GARDEN HILLS ELEMENTARY FRIDAY FLYER

September 26, 2014

285 Sheridan Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30305 | 404.802.7800 www.gardenhillselementary.com

Garden Hills PTA News

BIG NEWS! Not ONE, but TWO GHES teachers have won Atlanta Families Awards!

Congratulations to 1st Grade teacher Tiffany Barnes and 2nd Grade teacher Katie Carlson! On Thursday morning, Mrs. Barnes and Ms. Carlson received a big surprise! Representatives from Atlanta Families Awards presented these two outstanding teachers with $7,500 each to reward them for their hard work and dedication to the education of their stu-dents. Mrs. Barnes was commended for her work with reading incentives, showing a 35% increase in students reaching their reading goals last year, and Ms. Carlson was honored for her work with the GHES Learning Gardens. A representative from Captain Planet, the organization whose grant made the Learning Gardens possible for our school, was there to offer the organization’s continued help in maintaining our gardens. $2,000 of each award is for the teachers to spend as they like, with the other $5,000 to go toward continu-ing their good work. Also in the crowd were Board of Education members Nancy Meister and Cynthia Brown, Dr. Sidney Baker, last year’s AFA Winner (and GHES 5th Grade teacher) Ms. Kelly Petrello, Mrs. Barnes’ and Ms. Carlson’s students, PTA members, GHES parents, and several of Mrs. Barnes’ and Ms. Carlson’s friends and family. The Atlanta Families Awards representative presenting the awards remarked that it is a rarity indeed that 2 of the recipients of these awards teach at the same school. We are so fortunate to have these two bright stars among all on our “stellar” staff! Fill Your Tank and Fuel Your School in October… Chevron is working with DonorsChoose.org to help teachers get the supplies they need for eligible classroom projects. During the month of October, whenever you fuel up with 8 or more gallons at a participating Chevron or Texaco station, Chevron will donate $1 to support GHES teacher projects! To learn more, go to www.fuelyourschool.com. Here are some local stations participating in the program: Chevron: 2331 Peachtree Road (near the Peachtree Battle Shopping Center), 2319 Cheshire Bridge Road, 639 Morosgo (near Zesto), 2195 Monroe Drive, 2911 Buford Highway, Texaco: Pharr Road GHES Family Picnic! See you next Tuesday, September 30th from 5:30-7:00 pm All Garden Hills families are invited to bring a blanket and picnic dinner to the field for our rescheduled family picnic! It is a fun event to meet other parents and find out who your child’s new friends are. There will be a table set up to join the PTA and learn about vol-unteer opportunities, and the PTA Board is bringing after dinner treats for the kids. We hope you’ll join us! 5th Grade Orchestra Concert 5th Grade will be having their first concert on Tuesday, October 28th! It will be held at Sutton Middle School and begin at 6:30 pm. We hope to see you there!

FREE English & Spanish Classes for Parents & Guardians offered at GHES! SPANISH Session: Tuesdays & Thursdays, October 7th through November 18th | 5:30-7:30 pm You are invited to participate in these classes to form a base to better communicate with your child’s teachers. This program is of-fered in levels with each level lasting 8 weeks. For more information please contact the Office of World Languages & ESOL at 404. 802.7580. Class limited to 30 participants. ENGLISH Session: Tuesdays & Thursdays, October 7th through November 18th | 4:00-6:00 pm You are invited to participate in these classes as an introduction to the language and form a base to better communicate with the Spanish-speaking community. For more information, please contact the Office of World Languages & ESOL at 404.802.7580 or email APStranslations@atlanta.k12.ga.us. Class limited to 30 participants. Registration Forms will be sent home and linked in an email from GHES PTA soon! Lost and Found: Our Lost and Found is filling up with sweaters, sweatshirts, lunchboxes, etc. Please come and check it if you are missing any items. The Lost and Found is located in the cafeteria.

GHES 5th Annual

co-sponsored by Passion City Church

Saturday, October 25th 11 am–2 pm

80-foot Obstacle Course • Bungee Run • 80-foot Slide GREAT Games, Arts & Crafts, and FUN Activities!

Ticket Pre-Sale Price: 5/$1.00 | On Festival Day: 4/$1.00

PTA News September 26, 2014

TEACHER & STAFF BIRTHDAYS

10/7 Ms. Martin 10/8 Ms. Delgado 10/11 Ms Aquil 10/11 Ms. Barnes 10/12 Ms. V. Brooks 10/15 Mr. Usher 10/16 Ms. Whitesell 10/19 Ms. Gonzalez 10/21 Ms. Barach

CALENDAR 9/27: Mr. Usher visits Morosgo (10 am-12 pm) and Woodlands (1-3 pm) families 9/30: GHES SCHOOL PICNIC: 5:30 pm on the Field 9/30: Deadline to turn in Local School Council Applications 10/7-11/18: Spanish and English Classes for Parents— see reverse 10/16: Spirit Night at Jason’s Deli 10/17: Deadline for PTA Membership Contest 10/21: GHES Math Night, 5:00-7:00 pm 10/24: 3rd-5th Grade Dance 10/25: Fall Festival 10/28: 5th Grade Orchestra Concert, 6:30 pm at Sutton Middle School

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Mr. Usher and PTA Members to Visit GHES Families: Saturday, September 27th Mr. Usher and members of the PTA will visit families in the apartment complexes at Morosgo at 10:00 am and the will be Woodlands at 11:00 am tomorrow. We are looking for at least one volunteer from each location to help coordinate the visit. If you live in the Woodlands Apartments, or the apartments on Morosgo, please call Kim Nolte at 770.317.5101. She speaks Spanish. Local School Council Update– Applications are due by Tuesday, September 30th Remember, when you commit to serve on the Local School Council, you are committing to serve Garden Hills to the best of your ability! The LSC meets a few times during the school year with Mr. Usher to discuss the direction of education at GHES and important school system issues. This is a great opportunity to impact student learning and support the school. Our LSC is required to have at least two parents in the group who are local businesspeople, and we encourage parents who are bilingual to apply.

October Spirit Night at Jason’s Deli: Thursday, October 16th | RSVP Requested! Please join us October 16th starting at 5:00 pm for Spirit Night at Jason’s Deli! Jason’s Deli is located in the Disco Kroger Shopping Center at 3330 Piedmont Rd, Suite 3, Atlanta, GA 30305. Please go to www.groupraise.com/

events/4472 to RSVP— they’d like to have at least 20 people commit before the event. Drop your receipt in the GroupRaise.com donation box and 15% of your meal cost will be donated back to GHES! Hope to see you there! We Need your collected Pepperidge Farm Labels for Education ASAP! Did you know Garden Hills collects Labels for Education? These labels, on favorite items such as Goldfish, Campbell’s Soup and Pep-peridge Farm products, translate into equipment and technology for our school! Pepperidge Farm is currently offering a great oppor-tunity for schools, so please send in your Labels for Education ASAP to your child’s teacher. Remember to include the bar code when clipping! For a complete list of products, please visit www.labelsforeducation.com. Questions: Jennifer McCarthy at jenmccarthy@comcast.net or 404.805.0059. Do You Know Your A-B-Cs? The Media Center is looking for volunteers to help Mr. Jolly, our terrific new Media Center Specialist, shelve books. If you have an hour or two once or twice a month, please join the Media Center Volunteers. For more information, contact Jennifer McCarthy at jenmccarthy@comcast.net or 404.805.0059. Mr. Jolly will hold a short training session next week for all volunteers. Don’t Forget to Join the PTA….. Membership Drive Contest Ends October 17th The first class to reach 100% membership to the PTA by October 17th will receive a Build Your Own Butterfly Snack Party provided and led by members of the PTA Board. Membership forms in English and Spanish are by the front office or available for download on the web: www.gardenhillselementary.ORG (our NEW website!).

Muchas Gracias! Danke! Merci! Teşekkür ederiz! ধন্যবাদ! Благодарим вас! and Thank You ... To all of the parents and teachers who made the International Dinner a total success!

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