GLOW Students & Families,

I hope you had a great weekend!

Last week was a great one at GLOW! We had our Pops Concert on Tuesday and got to hear our very talented High School Choir sing. If you missed it you can find some clips in the link provided in this week's newsletter.

Chef Emeril Lagasse also visited our campus on Thursday and because of his foundation's generous donation to GLOW, we celebrated the naming of lab, The Emeril Lagasse Foundation Culinary Lab.

On Friday, several of our seniors and student ambassadors participated in the program at the Beacon Chef Event. Guests were so impressed with what our seniors have accomplished and what is in store for their futures. We are so proud of the work happening and successes being achieved at GLOW Academy.

If you have friends, family, neighbors, coworkers, etc. who are exploring school options for their 6th-9th grade girl for next year, please have them reach out to us. Enrollment is now open for the 23-24 school year and we would love an opportunity to share more with them about our school.

Wishing you all a great week ahead,

Kate B. Tayloe

Principal

What is PBIS?

PBIS helps schools create a common language around student behavior expectations and focuses on teaching expectations, preventing problems, and using logical consequences. At GLOW, we have established a common language by identifying 4 key expectations (respectful, responsible, safe, and kind) for all students. PBIS requires that we focus first on educating students about expectations and recognizing students who exhibit these behaviors (respect, responsibility, safety, and kindness).

Students have been provided instruction regarding what it means to be respectful, responsible, safe, and kind in all school environments. When we communicate with students about behavior that requires redirection, we use these 4 key words to communicate with students and re-teach expectations, as needed.

To learn more, you can find our PBIS Expectations Matrix HERE, as well as our school PBIS posters that are displayed in all settings HERE.

We encourage you to also use the language of GLOW's expectations when communicating with your student about behavior in and out of school. We believe that all behavior (appropriate an inappropriate) can be aligned with these 4 expectations.

Cold and flu season is upon us. To prevent widespread flu, GLOW will be following the recommendations and guidelines outlined by the CDC and New Hanover County Health Department:

Please do not send your child to school if she has or has had:

• fever of 100 degrees or higher within the last 24 hours (must be fever-free without medication for 24 hours before returning to school)
• Vomiting or diarrhea within the last 24 hours.
• Symptoms that make it hard for your child to participate in school such as frequent coughing, headache, body aches, fatigue, earaches.
• Strep Throat- until on antibiotics 24 hr.