GIVE West Title I Newsletter

February- March 2025

Language Arts, Social Studies, Music, and Arts Parent Meeting

What an amazing event we had on February 24th. Parents, Students, and GIVE West Staff came together to discuss and learn about language arts, social studies, music, and arts.

Title I Planning Meeting on March 24, 2025, at 1:10 PM

Hello Parents,
You are cordially invited to our GIVE West Title I Planning Meeting on Monday, March 24, 2025 at 1:10 pm.

The purpose of the GIVE West Title I Planning Meeting is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education through the shared decision-making and appropriate use of federal funds, ultimately impacting student achievement.

Title I documents revised at this meeting will be available for your review and input in the Parent Center from March 26 to March 28 from 7:30 AM to 1:30 PM. In addition, they will be available on our school’s website.

Immediately after the meeting, we will hold our Parent/teacher Conference. You will have the opportunity to meet all of your student's teachers and get an update on grades and behavior. Also, counselors and administrators will be available to discuss your student's progress!

Celebrating African American History Month

Since 1976, every American president has designated February as Black History Month and endorsed a specific theme.

The Black History Month 2025 theme, " African Americans and Labor", focuses on the various and profound ways that work and working of all kinds – free and unfree, skilled, and unskilled, vocational and voluntary – intersect with the collective experiences of Black people. Indeed, work is at the very center of much of Black history and culture. Be it the traditional agricultural labor of enslaved Africans that fed Low Country colonies, debates among Black educators on the importance of vocational training, self-help strategies and entrepreneurship in Black communities, or organized labor’s role in fighting both economic and social injustice, Black people’s work has been transformational throughout the U.S., Africa, and the Diaspora."

GCPS celebrates each and every individual as we cultivate a culture of belonging while leading with empathy, equity, and excellence to ensure that #TeamGCPS students, families and staff feel welcome, safe, accepted, valued, and prepared for the future. #GCPSBlueprint.

GIVE West celebrates Black History Month by honoring the rich culture and history through a variety of student-led educational and engaging programs.

GCPS 2025 EE Survey- Share Your Thoughts & Win Free Atlanta United Tickets! ⚽

Dear GIVE West Families,

We value your input in helping us create the best possible environment for our students! Please take a moment to complete our Educational Effectiveness Survey. Your feedback is crucial in shaping our school's future.

As a thank you, completing the survey will enter you into a drawing to win free tickets to an Atlanta United soccer game! Don’t miss your chance to be part of the action!
The survey takes just a few minutes and can be accessed here Please use the link below to access the Family survey.

Survey

Once you complete the survey, please take a screenshot and email it to Ms. Garcia along with your student's information.
consuelo.garcia@gcpsk12.org

The survey will be available for you to complete through Friday, March 7. We hope you will lend your voice to making Gwinnett County Public Schools the best it can be for our students.

GCPS PAC Meeting virtually on March 11th at 6:00 PM

The Office of Family Engagement in the Department of Federal Programs invites all families to join the Spring Family-School Partnership Advisory Council (PAC) Meeting virtually on March 11th from 6:00 until 7:30 PM via Zoom.
During this Family-School Partnership Advisory Council (PAC) Meeting, GCPS families will receive information about programs and resources that support our students and families. Topics will include Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science, Academies and Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education (CTAE), the Multilingual Learners Program, Early Learning and School Readiness resources, the Homeless Education Program, and support for Foster Care students and families
Click here to RSVP for the Family-School Partnership Advisory Council Meeting (PAC)

Please refer to the attached flyer for more information.

TITLE I DOCUMENTS THE PLAN / THE PROMISE

This Plan/Promise describes how the school and families will build and develop a partnership to help students achieve the challenging State and district academic standards.

Students participating in the Title I program and their families agree that this Plan/Promise outlines how the entire school staff, the students, and their families will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement at GIVE Center West.

The Plan/The Promise is available for you on MyPaymentsPlus and the school website under the Title I Section.

Please read it and sign it.

Printed copies are available in the Parent Center.

Thank you.

Resources from Our Counselors

For Black History Month the Counseling Department is sending out lessons through Advisement on African Americans who have made a significant impact on Black History and American Culture. These heroes may be inventors, authors, educators etc.

We also put together a bulletin board in the cafeteria about stress relief, positive eating habits and health and fitness.

National School Counseling Week, Feb 6-10, highlights the unique contributions of school counselors within U.S. school systems and their tremendous impact on helping students achieve success and plan for a career. The counselors at GIVE are helping our students to dream big!

This month's SEL focus is the Recognition of Others' Emotions and Thoughts. A vital component of social intelligence includes students' ability to feel compassion and empathy for others. This skill includes seeing other individuals' points of view. Making sure students are equipped with empathy skills can help them be successful in school, work, and relationships as adults.

GIVE recognized Acts of Kindness Week from 2/14-2/20. Here are some ideas of how to practice kindness with your child:

Pathways2Life

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.

🌺Grow at GIVE

Grow at GIVE recently received an honorable mention in Project Green School’s Outdoor Classroom Challenge and a grant from the National Parks Trust. We hope to use the proceeds to take three dozen scholars aboard Lake Lanier’s floating classroom in order to participate in STEAM activities and to enhance their understanding of environmental issues. Additionally, students got to display their projects and to interact with Kendall Rae Johnson, USDA Youth Ambassador and America’s youngest certified farmer, at our Soil and Soul event.

There are also numerous deadlines on the horizon. Until the weather allows us to plant our next crop, please share these volunteer, internship, or summer enrichment opportunities with our scholars:

Atlanta Botanical Garden

Feed Gwinnett

AgDiscovery