Glade Creek News
Week of April 20, 2015
What is Maker's Space? Join us as Cindy Price shares more information about this innovative idea on Monday, April 20 @ 2:45 in the Media Center.
Community of learners -- Problem solvers -- Tech-related projects -- Flexibility--Collaboration --Design and build solutions -- Raspberry Pi -- Tinkercad -- 3D Printing -- Sphero -- Student-initiated exploration -- invention -- Makey Makey -- Fun! -- Exciting! -- Non-traditional! -- STEM -- revision -- Engaging Students in Learning!! -- Truly Thinking "Outside the Box" --
Turning your school into a Maker Haven!
KQED News, September 4, 2014
Ideas!!
Leveraging kids' natural inclination to tinker!
From: KQED News, September 17, 2013
"Letting students follow their own interests and creative urges encourages them to be self-directed ... and prepares them for an outside world where problems are not multiple choice."
Week of April 20
April 20 - 2:45 - 3:30 - All staff meet In media center with Cindy Price to learn more about Maker's Space and to preview ideas for next school year!
April 23 - K - 4 attend Shadow Puppetry Show at SES: Cindy, Dan and Tonya drive
- 8:15 - 3:30 7th & 8th grades to ASU - Diary of Anne Frank (Kim, Jessica, Hope, Sam, Missy
April 24 - Author, Libby Bagby, Staying on Track with Lucky's Plott - Presentation with 4th grade students
- 1:30 - Kindergarten Screening at Glade Creek School - please contact Dawn Atwood if you know of any upcoming Kinders that are not in our PK program who may be attending GCS next year
Upcoming Events:
April 28 - 8th grade gown & scroll pics
April 28 - May 1 - Book Fair
April 29 - District PLC AT SES-working on updating pacing guides - be collecting your thoughts to take to this very important district planning session
***************May and June - no early release on Wednesdays*****************
Please plan on staying until 4:00 on each Wednesday in May as we have our own PLC meetings to plan for the 2015-16 school year with our new grade span teams!
May 4 - Progress Reports - We will send one progress report again for this last nine weeks, but it is one week early of 1/2 way so that you give students plenty of time to make-up work or improve their final 9-week grades.
May 5 - Soil & Water Banquet @ VFW 7:00 PM
May 6, 7, 8 - 8th grade EOY Field Trip
May 6 - K, 1, 2 Field Trip to Lazy 5 - returning after regular dismissal
May 11 - All Administrator's Meeting
May 11 - 6:00 - 8th Grade Recognition Dinner @ AHS Cafeteria
May 11, 12, 13 PK Screening @ SES
May 19
- ACS Board Meeting @ Glade Creek School - At 5:00, for those board members who are able to arrive early, we will conduct a tour of our school. Please be sure that our halls and rooms are tidy for this scheduled event.
May 21 - Blood Drive @ GCS
May 25 - K-2 Picnic @ Lions Club Park
May 26 - Grade 3 ELA EOG
May 27 - Grade 3 Math EOG
May 28 - Gr 4-8 ELA EOG
May 29 - Gr 4-8 Math EOG
- County-wide 8th grade dance at SES 6:00-9:00
June 1 - Gr 5,8 Science EOG; Gr 6,7 Sci NCFE
- 8:30 - 2:30 Grades 3 and 4 EOY picnic at Lions' Club
June 2 - Gr 5,6,7,8 Social Studies NCFE
June 3 - Gr 6 & 7 Field Trip - Greensboro Science Center - Gear-up sponsored
- SES Promotion 6:00
June 4 - PCS Promotion 6:00
June 5 - Last Day for Students - Early Release 12:30 Elementary, 1:00 AHS
- 7:00 AHS Graduation
June 7 - GCS Promotion - Sunday afternoon 2:00 PM
June 15-19 Camp Med