It’s hard to believe, but there are only 17 days of school to go! Time is flying by! However, in the short time that remains we have so many fun and important events.
We have lots of learning to go so please continue to emphasize the importance of focus on instruction, positive classroom behavior, completion of daily homework assignments, and preparation for quizzes, tests, and projects.
I was so proud of how hard the students worked on the math SOL last Friday!
Papa John’s Drive Thru Event:
Don’t forget that today is the last day to order your Papa John’s Curbside Pick Up for Tuesday, May 24th! You will not want to miss stopping by the 5th grade to pick up your piza! This is such a great fundraiser and fun competition for our school! I look forward to seeing all of my “Lyons’ Den Cubs” on May 24th for their pizza pick up! Please note that all orders must be made by Sunday, May 22nd. Click here to place your order: https://pjcheese.com/GAES.
Chromebook Return:
All Chromebooks and chargers must be returned to school on Thursday, May 26th. All ibrary book returns are also due on May 26th.
Fifth Grade Fun:
Fifth grade has lots of fun learning activities planned for the month of June! Thank you for any assistance you can provide to help make these events happen in the “Lyons’ Den!” Here is the link to our class Sign Up Genius: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508044BACA62CA13-lyons
Career Day:
We are excited to have Career Day return to GAES this year! Mrs. Sitter is looking for additional volunteers to serve as presenters. If you are interested in presenting on this day please click on this link: Career Day Volunteer Form
House Unity:
We continue to recognize and reward students daily for following the “Glen Allen 3 – Respect, Responsibility, and Safety.” For the next 5 Wednesday’s we will celebrate House Unity! This Wednesday all students are asked to wear yellow to honor House Aeries, the house of innovation.
GAES Spring Dance
The GAES Spring Fling School Dance will be a Wild Wild West theme this year! DJ Dave Rave will be playing all the hits and there will be snacks and drinks provided! Tickets are $12.50 each. Tickets are limited and sold on a first come, first served basis.
Limit of 1 chaperone per student, however, 1 chaperone may accompany multiple students. Keepsake photos are also available for purchase.
CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO PURCHASE TICKETS
5/22 Last day to place orders for Papa John’s Drive Thru Event!
5/24 Social Studies West Map & States and Capitals Quiz
5/24 Papa John’s Drive Thru Event 4:30 – 6:30
5/25 Social Studies West Chapter 12 & 13 Vocab. Quiz
5/26 Return all library books, Chromebooks & chargers to school
5/26 Greek & Latin List #21 Quizzes
5/27 Student/Staff Holiday for Memorial Day Friday
5/29 Schools Closed for Memorial Day
6/2 GAES Spring Dance
6/15 GAES 5th Grade party/dance (during school)
6/15 GAES 5th Grade Drive Thru Celebration & Bruster’s Night (evening)
6/16 Student ½ day – Last day of school!
Math: We will be completing some fun games to help review the concepts we have learned about this year in math, with particular focus on areas that were challenging.
Reading: We are loving our novel study of the classic, Island of the Blue Dolphins.
This week students will begin working on an in-class research project on a topic of their choosing. This will be a 2 week project followed by students’ presentations to the class.
New vocabulary Greek & Latin #21 was distributed on Friday, 5/20 and the quizzes on these words will be on Thursday, 5/26.
Science: Students will begin an in-class research project that will incorporate one of the science topics that we have covered this year.
Social Studies: In social studies, we will learn about some of the significant landmarks of the West Region of the United States. A quiz on the map location and states and capitals of the west is scheduled for Tuesday, 5/24 and a vocabulary quiz on the 9 words from chapters 12 & 13 is scheduled for Wednesday, 5/25.