Glasgow Community Gazette - November 14


Powell

Glasgow Community:

Fall weather is here, and children are excited to see the changes the fall season brings. We hope you have an opportunity as a family to enjoy the outdoors. It was great to connect with more of our families on Saturday at the Mason District Government Building. Building community matters! 

Optional COVID-19 screening testing will begin the week of November 18 for students who are not fully vaccinated. FCPS is partnering with LongView International Technology Solutions, Inc. (LTS) to provide testing services for students. 

Optional screening testing for Glasgow Middle School students will take place on Thursday, November 18 from 7:30 to 10:30AM in one of the conference rooms. Staff at our school will work with all students to ensure they are scheduled to access COVID testing with LTS during the timeframe they are scheduled to be at our school.

One-time parent/legal guardian consent is required to begin COVID screening testing for a student to be tested at school. You may withdraw your consent for testing at any time. If you want your child to begin participating in COVID-19 screening testing, you must pre-register your child(ren) and provide consent using the LTS secure online portal. If you do not want your child to participate in COVID-19 screening testing, no action is required. You will have the option each week to update your child’s vaccination and consent for testing.

For all the details about optional COVID-19 screening testing, visit the FCPS website and review the FCPS COVID-19 Screening Testing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document.

If you have questions about how testing will be conducted here at Glasgow MS please contact Mr. Powell.

Screening testing is a recommended layered prevention strategy that keeps Glasgow MS safe for in-person learning. Thank you for considering enrolling your child. Also, we want to continue to thank our Glasgow School Psychologist, Community In Schools Representative and our Justice Pyramid Elementary Principals for all their support thus far this year! Please see the pictures below. 

 

Humbly,

Victor L. Powell, Principal

 

Contact Information:

Email: vlpowell@fcps.edu

Twitter: @VictorLeonPowe1

Website: http://www.fcps.edu/GlasgowMS/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GlasgowMS.FCPS/

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Important Dates

November 24-26 - Thanksgiving Break



important information

Important Information 

1st Quarter Report Cards, SIS ParentVUE and StudentVUE Access: First quarter report cards were distributed to students on Tuesday, November 9th during Panther Time.  You can also view your child’s first quarter marks in ParentVUE. 

 

Student Prayer: Per FCPS Policy, Glasgow provides accommodations for students who request time and space during the school day for prayer. Students may come to the library to pray in designated areas during the last 10 minutes of their lunch time. Students interested in going to the library for prayer can come to student services to pick up a pass. See more information here.

 

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. 

 

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). Applications are due November 19th, 2021.  Interviews will take place after school during the weeks of December 6th and December 13th. 

In order to get an interview, students need to complete and submit an application.

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

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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