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November 18-22: GBW Book Fair in Library
November 27-29: Thanksgiving Holiday -- School Closed
December 23-January 3, 2025: Winter Break Holiday -- School Closed
January 6: First Day Back from Winter Break
January 20: Martin Luther King Day -- School Closed
FCPS 2024-2025 Standard School Year Calendar
Dear GBW,
Today was a wonderful day as we invited families in for a family meal at our annual GBW Thanksgiving Luncheon. On behalf of our GBW staff, we want to thank our families for your strong support of Greenbriar West ES. Your partnership is essential in creating a positive and enriching learning environment for our students. Today, the luncheon was filled with laughter, smiles, and joy. We appreciate everyone helping to make this a special community event.
Next week will be a very short week where FCPS has scheduled our Thanksgiving Break holidays. There will be no school on Wednesday 11/27, Thursday 11/28, and Friday 11/29. We are excited for our students, staff, and families to have this much needed break.
We hope this Thanksgiving break provides your family with an opportunity to relax, recharge, and create lasting memories. Please stay safe and healthy during this time.
Happy Thanksgiving GBW
Mr. Blount and Mrs. Odom
Fairfax County Public Schools recently had a renaming dedication ceremony to rename Woodson High School to Carter G. Woodson High School on Thursday, October 24, 2024. Greenbriar West ES is particularly proud of this event because one of our students from GBW, Carter G. Woodson Smith, is the great-great nephew of Carter G. Woodson (Photo shown below by Karen Bolt/Fairfax County Public Schools). Carter, we are so proud of your great-great uncle and his accomplishments that earned him the recognition to have Carter G. Woodson High School named after him. For those interested in learning more about Carter G. Woodson’s accomplishments and the naming of the high school, please see this article from Northern Virginia Magazine: https://northernvirginiamag.com/family/education/2024/10/24/woodson-high-school-re-dedicated-in-honor-of-new-namesake-carter-g-woodson/
Federal Impact Aid
The Federal Impact Aid Survey will be available to complete in ParentVue starting on Monday, October 21st. The Federal Impact Aid program provides money to districts that enroll federally connected students. Help FCPS secure funding from the Impact Aid Program by helping us identify:
- Military families.
- Federally connected families.
- Families living on a military base.
Please complete one form for each child in your household. Remember that only the enrolling parent can fill out the Impact Aid Survey form. For families without access to ParentVUE, a paper copy of the form will be sent home with your student starting November 12. Your information will be kept strictly confidential.
Your support will ensure that we receive the resources for which we are eligible.
December Webinars at the
Family Resource Center
Interpretation available
Stress Less, Enjoy More. Reducing Stress and Increasing Happiness: A Webinar for Families
Kids and families are under stress from so many sources, and they are suffering as a result. Achievement pressure, time pressure, social pressure, and uncertainty about a rapidly changing world are eroding the health of our youth. But it doesn’t have to be that way!
Well-known parenting expert, psychologist and author (and FCPS parent) Dr. Heather Tedesco will show you:
- The surprising ways stress shows up in kids
- The power parents have to reduce stress (in our kids and ourselves)
- How we can nurture happiness and build psychological strength in our kids long-term
- Specific strategies to stress less and enjoy more
December 6, 2024 10-11:30 a.m.
Register Here
Protecting Kids Against Digital Exploitation: Keeping Kids Safe Online
Join us for this important webinar presented jointly between Fairfax County Schools, Fairfax County Police Department, the Department of Justice, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Webinar Highlights:
- What is Sextortion?
- What are FCPS and FCPD seeing with respect to sextortion?
- How can families help prevent their kids from becoming victims?
- How should families respond if their child was victimized?
December 13, 2024 10-11:30 a.m.
Register Here
Youth Mental Health First Aid (in-person course)
Youth Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges among children and adolescents ages 12-18.
The course will teach you how to apply the MHFA Action Plan (ALGEE):
- Assess for risk of suicide or harm. • Listen nonjudgmentally. • Give reassurance and information. • Encourage appropriate professional help. • Encourage self-help and other support strategies.
December 20, 2024, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Family Resource Center
2334 Gallows Road
Dunn Loring, VA 22027
Register for Youth Mental Health First Aid (in-person course) 30 spaces available
Please review the sign-up link below for Snack Donation Opportunities:
Greenbriar West ES: GBW Snack Donations
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