Head U Gator News
October 30, 2020
No School Monday and Tuesday
VOTING
Talk to your students about voting, especially if they don't go with you. My parents took me along as a child, and that experience cemented in my mind the importance of participating each election season.
PTA NEWSLETTER
Here's a link to the PTA newsletter:
Glenhope PTA Auction- Live tomorrow
Attendance
Please don't worry if you see your child's name marked absent first thing in the morning, or even later in the day. Many teachers have to wait until after school before they can correct their attendance for the day
Time Change this weekend
PTA program November 19
A word about this program: Please don't assume this doesn't apply to us! The information they presented to our staff was scary and heartbreaking. Please be informed! Dr. Griffin
ALL GLENHOPE PARENTS: PLEASE JOIN US FOR A VIRTUAL PARENT PROGRAM!
When: Thurs, 11/19 @ 6:30 pm
The Glenhope PTA (Parent Teacher Association) is excited to share relevant and interesting programs with our Gator community. Please join us for a virtual, adults only, program on November 19th at 6:30 pm via WebEx. We will have a representative from Rescue Her, a human trafficking rescue organization, presenting to our interested parents and staff.
A few eye-opening statistics about our community:
· Human trafficking victims have been identified in cities, suburbs, and rural areas in all 50 states
· Texas is the second-largest state for human trafficking, Dallas is the second-largest city
· 20% of all human trafficking in the United States comes through Texas at some point
· In Dallas alone, trafficking is a $99 million per year business
Statistics source: www.rescueher.org
During the virtual meeting, our PTA President, Jessica Harig, will spend a few minutes updating us all about exciting PTA happenings, then we will hand it over to the Local Outreach Coordinator & Victim Advocate from Rescue Her for her presentation and Q&A session. Please join us!
Click here to RSVP for the meeting https://forms.gle/6k7aXtsXgaTBiByZ9.
Parent Program Brought to you by Glenhope PTA
Lost and Found
Our terrific PTA "Workbox Wednesday" group took on a huge project that is now available for you to review. They have taken a picture and labeled each jacket or clothing item that was left last March when we left for Spring Break! You can view the items by going to the Glenhope FB page.
If you look at the pictures on a computer versus a phone you can see more of them at a time so you should be able to quickly identify anything that might belong to your student.
Thanks to Jessica Harig, Cathy Ives, Melissa Cross, and Stefanie Bashore for picking up the boxes and labeling and taking the pictures!
Items that aren't claimed by the end of today will be donated and won't be available for retrieval.
REMOTE LEARNERS
If your child is a remote learner, he/she can still take advantage of checking out books from our Glenhope library. Follow one of the steps below, wait for an email saying your child's book is ready and stop by Glenhope and pick up the book from the vestibule. It is that easy!
Free Meals Extension
The USDA has extended its nationwide waiver, allowing GCISD to now offer free meals through June 2021 at all elementary and middle school campuses and meal bundles at curbside locations. Complete information can be found here.
USDA has issued a nationwide waiver, allowing Grapevine-Colleyville ISD to offer meals FREE at no charge through December 2020 at all elementary and middle school campuses and meal bundles at curbside locations.
Beginning on September 22, 2020 Grapevine-Colleyville ISD will begin providing free meals to students as part of the Seamless Summer Option (SSO) program. Sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), this program will allow any student in elementary or middle school to receive a free breakfast and lunch meal in the school cafeteria, with the option to purchase a-la-carte items. Additionally, the District will offer meal bundles at no cost available for curbside pick-up that will contain meals for the entire week, including the weekend.
Curbside meals may be picked up on Wednesdays at Grapevine Elementary, Cross Timbers Middle or Grapevine Middle from 4-6 p.m. The meal bundles will include seven breakfast, seven lunches and a choice of chocolate or white ½ pint milk (14 milks will be provided). Heating instructions will be included so that families can prepare the meals at their convenience.
GCISD’s high schools do not participate in the federally funded program and therefore meals will be charged as normal in those cafeterias; however, high school students are able to pick up a meal bundle from one of the curbside locations.
For more information on how the federal program operates please visit www.squaremeals.org or www.fns.usda.gov.
Parents are encouraged to continue filling out the free and reduced application online at www.schoollunchapp.com. The benefits from being approved for free or reduced-price meals, may include discounts for transportation, standardized tests, college application fees and technology fees to name a few. If you have any questions, please email child.nutrition@gcisd.net or call 817-251-5617.
COVID status in GCISD
Here's the link to a report on current GCISD COVID cases:
If you are a returning student or new to GCISD, you may not be familiar with GCISD Reads. GCISD Reads is a district initiative to get students excited about reading by providing different challenges for them to complete throughout the year. Students are provided choice by being able to choose from several different challenges. Students have several ways to record their reading. You can print off a form from the link below or they can record their books digitally on Biblionasium. You can visit the Biblionasium link below for directions on how to record minute read. Once they complete a challenge, they can return the form to Mrs. Freyou in the library or to their teacher. If you have any questions, please feel free to email terri.freyou@gcisd.net