Head's Highlights

Dear Head Community,

One week of work to go before a much needed and well deserved break for the students and teachers. Family Learning Night is right around the corner, and I hope you and your family are making plans to attend this fun night. Be sure to make it to the Head ES gym tomorrow to shop 'til you drop at our Holiday Shop. Thank you to our fabulous PTA for putting on such a fun event. Enjoy your weekend!

Yearbooks are a fun way to look back on each year as you grow, so make sure you order one for your student today! Each book comes with 2 free Custom pages for you to include your own special photos and memories of the year, but those pages don’t have to be created until April. So purchase at this link in the meantime!

https://www.treering.com/purchase?PassCode=1015986428003405

And please send any photos you’d like included in the book or questions you may have to Meghan Chambless at rdyearbook@gmail.com

Use the link below to volunteer during the Holiday Shop. Thanks in advance for the assistance you provide to our PTA.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D45AAA928A4FDCF8-52586216-ptaholiday#/

Congratulations to the winning classes for the PTA membership competition! The following classes had the highest percentages of PTA memberships per student and have won a popsicle party!

Abad

Babin

Brasfield

Cochran

Peace

Petric

Family Learning Night will take place on Thursday, November 21st starting at 6:00 PM. Bring the whole family for an evening filled with fun activities for every grade level. Let's make learning a blast together!

This event will coincide with Family Learning Night. Bring your children ages birth to 5 to learn and play new things with us!

We now have a Learn to Type program for all 2nd-5th graders! Login information is in your child's Friday, Nov. 15th folder. Here is a short intro video! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BdAckw32qGIdYCfna7WO_HZkI63DbBy9/view?usp=sharing

Learn the Periodic Table of Elements! Just for fun, we are having a competition to see who can learn the most elements. There are 118! Watch this video for more information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gTult_jcMEQC_jznrmXnIfibdNIS1pli/view?usp=sharing

Congratulations to our winners and runner ups for the classroom spelling bees!

These students will compete in the school-wide Bee on Friday, December 6th:

BRYSON M

COLIN B

ABEM A

MICHAELA B

CARTER C

LAYLA M

DYLAN P

WILLIAM W

KAVYA M

LOUIS N

NAVYA M

WYATT S

YALHINI D

SAKINA S

BRANDON G

KNOX M

JOSIAH E

JORDAN P

MATTHEW G

KAYLEE Z

SOPHIA R B

BRENDAN C

Did you know that we send ParentSquare messages informing parents of important events? For example, this week, one of our buses was late to depart in the afternoon. We sent out a ParentSquare message to parents of students that rode that specific bus informing them of the situation and that students would be later than usual.

Families can control how and when they receive updates and information from ParentSquare. Make sure that you have set up TEXT and APP NOTIFICATIONS and that they are set to INSTANT.

The default settings in ParentSquare are for emails to be sent in a digest (getting emails around 6 PM) and texts are turned off. To change this, please follow these simple instructions: https://bit.ly/48Lcq70

We encourage families to change both Head Elementary School and Gwinnett County Public Schools notifications to instant.

For even more convenience, we encourage families and staff to download the ParentSquare app (available for free for iOS and Android devices).

Please be sure to update your contact information by contacting the Head Elementary Front Office when your phone number, address, or email changes.

When: Friday, December 13, 2024

Check in at 5:15 PM in the BHS Band Room (F hall; doors next to the tennis courts will be open)

Pick Up: 7:45 PM in the hallway outside of the maroon gym (after the start of the Varsity Boys game!)

What: The cheerleaders will learn a chant and dance from the BHS cheerleaders and perform between the Varsity basketball games.

They will have dinner and get a bow to wear for the performance!

Who: Students in grades K-8th. Wear a black Bronco spirit shirt or just plain black with black shorts/leggings.

How: Fill out this form (link below). Bring a copy of insurance and $25.00 (cash/check to BCBC) the day of.

Contact: Emma.Towey@gcpsk12.org with any questions!

Sign Up Link

11/16 - Holiday Shop 9:00-3:00 in the Gym

11/19 - Third Grade Field Trip

11/19 - Dogwood Pizza Night!

11/21 - Family Learning Night & Little Learners' Academy at 6:00 PM

11/22 - Color Stables Dress Up Day

11/23 - Chorus sings at Lilburn Christmas Tree Lighting - Lilburn City Park at 4:00 PM

11/25-29 - Thanksgiving Break

12/7 - Robotics Regional Tournament at Grayson High School 7:30 AM-2:00 PM