The Gator Tales
The weekly staff newsletter for Glenwood Elementary School
Week of December 3
This week at Glenwood
Dec. 2-10 Hanukkah
Dec. 6-13 Book Fair
Dec. 6- Learning Walk #2 for Learning Walk Team
Dec. 7- Citizen of the Month 9:30 am
Friday December 7- FOOTBALL FRIDAY
Upcoming Important Dates and Events
Dec. 10- Achieve 3000 Rep visit grades 3-5 during PE time in Pirate Room
Dec. 14- Workshop for select Special Ed teachers
Dec. 14 - PTA Winter Wonderland
Dec. 19- ALL Staff Meeting in LLC 3pm
Dec. 20- PIRATE DAY
Dec. 21- POLAR EXPRESS DAY
Dec. 21- Adjusted Dismissal
Dec. 24- Jan.1- Schools closed for Winter Holidays
Dec. 26- Jan. 1- Kwanzaa
Jan. 4- Citizen of the Month 9:30 am
Grateful Gators!
GREAT JOB Mr. Hinson, Mrs Repa and all those that helped for coordinating a Great Gator Bowl! DF
Kudos to Kimpan and all of 5th grade for an AWESOME Pirate Day!! Amy Doss
Big thank you to Mrs. Myers, Mrs. Byrd, Mrs. Hood, Mrs. Purcell, Mr. Clark and Mr. McVey for their support with putting together the Gator Bowl. Thank you Mr. Thietje for doing an amazing job calling the play by play during the Gator Bowl.Thank you Mrs. Keatts and Mrs. Habib for working with our chorus for the National Anthem. Mrs. Habib also did a fantastic job as a referee Thank you Mrs. Petko for letting us borrow your husband to referee the game! Thank you Ms. Gee for working hard to find an extra referee! - Jason Hinson
Thank you to Ms. Barba, Ms. Holmes, Ms. Olenych, Ms. Merce, Ms. Hankinson, Ms. Baltazar, Ms. White and Ms. Dykes for turning in their November COM nominations, already! This is SO helpful in getting everything prepped for the ceremony! Thank you to Ms. Myers for all of her help with the Gator Cheerleaders! The signs were the perfect touch to a great game!! Thank you to Amy Doss for the Pom Pom donations! She is amazing!! Thank you to all of the Kindergarten teachers and 4th grade teachers for their flexibility and energy with last month’s lesson! You all ROCK! Tina Repa
To Mrs. Howell for testing out an app on her classroom iPads for some of my more quiet readers and speakers!! Much appreciated!! To all admin for their support of the annual Gator Bowl & for bringing a new tailgating tradition to the mix! Mr. French for always supporting student growth with technology!! 2nd grade thanks you!! Ms. Gee for loaning her Legos so we could make big things happen! Dina Driestadt
"Kudos to Sue Arnold for being such a great colleague and partner in the Art Department! I enjoy having you on my team :) "Allison Harder
A huge shout-out of thankfulness and the utmost appreciation to my SCA partner Jen Malit. She is the total brains and organization behind EVERYTHING the SCA does, and I would be completely lost in the sauce if she didn't keep me on track! John McFarland
"Kudos to you, Mr. French, for taking the time to visit and greet every single classroom, every single morning. I know the kids enjoy it!!" Allison Harder
Kudos to Danica Petko and Jennifer Santiago for the thoughtful Thanksgiving gift their students gave to my students. Thursdays at 9 am is a time we all look forward to each week! Allison Harder and Susan Arnold are incredible instructors. The art work hanging up around Glenwood is refreshing and beautiful. Thank you Diane Dykes
Happy Birthday!
DECEMBER
Carrow, Donna December 4
McFarland, John December 5
Fields, Virginia December 14
Hood, Tina December 14
Palmer, Jessica December 14
Merce, Elizabeth December 19
Goshert, Rebekah December 21
Hill, Lisa December 22
Neal, Andrea December 25
Denham, Jessica December 26
Hankinson, Sandra December 28
VBCPS Calendar Updates
Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) will use Feb. 18, Presidents’ Day, to make up instructional time lost during Hurricane Michael.
Given the length of time out of school thus far, the division will also extend the first semester from Monday, Jan. 28 to Thursday, Jan. 31. Consequently, the division’s previously scheduled staff day/virtual learning day will now be Friday, Feb. 1 and the second semester will begin Monday, Feb. 4.
Report cards for the second nine weeks/first semester will be sent home Monday, Feb. 11. The 2018-2019 school calendar has been updated to include the makeup day and semester changes (see link below).
WEB BROWSING HISTORY RESOURCE
WEB BROWSING HISTORY RESOURCE
Principals have been advised that the following staff members will be granted access to their students' web browsing history. Similar to the access parents have, staff will be able to view web browsing history for individual students in your school. There is no requirement that staff uses this tool, but they may find it helpful when working with some students and parents. The staff members include:
- Principals and Assistant Principals
- Teachers
- Instructional Technology Specialists
- Guidance Chairs and Counselors
Over a two week period beginning Nov. 26, staff members noted above will begin receiving individual emails from support@securly.com. This email provides a link to the Securly Portal. Please be on the lookout for this email.