 Second grade students are excited to share their published writing with each other!
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There is no school on Monday, May 28 because of the Memorial Day holiday.
We hope you and your family enjoy the three day holiday
weekend and the official opening of community pools!
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A big THANK YOU to the PTA Yearbook Committee for
a fantastic job! Committee members: Kitt Chee, Chris Moore, Susan Moore
and Janet McFadden. Thank you for your time, hard work and dedication in making
this wonderful memory for the students, staff and parents.
Pre-ordered yearbooks will be distributed
to students on Monday, June 11. If you did not pre-order, a
limited number of yearbooks will be on sale in the cafeteria starting Tuesday,
June 12, from 8:50 – 9:15 a.m. Yearbooks will be sold on a first come,
first served basis and will be on sale each morning until they are sold out.
The cost is $17. Checks (payable to GBW - PTA) or cash will be
accepted.
Medication Pickup
The school health room is reminding parents and guardians that all medication stored in the health room must be picked up no later than the student dismissal time on the last day of school, June 15th.
Medication left in the health room after that time will be discarded. It is school policy that medications must be picked up by the parent or guardian and medication cannot be sent home with your student.
Medication authorization forms for next school year may be obtained from the school or online at https://www.fcps.edu/resources/student-safety-and-wellness/school-health-services.
If you have any questions, please contact your school health room aide, Stacy Cappellari, at 703-633-6710, or your school public health nurse, Amanda Price, at 703-326-6540.
June 1 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
This is a free event for all, so please come out and enjoy the fun. This event will feature both staff and student participation. We are limiting student participation to 4th, 5th , 6th grade students, but all grade levels are encouraged to come and enjoy the game. The event will start at 6:30, bring chairs and blankets if desired, and if you'd like, money to purchase food items: Pizza, Chips, Soda and Water will be available. More information can be found in this week’s Thursday Folder. Questions can be directed to fanucci5@gmail.com.
Register Here: https://bit.ly/2wMHRPI
And make sure you come early to see the pre-game band performance!
 Volunteers Needed
Field Day is our way of celebrating the end of a great year. In order to have this celebration on June 11, we need volunteers to run the upper grade level (4th-6th) stations. Field Day cannot happen without our wonderful volunteers and we greatly appreciate your help. If you can, we would like to have you volunteer from 9:00 am to 1:00pm.
We are using an online form to generate our volunteer list.
Please visit (https://goo.gl/forms/QbjboJ5Fs79PJB4g2)
If you are unable to use the online form, send in a note with your student or email Mr. Crede at jccrede@fcps.edu.
We are looking forward to a fun Field Day and know your students are too! Thank you very much for all your support!
Mr. Crede and Mr. Flynn
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Volunteers
Needed for the Kickball Extravaganza on June 1
Volunteers are needed for
the 2nd Annual Kickball Extravaganza!
Assistance is needed with
set-up (need muscles!), clean-up, concessions (snacks, pizza, drinks), and
people who can let us borrow coolers to keep the water and drinks cold.
If you can be available on both June 1 and also on the rain date
of June 8, that would be best. If you can only help on June 1 or
June 8 (in the event of bad weather on June 1), please let me know.
To sign up, please click here: https://bit.ly/2rZV2Ii
Final Box Tops Collection DUE TOMORROW!
Hope you have been continuing to collect those BoxTops! We
will be doing our final submission to the program for the year in two
weeks. Please
turn in your Box Tops, especially those that are expiring in the summer, by tomorrow, May 25.
Box Tops are worth 10 cents each for the school to spend on
classroom needs. This is basically free money and all it requires is that
you clip, save and submit the Box Tops to our Box in the school lobby. No
need to mark with names this time around – just put the Box Tops in baggies for
your child to drop in this box outside the school office.
We are just $130 away from our $1,000 goal for this school year.
Keep clipping!
Questions? You may contact your BoxTops Coordinator,
Shannon, at gbwboxtops@gmail.com
Girls on the Run
On Saturday, June 2 the Girls on the Run organization will be
hosting a FREE mini lesson for all girls ages 8-11 (Girls
on the Run eligible) in three locations around our region. If your daughter may
be interested in Girls on the Run in the upcoming school year, this is a great
opportunity to check out the program. Parents/Guardians will register
their daughters on the website here: https://www.raceplanner. com/register/index/girls-on-
the-run-of-nova-pop-up Program is limited to 30 spots per location. Register soon!
 What is a Makerspace?
A makerspace is a place where students can gather to create,
invent, tinker, explore, and discover using a variety of tools and materials.
It provides a hands-on approach to learning that encourages the
development of the Portrait of a Graduate skills (collaboration, communication,
creative and critical thinking, goal-directed and resilient individuals, and
global and ethical citizens).
When and where?
GBW is working to create a makerspace in the library that will be
ready for all of our students to use next year.
Donation Request:
Are you tired of stepping on legos all over your house? Now
is your chance to donate them to GBW’s library makerspace! Please take a
moment to fill one sandwich-sized ziplock bag with assorted legos to donate to
the library. Your kids will get to use them again, along with many other
engaging resources, next year in the makerspace! Thanks for your help in providing
materials for student creations!
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 Pre-Order Now
Get a head start on the 18-19
school year by pre-purchasing your child's school supplies. Each Spring the GBW
PTA offers the convenience of pre-packaged "supply kits". Refer to the
ordering instructions that were sent home in last week's Thursday Folder. Online
ordering can be found at http://campussurvivalkits.com/gbw as well
as on our GBW school
homepage. Online ordering closes on June 30.
Supply kits ordered through
CampusSurvial will be delivered directly to your child's classroom by the Open
House date in August.
If you would like to purchase your own school supplies, supply lists by
grade level can be found on our school website under the Academics tab.
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