 5th grade students enjoyed the Under the Sea program that taught them about life in our oceans, from tiny snails to giant whales. They loved touching the live animals and real animal artifacts.
We take the safety and security of our students and staff
very seriously and are always looking for ways to improve upon current safety
measures. As you know, we have a door security system whereby visitors
must ring the bell in order to request entry into the school.
Effective immediately, all visitors must request entry using
the main entrance door, Door #1. Visitors asking for entry at any other
door will be asked to walk around to the main entrance, Door
#1.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Field Trips/Library Fees/Lost Tech Equipment
Fees
Many
of you have been using MSB to pay for school fees and we hope you are finding
it an easy and convenient method to use.
When paying for such fees please be sure to go to “SCHOOL STORE” to
locate the item(s) for which you want to pay.
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Last Day for Ordering - Today!
We are delighted that local author Erica Perl will be visiting Greenbriar West Elementary School on March 13, 2018 through Politics & Prose. She will be discussing several of her titles with students in Kindergarten - 2nd grade. She is the author of Ferocious Fluffity, Totally Tardy Marty, and Goatilocks and the Three Bears, to name a few.
We’re offering the opportunity to order Erica’s books through Politics and Prose. Books for this event will be distributed on March 13, but to facilitate signing you can PRE-ORDER books. Today is the last day to pre-order. Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate late orders. The price reflects a 20% discount and sales tax is included. You must follow the instructions below when ordering online to ensure your child receives their book.
See the link below for an online order form and more details.
https://goo.gl/rhF1ac
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 Over $700 Raised
Thank you to everyone who submitted BoxTops for the Box
Tops Challenge this month. We had 152 submissions, with special thanks to the
6th graders, who turned in over 1500 Box Tops. Thanks to all your
efforts, our school will be getting a check for over $700 to be used for
classroom needs.
The classroom submitting
the most Box Tops, winner of a class party, is Mrs. Ticehurst’s 5th grade class.
Our individual winner of Jump Passes to Launch Trampoline Park is 6th
grader Noor Medani-Martinez, who turned in 294 usable BoxTops.
A final collection will
be done before the end of school, so make sure to keep collecting those
BoxTops, especially those with an expiration date over the summer of 2018.
Questions?
You may contact your BoxTops Coordinator, Shannon, at gbwboxtops@gmail.com
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 Come Support GBW PTA
Please come and support GBW PTA at MOD Pizza on Wednesday, March 21st!
A flyer will be sent shortly.
MOD
Pizza will donate 20% percentage of the sales that evening with our flyer to
the GBW PTA.
Hope to see all of our GBW Pandas!!
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This Summer
The Franklin Band Boosters will sponsor their 32nd annual
Summer Band and Orchestra Camp for 4th-10th graders at Franklin Middle School
from June 20th through July 13th. Students will learn about brass,
woodwind, percussion and string instruments as well as music theory. The
cost is $275 per student, and no auditions are necessary for beginners! See www.FranklinBandCamp.com or contact
Lawrence Walker (walkerjr68@yahoo.com)
for applications and more information.
Thank You
Thank you to everyone who donated books for our annual Book Swap during Read Across America week! The students are very excited to choose a new book to add to their personal library tomorrow.
Resources Available
FCPS has developed some
attendance guidelines that may be helpful to parents throughout the year.
For more information: https://www.fcps.edu/node/35733
Students in grades 3-6 will be
taking the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) Tests from May 7 - June 1. It
will be very helpful if you can avoid appointments and trips which may take
your child out of school during this time period.
If you'd like more information about testing in FCPS, there are new public FCPS Student Assessment webpages available for parents/guardians to access basic information about their
children’s required assessments. In compliance with Every Student
Succeeds Act (ESSA) testing transparency, these webpages give an overview
of:
- Right
to refuse participation in state testing (e.g., SOLs)
- Required
assessments at each grade level
- Resources
for accessing and understanding assessment results
Thank you for your support and
assistance with our SOL test administration.
Lauryn Campbell, Assistant Principal
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