Important Information
1st Quarter Report Cards, SIS ParentVUE and StudentVUE Access: First quarter report cards will go home with students in Panther Time on Tuesday, November 9th. Due to grade preparation for first quarter marks, SIS will be unavailable to all FCPS parents and students from Friday, October 29th at 4pm until Saturday, November 13th at 6am.
Counselor Staffing Changes: Effective Monday, November 8, Brittany Crumbling will take on the MTSS Counselor position for Karen Jeannette who will no longer be working at Glasgow Middle School. Greg Frantz will move from the 7th grade team into the 6th grade team for Brittany Crumbling.
Flexible Instructional Time: Glasgow’s Flexible Instructional Time (FIT) is the school intervention block that takes place during 4th period. At Glasgow, students may be placed into an intervention FIT course, a literacy-based enrichment FIT course, or a specialty FIT course. Student placements are based on data such as academic assessments, teacher recommendations, and testing history. FIT rosters will be uploaded into SIS mid November and FIT is graded pass/fail. FIT will begin on Tuesday, November 30th. FIT will be taking place every other 4th period, alternating with Panther Time.
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST): Application Process for Eligible 8th Grade Students: Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) Application Process for Eligible 8th Grade Students: The application is open and will close on Friday, November 19th at 4:00pm. Detailed information including a video Information Session are posted on the TJHSST Admissions Office website: https://www.fcps.edu/registration/thomas-jefferson-high-school-science-and-technology-admissions/tjhsst-freshman Please contact the TJHSST Admissions Office by email (tjadmissions@fcps.edu) or phone (571-423-3770) or the Glasgow TJ Liaison, Counselor Gregory Frantz (gdfrantz@fcps.edu) with questions or to request a video question and answer session.
Scoliosis Fact Sheet: To meet the state requirement for the provision of parent educational information on scoliosis, all Fairfax County Public Schools must provide a scoliosis fact sheet to parents or guardians of students in grades 5 - 10 within 60 business days of the school start date. The Scoliosis Fact Sheet and translations are available at: https://www.fcps.edu/node/42356
Lost and Found: If your child is missing something have them check the stage in the cafeteria. We’ve set out a few bins of lost and found items.
Donations Accepted for Glasgow’s Brain Break Time: As you may know, all Glasgow students participate in a 20 minute Brain Break during every 4th period class. With hundreds of students playing outdoors during this time, teachers who supervise Brain Breaks have requested additional sporting equipment to help provide students opportunities for structured play. We are accepting donations of equipment such as soccer balls, footballs, and basketballs that can be made available to students and teachers during their brain breaks. Please drop off donations to the front office. Thank you for your support!
AVID (Advanced Via Individual Determination) Elective for 2022-2023: Glasgow is starting to recruit Rising 7th and Rising 8th grade students to join the AVID elective for the 2022-23 school year. If your student is someone who is self-motivated and interested in learning more about college please have them join our Schoology page (Access Code: G2WR-549H-DSKG7)
Students will have to complete an application and go through an interview process in order to be accepted into the elective.
Information regarding rising 6th grade AVID recruitment will be coming shortly.
If you have any questions, please contact Kelly Greenshields (kagreenshiel@fcps.edu) or Emily Wasserman (ebwasserman@fcps.edu)
Glasgow Yearbook: Do you need to order a Glasgow Yearbook? Watch this quick tutorial on how to order a yearbook online - https://youtu.be/Y7c9W8hhZds
Community Review of K-8 Science Basal Instructional Resources: Fairfax County Public Schools will adopt new K – 8 Science Basal Instructional Resources for the 2022-2023 school year. A review committee composed of community members, administrators, and teachers will meet in November and December to review the instructional materials under consideration and community feedback. Public review of the recommended materials is part of the process for selecting new resources. K - 8 basal instructional resources may be accessed online until November 14, 2021. Digital materials for public review and comment will be available at the following link https://www.fcps.edu/node/39027. People reviewing the material online may complete an electronic comment sheet https://forms.gle/g76TjGmewaN8Fgfb6. All community feedback will be shared with School Board members before the vote at the School Board regular meeting.
ParentVUE - Sign up for ParentVUE if you have not already done so. ParentVUE allows you to access your child’s grades, schedule, attendance, and bus information. Sign up here. You should have received an activation code in the mail last week. For questions related to ParentVUE, please contact Dana Rivas, registrar, at dhrivas@fcps.edu.
Helpful Links: Here Comes the Bus is an app that allows you to track the location of your child’s school bus. MySchoolBucks allows you to add funds to your child’s account for meals, and student fees.
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