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2023-2024 School Year
Kickoff Events!
Dear Panda Community,
As we prepare to start the 2023-2024 school year, we invite you to take a look at some of our upcoming events! We are so excited to have our Pandas back for another great year of learning! Please read the following message carefully for information regarding important dates.
 GBW Open House and Picnic
Thursday, August 17th (11:00-1:00 p.m.)
Please join us as we celebrate the new school year! All students and families are invited to come to school to meet their new teacher, drop off their supplies, and see their classrooms.
Please plan on entering the school through Door 5 (blacktop / playground back door). Mr. Blount and Mr. Cook will be greeting families as they come and go on the blacktop - we will be grilling hotdogs, and serving pizza. Please bring your own water bottles or drinks.
Our hope is that families will stop by for a few minutes to fellowship with the principals, specialists, and our GBW community. The PTA will also be having an information table to answer questions about PTA membership and volunteer opportunities.
Event Schedule
11:00-11:45 a.m. Students with Last Names A-M
11:45-12:30 p.m. Students with Last Names N-Z
12:30-1:00 p.m. Staff join families outside on blacktop for a PTA provided lunch (Pizza, hotdogs, & bottled waters)
Popsicles in Panda Park!
Kindergarten Play Date
Monday, August 14th
Join us at Panda Park to meet and play with other Kinder students and families! PTA will be providing popsicles. This event is for rising Kinder families ONLY. Exact time will be shared later.
School Supply Kits
Didn't order your school supply kit in time? No worries - the ordering deadline has been extended through July 31 so you still have plenty of time to save yourself the hassle of fighting the back-to-school crowds. Plus, your student's teachers will appreciate getting their classroom supplies delivered in handy bulk packaging that can easily be stored for use throughout the school year. https://www.campussurvivalkits.com/gbw
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First Day of School!
Monday, August 21st
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Parents and guardians are welcome to walk their children to class on their first day of school, and we kindly ask that families not linger past 9:20 am so that teachers can begin their instructional day. For safety reasons, we will not be allowing parents / guardians to walk their children to class after the first day of school.
Arrival & Dismissal Information:
- 8:50 a.m. Arrival Starts and building opens
- K&R- K&R Line opens (door 8)
- Walkers- Walkers allowed in building (door 1 or 8)
- Bus Riders- students on buses arriving between 8:50 - 9:05 go to gym
- 9:05 Bell rings- all students to report to class
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9:20 a.m.- Late Bell
- Class starts and students arriving after this time are marked late
- Any students entering the building after 9:20 will be sent straight to office receive a late pass
- 3:55 p.m. GBW Dismissal Starts
Arrival and Dismissal Doors
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Arrival / Dismissal Group
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Arrival Door #
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Dismissal Door #
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Walkers
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Door 1 or 8
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Doors 1 or 5
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Kiss & Ride
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Door 8
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Door 8
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Bus Riders
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Door 1
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Door 1
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BooHoo WooHoo Breakfast
for Kinder Parents
Monday, August 21st
9:00-10:00 in the Cafeteria
Kindergarten Parents ONLY
Dropping your kindergarten child off on the first day can be a very emotional event, and we want to bring families together to share a light breakfast in the cafeteria with the principals and PTA to help welcome our kindergarten families. Please join us in the cafeteria after dropping your child off. Thank you to PTA for providing the breakfast.
Back to School Night
Tuesday, September 12th
6:00-8:00 p.m.
Back to School Night will be an IN-PERSON event this year. Please be on the lookout for more Information to come.
 Asha-Jyothi 5K/Fun Run
Register and Save the Date for our Asha-Jyothi annual 5K Run/Walk on Sunday September 17th at Fairfax Corner at 8am.
To sign up, visit: https://asha-jyothi.redpodium.com/2023fairfax5k. Simply enter the school coupon code “aj4schools” and select “Greenbriar West ES” from the drop down menu. A discounted price of $10 off the 5K regular price will be given to participants. Besides raising money for an important cause, it’s simply a great event that includes performances and food after the run/walk. Asha-Jyothi will donate a large portion of the registration fees directly to GBW. Last year GBW was able to fundraise $2300 from this one event, and we are hoping to beat this fundraising goal this year! Have fun, get some exercise, and help GBW!
Parent Screen Activity Report
A new functionality is available to FCPS parents who are interested in knowing more about their child’s Internet browsing activity on an FCPS device. Parents can sign up to receive a weekly Parent Report from Lightspeed, our internet content filtering service, which will provide a list of the top sites the child visited that week.
Additionally, if parents wish to get more detailed information, the weekly Parent Report offers parents the ability to self-sign-up to the free Internet Use Parent Portal. Parents who sign up for the Internet Use Parent Portal can log-in any time to see a little more detail about their child’s internet browsing. The portal also offers the parent added ability to “pause” access to the internet during non-school hours on the FCPS device.
Interested parents can submit a request directly at the bottom of the Technology Support for Families page for weekly Parent Reports. FCPS will validate the enrolling parent’s email in SIS, and once processed, the parent will receive a weekly report over each weekend. The weekend report will come from our internet content filtering service, Lightspeed.
For more information, including a sample view of the Parent Report and the Internet Use Parent Portal, please visit our Lightspeed Parent Report information page.
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