Happy Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is in eleven days! I will be spending the entire week with my brother’s family. I am very excited. We will talk a lot, eat a lot, and hopefully walk a lot. Meanwhile, our children will spend the week pretending to be turkeys. They will squawk a lot, wildly run around a …
Student Gratitude Project due this week! Thanksgiving is around the corner; for November, the Sunshine Group is requesting that all students submit a note of thanks for their teachers and other staff members. This past Friday, a “Thank You Note” was meant to be sent home in the Gator Communicator; however, due to some confusion, …
Glenwood Restaurant Day: Brenz Pizza We are excited to announce our November Glenwood Restaurant partnership will be with local restaurant, Brenz Pizza, on Wednesday, November 17! Brenz, conveniently located next to Glenwood (in the East 54 urban village between Raleigh Road and Prestwick), offers both takeout and delivery, and they will donate 20% percent of …
Glenwood PTA: Your Donations at Work Now that we’ve raised money and passed a PTA budget, we can start appropriately spending PTA donated money. Last week, we passed a “Glenwood Certified Staff Discretionary Spending” policy for the money marked for certified staff to spend on their students. We also approved a snack fund to help …
Meet the Teacher on Our PTA Board: Ms. Zhang Mia Zhang puts the “T” in PTA, Parent-Teacher Association. Ms. Zhang is a fourth grade dual language teacher, and this is her second year at Glenwood, having previously taught in the US and South Korea. Her students would say she is creative, enthusiastic, and helps them …
Welcome Sweet November “Welcome sweet November, the season of senses and my favorite month of all.” – Gregory F. Lenz It is already November! And it feels like November. Brrrr. This week, my kids ate their body weight in candy, I talked to my childrens’ teachers, and we all slept in an extra hour …
Greeting Gators! Hello Glenwood Gators. Wow, what a busy fall! Thank you so everyone who dined at Jersey Mike’s this past Wednesday – because of the Glenwood community, we raised $500 for the PTA – thank you! Next week, we will take a much needed break from Gator’s Tale, and give you once less email …
Book fair this week! It may look a little different this year, but the Scholastic Book Fair is back! Join us for an outdoor shopping event! It will be outside the Glenwood Elementary School main entrance and masks are required. Tuesday, October 26th from 3pm to 7pm (Rain date, Wednesday, October 27th) Can’t make it …
Friday, October 29 – Dress as a Book Character Spirit Day 10 月 29 日，星期五 – 打扮成书中角色日
Our FIRST General PTA Meeting is this Monday night! Join us for our first general PTA meeting. Due to COVID concerns, we will be meeting virtually. If you want a vote, please make sure you’ve joined the PTA beforehand here online for $10. All PTA members in attendance will get to vote on the budget …
