- Principal's Message
- Student Intention Form
- Yearbooks
- SOL Testing
- FCPS Meals Distribution - MONDAYS
- GBW Library News
- Parent Resource Center
- Positivity Project
- PTA Events & Announcements
- Important Dates Coming Up
Students And Staff Enjoy Crazy Hair & Hat Day!
Tonight - Dinner with Principals - Fried Rice
Please join us for our Dinner with Principals tonight from 6:30 – 7:15 as we cook Fried Rice! Please note - when we meet at 6:30, it is assumed that families have already cooked the plain white rice before the start of the cooking event.
Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/wka-iscg-yaf?hs=122&authuser=0
Recipe: https://therecipecritic.com/easy-fried-rice/
Click here for some special notes about the recipe and substitutions.
Schedule:
6:30 Introductions
6:35 Principals will teach students how to make Fried Rice
7:00 Mr. Cook will share some fun facts about Fried Rice
7:15 Brief Break before PTA Meeting
Class Placements for 2021-2022 - Grades K-5
Dear Parents / Guardians of all GBW Students in Grades K-5,
In a few weeks the Greenbriar West staff will begin our collaborative work of designing our class placements for the upcoming 2021-2022 school year. Knowing that parents are an integral member of our GBW learning team, we welcome and encourage parents / guardians to share feedback with our school about your child’s learning needs by completing the Student Survey Form. If you would like to share feedback with GBW about multiple children in your family, please complete a separate form for each child.
Later in May, GBW will be scheduling class placement meetings with classroom teachers, specialists, ESOL teachers, and Special Education Teachers to review the feedback / responses submitted on these forms. This Student Survey data, as well as a variety of other data sources, will be considered as we make class placement decisions for the 2021-2022 school year. Please note that we do not accept requests for a specific teacher, and the feedback should focus more on your child’s learning needs. Being that our class placement process requires a lot of collaboration with multiple stakeholders, any feedback received after May 21st will not be included in our class placement processes.
Thank you in advance for continuing to partner with GBW to help ensure that we provide the best learning experience for your child in the upcoming school year.
June 8 - Primary Election
Tuesday, June 8, is the Democratic Primary Election. Because Fairfax County Electoral Board and City of Fairfax Electoral Board will be using 165 school facilities as polling locations, June 8 will be a virtual synchronous learning day (no in-person classes) for students.
More information will be provided in the near future.
Student’s Intention for Next School Year Form: There are a large number of families who have not yet responded. Whether or not your child will be returning to GBW for 2021-22, we need to know. This will greatly help us in projecting our total enrollment for next school year. Please return the form as soon as possible.
You may drop off, fax, email or mail the intention form to the Greenbriar West Main Office. Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., M-F
- Fax: 703-633-6797
- Email: pli@fcps.edu
- Mail: 13300 Poplar Tree Rd, Fairfax, VA 22033 (Attn: Patty Li)
The form is preferable, however, if you are unable to provide the form please email Mrs. Li (using the email above) and indicate one of the following:
- YES, my student (name) will be returning,
- NO, my student (name) will not be returning.
- Please indicate “Student Intent for 2021-22” in the subject line.
A huge THANK YOU to Amy McPherson for the countless months, days, and hours she spent on creating the yearbook. She deigned layouts, assisted parents with uploading photos, and collected pictures to capture our year. We are truly grateful for her dedication to our students, staff and community.
And thank you as well to Janet McFadden, who despite not having a student at GBW this year, took on the responsibility of creating the 7-Year Club and 6th Grade pages. Thank you Janet for your time and dedication.
And to all the parents, teachers and staff who submitted pictures, we would not have been able to have a yearbook without you! Thank you for helping the yearbook committee create a keepsake that students and families will enjoy now and in the future, when we look back and say "WOW, what a year it was!"
Testing dates for SOLs have been determined. Click here for the SOL Testing Schedule. Parents will receive further details within the next few days regarding testing specifics, both for in-person and virtual students.
Distribution: Mondays, 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Meal kits are available to ALL FCPS students and children 18 years of age and under at no cost. Each meal kit contains breakfast, lunch, snack and supper for one person. Parents and caregivers may pick up one meal kit for each child. Adults may purchase meal kits for $28.
Instructions on how to store the food and prepare it are provided with the kit.
Location for pickup is at Door 8, located by the side parking lot.
Upcoming Curbside Pickup
Monday, May 3: 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. and 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
For more information about Curbside Checkout click HERE.
Click here to see information on free webinars for parents. Register NOW for the upcoming May webinars. Topics include:
- COVID-19 Vaccines and the Vaccination Process in Fairfax County: A Webinar for Families
- Supporting Your Child’s Wellness Through Health and Physical Education
- SIBSHOPS: An Exciting, Virtual Workshop for Brothers and Sisters of Children with Special Needs
- How to Talk to Your Children About Body Safety
- Parent to Parent: Surviving and Thriving During a Second COVID-19 Summer
- Healthy Minds Fairfax
Positivity Project (P2) has an online parent component called P2 for Families 1-1-3. There is 1 quote, 1 video, and 3 questions to help you and your children discuss the character trait of the week. Using the password P2, log into this link to explore all the character traits with your children. The next trait will be LEADERSHIP!!
TONIGHT! PTA Membership Meeting and Board Election
See you tonight after the Fried Rice Dinner with Principals Event for our PTA meeting!
We will hear important updates from our PTA Board and Principals, and vote on the nominees for next year’s PTA Board:
President-Elect: Joe Miller
VP, Membership and Communications: Lilit Yoo
VP, Fundraising: Amy McPherson
Treasurer: Navin Srinivasan
Secretary: Laura Koscho
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PTA Committee Chairs needed for 2021-22!
The GBW Parent Teacher Association is a volunteer-run, non-profit organization whose mission is to promote the educational success and overall wellness of every child at Greenbriar West by encouraging strong parent, family, and community involvement.
Our PTA can only provide support with YOUR leadership and support! If you are interested in organizing an event, fundraiser, club, social, committee, or other initiative next year, we welcome all ideas and volunteers! Please email greenbriarwestpta@gmail.com today!
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Staff Wish Lists
Looking for a gift for your child’s teachers and specialists? Visit our web site for some ideas from teacher wish lists! https://gbwpta.ptboard.com
Remember: Gifts from families are NOT required but always appreciated. Thanks for your generosity!
AmazonSmile to support our school!
Purchasing gifts for Teacher Appreciation Week?
AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support your favorite charity (GBW PTA!) every time you shop, at no cost to you.
When you shop using smile.amazon.com or turn on AmazonSmile on your Amazon shopping app (select Greenbriar West PTA), Amazon will donate a portion of your purchase to our school.
Thank you for your support and happy online shopping!
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Teacher Appreciation Week is almost here!
May 3 - 7, we will be rolling out the red carpet and spoiling our Amazing GBW teachers all week!
Click here to access the flyer above.
Here is where we need your help to make the week extra special. On Wednesday, May 5th we will be hosting an “Open the Vending Machine Day”. The plan is to FILL the entire teachers lounge with snacks/drinks for the teachers to come grab when they have breaks. All extra items will stay in the lounge for the rest of the school year to satisfy that “craving” when they need it! You can sign up here to help: Sign Up to Bring Snacks/Sodas
Bingo Night and Noodle and Company fundraiser SUCCESS!
Thank you to everyone who played along in our third Virtual Bingo Night! We had many students playing and gave out many fun prizes. Thanks to everyone for supporting the PTA by ordering food from Noodles and Company! We earned $124.79 from our orders.
TONIGHT, April 29
Dinner with Principals - Fried Rice - 6:30 p.m.
PTA Virtual Membership Meeting - 7:30 p.m.
May 3 - 7
Teacher Appreciation Week
May 11 - May 28
GBW SOL Testing Window
Thursday, May 20
Kindergarten Orientation (Virtual) 6:30 - 7:15 p.m.
PTA Virtual Membership Meeting - 7:30 p.m.
Monday, May 24
Kindergarten Walking Tour (In-person) 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Tuesday, June 8
Virtual synchronous learning day (no in-person classes) for students
Friday, June 11
Last Day of School, Early Release
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