Eagle Edition

Holly Brookins, PhD, Principal ~ Summer Clayton, Assistant Principal ~ Jill Tolsma, Instructional Coach

Email: hbrookins@csdecatur.net
Location: 440 East Ponce de Leon Avenue, Decatur, GA, USA
Phone: 404.370.4435 * Website * Facebook

Happy Fall and welcome back from fall break! I hope you all had a wonderful week with your families. We have had an awesome week of learning, exploring and SOARing. Our week started with the CSD Reads on Monday with a virtual author visit with Georgia native and former professional football player, now children's author, Malcolm Mitchell.

Most of our fall EL Education Expeditions are kicking off this week. Kindergarten began theirs on Wednesday with the expert "Animal Man," and had an opportunity to meet and learn about some very unique animals. I was very brave and even held a beautiful king snake named Oreo. A big thank you to our PTA for sponsoring this expert visit.

October is a full of many opportunities for families to be involved at Glennwood. We have Booktoberfest, PTA Romp and Read, PTA Sprit Nights, PTA Fall Carnival, Fall Book Fair with Little Shop of Stories and our much loved Book Character Parade on October 24. Please check the newsletter carefully for more details for each event.

Warm regards,

Holly Brookins, Ph.D

Principal

hbrookins@csdecatur.net

In celebration of our 2nd Annual Booktoberfest, Glennwood students and staff are invited to a private and much-anticipated showing of Peter Brown's The Wild Robot at Decatur's North DeKalb AMC 16 Theater. Peter Brown is an amazing children's author and illustrator, and the release of this movie is so exciting! We hope you were able to read it this summer. If not, there is still time!

Cost of the movie tickets is provided courtesy of the Glennwood Library Fund. Each GL student is permitted to bring two guests (including their parent/chaperone) for a total of 3 tickets available per student. Families must RSVP by Friday, October 4th by 10:00 am by completing this form. (Students must be chaperoned by at least one adult.) Food/Drink items will be available for purchase through the theater concessions.

SPACE IS LIMITED SO PLEASE RSVP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!

Boys in Action (grades K-2) will provide an opportunity for male students from across the African Diaspora to connect, be inspired, find support, and be guided by male mentor volunteers from our school system and community who also racially identify as African Diasporic (communities descended from people from Africa). Sessions will focus on team-building games, nurturing leadership skills, affirming identity, goal setting, and just the joy of being together. Glennwood staff member, Mr. Jonathan Holloman, will lead the group. We would also like to invite parent volunteers to volunteer their time to support our Boys in Action during any or all of the sessions below. If you are interested, please email Jonathan Holloman at jholloman@csdecatur.net for more details.

*Please note that all parent volunteers will require a background check through the CSD process.

Boys in Action will be held Two Thursdays a month after school from 2:50 pm-3:50 pm at Glennwood. Parents and caregivers must arrange for transportation for their child. If they are in Animal Crackers, please ensure they are aware that your child will come late.

Thursday, October, 17, 2024

Thursday, October 24, 2024

Thursday, November 7, 2024

Thursday, November 14 2024

Thursday, December 5 2024

Thursday, December 12 2024

Dates for the second semester will be communicated in December

Sign up link : https://forms.gle/GPJEie5ETRdd2J7k8

Glennwood will be holding a flu vaccine clinic on Monday, October 28th from 1-3pm. If you or your child would like to be vaccinated, please be sure to bring your insurance card. We will see you there!

Join us for our Fall Carnival & Chili Cook Off on Sunday, October 20 from 11am-2pm at Glennwood Elementary.

Check out these links for more information:

• Event Overview

• Volunteer Sign Up Form (each class will need multiple volunteers)

• Purchase your Tickets

• Sign up to be a Chili Cook Off Chef

Contact President@Glennwoodespta.com with any questions about the event, donations, or sponsorship opportunities.

Join the PTA Committees

We are still looking for volunteers for the following roles:

• Committees (sign up to volunteer or email President@Glennwoodespta.com)

• Events Volunteer Coordinator

• Fundraising Chair

Help the Yearbook Committee

Have you taken photos at Community Circle, Battle of the Bands, Romp and Read, or any other school events this year? As you capture pictures of special Glennwood moments and events, please submit these memories for the school yearbook! Submit your photos by emailing image files to yearbook@glennwoodespta.com.

As fall break approaches, we're reminded of how DEF's Lighten the Load program began -- with an elementary school teacher who told us that one of her students dreaded school breaks because he and his siblings counted on having two meals a day at school. Our Lighten the Load program has evolved since then, but we're still committed to helping remove obstacles - like food insecurity - for our kids.

The number of weekend food bags we provide has DOUBLED this year, and we need your help to ensure we're able to continue to meet this need. This is our community, and these are OUR kids. Please consider donating to DEF, or purchasing items from our Lighten the Load wish list today.

You probably know that September is Suicide Prevention Month -- but do you know that through Joe’s Fund, DEF’s behavioral health fund, we provide ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) workshops multiple times each year? These two-day workshops are open to ANY CSD staff member or Decatur community member. We held a refresher course just this week, and the next trainings will be: October 10-11, February 27-28, and March 13-14. Help us make Decatur a suicide-safe community - sign up using the QR code. Interested in supporting this important work? Donate here: https://decatureducationfoundation.org/donate/.

A Season of Giving is a neighbor-led organization that brings joy to local children and seniors through gift-giving.

For Assistance: To apply for gift assistance, please complete our online application at Apply by October 31st. We are excited to support children through 12th grade again this year.

Sponsor a Gift: Donors can purchase gifts based on individual wish lists for children or seniors. If you would like to be a sponsor, please fill out the form at Sponsor.

Donate Directly: If you prefer, you can make a donation, and we will do the shopping for you. Simply Donate at our website!

Volunteer: We would greatly appreciate your help! If you're interested in volunteering, please go to Volunteer and sign up.

Need Help or Have Questions? If you encounter any issues with the forms or have any questions, feel free to reach out to us at aseasonofgivingdecatur@gmail.com.

Thank you for your support and generosity of the Season of Giving!