Gale-Bailey ROARing Updates
Rocking and Rolling to Infinity and Beyond
We are ROARing!!!
Dear Gale-Bailey Pride,
It seems as if most of you have the hang of virtual learning. Most of you are even starting to like it. Remember is not the way it was 20 or 30 years ago. This is a new season. This is our scholars' time to learn!
Thank you for entrusting the Gale-Bailey staff with teaching your children, honoring the amazing individuals they are, and helping them discover the confident and empowered young people they can be. Safety and providing a rich and engaging environment for your children to learn in is my utmost concern.
Please be mindful of what family activities would potentially be heard/seen during the students’ use of video conferencing. This is a great tool to keep students connected, but please have your students use them somewhere near enough to monitor, yet private enough to concentrate on their work. Provide support and encouragement, and expect your children to do their part. Struggling is allowed and encouraged! Refrain from helping when students are being tested or working with the whole group. Becoming independent takes lots of practice. Family members should not have conversations with teachers during class time. You are always welcome to send an email or DoJo for any questions. Teachers may not get to you as quickly as you would like because they are working with a whole classroom. Thank you for your patience. We are partners.
Further, Gale-Bailey is a safe place. To keep it this way, please continue to have conversations about appropriate online class behavior.
Here are future dates for Student Material pick up:
Distribution Dates/Weeks
Wednesday, 10/7 Distribute 12:30- 4:30 pm./ Intern Reports processed via ParentVue.
Monday, 10/12 (no school)Parent-Teacher Conference via Zoom.- Teachers will contact you.
Monday, 10/19 Bully Prevention Spirit Week!
Wednesday, 10/28 Distribute
Wednesday, 11/18 Distribute
Wednesday, 12/9 Distribute
Educationally yours,
Tangie Scales
P.S. Life can be overwhelming, at times, so when you need a break, take a break. Just breathe. We understand.
TCS
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Phase Two
2020 Fall Chess Tournament
2020 Fall Chess Tournament
Saturday, October 24, 2020
Thomas Stone High School
3785 Leonardtown Road
Waldorf, MD 20601
https://www.ccboe.com/index.php/gifted-education-services#Events
Pick up for Class Materials
Rock and Roll Material Pick Up
Wednesday, 10/7 Distribute 12:30- 4:30 pm.
If you were unable to pick-up materials, just come up to Gale- Bailey from 9:00 am- 4:00 pm, Monday - Friday. If this time does not work, please call the office to make arrangements.
School Meals Providing Meals
PTO Welcomes You
PTO 2020-2021 Officers
President – James “Duke” Berry
Vice President – Abigail Nabors
Treasurer – Lindsay Funkhouser
Secretary – Gloria Roberson
Lunch Applications
School system, health department team up to offer free vaccinations
https://www.ccboe.com/pr/school-system-health-department-team-up-to-offer-free-vaccinations/
Extra Security for ZOOM
To ensure we can enter and keep our virtual classrooms open and secure with few disruptions, Zoom added additional online security through a single sign-on (SSO). SSO will help CCPS ensure the children attending our virtual classes are CCPS students enrolled in those classes. Teachers will be able to check student id numbers and verify names. If the names do match the students will not be admitted into the classroom.
Important Information and Resources to Get You Started
Virtual Learning Center at Lackey
To aid with virtual learning, a family internet center at Henry E. Lackey High School will open starting Wednesday, Sept. 2, to provide a space for students who need access to WiFi. The study hall-type space will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday, in Lackey’s gym with desks socially distanced. Space is limited and must be reserved between 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. the day before you want to book a space by calling 301-934-7213. Families can schedule up to five consecutive days at once.
Parents/guardians will have to fill out a health screening for themselves and their children before going into the center.
Students using the space must sign in and wear a face-covering/mask when entering and leaving the gym, and to and from the restrooms. Students must log on and stay connected to their scheduled instruction. A limited number of desktop computers will be available. Students should not make disruptive sounds or behaviors and are asked to use headphones or earbuds.
Parents/guardians will park in designated areas and must remain with their child(ren) while at the school unless the student is 16 or older. Parents will sign in using a picture ID and wear a face-covering/mask when entering and leaving the gym, and to and from the restrooms. Other requirements include that the student arrives and leaves on time (no earlier than 7 a.m., no later than 7 p.m.), and that cell phones are silenced. Calls may take place outside of the gym. Parents are asked to ensure their child(ren) is not disruptive and should bring lunch, water, and snacks for their child. Adults can bring their own technology devices and use the CCPS BYOD WiFi. They should use headphones or earbuds while in the family internet center.
WiFi available in school parking lots
Those in need of WiFi can head to the parking lots of select schools. Access to WiFi will be available at the following:
- Gale-Bailey Elementary School
- To access the WiFi:
- Pull into the front parking lot
- Open your WiFi connection or Network connection screen
- Look for the network name “BYOD”
- Enter the password, CCPSis#1!
- Have your child use their Office 365 login credentials to log in to the network
- If they have difficulty accessing any sites, install the certificate from https://www.ccboe.com/byod/
Step by step instructions on how to log In and Everything You Need to Know
We are in this Together!
Gale-Bailey Elementary School
Email: tscales@ccboe.com
Website: https://www.ccboe.com/schools/galebailey/
Location: 4740 Pisgah Marbury Road, Marbury, MD 20658, USA
Phone: 301-753-1743
Twitter: @GaleBaileyES