GBE Happenings 12.13.19

SWAT Team

The GBE S.W.A.T. Team is creating a Google Draw Who Am I project.


Save the Date

Yearbooks are on Sale!

Yearbook

Yearbook Cost: $16.00

Yearbooks can be purchased online through Life Touch. 

Click here to order through Life Touch.

GBE Yearbook Code: 1475020

 

You may also send your payment in with your student via cash or check.  Yearbook forms were sent home, but you may also pickup a form in the office.


Winter Break

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2019-20 Advanced Academic Programs Level IV Center Screening and Identification

 

Parents Grades 2-6 If you are interested in referring your child for the Level IV Center, the countywide referral deadline is January 9, 2020. Please turn in the referral form and any optional information in an envelope to the GBE front office by this deadline. You can visit the AAP website for all timelines, forms and resources for this process. 

The Level IV referral form is available on the FCPS AAP website at https://www.fcps.edu/registration/advanced-academics-identification-and-placement/current-fcps-students

Additional information about the Level IV center screening and identification process and information used for screening can be found on the FCPS AAP website at https://www.fcps.edu/academics/academic-overview/advanced-academic-programs.

If you have additional questions please contact Tracey Jenkins, GBE Advanced Academic Resource Teacher, tljenkins1@fcps.edu.



PTA News:

Save the Dates

January 7:    PTA meeting

January 15:  Domino's Spirit Day

February 3:  Power Plates entries due (more info to come!)

 

Barnes & Noble Fundraiser Tonight!

Barnes & Noble

Come listen to GBE Strings performances, and hear best-selling children’s author, Sue Fleiss, read from her books (including her most recently published, Little Red Rhyming Hood, and How to Trick a Christmas Elf) —and grab one or two to have signed! Gift wrapping, face painting, bookmark making… You and your students will have a great time for sure!

Make sure you mention GBE at the registers—even grabbing treats from the café will count!

We’re still desperately in need of volunteers for the stations, so please consider signing up here: www.gbepta.org/bn

 

Coding Enrichment Programs!

STEM

Did you know that incorporating coding helps students gain skills such as sequencing, problem solving, math concepts, as well as perseverance so that they will become better readers, writers, and mathematicians?

Our winter programs are being announced, and coding is open for registration!

STEM excel is offering these three courses this semester:

-3D Printing, starts Wednesday, January 22nd
-Python Programming, starts Thursday, January 23rd
-Intro to Game Design, starts Friday, January 24th

Learn more about each course (and register!) here: https://stemexcel.org/greenbriareast/

 

Power Plates

Power Plate

Virginia PTA Power Plates Program is designed to encourage students to practice healthy eating habits by submitting their recipes for competition.   The competition is open to students from grades pre-kindergarten through 12. The program is administered by the Virginia PTA Health and Safety Committee.

There are five meal categories: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Dessert, and Snack.

Students can enter their original, healthy recipes in three easy steps: write down the recipe, fill out the Student Entry Form, and take a picture of the dish - then submit!

Entries are reviewed by judges appointed by the Health and Safety Committee. 1st Place winners are invited to the Virginia PTA student awards ceremony the weekend of the spring Board of Managers meeting.

Look for a flyer in next week’s Wednesday folder!


Looking Ahead:

Fri, December 20th:                Winter Celebration of Read & Song

                                              (formerly known as Grandparents Day)

December 23rd-January 3rd:  Winter Break - No School & Office Closed

Tue, January 7th:                    PTA Meeting, 6:30pm

Wed, January 15th:                 Domino's Restaurant Night

 


FCPS 2019-20 School Year Calendar