Glasgow Community Gazette - December 5

Glasgow Community:

I hope that everyone had a wonderful return week after Thanksgiving Break.  This week our very own Denise Fields, math teacher, was featured on a FCPS teacher panel for Fox 5. Check out Ms. Fields speak about how students are collaborating this year. Check out the clip here! Also, please view the last PTA Meeting that covered Dr. Oladimeji’s presentation explaining the IB Middle Years Program at Glasgow. As winter break approaches, we will be entering the halfway mark for the second quarter.  This will be a good benchmark to check in with your child and their teachers on how they are doing in school.  We are here to support you and our students, so please feel free to reach out to teachers, counselors and administrators if you have any concerns.

Starting this week, students may obtain COVID-19 diagnostic testing at six drive-through sites in Fairfax County. Diagnostic testing is provided for anyone who has symptoms or is identified as a close contact of someone who has been diagnosed with COVID-19. COVID-19 testing helps us reduce the virus’ spread and keep our schools safe places for all students to learn. I encourage you to utilize our new diagnostic testing services as needed. Last week we only had 1 positive COVID case. 

Appointments are not required for diagnostic testing but families must register in the secure online portal. When you register and provide consent for your child to be tested, they will also be added to Glasgow MS screening testing pool. If you do not wish for them to be part of the weekly screening testing pool, simply log back into the online portal after your child’s test is complete and withdraw consent. More information about diagnostic and screening testing, including site locations and schedules, is available on our website. 

Happy Bodhi Day to those in the Glasgow MS community who celebrate! Bodhi Day is a Buddhist holiday that recognizes the day that Buddha achieved enlightenment through meditation under the Bodhi tree. Computer Science is more than coding & programming: it's critical thinking and creating! For Computer Science Education Week, see the #compsci opportunities & resources available to FCPS students: https://bit.ly/fcpsCompSci. Also, we were super excited to see our Chamber Orchestra students perform at the School Board Meeting on Thursday! See the picture below! 

As always, please let me know if you would like a Home Visit from the principal and if you have any questions. We are here to support.

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/

Important Dates

See December Performing Arts Events Below:

Important Information 

PTA News: Thank you to those who joined us for our PTA meeting this week. It was an excellent presentation describing the IBMYP here at Glasgow, which all of our students are part of, as well as how that program continues through grades 9 & 10 at Justice and into the IB Diploma program in 11th & 12th grades. The meeting recording can be found at: https://www.wevideo.com/view/2471462305 . 

Volunteer Opportunity: We are seeking volunteers to help us inventory old spiritwear and organize our new stock over the coming weeks. If you're able to help out, send an email to us at glasgowpta.va@gmail.com. 

Join: Become a PTA member for only $10. Your membership supports our students, teachers and community. Sign up under the 'View Store' tab at https://glasgowms.memberhub.co 

Social Media: Follow us on Facebook (@GlasgowMSPTA) and Twitter (@GlasgowMS_PTA).

Justice High School Athletics is offering a Virtual Winter Wolves 5k Community Event and Fundraiser: Cost is just $20 for all Justice Pyramid Students and Parents! Register at the link below! We would love to see so many of our students, parents and community members exercising and showing their base school and Justice Spirit! All participants will receive a t-shirt, and racing bib! 

Winter Wolves 5K – Click To Register

Celebrating 1st Quarter Honor Roll: We are proud of the hard work students have been doing so far this year in all of their classes and we look forward to celebrating students who have earned either All A or A/B Honor Roll. All A and A/B Honor Roll Certificates will be handed out in Panther Time on December 8th. 

Here is a list of all students who are on the A/B Honor Roll. 

Here is a list of all students who are on the All A Honor Roll.  

Please congratulate students on all of their hard work!

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 were uploaded into SIS mid November and FIT is graded pass/fail. FIT began on Tuesday, November 30th. FIT takes place every other 4th period, alternating with Panther Time. For questions related to your child’s FIT class, please contact your child’s school counselor. 

Save the Date - Glasgow Curriculum Night: Glasgow’s Curriculum Night will take place on Thursday, January 20th. Curriculum night is primarily for rising 6th graders and students new to Glasgow and their families in order to learn about course offerings and programs at Glasgow for the 2022-2023 school year. More information to come! 

High School Curriculum Nights: Rising 9th graders are invited to attend curriculum nights for their respective high schools. Here are the current dates, but check each school’s website as dates may change

Annandale HS - January 18

Justice HS - January 12

Falls Church HS - January 5 

Student Prayer: Per FCPS Policy, Glasgow provides accommodations for students who request time and space during the school day for prayer. Supervised prayer time will take place at Glasgow from 2:05pm to 2:15pm in the Lecture Hall. Because this takes place during instructional hours, students will be responsible to turn in assignments and make up missing work in a timely manner. Please note the following:

• Students will only be permitted to leave class at 2:05pm if they have a pass to pray. Students must secure these passes in advance from student services. Teachers are not able to issue passes to students. 
• Glasgow does not provide prayer rugs or hijabs. 
• Students are expected to follow all school rules and expectations for conduct during their transition to prayer, during prayer, and at afternoon dismissal. 
• Students are expected to follow all school rules and expectations for conduct during their transition to prayer, during prayer, and at afternoon dismissal. Failure to follow school rules and expectations may result in consequences per FCPS Student Rights and Responsibilities. 

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your child’s counselor. 

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.

We Want Your Photos for the Yearbook!

Glasgow PTA News

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