Dear GHR Families,
Here are our weekly updates!
Important Dates:
Wednesday, September 23- Open House! 5:30 pm; Scholastic Book Fair
Wednesday, September 23- Picture Day
Friday, September 25- School Spirit Day! Wear your green and gold
Friday, October 9- No School, Professional Development
Monday, October 12- No School, October Break
Tuesday, October 13- PTO Meeting 6 pm
Friday, October 16- PTO GLOW party 6-8 pm!
Wednesday, October 21- K-5 Literacy Night at CGS 5:30-7:00 pm
Wednesday, October 21- Correction: Picture Day Re-takes
November 4-6 – All Schools Early Release for Conferences 11:40
Mileage Club- Grade 3 Parent Volunteers Needed!
For our Grade 3 students, we are hoping to start a walking program called the Feelin’ Good Mileage Club. The Feelin’ Good Mileage Club provides opportunities for students to walk or run for fitness. The Mileage Club will be held during Grade 3 recess, which is roughly 10:05-11:10 am (2 waves of recess).
The walking course will be entirely on school grounds and your child needs no special equipment, just sneakers to participate. Each student is free to walk as little or as much as he/she desires in the designated time. The Feelin’ Good Mileage Club is noncompetitive, but for each 5 miles, your child will receive a Toe Token to place on his/her shoes. We are in need of parent volunteers to run this program. If you are interested in volunteering during this recess time, please fill out the Google form. Mrs. Dutton will be in touch with next steps!
Open House- Learn more about Grade 4 band!
If your child is interested in joining Band in Grade 4, please join Ms. D’Angelo in the cafeteria during Open House at 6 pm for a brief presentation and overview of the band program, which is starting in Grade 4 for the first time.
Kindness Rocks
Please check out our Little Free Library by the gym lobby entrance during our upcoming Open House! Students have designed Kindness rocks with inspirational messages for the planter around the library! Just like with the books, feel free to “take a rock, leave a rock”. We’d like to thank Andover Landscaping for the generous donation of rocks.
Deadline upcoming: Dream Big! Competition Offers $350,000 in Prizes for CT Students
The 2026 CHET Dream Big! Competition invites Connecticut students in grades K–12 to share their dreams or ideas for helping their communities through an essay, video, or artwork, with more than $350,000 in CHET 529 college savings contributions available to student winners. In addition, 10 Connecticut schools with participating students will have the chance to win $5,000 technology prizes. The deadline for submissions is November 6. State Website Information
From Last Week
Picture Day
We are excited to use a new photography vendor this year, Ted Morton Photography. No need to fill out any forms before, students will come home with a QR code with ways to order. GHR flyer fall 26.jpg
Open House- 9/23/26 5:30-7:30 PM
Open House is an informative event organized to provide a brief orientation to your child’s classroom routine and grade level curriculum. This evening is a great time to ask questions and build positive home-school relationships. Parking assistance will be provided to support this well-attended event. You are welcome to come anytime between 5:30 and 7:30 pm. Additionally, the Scholastic Book Fair will be in the gym.
Digital Backpack
You can visit our Digital backpack on the Coventry Public Schools website under our school! This is where you can find many of our flyers, community events and other communications. Digital Backpack.
Bus Stop Release Form and Annual PowerSchool Updates:
As students are getting older, you may wish for them to get off the bus without a parent present. If so, you can fill out the optional Bus Stop Release Form in the PowerSchool Portal. This form must be filled out each year—it does not transfer over from year-to-year. A page that includes links to help documents for annual update and fees can be found on the Annual Update, Fees and Bus Information page of our website.
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Board of Education Regular Meeting Dates 2026
The Board of Education 2026 meeting dates are listed below. Meetings are open to the public and will also be live streamed through YouTube for convenient viewing. Meeting details and access links are available on our district website.
September 24
October 8 & 29
November 12
December 10
Free Breakfast this year!
Along with a great education, Coventry is proud to provide healthy and delicious meals each day to support their learning and growth. For this school year 26-27 - Breakfast for all at NO COST, reduced eligibility students have no cost for lunch. To make meal payments simple, we offer the free School Café Family Hub Mobile app and website (family.schoolcafe.com). Cash and checks are always accepted as well, remaining change is automatically added to the student’s account.
Updates from the PTO
Spike Up the Spirit – Join the PTO!
Join us for our first meeting on 10/13 6p-7p in person, GHR Library. Join Virtually: https://meet.google.com/kam-yerx-mxr
Parent Directory
Looking to expand your parent crew? Sign up for the directory! It's the easiest way to connect with other families for playdates, birthday parties and carpools! Please see the link below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_snjKLFk06-Tc6Pp6PPEqJLOoBiz6VYAx-edwSMFoLzzMsg/viewform
PTO Upcoming Events
Welles Candles: ✨Come for the Open House, stay for the scents! Stop by and smell our hand-poured, all-natural soy candle samples. They're clean-burning, amazing-smelling, and Welle’s House gives back too. 40% of every purchase goes directly to our PTO. That's a fundraiser that really makes cents!
GLOW Party: Get ready to glow crazy! Join us on 10/16 from 6-8 PM for a night of glowing fun, dancing, and family memories. Wear your brightest colors or favorite white outfit and light up the dance floor! 💃🕺 Flyers have been sent home with students. If you did not receive one, please email the PTO at ghrobertsonpto@gmail.com Registration required*
Scholastic Book Fair: 📚 Don't judge a book by its cover... come find your next favorite one at the Scholastic Book Fair in the gym during Open House! We're also looking for a few volunteers to help keep the pages turning. Please use the Sign up Genius: https://tinyurl.com/yky2xjv2
SPIKE Mascot: 💚Got spirit? Spike does too! We're in need of a volunteer to help bring the magic to Spike on Spirit Day. Join the fun and help make it a roaring success on 9/25 from 8-8:35am. Please email ghrobertsonpto@gmail.com if you're available!
Get in the loop, join the group: Facebook Group: George H Robertson School PTO
Have a great week,
Jen 😊