GLOW GAZETTE

Message from the Principal

GLOW Students & Families,

We hope you had a great weekend!

This is a busy time of year, and that is certainly true at GLOW as we prepare to close out the final weeks of first semester and prepare for high school exam week, beginning on Friday, December 9.

The exam schedule, as well as information on other special events can be found in the newsletter below! We hope you can join us for the GLOW Art Show and Concert on Thursday evening...it promises to be a fun night to kick off the holiday season!

Finally, thank you to our families who have donated pajamas to our 9th grade AVID program's Pajama Drive! As of Friday, we had collected 91 pairs of pajamas...only 9 away from our goal! We are so close and will be accepting donations through Wednesday of this week. If we reach our goal, students will earn a Pajama Day on Thursday of this week! Thank you for helping our students and our school give back to our community!

Wishing you all a great week,

Kate B. Tayloe

Principal

Winter Concert & Art Show

The GLOW Fine Arts Department will host a Music & Art Show on Thursday, December 8th in Founder's Hal. Doors for the Art Show will open at 5:30pm, the concert begins at 6:30 pm. Concessions will be sold to support the Chorus, cash only please.

Come on out to support our GLOW Academy visual & musical artists. We look forward to seeing you!

High School Exam Schedule

High School students will receive their Individual Exam Schedules on Monday in Leadership Advisory; however, we wanted to include additional information here that may be helpful for parents.

All high school courses include a final exam.
Some high school exams are a state mandated EOC, some are teacher made final exams, and in some instances students are completing projects this week that will count as their exam grade.
Students are required to attend school for all exam periods; however, if exams/projects have been given previously and there is no exam scheduled for your student on a specific day, then her attendance is not required.
Your student's individual Exam Schedule will indicate whether or not they have exams scheduled on each exam day (December 9-16).
Students who miss one of their scheduled exams on December 9-14 should attend school on December 14 and/or 15th to make-up these exams.

HIGH SCHOOL MASTER EXAM SCHEDULE

Friday, December 9 - English II EOC (state mandated)
Monday, December 12 - 1st & 3rd Period Exams
Tuesday, December 13 - Biology EOC (state mandated)
Wednesday, December 14 - 2nd & 4th Period Exams
Thursday, December 15 & Friday, December 16 - Make-Up Exams

If you have questions, please contact your student's Leadership Advisory Teacher.

Middle School Phoenix Jam

The Phoenix Jam is coming up on Friday, December 9th! All Middle Students are welcome, even if you did not attend October's Phoenix Jam. If this is your student's first time attending, they will need to return a permission slip form to GLOW by Thursday, December 8th in order to attend! Slips are available from Miss White & Mr. Greyson and may be returned to your student's Leadership Advisory Teacher.

This is a free, monthly event where middle school students can come hang out, play games, dance and have a good time with their friends on a Friday night in the GLOW Student Center.

Any donations of snack items, pizza gift cards, or monetary donations are greatly appreciated and can be brought to the front office, labeled for Phoenix Jam!

Middle School Opportunity - EmpoweredMe! Program

A Safe Place, a local organization focused on Empowering Girls and Young Women is offering their EmpoweredMe! Program to GLOW students in 2nd semester. This is a 10 week program being offered two days a week (Tuesdays/Thursdays) after school beginning in mid-late January.

You can read more about the EmpoweredMe! program HERE. If you are interested in having your middle school student participate, please complete this Google Form to pre-register.

Pajama Drive - We are SO CLOSE!!

The 9th grade AVID class is so close to hitting their goal of 100 new pajamas for kids New Hanover County this holiday season! As of Friday, December 2, we had collected 91 pairs of pajamas...only 9 more to go!

Donations are still be accepted through Wednesday 12/7 in sizes 5T - adult large.

Pairs may be dropped off in person to the main office and Lowe Hall, or shipped directly to the school at 4100 Sunglow Drive, Wilmington, NC 28405. You can read more about the Pajama Jam drive in the image below.

Recess Equipment Drive (from Middle School SGA)

Our Middle School Student Government Association is hosting a recess equipment drive. Items include, but are not limited to, hula hoops, soccer balls, chalk, jump ropes and more! Please check out the Amazon wishlist to contribute by clicking here. You can also participate by donating your own gently used equipment.

Thank you so much for your support. We are excited to get moving and having fun.

🤧 Cold & Flu Season is Here

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.

Additionally, tips for staying healthy can be found in the image below!

COVID Testing Available

COVID diagnostic testing will be available to students at GLOW for the 2022-23 school year. Online registration must take place before testing can occur (Note: registration from last school year is no longer valid). Please register as soon as possible in anticipation of future testing throughout the school year. Use this link to register Coqui Health Registration for GLOW. If you have any questions, please contact Nurse Valerie at vmustamaa@glowacademy.net.

New Hanover County Community Remembrance Project Essay Contest

The New Hanover County Community Remembrance Project, in conjunction with the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), based in Montgomery, Alabama, is sponsoring an essay contest for all 9th-12th grade public high school students in New Hanover County. At least $5,000 prize money will be awarded to the winner(s) of this contest. We would like you to make your students aware of this contest. The contest launches September 1, and the final date for entry of an essay is December 15, 2022.

We have attached a flyer which describes the purpose of the contest. More information about the contest is available at our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/nhccrp) and at a website which has all the specifics about this project (www.tinyurl.com/EJI-Wilmington-EssayContest).

If you have questions you can contact us via the Facebook page or at nhccrpessay@gmail.com.

Please encourage your students to enter this contest.