• A Message from Champ!
• Family of the Month
• Parent Meeting & Parent Universities
• Technology Update
• Technology Parent Trainings
• ... and more
  

Greetings Champions,

Georgia Milestones Testing is coming up and we can't wait to see students and families in person at our testing locations across the state! Here are some tips to help your family prepare.

Mark your calendars:

• End of Grade (EOG) Grades 3- 8th Monday, April 20–Friday, April 24
• End of Course (EOC) High School Monday, April 27–Friday, May 1

Testing reminders:

• Take advantage of all testing resources found on the website
• Keep a clear schedule and get plenty of rest
• Attend our Milestones Parent Meeting on March 19th.
• Fill out and bring your Student Release Form and your Student Health & Emergency Information Form
• Arrive at the test site on time
• Read directions carefully
• Don't stress and do your best!

Calling ALL Learning Coach Testing Volunteers!!

Learning Coaches if you are interested in volunteering to proctor, helping with sign-in/sign-out, and/or being a greeter fill out our Volunteer Interest Form.

**Once you open the form scroll down to "GCA PTSO Committees" then check the "Statewide Testing and Support" box.**

Let's continue to AIM HIGH, as we RISE UP and SOAR!

Best wishes,

Champ

We started the Family of the Month initiative to recognize and show appreciation to one family each month who demonstrates enthusiasm, commitment to learning, positivity, and active school involvement. The Family of the Month is nominated by teachers and staff. We cherish each and every one of our families! And we are excited to showcase one family each month sharing their engagement and commitment to GCA.

Hi everyone, we are, "The Hernandez Family". We consist of the usual character's dad, mom, boy, girl, dog, birds and the occasional brown bear in our backyard. We always had a vision too homeschool but had mixed emotions and the uncertainties off if we could. We finally took a leap of faith 3years ago after we sat down as a family and decided for homeschooling to be successful for us, we will all need to do our part to the best of our abilities.

Our decision to homeschool has undoubtedly changed all our lives. When we started on this journey with GCA we quickly realized that a daily routine and structure was going to be the fundamental principles we would have to implement to be successful. Though our daily routine may change from time to time, homeschooling still allows my kids to work in advance and still have the added benefits GCA provides. As an LC to my kids there are days, I don't always get it but having an assigned FSL has been my saving grace and teachers who I can always count on to reply to my emails. Homeschooling can be overwhelming, but I have found taking advantage of as many resources available to my family has allowed us to absolutely fall in love with it.

GCA has allowed my kids to step up and use their strengths, they have gained a newfound independence and confidence too which gave them the ability to keep pushing when they feel like giving up or asking for help to achieve their goals. They have 2 learned more than ever to do their very best even when no one is looking because their success depends on it.

Homeschooling has made us closer, stronger, and has allowed us to pursue other opportunities and interests such as teaching my kids to cook, having a home garden, visiting different museums, hiking, assigning daily and weekly chores, spending more time with grandparents ect. These simply pleasures of family life would not have been possible otherwise. A special thanks to all the staff at GCA for working daily with my family to achieve this milestone!, March GCA Family of the Month

District Town Hall Meetings:

Hosted by GCA School Leaders and community partners

sharing district-wide information.

• May 7th, 2020 @ 6:00pm

Parent Meetings:

Hosted by GCA Family Engagement Team sharing Learning

Coach desired topics.

• September 19th, 2019 @ 6:00pm (Recording)
• November 20th, 2019 @ 6:00pm (Recording)
• December 19th, 2019 @ 6:00pm (Recording)
• February 20th, 2020 @ 6:00pm (Recording)
• March 19th, 2020 @ 6:00pm

Parent and Stakeholder Input Meetings:

GCA will host the following online meetings for the purpose of sharing information and providing a platform for input into our district and school planning.

• Annual Title I: October 17th, 2019 @ 6:00pm (Recording)
• CLIP (District Improvement Plan): March 26th, 2020 @ 6:00pm

For more information about upcoming meetings or to access recordings from previous meetings, please visit our GCA Parent Calendar. Recordings will be placed on the calendar. Recordings will contain meeting documents and feedback opportunities.

After each Parent Meeting, we will transition into school level (Elementary, Middle, and High) Parent University Rooms where educators will review the following topics:

• Supporting Your Student in Reading/English/Language Arts - Recordings & Slides
• Supporting Your Student in Math - Recordings & Slides
• Supporting Your Student in Science - Recordings
• Supporting Your Student in Preparing For Milestones Testing: March 19th, 2020

For more information about upcoming meetings or to access recordings from previous meetings, please visit our GCA Parent Calendar.

Board Meetings are open to the public. For information on how to attend, visit: https://www.georgiacyber.org/about/governing-board/board-meetings.

GA Milestones Testing Dates for the 19-20 School Year:

APRIL 20- APRIL 24: EOG (End of Grade) - Grades 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th

APRIL 27 - MAY 1: EOC (End of Course) - Students taking an EOC Course

TESTS ARE ADMINISTERED AT FACE TO FACE TESTING SITES ACROSS THE STATE

If you are interested in volunteering to proctor, helping with sign-in/sign-out, or being a greeter at Milestones Testing, fill out our Volunteer Interest Form.

**Once you open the form scroll down to "GCA PTSO Committees" then check the "Statewide Testing and Support" box.**

Technology Parent Trainings is an opportunity for GCA parents and families to become more comfortable with the virtual tools so that they can effectively support their students in the virtual schooling environment.

Topics to be covered include:

• Clever
• Canvas
• Jigsaw
• Google
  

For more information and to find the session link and recordings, please visit the GCA Parent Calendar.

GCA PTSO COACH CAFÉ

The Coach Café has experienced learning coaches hosting sessions to help other coaches. Questions can be asked in the main room or breakout rooms for private issues. Reminders will be posted on the GCA PTSO Regional Facebook pages.

Meeting Room Link: https://georgiacyber.zoom.us/j/958935914

If you are unable to attend the archive of the meeting will be placed on the Archive page of the GCA PTSO website the next business day.

Cafe Dates: 7PM on Mar. 9th, & April 13th.

This month we will enjoy hands-on and engaging science at locations all over.

Click here to register for an open March event.

The GCA PTSO Meeting Dates for the 2019-2020 school year:

• April 28, 2020 @7:00pm

Meetings can be accessed via the GCA PTSO Website https://www.gcaptso.org/home.html

2020-2021 GCA PTSO EXECUTIVE BOARD

Your GCA PTSO has begun accepting nominations for the 2020-2021 GCA PTSO Executive Board. The Nomination Phase will run March 3th-16th at 5:00 PM.

Click here for more details

GCA PTSO Leadership and Development Scholarship

Your GCA PTSO will start accepting applications for the GCA PTSO Leadership and Development Scholarship 02/17/2020 – 03/17/2020. Click here for more details

Please support our students with GCA PTSO's Back to School Fundraiser. Click here to purchase your Spirit Gear.

The GCA Resource Room on Pinterest provides families with useful, interesting, inspiring and engaging supplemental educational content.

Visit today!

https://www.pinterest.com/gcaresourceroom/

Parent leaders are actively involved in planning student outings in their own Georgia region. They are passionate about helping new or struggling Learning Coaches be the best they can be! Regional communication and activities for students and parents/Learning Coaches can be found in the region's Facebook group or by emailing the regional parent leaders.

The Georgia Cyber Academy (GCA) Parent–Teacher–Student Organization (PTSO) FACEBOOK GROUPS are closed groups. These groups are not sponsored or monitored by GCA/K12 staff but by parent volunteers through our PTSO. They are used as a support resource for GCA families.

If you are interested in volunteer opportunities with our school, please fill out our volunteer survey and someone will contact you with further details.

Region 1 (Dade, Walker, Catoosa, Whitfield, Murray, Fannin, Gilmer, Chattooga, Gordon, Pickens, Floyd, Bartow, Polk, Paulding, and Harralson counties)

Region 2 (Banks, Dawson, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, and White counties)

Region 3 (Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, and Rockdale counties)

Region 4 (Butts, Carroll, Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup, and Upson counties)

Region 5 (Jackson, Madison, Elbert, Barrow, Athens-Clarke, Oglethorpe, Oconee, Walton, Greene, Newton, Morgan, and Jasper counties)

Region 6 (Putnam, Monroe, Jones, Baldwin, Crawford, Bibb, Twiggs, Wilkinson, Peach, Houston, and Pulaski counties)

Region 7 (Wilkes, Lincoln, Taliaferro, Warren, McDuffie, Columbia, Augusta-Richmond, Hancock, Glascock, Washington, Jefferson, Burke, Jenkins, and Screven counties)

Region 8 (Chattahoochee, Clay, Muscogee, Crisp, Dooly, Harris, Macon, Marion, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Stewart, Summer, Talbot, Taylor, and Webster. Harris, Marion, Muscogee, and Chattahoochee counties)

Region 9 (Appling, Bleckley, Candler, Dodge, Emanuel, Evans, Jeff Davis, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wayne, Wheeler, and Wilcox counties)

Region 10 (Calhoun, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell, Terrell, Thomas, and Worth counties)

Region 11 ( Turner, Ben Hill, Irwin, Coffee, Bacon, Tift, Berrien, Ware, Pierce, Brantley, Cook, Lanier, Clinch, Brooks, Lowndes, Echols, and Charlton counties)

Region 12 (Bulloch, Effingham, Bryan, Chatham, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Glynn, and Camden counties)

Elementary School

Middle School
High School
​GCA PTSO

Kristy Howard

Elementary School Family Engagement Coordinator

404.334.4790 Ext. 2076

Email: khoward@georgiacyber.org
Location: 1745 Phoenix Boulevard, College Park, GA, USA
Phone: 404.334.4790
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KristyHoward.gca?fref=ts
Twitter: @GCA_FEC

Veronica Okpani

Middle School Family Engagement Coordinator

404.334.4790 Ext. 2162

Email: vokpani@georgiacyber.org
Location: 1745 Phoenix Boulevard, College Park, GA, USA
Phone: 404.334.4790
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gcaveronica.rfec

Michelle Gilyard

High School Family Engagement Coordinator

404.334.4790 Ext. 2085

Email: mgilyard@georgiacyber.org
Location: 1745 Phoenix Boulevard, College Park, GA, USA
Phone: 404.334.4790
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michellegilyard.gca.1
Twitter: @GCA_HS

GCA participates in the education of homeless and migrant students by providing specific support and supplies to help with their education.