparents' Day for grades K - 3 will be on Friday, November 7, from 12:30 - 2:30. 

Grandparents' Day for grades 4-6 will be on Friday, November 21, from 12:30 - 2:30.

If your child's grandparent(s) plan to attend, please fill out the form below and return it to school so that we can get a count for refreshments.

				Sincerely,

				Mr. Flippin 
				Elementary Principal

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Student's Name _______________________ Teacher______________

 
Please fill out and return by 

Friday, October 31 (K - 3) or 

Friday, November 14 (4 - 6)

Number of Grandparent(s) coming Friday, 

November 7 (K - 3)   __ 

Friday, November 21 (4-6) ___

Dear Parent/Guardian:

Your child has expressed a desire to adopt a grandparent for Grandparents Day, Friday, November 8, 2003 since his/her grandparent(s) cannot be here on that day. We will be asking elderly individuals from the Senior Center and local churches if they are interested in coming to school on that afternoon to be an adopted grandparent.  Please complete the lower portion of this letter and return it to school tomorrow, Tuesday, November, 4.  

Thank you for your continued support in your child’s education.

Please fill in below, detach and return to school tomorrow, Tuesday, November 4.  We need these immediately to arrange for the adoptive grandparents.
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Child’s name: _____________________  Teacher:___________________

•	My child has my permission to participate in the Adopt-a-Grandparent program for Grandparents Day, November 7, 2003.

•	My child does not have my permission to participate in the Adopt-a-Grandparent program for Grandparents Day, November 7, 2003.

______________________________    _____________________
	parent/guardian signature				date

Grandparents are Special!
 
The best thing about my grandparents is _____________________

____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________.
My grandparents are nice because __________________________

____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________.
My grandparents make me happy when ________________________

_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________.
My grandparents love to __________________________________

_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________.
But the best thing about my grandparents is_____________________
______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________!

Questions for interviewing your grandparents:

1. Where were you born?  What year? 
2. What are the names and birthdates of your brothers and sisters?
3. Did you have a pet when you were growing up?
4. Did you get an allowance?
5. Who was more strict, your mom or dad?
6. What were your favorite games and activities?
7. What chores were assigned to you?
8. What did your house look like?  Is it still the same?
9. Did your house have electricity when you were young?
10. What traditions did your family have?
11. Did your family have big reunions?
12. Did you like school?  What kinds of grades did you get?
13. What were your favorite subjects?
14. When you were a teenager, what time did you have to be home at night?
15. How old were you when you met grandma/grandpa?
16. How old were you when you got married?
17. What was your first job?
18. Tell me about my mom/dad when he/she was growing up.
19. What makes you proud of my mom/dad?
20. Have you accomplished what you wanted in life?
21. What do you think the President should do for the country now?
22. What advice would you like to give me?

Questions for interviewing your grandchildren:

1.	What do you like most about school? Least? What would you like to change?
2.	What's your favorite subject in school and why?
3.	Who's your "best friend" and why?
4.	What's the absolute best gift you ever received?
5.	What's the latest you ever stayed up at night? What were you doing?
6.	When you're having a bad day, what's the best thing you can do to cheer yourself up?
7.	What chores do you dislike the most around the house?
8.	Would you like to be on TV? Why? What show would you like to be in?
9.	If you owned a candy store, what would be your favorite candy to sell and why?
10.	If you had to move to another country, which country would you pick and why?
11.	If you could travel in a time machine and go back in history, where would you like to go? Is 	there any particular event you'd like to witness?
12.	If you won $1,000 in a contest, what would you do with the money and why?
13.	What two things would you like to learn how to do? Why?
14.	How do you feel about how old you are? Would you like to be younger or older? 
15.	What's the biggest change in your life during the past year? Was it a good change or a bad 	one?
16.	What's the one thing you think you'll be really good at when you're an adult?
17.	Where would you like to be living ten years from now?
18.	What are two jobs you think would be really fun to do as an adult? Two jobs that would be the 	worst? What do you think would be the scariest or most dangerous job?
19.	What are you looking forward to most when you're an adult? Least?
20.	What do you think your life will be like when you get to be my age?
21.	What problems in this world do you think need to be fixed? What would you do about them?
22.	If you could find out one thing for sure about the future, what would it be and why?