C.O. Greenfield Academy of Design and Innovation

Join us for a meaningful day of community, celebration, and reflection at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration on Saturday, January 18, 2025! The event will take place at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School (4615 S. 22nd Street, Phoenix, AZ 85040) from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Kick-off & March: 9:45 am The event officially begins with a community march in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Come out to honor his legacy and strengthen community bonds through a day of celebration, education, and inspiration. We hope to see you there!

You are welcome to come to Greenfield to watch the ZOOM meeting. Ask for Melissa Downs. ASU HMDP will be hosting a Zoom meeting (available in both English and Spanish) to go over program details with families on Thursday, January 16th, 10 a.m. See below for the Zoom links: English: https://asu.zoom.us/j/84050171738 Meeting ID: 840 5017 1738 Spanish: https://asu.zoom.us/j/87633536897 Meeting ID: 876 3353 6897 Click link to learn more about the HMDP https://eoss.asu.edu/hmdp

HMDP is an early outreach program to increase the number of students that are prepared to enroll at Arizona State University through family involvement. Www.eos.asu.edu/hmdp 602.496.1487

I am thrilled to announce Story School for 0-5 year olds and a family member will start on Wednesday, January 22nd at John F. Kennedy’s Family Center. This is an English/Spanish reading program with a teacher from Make Way for Books! Classes will be held Monday + Wednesday from 9-10am. My parents that joined this program at libraries during covid said their kids loved this program. Register today at www.mystoryschool.org/apply. Contact me at Melissa’s.downs@rsd.k12.az.us if you want help registering. Www.makewayforbooks.org

Roosevelt’s annual MLK Celebration will be held on Saturday, January 18th, 2025 at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School-4615 S. 22nd St. The community march begins at 9:45. We would love to see you there! If you would like to volunteer for 2 hour shifts, please email be with your name and what time you would like starting at 7:30-1pm Melissa.downs@rsd.k12.az.us

Kona Ice is coming to Kennedy !

Our South Side Secret Santas came through again this year and brought 100 gifts to our Kennedy and Greenfield families in need. Our families appreciate you so much! Each student in Mrs. Czech’s class received a brand new book. Melissa.Downs@rsd.k12.az.us Family Center

Congratulations to Adriel Hurtado and Kaprice Smith for being the winners of Greenfield’s spelling bee! They will go on to compete in the district wide spelling bee on January 28th. We are so proud of you! Good Luck!

Hello Kennedy and Greenfield Families and Happy New Year! If you are on our school’s Facebook or Instagram, please leave a heart for our parents that completed 4 months of English classes going twice a week! I’m sorry I couldn’t take pictures of all participants. We had 2 parents from Kennedy and 5 from Greenfield! Thank you to Unlimited Potential for their wonderful instructors! Www.unlimitedpotentialaz.org

6th-8th grade Robotic Award Winners!

Congratulations goes to our 4th-5th graders for receiving a Robotic Award!

The build and design competition used blueprints the students created and they built houses with materials of their choice. The Beach House won with Kit Kat Cabin coming in at 2nd place. Congratulations on your wonderful designs! Beach House Architects- Ariza, Makelle, Brielle Kit Kat Cabin Architects- Jasmine and Lucy

🔔 REMINDER 🔔 Tomorrow, Friday, Dec. 20, will be an early release day. Please make arrangements to ensure your students are picked up on time.

C. O Greenfield Academy of Design and Innovation had their STEM Robot Olympics. Thanks to Ms. Pulver, with her amazing teaching and guidance! Our students were able to code the Sphero and Ozobots to follow 5 different programs. Quote from students “This is very fun and we want to code everyday”!

🔔 REMINDER 🔔 There will be no early release tomorrow, Wednesday, Dec. 18. Schools will follow a full-day schedule. Friday, Dec. 20 will be an early release day. Please make arrangements to ensure your students are picked up on time on both days.

Kelvin Beachum is an offensive tackle for the Arizona Cardinals and came to C. O Greenfield Academy of Design and Innovation to celebrate STEM week! Please follow, share and like us on: https://www.facebook.com/cogreenfieldacademy/ https://www.instagram.com/cogreenfieldacademy/ Melissa.downs@rsd.k12.az.us Family and Community Engagement Coordinator

Good morning/ Buenos Dias, Wednesday 12/18: will be a full day, no early release. Dismissal is 3pm! Miercoles 12/18: no habra salida temprano. Las clases salen a las 3pm! Friday 12/20: will be early release at 1pm! Viernes 12/20: sera salida temprana a las 1pm!

Good morning- Greenfield will have a planned lockdown drill 12/16/2024 at approximately 1:15 PM. This is just a drill. The school will be closed and no one will be able to enter or exit the building for approximately 10 minutes. If you have any questions, please call the office. Thank you, Dr. Banks

IMPORTANT: Please re-enroll your child with this link or QR code on the flyer. If you need help contact the enrollment office at 602.304.3111. Please follow us on social media https://www.facebook.com/cogreenfieldacademy/ https://www.instagram.com/cogreenfieldacademy/

Hello, Here are some Holiday events coming up. Please see all 4 pages. I attached the link to register for the event for the District 7+8 Holiday celebration at the Children’s Museum of Phoenix, located at 215 N. 7th St. Phoenix. Councilwoman Kesha Hodge Washington and Councilman Carlos Galindo-Elvira look forward to providing some holiday cheer with free food, gifts, holiday photos with Santa, fun exhibits, and music! Follow us on social media. https://www.facebook.com/cogreenfieldacademy/ https://www.instagram.com/cogreenfieldacademy Melissa.downs@rsd.k12.az.us