Mrs. Choate's Chat newsletter

Mrs. Choate's Chat...

Dear Glen Forest Community,

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and friends. Over the break, my four sons were all at home and I was extremely thankful to have three full days with our family back together. It meant lots of noise and around the clock cooking, but I loved every minute of it!

As we count down the days until our winter break, our staff is still busy with mid-year assessments, hosting curriculum nights, arranging field trips and student assemblies. We are packing in lots of events during the last 15 days of school!   Our student assemblies are one way we celebrate with your children how thankful we are to be a school community! We wish our parent community could join us, but with over 1,100 students, we unfortunately don’t have the capacity to extend an invitation. However, we will post photos and videos on our Twitter and school website for you to enjoy.

On behalf of the staff, we hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable winter break. We want to thank you for sharing your wonderful children with us! They are curious, eager learners, kind and compassionate and we are so appreciative of the opportunity to serve this incredible community! Take care and Happy New Year.

Sincerely,

Cynthia Choate

Principal


Deadline for AAP Level IV Referrals

This is a friendly reminder that the deadline for referring students in Grades 2-7 for AAP full-time Level IV consideration is due no later than January 9, 2020.  Parents are welcome to submit early, but no late referrals will be accepted.  We advise parents not to wait for pending abilities test scores if they would like their student screened. While the Grade 2 screening pool casts a starting point for screening some students, test scores are only one factor in the eligibility decision. 

If you would like more information about Level IV AAP services or the screening process for Level IV, there are two parent presentations available on the AAP public website  that have the same information that was shared at our local school information meetings. 

Referrals can be submitted to our Advanced Academic Resource Teachers (Patty Edwards, Tracy Haynes & Angela Ulsh) at any time up through January 9th. 


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Attention 4th & 5th Grade Families:

5th Graders: Starting on Monday, December 17 students will begin the Family Life Education lessons.

4th Graders: on Friday, December 21students will have their FLE lesson.

Students who have opted out of these lessons will have alternate lessons plans.


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Parent Connection Meeting

Wednesday, December 11 @ 9:45 am

Glen Forest ES

“Saving for College”

 
   

Please join us for an informative and beneficial presentation about how to “Save for College”. This information will be presented by financial officers from Bank of America.   It’s not too early to start saving for college for your child(ren)! They will explain the current programs already in place for you to start the saving process.


Kindergarten

Parents/Guardians

Glen Forest Elementary School invites you!

Please join us for a Curriculum Night on Tuesday, December 10, 2019 ~ 6:00 – 7:30 pm to learn about strategies to support your child at home. We will meet in the kindergarten classrooms.

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3rd Grade

Parents/Guardians

Glen Forest Elementary School invites you!

Please join us for a Curriculum Night on Thursday, December 12, 2019 ~ 6 – 8 pm to learn about strategies to support your child at home. We will meet in the 3rd grade classrooms.


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Be Informed, Stay Involved!

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