GBE Team Chess Competition
Join us in congratulating the GBE Team K-3 chess club for coming in 2nd place at the McNair Scholastic Chess Competition. Lucas Dammer, a GBE 5th grader, also represented GBE in the tournament.
 Karthik Surapaneni, Willis Stanley, Derek Goodell, Alex von Simson, Neeraj Yelakanti, Omar Niyazov, Sami Saraiji, Zachary Guyse, and Sudiksha Kondur
GBE Geography Bee Top 3 Champions
1st Place: Jad Mouhsine; 2nd Place: Ksatriani Borda; 3rd Place: Omar Elfertasse
GBE Geography Bee Finalists
 4th Grade: Omar Elfertasse and Jad Mouhsine; 5th Grade: Christopher Cabahug, Sama Bhusal, Charles Lobasso, and Vipunan Vikraman; 6th Grade: Kieran Athauda, Ksatriani Borda, Brogan Collins, Tara Kamrani, and Hala Younes
Lost and Found
With winter break fast approaching, please have your student come by the Lost & Found Table if they are missing a coat, sweatshirt, hats, gloves, or even a lunchbox. The lost and found table is located in the cafeteria. All items left as will be removed from our school and donated to a worthy cause in January.
Tip of the Day: Please write your child's name on the tag inside their belongings. This will help us identify the owner.
Advanced Academic Referral
The deadline to refer students in grades 2-6 for full-time, AAP Level IV services to begin during the 19-20 school year is Thursday, January 10th by 4pm. In addition to the mandatory signed and dated Level IV referral form, parents may also submit the following optional materials:
- A Parent/Guardian Questionnaire
- Private ability testing done with George Mason or a licensed psychologist
- Up to 4 single-sided, 8 ½” x 11” pages of student work samples that demonstrate critical and creative thinking. Original stories, artwork, and other student work may be submitted but must be on standard 8½“ x 11” paper
- Up to 5 single-sided, 8 ½” x 11” pages of a combination of awards/letters of recommendation
All items should be submitted together in an envelope and addressed to Tracey Jenkins, AART. Parents may drop applications off in the GBE front office at any time prior to the 10th. Applications cannot be accepted through email.
Please refer to the AAP website at: http://tinyurl.com/jr3swtt for specific guidelines for optional information, forms and information, or contact Tracey Jenkins at tljenkins1@fcps.edu with any questions
Yearbooks are on Sale!
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Yearbook Cost: $16.00
Yearbooks can be purchased online through Life Touch until February 1, 2019.
Click here to order through Life Touch.
GBE Yearbook Code: 1475019
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You may also send your payment in with your student via cash or check or click here to pay at My School Bucks. Yearbook forms were sent home, but you may also pickup a form in the office.
Attendance is a very crucial component in your student’s learning. While we do place an emphasis on daily attendance, we also know that illness does occur and we do not want sick children to attend school. This is very important, as we do not want to spread communicable illnesses to our classmates. If your student is vomiting, has diarrhea, and/or has a fever over 100.3, it is very important to keep him/her at home. Students should stay home for 24 hours after they are symptom/fever free. Please just remember to contact our attendance line at 703-633-6464 or GBE Attendance Form and let us know of the absence, as well as any symptoms they are experiencing.
PTA News:
Barnes and Noble Fundraising
Thank you to the families who participated in our Barnes and Noble fundraising event; to the volunteers who helped out with wrapping; and, to GBE Strings students for the beautiful music! The event was a great success! But, it's not over yet. For the next five days, online sales will also benefit GBE!
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Visit BN.COM/bookfairs and enter Bookfair ID 12312963 at checkout!
When doing online holiday shopping, remember to access sites through links that can benefit GBE!
Looking Ahead:
Fri, December 14th: 3 Hour Early Release @ 1:00pm
Fri, December 21st: Grandparents' Day
December 24th-January 4th: Winter Break - No School & Office Closed
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