New Happenings at GBE
Letter from Mr. Pietzman 📜
GBE Announcement 📢
Photos from the Week 📸
Fun Run Volunteers Wanted 🏃♂️🏃♀️
6th grade Promotion Livestream 💻
Lunch Balances 🥗
School Supplies for 2023-2024 📝
State Assessment Summary 📄
Summer Camps and Classes 🌞
Chantilly Charger Boys Basketball Camp🏀
Still Happening at GBE
Looking Ahead 📅
In Case You Missed It 📁
Rocking Roadrunner ⭐ Congratulations Ms. Pablo-Hayes🎉
Dear GBE Families,
The end of the school year is nearly here! I want to thank each of you for an incredible school year at GBE. Our students have made remarkable progress. Your ongoing collaboration with our staff has made all the difference in making this year a success! It has been an honor seeing your children grow as readers, mathematicians, scientists, and all around amazing students!
We launched many of our school community events this year and we are already making plans for another exciting school year in 2023-2024 in partnership with the PTA bringing us together as #OneGBE! I want to share my sincere gratitude for our PTA as they continue to support our GBE school community. Thank you!
I am very proud of our chorus and band students for their performances this spring and look forward to our strings concert on Thursday at Rocky Run Middle School. We also are excited to celebrate our Sixth Grade Promotion next week! We were able to cheer on former GBE students during this week’s Grad Walks. Congratulations to all of our families celebrating this milestone and I look forward to celebrating our current Roadrunners during their Grad Walk at GBE in the future! Have an amazing summer with your friends and family!
Sincerely,
Dave Pietzman, NBCT
Principal
Estimadas familias de GBE,
¡El final del año escolar ya casi está aquí! Quiero agradecer a cada uno de ustedes por un año escolar increíble en GBE. Nuestros estudiantes han hecho un progreso notable. ¡Su colaboración continua con nuestro personal ha marcado la diferencia para que este año sea un éxito! ¡Ha sido un honor ver a sus hijos crecer como lectores, matemáticos, científicos y estudiantes increíbles!
¡Lanzamos muchos de nuestros eventos comunitarios escolares este año y ya estamos haciendo planes para otro año escolar emocionante en 2023-2024 en asociación con la PTA que nos une como #OneGBE! Quiero compartir mi sincero agradecimiento a nuestra PTA ya que continúan apoyando a nuestra comunidad escolar de GBE. ¡Gracias!
Estoy muy orgulloso de nuestros estudiantes de coro y banda por sus actuaciones esta primavera y espero con ansias nuestro concierto de cuerdas el jueves en la escuela secundaria Rocky Run. ¡También estamos emocionados de celebrar nuestra promoción de sexto grado la próxima semana! Pudimos animar a los ex alumnos de GBE durante las caminatas de graduación de esta semana. ¡Felicitaciones a todas nuestras familias que celebran este hito y espero celebrar a nuestros Roadrunners actuales durante su Grad Walk en GBE en el futuro! ¡Disfruta de un verano increíble con tus amigos y familiares!
Atentamente,
Dave Pietzman, NBCT
Importante
GBE 가족들에게,
학년말이 거의 다 왔습니다! GBE에서 훌륭한 학년을 보내주신 여러분께 감사드립니다. 우리 학생들은 괄목할 만한 발전을 이루었습니다. 귀사와 당사 직원들의 지속적인 협력 덕분에 올해를 성공적으로 마무리할 수 있었습니다! 독자, 수학자, 과학자, 그리고 모든 놀라운 학생들 주변에서 여러분의 아이들이 성장하는 것을 볼 수 있어서 영광이었습니다!
우리는 올해 많은 학교 커뮤니티 행사를 시작했고 우리를 #OneGBE로 함께하는 PTA와 협력하여 2023-2024년에 또 다른 신나는 학년을 위한 계획을 이미 세우고 있습니다! 우리 PTA가 GBE 학교 커뮤니티를 지속적으로 지원하고 있는 것에 대해 진심으로 감사드립니다. 감사해요!
올 봄 우리 합창단과 밴드 학생들의 공연이 매우 자랑스럽고 목요일 로키런 중학교에서 열리는 현악 연주회를 기대합니다. 우리는 또한 다음 주에 6학년 승진을 축하하게 되어 신이 나요! 우리는 이번 주 Grad Walk에서 전 GBE 학생들을 응원할 수 있었습니다. 이 이정표를 축하하는 우리 가족 모두에게 축하를 드리며, 앞으로 GBE에서 열리는 Grad Walk에서 현재의 Roadrunner를 축하할 수 있기를 기대합니다! 친구들과 가족들과 함께 멋진 여름을 보내세요!
진심으로,
Dave Pietzman, NBCT
A letter from Ms. Showker
Roadrunner Community,
I will be leaving my position as an Assistant Principal here at Greenbriar East Elementary (GBE) at the end of this school year (2022-2023). Prior to taking the next steps in my career journey, I wanted to take a moment to share my heartfelt gratitude for the opportunity to partner with families and serve as a leader with our school team over the past three years. You welcomed me with open arms in March 2020, and I have continued to feel that warmth during my tenure at GBE. Collectively leading this school with the administrative team, staff, students, and community I have learned so much from each of you. I enjoyed collaborating with you to plan school events, build school and community partnerships, and most importantly support our students to guarantee that every child’s needs were met, and they had a successful school experience. Our accomplishments have set the stage for continued positive impact for our learners.
Again, my time as an assistant principal at GBE has been a valuable professional experience that I will carry with me throughout my career journey, and I have you to thank for that. I prefer to think of the closing of this chapter for me as “see you later” instead of “goodbye”.
All the best and take care,
Amy Showker
On behalf of the entire GBE school community, we want to thank Ms. Showker for all her leadership over the last three years! She will be transitioning into a leadership position in the Preschool Office next school year and she will make such a positive impact throughout FCPS. She has always been there to support our families, staff, and students. We wish her the best on her next chapter and we will always remember her positive impact at GBE!
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Hey GBE parents! I am sure you are picking up on all the excited vibes from your students about the Boosterthon FUN RUN thisFriday. We are reaching out as we need volunteers for the actual event. You get to help out and cheer your kids and their classmates on. Stay for just their grade or for all the runs. We need about 10 volunteers per grade. They will be helping by either marking out down the laps as the kids come through or with filling water bottles as needed. Please reach out to Patrick at programs@gbepta.org to sign up. The event schedule is below. We look forward to seeing you and ending this year with a fun day.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade - 9:45-10:45
6th Grade - 11:30-12;30
2nd and 3rd Grade - 12:45-1:45
4th and 5th Grade 2-3
Celebrate the remarkable achievements of our brilliant 6th graders on June 15th at 10:00 AM! Due to space constraints, we are allotting two guest seats per 6th grade student. We are excited to announce that we have a Zoom link for any additional family members to view the 6th Grade Promotion ceremony as we gather to honor our extraordinary students and bid them farewell on their journey to middle school in our gym. Please email Mr. Pietzman at djpietzman@fcps.edu to request additional guest seats for the gym. More information will be provided early next week through E-Notify for 6th grade families.
Don’t Forget to Check Your Student’s Lunch Balance!
It’s a busy time of year, and we know there are many priorities on families’ plates. As we approach the end of the school year, it is important for families to remember to check their students’ MySchoolBucks account and pay any remaining school meal balance.
Families who earn less than 185% of poverty level qualify for free and reduced-price meals. However, an application must be completed and submitted each school year to receive that benefit. The application for the 2023-24 school year will be available near the end of August.
If families have a current balance and think they may be eligible for free and reduced-price meals, please fill out the FRM application for the 2022-23 school year. Get more information about free and reduced-price lunch.
If you are interested in helping to relieve lunch debt for families currently going through the FRM application process, please donate to Educate Fairfax.
The deadline to place orders for the 2023-2024 School Year is August 2, 2023
State Student Assessment Summary Reports
At the May 25 School Board meeting, Dr. Reid presented information on a new Virginia Department of Education report called Virginia’s Visualization and Analytics Solution (VVAAS) Student Assessment Summary.
Virginia school divisions will be distributing a report to parents showing their student’s past Standards of Learning (SOL) testing data. Reports will be provided, through SIS ParentVUE or by mail, for any student who has an SOL testing history in the state of Virginia as of Spring 2022.
In addition to showing a student’s performance on SOL tests over time, it also shows how that performance compares to other Virginia students who took the same test. This report, along with a companion letter, will be available mid-June.
FCPS uses various data sources to determine student growth and success. The Student Assessment Summary Report is just one piece of information in the larger picture of student assessment in FCPS. Learn more about what to expect regarding assessment reporting practices and timelines.
Online Campus Summer Registration Closing Soon!
Registration for taking a summer class with the Online Campus will close Friday, June 9. Email OnlineCampus@fcps.edu or call 703-503-7781 with any questions.
Registration for Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology’s Middle School Technology Institute (MSTI) also closes on Friday, June 9.
Other Summer Learning Opportunities
Registration is still available for Institute for the Arts (IFTA) and Elementary-IFTA (E-IFTA) arts camps, Credit Recovery Academy, and CyberPatriot Summer Cyber Camp.
2023 Chantilly Charger BOYS basketball camp @ Chantilly High School
June 26th – 30th
Camp fee is $195 per child, ages 8 – 15 years old
Camp Times: 9am- 2:30 pm
Camp features:
Two games per day
Daily fundamental stations focusing on skill instruction
Individual competition and awards
Championship Tournament
T-shirt
Concession stands available for lunch
Ask Mrs. Mac or Ms. Wagar for a flyer!!
June 8~ Strings Concert, Rocky Run MS, 6:30PM
June 15~ 6th grade promotion, GBE Gym, 10:00AM
June 16~ Last Day of School, 2 Hour Early Release
Did you miss a GBE Happenings? Want to take a look at past weekly newsletters? Click this link.
Congratulations Ms. Pablo-Hayes
Thank you to Ms. Pablo-Hayes for always caring and going above and beyond for her students. She is attentive, communicative and supportive of the students and everything they need to feel safe while they learn.
This information is posted on the May 2023 FCPS CARES webpage, accessible at https://www.fcps.edu/blog/fcps-cares-may-2023 .
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Important Reminders
Greenbriar East uses PickUp Patrol for parents to report absences, late arrivals, and early pick-ups.
GBE values PickUp Patrol as it ensures a safe dismissal for all students based on the child's default plan. Please use the link here.
To update your child's default plan to "bus rider", "kiss and ride", or "walker," simply log in and select a dismissal option. Then hit submit and that’s it! Your child's teacher and the main office will be notified. Updating your child's default plan is a one-time action. Use PickUp Patrol regularly to report a plan change, absence, late arrival, or early pick-up. A default plan is NEEDED for all students.
ALL PLAN CHANGES MUST BE SUBMITTED BY 2:15 P.M.
Please contact our main office if you do not have an active account and require a new welcome activation email.
Below are additional resources:
Parent Flyer
How to use the PickUp Patrol app
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