On October 20, 2022, Grundy Center Elementary hosted Caldecott Award winning author/illustrator Matthew Cordell. It was an AMAZING day! Check out the photos below of the prep work and the visit! We had so much fun hosting author and illustrator, Matt Tavares! It's always a special day when our favorite authors come to visit!
Staff at Grundy Center Elementary met to discuss additions to their 2019 Mock Caldecott Awards list. Through the discussion, three additional books were added. Enjoy!
Thanks to a generous grant from the Grundy Center Community School Foundation, our elementary will again be participating in a school-wide Mock Caldecott activity with all K-4 students! The grant allows us to purchase 4 copies of each Mock Caldecott book, so more copies are available to students and classrooms. Thank you G.C.C.S.F.! For those of you visiting my page to download the annual Mock Caldecott resources, please see below! DOWNLOAD 2019 Mock Caldecott Packet - Google Link
Award winning author/illustrator, Lauren Castillo, visited Grundy Center Elementary on October 18, 2018. Upon arrival, Lauren was greeted by Nana from her book Nana in the City and together, they walked through Central Park! Throughout the day, Lauren presented in the multipurpose room, which had been turned into pages of her book! Lauren had a wonderful presentations with the students talking about how she began illustrating, her inspirations, shared her drawing journals, character studies, and her favorite technique! Lauren also visited classrooms to talk about writing, illustrating, life as an author, what it was like to win a Caldecott Honor Medal, and answered many questions the eager students presented. Lauren also looked at student work and decorations that were displayed relating to her book, Nana in the City. THANK YOU, LAUREN FOR A WONDERFUL VISIT!I can't even describe how amazing it is going to be to have Caldecott Honor winning author and illustrator Lauren Castillo IN OUR SCHOOL on October 18! For this special event, we are working with two publishing companies in order to provide the lowest possible cost for two book ordering opportunities on this day. Books purchased will be personalized and signed by Lauren during her visit. Please click the link below to download the book order form. Book orders are due Thursday, October 4 so we are sure to order the books and have them here in time for the author visit! We can't wait for this exciting day!
Welcome to the 2018-2019 school year! We are looking forward to a GREAT adventure! Click the link below to read the September Spartan Scoop!
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