The Gator Tales
The weekly staff newsletter for Glenwood Elementary School
Week of November 26
Welcome New GATOR
This week at Glenwood
Friday November 30- FOOTBALL FRIDAY
Upcoming Important Dates and Events
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
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. 21- PIRATE 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!
To the person who left a GREAT blessing box in my room last week, you are AMAZING!! Thanks Amy Doss
Kudos to everyone on the first grade team. Thank you for always helping each other and working so hard for our students. You guys rock! Sarah Staie
Thank you to everyone who participated in last week's food drive competition, by doing their part to end hunger in our community: Sullivan, Suber, Gee, Brennan, Dykes, Cummings, Barba, Baltazar, Bowers, Olenych, Marshall, Recine, Trovato, Larson, Palmer, White, Kennedy, and Tomchik! Jen Malit
Jessica Durkalski- thank you for doing such an amazing job in our classroom, and thank you for holding down the fort for the whole time that I was out with my little one! You rock! Caitlyn Chander
Stephanie Marshall, thank you for being a motivating and caring grade chair. You always go above and beyond to support others. Your kindness is appreciated!
I can always count on Susan Bowers to make me laugh and give me great ideas to make activities more powerful. Thank you for all of your support and ideas!
Caroline Altman, thank you for organizing a fun breakout session and Safari Live. My students were completely engaged and learned a lot of new content. Lindsey Recine
Thank you to Rebekah Goshert, Diane Dykes, and Alexa and Aubree Ambrose for use of their owls to deliver our "post" this week. Thank you to my fourth grade team for creatively flying the posts or allowing me to fly posts in to their students. Thanks to Barb Kimpan for sorting the kids and for multiple very cool collaborations. Sandi Hankinson
Kudos to Barb Kimpan for putting together such an enriching passion project for pirate day and bringing the specialists in on the fun! Tammie Soccio
Happy Birthday!
NOVEMBER
Parker-Lewis, Joan November 29
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).
Upcoming flu shot clinics
The single best way to protect yourself from getting the flu is to get vaccinated every year. BEWell makes it easy to do this by offering flu shot clinics throughout the city and school division each fall at no cost to you.
AM I ELIGIBLE TO GET MY FLU SHOT AT A BEWELL CLINIC?
Yes! All City and School employees are eligible. Retirees and spouses covered by the Optima Health Plan are also eligible.
WHAT SHOULD I BRING TO A FLU SHOT CLINIC?
In order to receive a flu shot at a BEWell Flu Shot Clinic, you must bring some form of eligibility verification, such as:
EMPLOYEE BADGE
CURRENT PAY STUB
OPTIMA HEALTH INSURANCE CARD
DO I HAVE TO GET A FLU SHOT AT A BEWELL CLINIC?
No. You can get your flu vaccination with your physician. You may also contact your local pharmacy about receiving a flu vaccination.
2018 FLU SHOT CLINIC SCHEDULE
NOVEMBER 27 - PLAZA ANNEX [641 CARRIAGE HILL ROAD], 1 pm - 6 pm
NOVEMBER 29 - CENTRAL LIBRARY [4100 VIRGINIA BEACH BOULEVARD], 1 pm - 6 pm