 Mr. McCann, Region 5 Executive Principal, visited GBE this week. He also met Mina Habibi, grade 6 student who will represent FCPS and GBE on a panel discussion during a Congressional Briefing in DC to talk about how technology is supporting their learning.
GBE School Picture Day
Monday, October 21st
Monday, October 21, 2019, is GBE School Picture Day for all students. It’s that time of the year again to capture school memories with portraits by Lifetouch. An order form was sent home in your child’s Wednesday Folder, to explain detailed information as well as the payment envelope. Additional order forms will be available in the front office.
You may also choose to pay online at mylifetouch.com:
GBE’s Picture Day ID: HJ249084Q0
If you would like to order the picture packet, your child must have the payment envelope or online receipt at the time of his/her picture is taken on Monday, October 21st.
If for some reason your child misses this opportunity on Monday, October 21st or you do not like the results, picture make-up day will be on Wednesday, December 4th.
Beginning on October 21, FCPS will be asking all families to fill out a Student-Parent Survey for Federal Impact Aid.
Returning this form is important because information from this survey results in an additional $3 million in grants each year from the U.S. Department of Education. These funds are used to support all Fairfax County public schools and centers.
For each school-aged child in your household, please complete, sign, date, and return the survey to your child's school. If sections 1 and 2 of the survey do not apply to you, just check the box in Section 3.
All forms must be signed, dated, and returned by October 30.
All results are CONFIDENTIAL.
Video link - https://youtu.be/uPqC3BLf3Ow
FCPS Digital Citizenship Week 2019
Media Balance and Well-being
FCPS is celebrating Digital Citizenship Week from October 21-25, 2019! This year’s theme is Media Balance and Well-Being: Developing a Healthy Relationship with Your Technology. Our school is celebrating Digital Citizenship Week with spirit days and activities focused on developing healthy habits around technology use. Parents can also choose to sign up to receive text messages from Common Sense Media with Tips for Health Tech Balance (for children ages 3-8).
Below you’ll find the schedule of spirit days for students next week:
Chantilly Girls Cricket Team
Saturday, October 5th, the Maryland Youth Cricket Association had its 3rd Annual Awards Banquet. A few of GBE students played for the Chantilly Girls Cricket Team, which played in the first ever Girls Cricket League in the USA.
At the banquet, the following GBE students received awards:
Chantilly Girls Best Bowler: Madina Vazilri
Chantilly Girls MVP: Mary Grimmick
Girls League Overall MVP: Mary Grimmick
They also received a medal for finishing second in the league including Fatima Vazilri.
FCPS Library Catalog
This year FCPS has an updated library management system. You now have the ability to monitor your child’s library account. This means you (and your child) can see what they have checked out, renew items that are overdue, and place HOLDS on up to two books. Please watch a short video to learn how to access and log in to your child’s account. (You will need to know your student’s Username and Password in order to access their account.) If you have any questions please contact our librarian, Katie Bruechert KEBruechert@fcps.edu or 703-633-6400
GBE Library Catalog | Links to FCPS Library Databases and ebooks
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PTA News:
Save the Dates
October 19: Fall Festival!!! 3-6 pm at GBE
October 19: Silent Auction transitions to live event! 3-5:30 pm at GBE
October 21: Picture Day at GBE
October 25: Halloween Movie Night
October 25: 6th Grade Bake Sale (at movie night!)
November 6: Jersey Mike’s Spirit Night
November 8: End of Membership Drive!!
Fall Festival
Our annual Fall Festival is tomorrow from 3-6! If you preordered your entrance wristbands, make sure you head to the fast pass line for pickup when you arrive!
There is a climbing wall included with admittance, but a waiver will need to be signed to get a wristband to climb! You can sign at the festival, or bring one already completed—CLICK HERE.
There have been so many people to help the PTA prepare for the festival this year! HUGE thank yous, specifically, to Matt DiGaudio, Cindy Stern, Joe Dettor, allllll the room parents, Baard Grindal, Shawna McKeown, Brian Smith, Leah Smith, Poonam Ramgopal, Andrea Begley, Beth Palarca, Caroline Quezada, Laura Rodriguez, and Aleks Kosanin. And of COURSE to our amazing sponsors and everyone who’s helped us in any way—you are so, so appreciated!
Sara McClung, the PTA VP, would also like to publicly thank the rest of the board (Yulia Sanapuji, Shannon DiGaudio, and Roxanne Bristol) for how hard they’ve worked (all year and) for the Fall Festival especially. Organizing vendors, staying up late to plan, taking on a million big & little extras that will help this festival amazing. The list would make this post a novel, but everyone should know how tirelessly these women have been working for the event!
Our adult volunteer sign up is still open, with plenty of spots that we can use your help with! If you can offer a small bit of time, click here!
Silent Auction!
The online portion of our silent auction closes TONIGHT at 9! Want to get a few last-minute bids in? There’s still time! http://gbepta.org/silentauction (PLEASE NOTE the website ends in .org not .com!)
Any items that haven’t reached their “Buy it Now” pricing will transition to the live Silent Auction during the Fall Festival. Proxy bids made online will be honored during the live event as well.
(Don’t know what a proxy bid is? You can read more here!)
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Pumpkin Carving Contest!
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Don’t forget there’s the upcoming Pumpkin Decorating Contest at the Fall Festival! Winners in four different categories will receive trophies! (Funniest, Scariest, Best School Spirit, and Best in Show!) Fall Festival attendees will be the judges!
Sign up to enter (for free!) at gbepta.org/pumpkin.
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GBE Halloween Movie Night!
Friday, October 25, at 6:30! Come dressed in school-appropriate halloween costumes—there’ll be a prize for best in show! (NO masks or toy weapons of any kind.)
Admission is free!
The PTA will offer pizza ($2/slice until it runs out), popcorn ($1), and water ($1) starting at 6:30. AND the 6th Grade classes plan to host a bake sale, too! So bring your appetite and get ready for a super fun, 47-minute movie, which will start promptly at 7!
Even if you don't want to come out for the movie, stop by and grab dessert with your family where 100% of the proceeds go to 6th grade Choral Shirts and their Graduation Party at the end of the year!
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Looking Ahead:
Sat, October 19th: Fall Festival, 3:00-6:00pm
Mon, October 21st: Picture Day
Fri, October 25th: PTA Movie Night, 6:30-8:00pm
Mon, November 4th: Student Holiday - No School
Tue, November 5th: Student Holiday - No School
Wed, November 6th: Jersey Mike’s Spirit Night
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