image of various school supplies and apples against an orange background with text of GRAIS updates, May 19, 2024

Dear Intermediate School Families,

As we start to head out on our end-of-year field trips, we want to thank all the parents who will be joining the boys and girls and their teachers, as field trips simply could not happen without chaperones’ help.  We also want to thank the PTO board for all their hard work in facilitating our fundraisers, which allow every child to attend the trips at no costs and cover the transportation costs as well.  We are so very grateful.


MCAS for Grade Five:

Grade five will take the science MCAS tomorrow and Tuesday.  We appreciate your support in having your student in school by 8:30 a.m. with a fully charged chromebook with its charger.


Bravo GRAIS Chorus:

A great big shout-out to all the children who shared their beautiful voices with us this past Thursday at our spring concert, as well as to Mr. Duff who worked so hard to plan, prepare the children, and present the performance.  We look forward to our band’s show next on June 4th at FLMS.  Thank you to Mr. Higgins, Mrs. Blell, and Mr. Johnson for the use of the FLMS auditorium for both of these shows.


GRAIS PTO Board:

The next PTO Zoom is at 7 p.m. this coming Tuesday.  The meeting ID is 477 737 8775 and the password is graispto.


FLMS PTO Board:

Incoming grade sixth families are encouraged to connect with the FLMS PTO:  https://forms.gle/Lh6eN1k1EqavK5TDA.  You may ask questions at flmspto@freelake.org.

Nature's Classroom:

There will be an information meeting for parents/guardians of students attending Nature's Classroom next Tuesday, May 28 at 6:00 p.m. in the cafeteria. Coordinators will be going over any last minute information about the trip and answering any questions you may have. If you have any questions now, please email Stacey Snyder at ssnyder@freelake.org.  The firm deadline for final paperwork and final payments is this coming Friday, the 24th.

Summer Reading:

We hope you will visit our website to look at the summer reading assignments for incoming grades 4, 5, and 6:  https://www.freelake.org/o/grais/page/grais-summer-reading, We have also shared some additional titles on the site to promote lots of reading for pleasure over the summer!


Dates to Remember:

Grade Five Science MCAS – May 20th & 21st

No School – May 27th

GRAIS Band - June 4th at  6:30 p.m. (Performers arrive at 6:00 p.m.)

Nature’s Classroom – June 4th - 7th

Survivor  Day – June 14th

School’s Out – June 20th (11:30 a.m.)


With gratitude,

Dr. Sullivan

508.923.3506 x 3150/esullivan@freelake.org