It’s hard to believe, but we are quickly approaching the end of the first semester. The final day of the second nine weeks ends on Wednesday, January 26th. We are excited and ready to bring on the second half of the school year!
Middle School Parent Closes Today, 1/23/22!
Middle School here they come! If you have not already you need to confirm your child’s 6th grade student courses and select 2 electives utilizing the parent portal on PowerSchool. The window for making selections closes on January 23rd. After the window closes you will no longer have access. Instructions were sent home with your child on January 6th in the purple communication folder. Mrs. Sitter also sent out an email on Friday, 1/21, with directions attached.
Congratulations to House Omhule (blue) for winning our 2nd nine week House competition! Students in House Omhule will enjoy a special Glow Party on Wednesday to celebrate their win.
Our Cubs are excited to kick off GAES Quarter 3 House Community Service Project! To show our CubLove, we will be collecting New Cereal Boxes to fill local food pantries. We will be collecting New Cereal Boxes on Monday, 1/24 and Tuesday 1/25. Our houses will be using the cereal boxes on Wednesday, 1/26 to design a domino display measuring creativity in design, length, and success of the chain reaction. Each student will earn 1 point for their house by donating. As always, we ask that each student wear their house colors on Wednesday, Jan. 26th!
Our Community Service Project also supports our Glen Allen PTA!!!
Additionally, you can earn additional points for your house and support GAES PTA if your cereal is a Box Tops cereal. Earn one point by taping your receipt to the box or earn two points by downloading the app and submitting your receipt on your phone via the app. Once you’ve submitted it via the app send a screenshot to GAESboxtops@gmail.com showing your submission so we can credit the right house.
1/16 – 1/23 Parent Portal Window for confirmation/selection of Middle School Courses
1/24 & 1/25 Bring in NEW Cereal Box for Community Service/House Competition
1/25 Social Studies Southeast Region Test
1/26 Student Half Day/Teacher Clerical Day (Dismissal begins at 11:00)
1/26 End of 2nd Quarter
1/28 Vocabulary and Spelling Quizzes List 14
2/1 PTA Spirit Night – Gelati Celesti
2/10 Parent-Teacher Conferences by Appointment (2:45 – 5:30)
2/21 President’s Day/Student Half Day (Dismissal begins at 11:00)
2/22 Kids Heart Challenge 3:15
Math: This week we will be learning about line plots, stem and leaf and using mean, median, mode and range to analyze data collection. Please be sure that your child continues to work on mastery of their multiplication and division skills as this is key to success with this skill as well as with our upcoming math units.
Reading: In reading we will continue to focus on comparing and contrasting various types of texts and characters. Understanding how texts and characters are alike and different helps students develop strong comprehension skills.
Our vocabulary this week, Vocab. List 14, involves some commonly confused words. Be sure that your child is completing the daily practice to prepare for the quizzes each Friday.
Science: Force and motion will be our area of focus in science this week. This is a 4th grade review unit.
Social Studies: The students did an amazing job on their Southeast Suitcase Project. We will begin this week with presentations of the projects and preparing for our Southeast Region test scheduled for Tuesday, January 25. Students should be completing the study guide that was given out last Wednesday to prepare and study for this test. The study guide will be checked in class and will count towards students’ social studies homework grade.