Glasgow Community:
This weekend, I had the pleasure of watching the Glasgow Unified Basketball Teams compete in the Potomac Unified Basketball Tournament. Glasgow had two teams compete, coached by Keely Norris, Olivia Shank, and Megan Amelio. I love seeing our students striving to be their best both inside and outside the classroom. Everyone played hard and had a great time!
We had a lot of fun celebrating Open Campus this week with all three grade levels. It was great to see students participating in activities like playdoh, Valentine’s Day card making, origami, volleyball and basketball! Open Campus is truly a community event, and we could not do it without the support and enthusiasm of our teachers and staff!
Last week was also National School Counseling Week. We celebrated all of the amazing things that our School Counselors do each day: academic advising, meeting to connect students, families, and staff, hallway and lunch duty, managing 504 plans, facilitating parent-teacher conferences, working to promote social-emotional wellness of students, and making sure students are safe in the school learning environment. We are so lucky to have an incredible school counseling staff at Glasgow.
Finally, I hope you will join me at our next PTA meeting on Thursday evening at 7:00pm. Greg Frantz, School Counselor, and Joash Chung, Director of Student Services will be leading a course registration roundtable.
As always, please let me know if you have any questions.
Katie Madigan, Acting Principal
Contact Information
Twitter: @ktmadigan
Email: kemadigan@fcps.edu
Website: http://www.fcps.edu/GlasgowMS/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GlasgowMS.FCPS/
Getting Ready for High School
2020-2021 Course Registration for Rising 9th Graders - Glasgow Student Services is excited to meet with your 8th graders to register them for next year’s courses! Glasgow counselors are meeting with students one-on-one during their Health & Physical Education classes for academic advising and reviewing course selections. After meeting with their counselor, 8th graders will be bringing home the course selection sheet for your review.
New for this year, students are now able to enter their course selections on their own through SIS StudentVue prior to meeting with counselors. Parents will also be able to view their student’s course selections in ParentVUE when they are entered. You may help your student through this process by using the “How To” guide.
In order to make changes to course requests, parents of rising 9th graders will need to contact the student services team at Justice HS no later than March 1.
Helpful Links: Online Course Selection - “How To” Guide
Justice HS Course Catalog for Rising 9th Graders
High School Transition Events at Neighboring High Schools
Edison High School - February 25 at 7PM
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Volunteer Opportunities
Get Involved, Volunteer Today! - The Glasgow PTA needs YOU! See volunteer opportunities at Glasgow Middle School, supporting our teachers and staff, throughout the year: http://www.glasgowpta.org/participate/volunteer/
Spelling Bee - Volunteers Needed! - Glasgow's Spelling Bee will be held on Wednesday, February 12 at 2:30pm in the Library. To make this event a success we need your help! The Bee will run from 2:30 until 4:30pm but we ask that volunteers arrive before 2:15pm to avoid the end of the day parking lot craziness and so that there is time for proper instructions before the students arrive. Sign up here to volunteer: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c084aa4a92da0fc1-glasgow21
Civics Lobby Day on March 5 & 6 – Volunteers Needed! - On March 5 and 6, 8th grade students will be doing a presentation of learning about state and local government. They will identify problems in their school, state or local communities and create an advocacy plan in order to lobby a legislator or decision maker about the issue. To give students an authentic audience for this task we are asking community members to volunteer to visit Glasgow for one hour and interact with students. In addition to Glasgow community members, we’d also love to have elected officials volunteer, as well as anyone with a direct connection to public service. Thank you in advance for supporting our students! To sign-up, visit this link. Email Tina Takach at cptakach@fcps.edu with any questions!
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Important Dates
February 11 - PTA Meeting
February 12 - Spelling Bee
February 14 - Lollipop Distribution
February 17 - No School
February 18 - All “A” Honor Roll Celebration (6th and 7th Grade) during FIT
February 21 - All “A” Honor Roll Celebration (8th Grade) during FIT
February 24 - A&B Honor Roll Certificates Distributed during PT
February 25 - Pre-Assessment Band Concert, Justice, 7pm
February 27 - Justice Pyramid Art Show, Justice, 6:00-8:00pm
PTA Meeting - February 11: The next Glasgow PTA meeting will be held on February 11 at 7:00pm in the Lecture Hall, please join us for a Course Registration Roundtable with Joash Chung, Director of Student Services, and Greg Frantz, School Counselor.
Spelling Bee - February 12: This year's Glasgow Spelling Bee will be held on Wednesday, February 12 at 2:30 in the Library. All Glasgow students are invited to participate and no prior registration required! We are thrilled to be anticipating more spellers than ever this year! Our hope is to wrap up the spelling bee by 4:30pm so that students can ride the late buses home. However in the event that we run over, please be on standby for a call from your student, to provide your own transportation home.
The winner of the Bee will advance to the Fairfax County Bee in March, and will receive a $50 Amazon gift card. Second- and third- place finishers will receive $25 Amazon gift cards. Word study lists are available at 2020 Spelling Bee Words list as well as the front office; additional study materials can be found at spellingbee.com. There is also a need for three judges for the Bee. If interested, please contact Ben Hemmens at bhemmens@gmail.com.
Justice HS Volleyball Weekend Camps in March: Sign Up Today! - Justice High School volleyball program is excited to be offering Volleyball Clinics for boys and girls in grades 6 through 9 grade every Saturday in March. For more information check out the following link: https://www.justicehssports.com/page/3095
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Glasgow Goodies
District 10 Honor Choir - This weekend, seventeen chorus students from Glasgow participated in the District 10 Honor Choir. These students were selected based on a blind audition. Over 400 students auditioned and around 150 students were selected. The students participated in a 3 day event, including an all-day rehearsal and concert. Congratulations to the following students: Colt Armstrong, Bridget Barron, Sophia Depasquale, Feben Gebreegziabeher, Kaliyah Graham, Sofia Hemmens, Elias Homer, Jessie Huang, Madeline Jensen, Ketan Kane, Elias Kassa, Mia Korin, Luong Charlene, Gabriela Simmons-Robles, Crystal Tran, Dibora Yilma and Brian Zheng.
Glasgow Unified Basketball Team - Congrats to a job well done at the Potomac Unified Basketball Tournament to both players and coaches.
Coaches: Keely Norris, Olivia Shank and Megan Amelio
Players: Zachary Ward, Karen Solano, Karla Ascencio-Machado, Natan Tewdros, Keyra Gonzalez-Cortez, Melina Vasquez-Romero, Maynor Pena-Alvarez, Anwen Reed, Miles Stadtler, Ashley Gonzalez, Colleen Cranna, Marianna Arce, Valerie Saravia, Reyan Alam, Gabriela Flores Gonzalez, Adam Syar, Alberto Blaz-Alviez, Asjal Ali, Boisseau Woltz,Claire Brogan, Colin Buckhorn, Drew Schrecker, Mateo Torrico, Mohamed Aziz, Nathaniel Tefera, Nicole Ledezma, Suad Hassan, Timmy Adye, Vanessa Amaya-Hernandez, Yonnis Flores-Diaz
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Important Information
Update on Internal Cameras: Great news, we have begun the implementation process of internal cameras. Currently we are reviewing the blueprints for the installation of 48 interior cameras at Glasgow. There have been two technicians here all week working on the installation of the wiring. We are hopeful that installation will begin in the next month or two. Stay tuned for more information as we upgrade our safety and security system at Glasgow.
Yearbook Class Needs Photos of Your Child Outside of School! - The yearbook staff wants to see our students and staff engaged in an activity outside of school. If you traveled to an exciting location (includes vacation destinations) or play sports outside of school, we want a picture! You can also include pictures of helping the community or attending a play, movie, evening school event, etc. Be creative and send those pictures to the yearbook staff!
To submit pictures you can submit to Mr. Perella in F226 (please put your picture in an envelope with name and Panther Time teacher)or click on the link below. Please be sure to write a brief description of when and where the picture was taken. The deadline is March 2, 2020. Pictures can be submitted to this Google form: https://forms.gle/d5mimbsdHKLFZxYa6
8th Grade Baby or Toddler Pictures Needed! - It's that time again! The yearbook staff would like 8th graders to bring in pictures when you were a baby or toddler. To submit pictures, you can give them to a yearbook staff member or drop them off to Mr. Perella in room F226 (please put your picture in an envelope with name and Panther Time teacher) or click on the link below.
The deadline is March 2, 2020. Pictures can be submitted to this Google form: https://forms.gle/Weyk8wpSh8rDMXh28 or emailed to Mr. Perella: maperella@fcps.edu or maperella@fcpsschools.net.
*Please note, not all pictures will be may be used based on image content, image quality, or size. The yearbook staff will try their best to get all submitted photos into the yearbook.
2020-2021 Course Registration for Rising 7th and 8th Graders: On Monday, February 3 our 6th and 7th graders will learn how to complete their course selection sheet. Counselors will start meeting with 6th and 7th graders in February for academic advising and reviewing course selections. After meeting with their counselor, 6th and 7th graders will be bringing home the course selection sheet.
New for this year, students are now able to enter their course selections on their own through SIS StudentVue prior to meeting with counselors. Parents will also be able to view their student’s course selections is ParentVUE when they are entered. You may help your student through this process by using the “How To” guide below.
NOTE: All course request changes are due by April 17, 2020. Finalizing requests by this date allows us to invest in staffing and resources based on students’ needs and interests. We will be finalizing schedules and placements throughout the late Spring and summer months.
Helpful Links:
Online Course Selection - “How To” Guide
Glasgow MS Course Catalog for Rising 7th Graders
Glasgow MS Course Catalog for Rising 8th Graders
Attention 8th Graders (rising 9th graders) CPP is Now Recruiting: The College Partnership Program (CPP) assist students who are traditionally underrepresented in higher education; explore, apply and enroll in college. CPP offers academic counseling, college visits, assistance with completing college and scholarship applications, monthly meetings, parent education sessions, SAT preparation classes, a summer overnight experience on a college campus, news and information related to colleges and careers via FCPS 24-7 (Blackboard) site.
Online application: https://tinyurl.com/CPPapp2020. Students will need to log in to their G Suite account (FCPS Google Apps in Education) to complete the online application. Paper applications are available in Student Services. Please email Ms. Otoyo at ajotoyo@fcps.edu. Deadline is March 18
Sign Up for Weekly Progress Reports: All parents/guardians of middle and high school students who have registered for a SIS ParentVUE Account and have a primary email address recorded in SIS ParentVUE can receive Weekly Progress Reports via email. This report provides a summary of your student(s) grades for the current quarter.
To activate the Weekly Progress Reports via email, login to your SIS ParentVUE Account and first verify that you have a primary email address within the system. It is listed under the “My Account” tab. If it is blank, enter the email address where you would like to receive the progress reports and click on update account. Once confirmed, parents/guardians are able to activate and select their preferences for receiving these reports within the SIS ParentVUE “My Account” tab.
Weekly progress reports for middle and high school students will be included in one email. FCPS Elementary Schools do not use the SIS grade book and therefore are not included in these reports. For questions about a specific progress report or grade you can login into your SIS ParentVUE Account to find detailed grade book information. Additionally, your student’s teacher is always the best resource to answer any grade book questions that you may have. Weekly Progress Report Parent Quick Reference Guide.
Yearbooks on Sale Now! - Parents encouraged to purchase a yearbook today! The cost is $30. You can purchase your yearbook on-line at https://www.balfour.com/virginia/alexandria/glasgow-middle-school or bring in cash/check to the office. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Perella at maperella@fcps.edu. Please note, yearbooks will be distributed to students at Glasgow during the last week of school.
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After School Program News
The after-school program is going great! Students are enjoying the different clubs and activities that are being offered. Late buses are available for students every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.
To learn more about Glasgow’s After School Program, check out our website, email Greg Williams, After School Coordinator at gwilliams2@fcps.edu or call 703-813-8885.
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Be Informed, Stay Involved!
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