GIVE West Title I Newsletter

Parents, thank you so much for supporting GIVE Center West and being a part of the 2024-2025 school year parent meetings!

Your support is greatly appreciated and we look forward to another successful year!

Parent meetings will resume at the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year.

🌞 You're Invited to Summer School 2025! 🌞

We are excited to offer a FREE in-person Summer School opportunity for students from June 9 to June 27 (No school on June 19).

Here’s what you need to know:
📚 Classes: 7:30 AM – 12:30 PM
🍽️ Free breakfast and lunch for all students
🚌 Transportation provided from cluster satellite locations (not regular bus stops) – limited and first come, first served
💰 No cost to participate

Don’t miss this great chance to boost your learning in a fun, supportive environment!

🎯 Contact your student’s counselor to register as soon as possible!

We can’t wait to see you there!

Thirty-four of our students here at GIVE West are graduating with the Class of 2025! We congratulate them on all their accomplishments and wish them the best in their next adventures.

Emmanuel D. Ablornyi Jr., Joseluis Aguilar, Alyssa Borris, Mariana Chamu, Mitchell Collins, Kaven Ellison, Tylen Favors, Anthony Fuentes, Kellin Guevara, Shawn Jackson, King Kuffuour, Edwyn Loa, Diego Landaverde, Logan Luczka, Josue Mandujano, Amarion McDuffie, Andreah McLaurin, Jason Melo, Carlos Menefee, Zerrin Milfrise, MySean Nesbitt, Karson Nguyen, Pele Nguyen, Johan Rivera, Juan Rosales, Jesus Sanchez, Noemi Sanchez.

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• Graduate Breakfast for May Graduates Only: May 9th, 2025 at 9:00 AM- GIVE West Cafeteria

• Graduation Celebration: May 20th, 2025 at 6:00 PM-GCPS District Office

Congratulations to the Class of 2025! Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) graduations begin with Phoenix High School on May 15, and continue through Monday, May 26 when Shiloh High School graduates cross the stage at Gas South Arena. Click here to see the whole graduation schedule

College and Career Day at GIVE was held on April 3rd . Career day is intended to expose students to potential colleges, careers, and military service. GIVE's Career day provided an opportunity for students to connect what they are learning in school with the real world.

Some of our guests included Georgia Gwinnett College, Gwinnett Technical College, Life University, Gwinnett County Police Department, Cornerstone Outreach, Atlanta Beauty & Barber Academy, the Army, and District Attorney Patsy Austin-Gatson.

This year has been fantastic! It is hard to believe that it is coming to an end. Farewell, 7am classes! Hello, beaches and bbqs, daydreams and social lives! For many, summer break is a time to relax, enjoy time with family and friends, but it should also include some time for reading.

Research suggests that students lose one month of learning during the summer. Games and puzzles are a great way for kids to brush up on the basics while having fun at the same time. Whether it’s a game geared specifically toward teaching kids math skills or a learning activity that helps them brush up on vocabulary, there are plenty of ways to get children engaged and help them flex their brain power without turning it into a tutoring session.

The end of a school year can put students as well as parents on stress overload. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed.

Here are some practical tips to help parents and students with managing stress during this summer vacation:

· Schedule fun. ...

· Resist the urge to overschedule.

· Set aside time each day. ... (read, practice math, help someone else)

· Encourage your child to try something new this summer. ...(find a new hobby)

· Limit technology. ...

· Create structure and set boundaries.

Whether you are exiting GIVE or returning next August, the counseling department hopes that you will accomplish great things.

Give yourself permission to be successful, believe in yourself, you are more capable than you know!

Click here for the Parenting Tips of the Week

Pathways2Life (P2L) is a prevention agency focusing on youth and young adult mental wellness through education, brief intervention, and support services.

Pathways2Life is committed to PREVENT addiction before it happens in this next generation. P2L educates students on the risks associated with early use. By being in the schools, P2L has the unique opportunity to engage students and help them identify risks associated with early use, make wise choices and live purposefully. There is a transition zone that exists between the ages of 13-20 where students are in the most danger for developing high-risk behavioral patterns. This presents an opportunity for Pathways2Life to engage students and help them to identify risks, choose wisely and live purposefully during those years which are traditionally middle and high school.

PathwaysLife2 partners with schools to transform lives.

For additional information about this program, please reach out to your student's counselor.

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GIVE Center West Student Parking Lot Application

. May 5- Middle School Exit Conferences- 9:00 am- 11:00 am- One of the counselors will contact parents with information about the Exit meeting.

. May 6- High School Exit Conferences- 8:00 am- 10:00 am- One of the counselors will contact parents with information about the Exit meeting.

. May 9- Awards Ceremony and Senior Celebration

. May 15- 16- Final Exams

. May 19- 21-Will be Enrichment Days and Early Release. We won’t provide lunch. Students who do not ride the school bus MUST be picked up promptly at 11:00 AM.

· August 4- First Day of School

Middle School Testing- Georgia Milestones - EOG

May 1- Science

May 2- Biology

High School Testing- Georgia Milestones - EOC

May 1- US History

May 2-Biology

Parent Center - Main Building

Consuelo.Garcia@gcpsk12.org

770-246-5341