Glasgow Community Gazette - January 2

Greetings!

As we begin 2022, I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude to all who help make Glasgow Middle School an amazing place to be. We are a community with many gifts and talents, which we share daily with one another and most importantly, our students.

​​From classrooms, to our living rooms, and all points in-between, our collective efforts to raise and teach our children are filled with passion and our commitment to making decisions that will have a positive and lasting influence in their lives. As such, we want to remind our community that FCPS and Glasgow MS is committed to providing a safe, welcoming, and inclusive environment for people of all races, national origins, ethnicities, and religions. It is our responsibility to ensure that all people are treated with dignity and humanity in our schools. Please report incidents using the FCPS safety tip line that you can access anonymously online, by text, or by phone. 

I ask you to speak with your student about our expectations for behavior and to continue critical conversations about respect, kindness and acceptance in our community. Our students can make a difference in this world by showing that we embrace our differences and do not use them to divide us.

As we return from the break, students will be reminded of our morning routine.  Based on the tardiness and some other hallway behaviors, we will take time to specifically reteach our expectations to students.  In order to ensure that we start the day with calm and focused learning, we will continue to ask students to go and wait in one of 3 locations (Cafeteria, Gym, or Lecture Hall) when they enter the building until 7:15 AM, when they are released to class. 

Lastly, this week we will be celebrating Happy Three Kings Day to those in our community who celebrate! Also known as the Epiphany, Three Kings Day commemorates the Biblical story of the three kings who followed the star of Bethlehem to bring gifts to the newborn Jesus. Merry Christmas wishes to our Orthodox families who celebrate! Many Orthodox Christians in the United States celebrate Christmas Day by the Gregorian calendar, which works out to be on or near January 7 in the Julian calendar. #OurFCPS #onevoice

Please continue to let our team know if you have any questions and how we can partner with you in 2022!!!

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

1/17 - MLK Holiday, No School

1/20 - 2 Hour Early Release & End of Quarter 2

1/21 - Non-Student Day (Teacher Work-Day)

1/24 - Non-Student Day (Staff Development Day)

Important Information 

Academic Advising 

Glasgow students will begin the academic advising and course selection process in January. On Friday, January 7, students will be learning about course selections and the various electives available for students at Glasgow. Counselors will begin meeting with students for one-on-one academic advising sessions through Panther Time starting on Monday, January 17th. Justice HS counselors will be coming to meet with rising 9th grade students in February. 

Reminder: Return to School From COVID-like Illness

Students may return to school when their symptoms have improved and they have not had a fever without fever-reducing medications for at least 24 hours, AND have at least one of the following:

• Proof of a Negative COVID-19 Test
  • PCR (test result from lab or physician)
  • Rapid (test result from lab or physician)
  • Home test (picture of negative home test result and note from parent a) attesting the result is for the specific child and b) attesting to the date the test was administered; actual used tests should not be submitted to the school for health and safety reasons)

• Physician’s Note
  • Note from a healthcare provider following a clinical evaluation stating the cause of symptoms is not COVID-19 and clearing the student to return to school.

Student Prayer Per FCPS Policy, Glasgow provides accommodations for students who request time and space during the school day for prayer.  The supervised prayer time takes place at 2:13pm in the lecture hall with the first dismissal bell when the first half of Glasgow students are dismissed for the day. Students will still have approximately 10 minutes to pray prior to buses departing from our campus. Students looking to use the prayer room should obtain a parent acknowledgement form from student services in order to be issued a pass. 

YEARBOOK PICTURES NEEDED:  Attention Glasgow Community.  The Yearbook crew could really use your help.  We are in desperate need of photos for the yearbook.  It is our goal to represent EVERY single student from Glasgow in our book, The Pride.  We are lacking a great number of people and student populations.  We would absolutely love more candid pictures, of students having fun and being themselves.  Examples of this could be sporting events, competitions, friends playing in the back yard or at a get together.   If you can snag some pictures of your student AND their friends without masks,  that is even better.  Please take some pictures of your students and submit them using this form.  Please be sure to include your email, names of students, and what is happening in the pictures to ensure accuracy.  Thank you so very much for your help.   If you have any questions, please email our yearbook adviser,  Rushel Grillo: rngrillo1@fcps.edu.  Thank you.

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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