PTA News
Triangle Rock Club Spirit Night is TONIGHT!!! Spend your evening climbing at Triangle Rock Club and support GAES! Sunday, January 22nd from 6-8 pm at Triangle Rock Club $15 per person to climb and GAES gets 40% of proceeds. Register here: https://trianglerock.club/GlenAllen
YEARBOOK DEADLINE: The deadline to order a yearbook is January 31. Click here to order yours! Can’t remember if you’ve already ordered? You should receive an email from your student’s teacher this week confirming which students have ordered yearbooks.
Also, we don’t want our cubs to feel left out. If you’d like your cub to be considered to receive a yearbook at a reduced price, please fill out this form and they may be eligible to receive a yearbook at no cost or at a reduced price.Yearbook Pictures: If you have pictures you’d like to share for the yearbook please download the free Herff Jones App, ESHARE. Or go to HJESHARE.COM Enter our school’s code: GAESCUBS We would love any pictures from field trips, spirit days, students wearing their house shirts or anything you’d like to share with us!
Kindness Week 1/23 – 1/27
Spirit Week ~ The Great Kindness Challenge 2023
Monday 1/23: Kindness Rocks! Be a rock star with your words and actions.
Tuesday 1/24: Peace, Hope, Love, & Kindness Day! Wear some groovy 70’s inspired clothing. Think tie dye and peace signs!
Wednesday 1/25: GAES House Colors Day! Sharing kindness across our GAES Houses!
Thursday 1/26: Positively Kind Saying or Picture Shirt! Wear a shirt with a positive message or happy picture on it!
Friday 1/27: Work Out Problems with Kindness! Wear Workout gear with your house colors!
Kids Heart Challenge – February 28:
Save the date! The Kids Heart Challenge at GAES will be held on February 28 after school. All participants will sign up online. You will need to print and turn in the permission slip for your child to participate by February 24. Look for additional information coming via email..
1/22 PTA Spirit Night at Triangle Rock Club
1/23 Social Studies Southeast Study Guide Due
1/24 Social Studies Southeast Region Test
1/23 – 1/27 Kindness Week!
1/26 Math Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying Fractions Test
1/26 Science Kinetic Energy Checkup
1/26 Quarter 2 Ends
1/27 Book Buddies & Q2 House Party – wear House Colors
1/27 Student Half day/Dismissal begins at 11:00
Math: We will wrap up our unit on computation of fractions. Students will be reviewing addition and subtraction with like and unlike denominators and multiplying fractions, as well as changing improper fractions to mixed numbers. We will also focus on word problems. A test on this unit will be on Thursday, Jan. 26.
Reading: We will continue our comprehension focus on comparing and contrasting using various texts. We will also return to our novel study of Among the Hidden.
We will not have a new vocabulary unit introduced this week.
Social Studies: Our unit on the Southeast Region will come to a close this week. Students are really enjoying researching and completing the “Pack Your Bags” in-class project!Our test on the Southeast Region is on Tuesday, Jan. 24. Students should utilize the Southeast Region Study Guide to prepare for the test. Completion of the study guide is expected and counts toward the social studies homework grade. The study guide is due on Monday, 1/23.
Science: We will return to science this week with a unit on force and motion. We have some fun experiments planned to reinforce these concepts!