Glasgow Community Gazette - March 20

Greetings!

This weekend was spent taking my classes with the AASA/Howard University Urban Superintendent Program, studying for church and hanging out with my mother in law. I hope everyone had a peaceful weekend. 

Don't forget to join the PTA meeting TUESDAY, MARCH 22 at 7pm on Zoom. Register in advance for this webinar:  https://myfcpsk12.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UwOFLHRDRoyQYOgzMVn6fw. The topic of the meeting will be information about Hoop It Up Night and the Glasgow Games. Be sure to look at the PTA section below for more updates. 

On Friday, CBS news came to film Julie Kouril and her History 6 students in 7th period. The segment will be on CBS news highlighting gender bias in the curriculum for Women's History month.   Julie was asked to pilot W.E.A.R. curriculum materials created by a student group from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.  This group of young advocates creates teaching materials to promote female representation across all content areas.  CBS will be airing the story on March 29th!  Awesome work Julie Kouril!  To learn more about this organization and the resources visit https://www.w-e-a-r.org/

Also, all FCPS students will have unlimited access to online tutoring support services through Tutor.com at no cost. Students can connect online any time, and in most subjects for as long as they need. Tutoring is focused instruction provided to students in a one-on-one format through voice or text chat. Tutors will focus on developing students’ strengths and capabilities in reading, mathematics, or other specified subjects. Tutoring services may be accessed before, during, or after school hours and/or on weekends through a link in Schoology. 

All tutors must pass a rigorous application process including an extensive background check. No personal information is shared between a student and tutor. All sessions are recorded and transcripts are available for review by teachers and parents/guardians. 

Students will automatically have access to the Tutor.com tutoring service unless a parent/guardian submits an opt-out request. Watch for an email soon that will include the online tutoring services notice and opt-out information. Additionally, a hard copy form will be sent home with every student. 

For additional information, visit our online tutoring services website. As always, please contact us if you have any questions. As always, please let our team know how we can support your family. 

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

3/31 - 2 Hour Early Release & End of 3rd Quarter

4/1 - No Students, Teacher Workday

4/4 - 4/8 - Spring Break, No School

Important Information 

All-Virginia Chorus: We are very proud to have four Glasgow students selected for All-Virginia Middle School Chorus!  Rahel Kassa, Lina Rosenbaum, and Saron Walelign (7th grade), will participate in the Treble Choir category, and Max Hoffmann (8th grade) will participate in the Mixed Choir category.  These students were selected through a competitive audition and were scored on tone, intonation, phrasing, and diction. Rahel Kassa was the highest-scoring soprano in the entire All-State Treble Choir, and the 2nd-highest scoring soprano overall in the state of Virginia.  The selected students will work with a guest conductor and perform in a culminating concert in Richmond on April 23rd.  Congratulations to these outstanding musicians!     

Lightspeed Parent Report Request: FCPS has new tools to help parents and guardians know more about their child’s activity on any FCPS device. These tools are provided by Lightspeed, our internet content filtering service, at no cost to families. You may sign up for a weekly Parent Report, which will provide a list of the top sites your child visited. If you want more detailed information, sign up for the Internet Use Parent portal and log-in anytime to see more detail about your child’s browsing and “pause” access to the internet during non-school hours. Find out more and sign up for these services on our website.

FCPS Family Engagement Survey: FCPS Family Engagement Survey: The FCPS Family Engagement Survey will be administered to all parents from March 13-April 3, 2022. The purpose of the survey is to provide data to inform the Strategic Plan goal of Caring Culture: FCPS employees will demonstrate cultural responsiveness when supporting families, students, and other staff. Principals are asked to complete the brief Google form (linked below) to identify Points of Contact for the survey, and to identify your school’s web curator. Points of Contact will be responsible for assisting with communication to families, advertising the survey within your school, supporting parents who may take the survey at the school site, and serving as liaison with the Family Engagement Survey team.Once the survey has been released on March 13, please provide access to the survey link or paper copies during the window in order to assist families in completing the survey. In addition to English, the survey will be available in eight languages:  Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Korean, Spanish, Urdu, and Vietnamese. Parents will be able to complete the survey on most electronic devices, including Smartphones.

Academic Advising Academic Advising is now complete for Glasgow students. For parents of rising 7th and 8th grade students, log in to your ParentVUE account to view your child’s course requests. Rising 6th grade students will have their courses uploaded in the coming weeks once feeder elementary schools are finished with course selections. If you would like to make any changes to your child’s course requests, please contact your child’s school counselor by Friday, April 15th. 

Ramadan: This year Ramadan begins at sunset the evening of April 2 and ends at sunset the evening of May 1, 2022. During this time, many of our Muslim students may be fasting. Students who are fasting and wish to stay at an alternate location during lunch may report to the library. 

Hoop It Up Night is Back: Mark your Calendars! Friday April 22, 2022, 6-9 PM at Glasgow. Featuring the GMS Panther Band; Art from Art Students; Food and Spirit Wear for sale; …and the MAIN EVENT:

• basketball games featuring 6th Grade/7th Grade/Unified Team/8th Grade vs Staff!
• We will need many volunteers the evening of the event, so be on the look out for a Sign Up Genius in April to find out how you can help.
• Food! Music! Basketball! You don't want to miss it!
• Many thanks to Mr. Stuecheli and Mr. Williams for bringing back this long-running favorite community event.

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

Inside Glasgow

Each week our students are exposed to various topics and updates through the Panther Post, Good Morning Glasgow News Show, and Powell’s Powerful Words. If you’re interested in seeing what comes out each week take a look at the below YouTube channels. 

Panther Post: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHJmy9GDzxrJ42lxEXXQuCw

Good Morning Glasgow News Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpOlglGZm6wjLRsO3DRWMNQ

Powell’s Powerful Words: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2r-wXbFfMfle73CM7p9XkH9aBaMgE2L3

¿Interesado en jugar voleibol? Venga a ver las clínicas de Starlings @ Glasgow Middle School en abril y mayo. Abierto a todos los atletas interesados en aprender a jugar. No se necesita experiencia. El costo no debería impedir que los jugadores participen, así que comuníquese con starlingsfallschurch@gmail.com si necesita ayuda. ¡TODOS SON BIENVENIDOS! *La entrenadora Corey habla español.

Interested in playing volleyball? Come check out Starlings clinics @ Glasgow Middle School in April and May. Open to all athletes interested in learning how to play. No experience needed. Cost should not prohibit players from participating, so contact starlingsfallschurch@gmail.com if you need help! ALL ARE WELCOME!

We Want Your Photos for the Yearbook!

Glasgow PTA News

The PTA is seeking 1 more volunteer to serve on the Nominating Committee to help find candidates to serve on the PTA Board for next school year. Your responsibilities would be to: 1) Coordinate with the current PTA Board members to find candidates to run for next year's officer positions; 2) Be available to provide descriptions of the various Board positions to potential candidates (this information will be provided to you); and 3) Present the nominees for Board positions at the April 26, PTA meeting. Your responsibilities will be over after this meeting.

Elections for PTA Board positions will be held on May 31, 2022. As the terms are for 1 year, we will be seeking candidates for all positions. Our current Treasurer and Secretary are moving up to Justice, so only the current President is eligible to remain on the Board next year. We welcome any and all questions about what the positions entail and look forward to your participation for next school year.

Join us in-person at Glasgow on Monday, April 11 at 6pm for a listening session with school board member Dr. Ricardy Anderson. The primary topic will be about realignment of 6th grade, but all other topics will be open to discussion as well. This is a great opportunity to learn about the issue and make your voices heard.

Contact us at glasgowpta.va@gmail.com to volunteer or with any questions. Check out our website at www.glasgowms.memberhub.co to find links to recent meetings or purchase spirit wear, and it's never too late to join the PTA. Your $10 Membership goes a long way to supporting our school. You can join here: https://glasgowms.memberhub.co/store.

Check out the Glasgow PTA website to find out how you can help at Glasgow!  glasgowms.memberhub.co 

To stay in touch and in the know, sign up for the PTA listserv by sending a request to glasgowpta.va@gmail.com. Or join the PTA at https://glasgowms.memberhub.co/store. It’s only $10!