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

We have had a great week at Glennwood! I want to remind everyone about several activities scheduled tomorrow, our last day before Thanksgiving Break. In addition to it being the last Walk and Roll of 2024, it is also an Early Release Day with students dismissing at 12:50 p.m.

We will also have our first Winter Performance with second grade beginning at 8:30 a.m. Students have worked hard with Ms. Pierce in music class to prepare a lovely program for families. We hope you will join us.

Lastly, we have a Parent Coffee Chat immediately following the performance in the LINKS classroom from 9:15-10:00 a.m. Ms. Parker, part of our counseling team, will be leading a talk on "Discussing Diagnosis with Kids."

STAR Early Literacy, Reading and Math Assessments: December 2-6 and 9-13

After Thanksgiving Break, K-12 students will take the STAR Early Literacy, Reading and Math Assessments during the winter assessment screening period of December 2-6 and December 9-13. CSD measures results from this winter assessment screening period against results from the previous fall screening period to track growth and adjust instruction to best meet students' individual needs. These assessments are crucial for ensuring your child's continued success.

Families may use these directions to opt-in to receive the results of the STAR assessments upon completion. For questions, please contact our testing coordinator, Summer Clayton at sclayton@csdecatur.net

I hope you and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving Break. I am grateful for this wonderful Glennwood Community.

Warmest regards,

Holly Brookins, Ph.D

Principal

hbrookins@csdecatur.net

First grade is collecting supplies to donate to A.W.A.R.E. Wildlife Center as the Service Learning component of their Fall Expedition. We will be collecting the following items from Monday, November 11 until Friday, November 22. Collection boxes will be at the front office and by the first grade entrance door. Please help make our drive a success!

Items Needed:

Cat Food (wet or dry)

Dog Food (wet or dry)

Towels (all sizes, but PLEASE NO HOLES OR FRINGE)

We can't wait for our Read-A-Thon in January! To make it extra special, we would like to invite all of our Glennwood Elementary students to participate in a drawing contest to create the main design we use to market the Read-A-Thon.

• Theme: Ready, Set, Read

• Requirements: Student-drawn outside of class; must include "Ready, Set, Read" theme; must include "Glennwood Elementary" in the design; write student's name and teacher on the back

• Submissions should be sent to school via class folders. Please place them in the PTA mailbox in the main floor break room.

• Submission deadline: Friday, November 22

The Read-A-Thon is an important PTA fundraiser that encourages all students to enjoy and excel in reading while participating in a friendly competition for prizes while having fun! The Read-a-Thon is one of our top fundraisers, so we hope to have amazing participation. Funds raised by the PTA’s Read-a-Thon will help support Glennwood, including supplies needed for teachers, staff and students, teacher innovation grants, school improvements, teacher appreciation events and gifts, school supply kits Kindergarten t-shirts, and much more!

If you have any questions, please email Karen Pearl at readathon@glennwoodespta.com.

CSD's School Health Team is preparing for DeKalb Public Health's immunization assessment on Friday, December 6, for all Kindergarten, seventh, and 11th-grade students.

Please ensure your child's immunization records are up-to-date and submitted to the school clinic by Thursday, December 5. If your child is missing any required immunizations, please schedule an appointment with your child's healthcare provider or visit Dekalb Public Health, 445 Winn Way, Decatur, GA 30030.

We appreciate your cooperation in keeping our students healthy and compliant with Georgia's immunization laws. If you plan to submit an Affidavit of Religious Objection to Immunizations (Form #2208), please remember that it must be notarized. Please contact the school nurse for assistance with immunization records.

City Schools of Decatur appreciates the contributions of parents, students, and staff. Here are three important surveys that are open or will open prior to winter break. Please take a few moments to make your opinion count!

1. 2026-2027 District Calendar Input Survey (Expires 12/4/24)
   Thank you for your continued partnership in evaluating the academic calendar options for the City Schools of Decatur. Please review the proposed 2026-2027 Academic Calendar and provide feedback using the links below. The estimated completion time is 5-7 minutes.

2. First-Semester Teacher Engagement Survey (Expires 12/6/24; for teachers only)

3. Coming Soon! School Climate Survey (Opens 12/2/24)

Check out new and vintage Glennwood spiritwear here. If you’d like to receive your items before the winter break, please place your order by Tues. Dec. 17th.

Honor your child with a Tribute Ad in this year’s yearbook. This is a great way to celebrate your child’s growth as a Glennwood student. Follow this link and enter school code 24818 to design and purchase your ad.

Join the PTA Committees

We are still looking for volunteers for the following roles:

• Events Volunteer Coordinator
  
• Fundraising Chair
  

We’re excited to announce that we’re partnering with Minted to help us fundraise! Please support Glennwood Elementary by ordering your cards & gifts from Minted using our promo code [FUNDRAISEGLENNWOOD]. You’ll get 20% OFF your order and 15% of every purchase made using our code will be donated back to us at the end of the year.

**Note: This promo code can be used year-round! Not limited to holiday season. Baby announcements, wedding announcements, party invites -- all are welcome!

Do you have plans for a new garden or class project for spring? Are you full of fantastic ideas for incorporating farm-to-school principles into a teaching unit? Need funds for a "green" field trip?

The Wylde Center Decatur Farm to School Committee invites you to apply for a grant for 2024/25. Teachers, administrators, PTA members, and parent volunteers can apply on behalf of their CSD school. Please get your applications in before December 13, 2024.

2024-2025 DF2S School Grant Application

Decatur, you ABSOLUTELY blew us away last Thursday! Thank you for celebrating the return of Supper & Sips with us! You helped us raise a record number in one night... more than NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS in support of Decatur’s kids! Thank you for ALL the ways you show up for DEF so that we can continue to show up for our kids. Visit our website and follow DEF on Facebook and Instagram to learn more about the important work we’re able to support in our schools and in our community, thanks to the generosity of this Decatur community of ours.

Keep it Indie-Catur on Giving Tuesday!

Giving Tuesday is right around the corner! There are countless worthwhile organizations to donate to, but when you give to the Decatur Education Foundation, your support directly impacts kids, teens, and educators right here in our community. Your tax-deductible gift provides essential needs for CSD families struggling with food insecurity, supports student mental health initiatives, provides arts infusion programming in our schools, and allows us to support our amazing educators through Teacher Innovation Grants! Through your generosity, we've been able to do so much good work in our community, and with your continued support, we'll be able to do so much more! Visit DEF's website to learn more about how you can get involved!