Happy New Year, GLOW Students & Families!

We are excited to welcome students back to school on Wednesday, the first day of 2nd semester!

As we enter 2023, we are reminded that since GLOW first opened in August 2016, 2023 has been a year often mentioned with excitement and anticipation, as GLOW's founding class will graduate in 2023! We couldn't be more proud of all these seniors have accomplished, but we are even more excited to see what their futures hold.

Our school's vision is becoming a reality as we review College Application and Acceptance data, as well as Scholarship offers for our current seniors. We wanted to share our current data with you, as well!

• 94.1% of our seniors have APPLIED to college
• 84.3% of our students have been ACCEPTED to college
• $1,460,000 in Merit SCHOLARSHIPS have been offered to our seniors

While we all excitedly anticipate GLOW's first graduation, we have one more very important semester to complete before reaching that milestone.

This next semester is not only important for our seniors, but for ALL students!

Our teachers are ready to not only teach new standards in Semester 2, but also to prepare our students for end of year testing in May. Attendance and active participation is vital for all students, and we appreciate the support of our parents and families to ensure student success.

Wishing you all a great week ahead!

Kate B. Tayloe

Principal

GLOW Academy is thrilled to announce our 2023-2024 School Year Application is now LIVE!

This form is only for new, rising 6th through rising 9th grade students. If your child is a current student attending GLOW Academy, you do not need to reapply.

Siblings of current students will need to complete an application, and may do do by clicking HERE.

Please help us spread the word by telling your friends, neighbors, and co-workers!

If you have questions, please contact Mr. Kirby, Mr. Mitro, Mr. Monroe, or Mr. V.

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.