 Students enjoyed a BBQ lunch from Fairfax County Food and Nutrition Services last week!
Students and staff got off to a great
start on Tuesday as we began the final grading period of this school
year! It is hard to believe that we are fast approaching the final months
of school!
We are looking forward to honoring our
office staff and health room aide during Office Staff Appreciation Week,
April 23-27. Mrs. Dall, Mrs. Li, Mrs. Bertrand, Mrs. Bippert, and
Mrs. Schmitt work very hard managing our student records, assisting
parents and the community, distributing paperwork, keeping students safe, and
have countless other responsibilities yet they always welcome staff and
visitors with their bright smiles. Mrs. Cappellari, our School Health Aide,
is also instrumental in supporting our students with health issues or
minor injuries. Please join us in recognizing the office and clinic staff
for all they do by stopping by to express your thanks or by sending in a note
of appreciation.
Enjoy the upcoming weekend!
Dr. Granada
- Acknowledges and understands diverse perspectives and cultures when
considering local, national, and world issues
- Contributes to solutions that benefit the broader community
- Communicates effectively in multiple languages to make meaningful connections
- Promotes environmental stewardship
- Understands the foundations of our country and values our rights, privileges, and responsibilities
- Demonstrates empathy, compassion, and respect for others
- Acts responsibly and ethically to build trust and lead
Student Examples:
GBW Green Team organizes a Battle of The Buildings campaign. GBW worked together to save energy through simple energy saving measures such as unplugging devices and shutting off lights. Check out their morning news video here: https://youtu.be/wgLdCZATO38.
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 Students reused materials to make a panda mural.
Community Engagement Meeting
The FCPSOn community meeting has been rescheduled for Thursday, May 3 at 7:00
p.m. at Chantilly High School. FCPSOn provides a device for each student
and allows students opportunities for deeper understanding of content and
skills outlined in the Portrait of a Graduate in order to be successful in the
workforce of the future. For more information and additional meeting
dates, please click here.
To request an interpreter, click here.
Teacher Appreciation Week
Teacher Appreciation Week is just around the corner. Please join me in Celebrating our wonderful Educators and Staff at our Teacher Appreciation Luncheon this year on Wednesday, May 9th. The event will be held during the school day....and we NEED YOUR HELP. Over 120 teachers and staff members will be honored during this event. Please consider contributing food items, drinks, paper products, etc. for the lunch to be a success. There is a list of suggested contributions in the Signup below.
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0a4aa4ae2ba46-teacher4
If you have any questions, you may reach, Mari Thomason, via email through the Signup Genius or call/text me on my cell at 571-437-7479.
Schedule Changes
All Grades 3-5 AAP tests (except 5th AAP Math) will be given over two days. Please review the dates and tests below and mark your calendars.
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
Chantilly Regional Library
It’s book sale time again!
Below is a flyer announcing our spring used book sale at the Chantilly
Regional Library, 4000 Stringfellow Road, Chantilly, from May 4-6. It’s a great opportunity for students and
teachers to purchase books at bargain prices. Please feel free to make
copies of the attached flyer and distribute as you see fit.
Flyer can be found here: https://bit.ly/2JR5J7w
Proceeds from the sales fund special
programs – including the summer reading program, 1,000 Books Before
Kindergarten, Touch-a-Truck Day and Comic Con – renovations, landscaping, and
new equipment and furnishings for the Chantilly Regional Library.
We look forward to seeing you and
your school families at the sale! For more information, please call
703-502-3883 or visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/events.
Reminders
How are those Science Fair
projects coming along? Please help your child put the finishing touches
on the presentation board to make it look just right. Read through the Science
Fair packet guidelines to make sure your child has included everything.
Don’t Forget! The GBW Science Fair will be held next week on Thursday,
April 26. Project set-up will begin at 5:15 p.m. in the Gym, and
judging will begin at 5:30. Parents and visitors are welcome to view the
science projects after judging, which ends around 6:30 p.m.
Fundraiser Update
As
the Read-a-Thon 2018 wraps up, a big round of applause for the WONDERFUL GBW
readers who logged a total of 201,466 minutes in this Readathon. Thank you to all the wonderful parents,
grandparents, uncles, aunts, families and friends who helped in the effort by
their words and actions of encouragement.
The
top 10 teachers along with the
minutes read by their students: Rachel
Taormina (29574 total minutes!), Kaitlyn Stubblefield (24740), Alexis Baltas (16960),
Anna Pelak (15491), Rachel Harhan (13760), Laura Howard (9159), Jessica
Cherenzia (8755), Kelly Cheatham (7442), Jillian Gerke (6877) and Michelle
Wilbern (6804). Thank you teachers!!
Special
Reminder! Readers have until April 23rd
to shop for prizes using their RAT Bucks prize money in the Readathon store.
Readathon
will continue to accept donations/contributions until April 23rd.
Many
thanks to all the volunteers, school staff and teachers for being a part of
this fun exercise!
GBW will join the Chantilly
Pyramid in celebrating “College
Day” on Friday, April 27, 2018. GBW teachers and staff will proudly share their college
experiences with their students. We
are encouraging students to wear college shirts or colors from a favorite
college/university.
Our goal is to start the college
conversation with our students and encourage them to keep an eye on the future.
Our sixth graders will be visited by CHS seniors, who will talk about how they
prepared themselves to be “college ready.”
Here are some reasons why FCPS
supports “College Day.”
- College
graduates earn about $1,648 more each month, on average, than someone with
a high school diploma.
- The
earlier a child learns about college, and believes they can go, the more
likely it is that they’ll go.
- Fairfax
County Public Schools has programs to help students who are the first in
their family to go to college, or need help affording college.
We aim to help our students
create a vision for their future career paths!
Learn More
Please read the flyer below if you
are interested in learning more about Level II and III Advanced Academics
Services. https://bit.ly/2HxFapq
Main Hallway
We are placing all the items in the Lost and Found on a
table in the main hallway next week; April 16 - 20 .
Students and parents are welcome to stop by and pick up items that belong to
your family. Any items remaining on Friday, April 20, will be donated to
charity.
Assists with Class Placement
In today's Thursday Folder, please look for a special
“light blue” colored survey letter to parents. This survey letter gives
you the opportunity to share information with us about your child that will
assist us in the class placement process for next year. If you would like to complete this
form, please return it no later than Friday, April 27.
Deadline Tomorrow
Please
remember that tomorrow is the last day to turn in the Student’s Intention for Next School Year Form. We need your help in letting us know if your child will be
returning to GBW next year. This will greatly help us in projecting our
total enrollment for next school year.
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