This Week at GLOBE

February 27

PTCC Parent Coffee Talk, 8:30am at LC Village Plaza.

Scoliosis screening for 6th and 8th grade students.

March 3

Read Across America Day (grades K–5).

March 6

Dress-down Thursday (details below).

March 7

Independent Learning Day at home.

March 8

PTCC Spirit Night - Hawks vs Pacers.

March 10

Parent Coffee Talk - STAMP, 8:30am at UC Cafeteria.

March 13

Dress-down Thursday.

March 20

Francophonie celebrations.

PTCC Spirit Night at Salaryman, from 4pm to 9pm.

March 22
PTCC Auction at Napoleon’s.

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As a part of The GLOBE Academy’s inaugural Civics Club, seventeen middle school students, advised by Mr. Marcus Johnson, participated in a three day mock Georgia United Nations Assembly on St. Simons Island earlier this week.

Students gained firsthand experience in the out-workings of international relations and honed their skills in leadership, critical thinking, collaboration, negotiation, diplomacy, research, resolution writing, and public speaking. GLOBE's delegation proudly represented eight countries where Spanish, French, or Mandarin are primary languages. The students researched, authored, and debated resolutions of vital importance to their respective countries, addressing pressing global challenges such as extreme poverty, climate change, artificial intelligence, international trade, emigration, discrimination, and the United Nations veto override.

GLOBE are so proud of all the participants! Among the 60 countries competing, GLOBE achieved outstanding success with four resolutions ranking in the top 10 and seven in the top 20, surpassing all other private and public schools in this category and demonstrating exceptional academic excellence and strategic problem-solving. Students developed a diverse set of important skills that will play a crucial role in their future academic achievements and career aspirations, enabling them to adapt to new challenges, think critically, and excel in various professional environments.

Belgium: Royal Fallen and Eshan Parajuli; Canada: Maliha Dao and Henry Cottrell; France: Nicolas Kirouac, Sung Men, Sara Haddad; Haiti: George Jeffers and Griffin Byars; Luxembourg: Aarya Patel and Ethan Lindquist; Mexico: Mason Francois and Asher Padron; Mongolia: Julia Samalin and Yanglha Lamo; Peru: Lucas Teixeira-Staples and Ian Lauterbach.

A special thank you to GLOBE PTCC for providing support toward the transportation costs.

Help our 8th grade students raise money for their trip to Savannah by bringing $1 to dress down (out of uniform) each Thursday from March 6 to April 3. Please adhere to DeKalb County dress code rules. Parent volunteers will be collecting money at the school entrances of both campuses. Please make every effort to bring the exact change.

Important notes: Due to a field trip on March 6, 3rd grade students must come to school in uniform or spirit wear/jeans. Also, on March 20, French students will need to wear the recommended attire for the Francophonie celebration.

You can download the flyer here or click on the image. Thank you for your support!

The month of Ramadan begins on the evening of Friday, February 28. Observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting, prayer, reflection and community, we would like to wish all who celebrate, a wonderful Ramadan.

Black History Month

BHM Spirit Week continues at Upper Campus this week. Download the flyer here. Thank you to everyone who came to watch our Black History Month celebration today. Video footage will be available in next week's newsletter. Below, we have included a few pics from today's Black History Month exhibition in the cafeteria, and also some pictures of the wonderful door decorations at UC.

Upper Campus Clinic

The clinic is in need of gently used uniform pants, skorts, skirts and a few shirts for unexpected/emergency circumstances. All sizes are welcomed for both young ladies and young men for UC students. Please make sure any donated items are clean (washed) with no rips or tears. Thank you in advance, your contributions are greatly appreciated.

Scoliosis Screening for 6th and 8th grade students

Scoliosis screening will take place tomorrow, Thursday, February 27. Both 6th and 8th grade will be screened. Makeup day will be Friday, February 28. See last week's newsletter for further details. If you have any questions and/or concerns please email Nurse Assistant Davalyn White.

Art

Eighth grade art students studied the artist George Seurat and his Pointillism style of painting. They created small paintings on canvas boards and we are pleased to share a few examples below.

Lavender Sunset by Emma Dargent Cham, Sunset fishing by Aidan Raymond, Pine tree panorama by Layla Milarker, Woodland Trees by Enzo Catinella, and Full moon by Carmina Rho.

*The titles were created by Ms Allen for identification purposes only.

Black History Month Spirit Week continues this week at LC. Click here to download the schedule for Thursday and Friday.

Lower Campus students enjoyed listening to a Black History Month storyteller on Monday. There are also lots of beautiful door decorations around campus. Check out the images below.

Guest readers to visit LC

Two guest readers from the Department of Education’s ‘Let's Read, Georgia’ initiative are coming to do read-alouds in English classrooms on Thursday. They will be reading books by black authors/illustrators in celebration of Black History Month.

Exceptional Children's Week

Update: We have moved the celebration of Exceptional Children’s Week to the week of April 14. Therefore, Read Across America Day will no longer coincide with it. Read Across America Day will still occur on Monday, March 3. For information, read the article featured earlier in this newsletter.

Library

When returning books to the LC library, students must place their books on the return cart. They should not put them on a shelf or in a bin. If books aren’t returned properly, they may not get scanned back into the library and are still checked out to the student according to the library system. Students will still be responsible for their books if they do not return them correctly. Please remind your students to return their books on the return cart. Thank you.

Independent Learning Day - Friday, March 7

A friendly reminder that next Friday, March 7, is a Teacher Work Day. All students will be learning from home. Kindergarten through third grade lead teachers will send assignments home with students on Thursday, March 6.

Lower Campus Clinic

If you need to give your child medication to get them to school, please take a pause and consider if your child is well enough to be at school. Be mindful that the nurse will send them home if they are not able to participate in class. If the nurse calls you, please promptly collect your child so they are not stuck at school for longer than necessary. While Nurse Kate is a great hug giver, she is no substitute for home and a warm bed :)

The clinic is in need of gently used uniform pants and for unexpected/emergency circumstances. We are in need of pants, shorts and skirts in sizes 6, 7, and 8. Please make sure any donated items are clean (washed) with no rips or tears. Thank you in advance, your contributions are greatly appreciated.

Breakfast and lunch menus for March can be viewed on GLOBE’s website, here. If you have any questions regarding nutrition please send an email to our Nutrition Director, Briana Caddell.

Our yearbook orders are down from last year, so we may be printing fewer books. If you would like to purchase a yearbook, please order it soon, or you may not be able to get one. Click here to reserve your copy.

Spring sports kick off in the MAAC Conference this week as our Girls Soccer and Tennis Teams face AIS on Wednesday. Golf has their first match on Thursday, February 27 at 4:30pm, and Flag Football faces Epstein on March 6 to start their season. Boys Volleyball will play the following week. Best of luck to all of GLOBE's spring sports teams!

Spring Sports Team Photos

Spring Sports Team photos are scheduled to take place next week on Thursday, March 6. Please remember to bring your jersey/uniform if you are on a spring sports team.

Visit the athletics website for information.

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Mrs. Daniel, Director of Language Program, needs volunteer help for an event co-hosted with the French Embassy. We will need help with breakfast pickup, delivery and set up for the event on March 7 at 7:30am. If you are able to help, please reach out to her directly for details.

Ms. Stowe is seeking volunteers to help organize two third classroom libraries (Ms. Rembert (Spanish) and Ms. Hilton (Mandarin). We're looking to pull anything in bad condition and outdated/politically incorrect books. If we find stray library books in the process, that's a bonus! If you would like to volunteer, please contact Ms. Stowe here.

The two teachers looking for help with this are Ms. Rembert and Ms. Hilton, who are both 3rd-grade English leads on the Spanish and Mandarin tracks, respectively. We're hoping to have a couple of volunteers for each classroom (4 total volunteers) come for two hours or so sometime in the next two weeks.

We would love to support and promote GLOBE-owned businesses and artisans! Email ptccglobeauction@gmail.com if you have an idea... BIG or SMALL... (501(c)(3) charitable).

Thank you to the Avila-Ingwersen, Camp, Williams, Gomez families and Scout Troop 15 (boys) and Troop 2115 (girls) that volunteered to move the mulch pile at Upper Campus. If you would like to volunteer to help spread the remaining mulch around the tree, please email PTCC Officers here.

Join The GLOBE Academy on Saturday, March 8 at State Farm Arena as the Atlanta Hawks take on the Indiana Pacers. A portion from each ticket purchased through this offer will benefit The GLOBE Academy. The first 100 individuals with a purchased ticket through this offer can enter early to watch the pregame shoot-around! Purchase tickets here.

Join us from 4pm - 9pm on March 20 for spirit night at SALARYMAN - Toco Hills. Call in and take out included 10% of proceeds will be donated to GLOBE. No flyer is needed, just mention you are with GLOBE.

If you are interested in volunteering for Exceptional Children’s Week, or AANHPI Month, please email PTCC Officers here.

We are seeking parents to join the committees on several PTCC PACS (Community and Fundraising PACS). If you are interested in learning more, please contact PTCC officers here.

Shop tees, sweatshirts, accessories and more. Orders placed by Wednesdays at 11:59pm will be delivered on Friday of that week. Shop now! To view the spirit wear store, you must first create a profile on the PTCC website. Questions about an existing Spirit Wear order? Contact the spirit wear team here.

Are you registered for Publix, Kroger, or BoxTop Rewards? Sign-up for these programs and more loyalty programs to support our school. Find the complete list of the PTCC loyalty programs here.

The GLOBE Academy Board of Directors currently has openings for the following positions. Development Chair, Governance Chair, At-large (operations) Director. If you are interested in joining the Board in any of these positions, please email board@theglobeacademy.net.

You are welcome to submit it here, or consult this chart to find out who to contact.

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