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Dear GBE Families,
Thank you to our families who participated in today’s Grandparents Day event. It was so wonderful to have our GBE community come together to share classroom activities and song.
We hope that you and your families have a fabulous winter break. The GBE Main Office is closed for the Winter Break. The GBE Main Office closes today (12/21) at 4:30pm and will reopen on Monday, January 7 at 8:00am.
Have a wonderful Winter Break. We will see you in 2019!
Ms. Cohen, Ms. Kidd and Ms. Lorenzi
 From all of us at GBE, we wish you a safe, happy, and healthy New Year!
Kicking off the Season right with
Grandparents Day
Advanced Academic Level IV 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.
Change to SACC’s Inclement Weather Policy
School-Age Child Care’s (SACC) inclement weather policy for days when FCPS announces a two-hour delayed opening has been revised. Effective January 7, 2019, on days when FCPS announces a two-hour delay, SACC centers will open at 8 a.m. (instead of 7 a.m.) for children enrolled in the before-school session. SACC's one-hour delayed opening will provide additional time for road conditions to improve and be adequately assessed, and for parking lots and sidewalks to be cleared as needed.
Travel Opportunity for RRMS Rising 7th Graders
The Rocky Run/Warriner School Exchange Program is coming to Rocky Run in the 2019-20 school year. The program gives 20 - 24 students from Rocky Run Middle School the opportunity to travel abroad to England, learn about another country, and attend a school very different from their own. Students learn about another culture, travel to new places, and make lasting friendships. This trip is an opportunity of a lifetime! Travel for students from Rocky Run to England will take place November 1-9, 2019. Travel for students from The Warriner School to Rocky Run will take place March 27 - April 4, 2020. You must host an exchange student in order to participate in this program.
You may view the exchange website for more information: https://sites.google.com/fcpsschools.net/rrms-warriner-exchange2019/home
An FCPSSCHOOLS.NET logon is required to view the site.
Please contact Mrs. Sciabica, Assistant Principal, at Rocky Run MS with any
PTA News:
Original Works
Be on the lookout for Original Works orders coming home with your students today! Thank you to everyone who ordered. We hope you love it!
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PTA Meeting
Mark your calendars! The next PTA meeting is January 10th at 6:30 pm. An officer from the FCPD will be present to give an internet safety presentation. You won't want to miss this informative session!
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The GBE PTA wishes all of our families a safe and happy winter break!
Looking Ahead:
December 24th-January 4th: Winter Break - No School & Office Closed
Thu, January 10th: PTA Meeting 6:30pm
Wed, January 16th: McDonald's Restaurant Night
Fri, January 18th: 3 Hour Early Release @ 1:00pm
Mon, January 21st: Martin Luther King Day - No School
Fri, January 25th: Student Holiday - No School
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