 The Office Staff at Greenbriar West is AWESOME!
In honor of Office Staff Appreciation Week, we wanted to say a hearty “THANK YOU” to our office staff, who are the first friendly faces of our school and provide a multitude of services and supports to our school community. We also want to say THANKS to our Health Room Aide for all of her support, and caring for our students. These ladies are the glue that keeps us together. They. Are. Awesome!!!!
GBW will join the Chantilly Pyramid in celebrating “College Day” on Friday, April 26, 2019. 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 he/she can go, the more likely it is that the child will go to college.
- 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!
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Joining Band or Strings Next School Year?
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If your child will be in the 5th or 6th grade next year, be on the lookout for an information letter in your child’s Thursday folder about how to register your child for one of our amazing instrumental programs here at GBW. Registration for the 2019-2020 school year will take place online starting this week! Please start a discussion with your child about their instrument selection for next year. Questions? Please contact Ms. Belasik (strings) and/or Mr. Hill (band). |
The Student Intention for Next School Year form was Due on April 12. We still have over 130 outstanding forms. Please check your child’s Thursday Folder today for the additional form stamped 2nd notice. Please complete and return the form with your child by Monday, April 29. This information will greatly help us in projecting our total enrollment for next school year.
The Fairfax/Falls Church Community Services Board invites you to attend the Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day Open House and Resource Fair, Thursday, May 9, 2019, 3:30-6:30 p.m. at the Merrifield Center, 8221 Willow Oaks Corporate Drive in Fairfax. The event features a survivor of the shooting at Virginia Tech, a representative of “Inspiring Comfort,” an organization created following the incident at Sandy Hook Elementary School, and other experts in the mental health field. Help reinforce positive mental health as an essential part of every child’s development! Please see the attachment for more information. Registration is not required.
Mental Health Awareness Day Flyer
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May is almost here and the time has come to show all of our Teachers and Staff just how much we appreciate them. At GBW we have a very unique experience for our children. With so many different International Cultures present in our school our children have a great opportunity to learn from their teachers and from one another. With this in mind, this year the PTA would like to host an International Theme luncheon for the Teachers and Staff on Tuesday, May 7. Please consider signing up here to contribute a dish to the luncheon. |
Classroom Challenge Winners!
The winners of the Spring Box Tops Contest were announced on the Morning News on Friday just before Spring Break!
THANK YOU!! As a school, we raised a total of $786.60 for GBW through this contest! Our goal is to keep collecting Box Tops through the end of the school year to reach our goal of $1000. Every last Box Top makes a difference, so thank you to everyone who participated.
The individual student who submitted most Box Tops was Kyle Henderson (Mrs. Dingman), bringing in 303 valid Box Tops! Kyle won a $25 gift card to Sweetfrog!
The top three classrooms to submit Box Tops were:
First Place: Mrs. Dingman - 724 Box Tops
Second Place: Ms. McNeilly - 441 Box Tops
Third Place: Ms. Gauthier - 338 Box Tops
The PTA will coordinate with each teacher in order to deliver prizes to the classroom.
Keep on CLIPPING! To enter contests to win 1000's of Bonus Box Tops for the school, log into BTFE.com and enter. Also find coupons and keep up with GBW's earnings progress throughout the year!
Questions? E-mail GBW Box Tops Coordinator at gbwboxtops@gmail.com
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Large selection of gently used fiction and non-fiction books — plus DVDs, CDs and audio books — for children and adults. Great selection of children’s picture books, chapter books, easy readers, J and Y novels, gift books and graphic novels.
Friday, May 3, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday, May 4, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Box Sale, Sunday, May 5, 1-4 p.m.
Sponsored by:
Friends of the Chantilly Regional Library
4000 Stringfellow Road, Chantilly, VA 20151
703-502-3883
FLYER
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Assists with Class Placement
In a previous Thursday Folder, a Student Survey letter (light blue form) was sent home 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 26, 2019.
Open House & Back to School Day Combined!
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 23!
It is hard to believe we are already planning for the 2019-2020 school year! Mark your calendars for our combined Open House/Back-to-School Day at GBW on Friday, August 23rd. This is a different format than previous years, and grade levels are at different times throughout the day- see below.
9:00-10:00 First and Second Grades
10:30-11:30 Third and Fourth Grades
12:00-1:00 Kindergarten
1:30-2:30 Fifth and Sixth Grades
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Students in grades 3-6 will participate in the Standards of Learning (SOL) Online Assessments from May 6-31. Please review the testing schedule below in order to avoid making appointments that may take students out of school during this time period. Thank you for your support and assistance with our SOL test administration.
 4th Graders in PE learning how to make it through the day without junk food and unhealthy snacks. If they "got tapped" by student posing as junk food, students learned the importance of using up that energy with exercise!
Mark Your Calendar
Friday, April 26
SCA Spirit Day- College Day
Thursday, May 9
PTA Restaurant Night- Cafe Rio (All Day - 20% goes to GBW PTA)
Friday, May 10
SCA Spirit Day- Sports Day
Thursday, May 30
Strings Concert, 6pm (beginners), 7:15pm (non-beginners)
Monday, June 3
PTA Meeting, 9:30am
Tuesday, June 4
PTA Restaurant Night- Dogfish Head Greenbriar
Thursday, June 6
Band Concert, 7pm
Friday, June 7
SCA Spirit Day- Classroom Choice Day
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