GLOW GAZETTE

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

GLOW Students & Families,

We had another great week at GLOW last week, and it ended with our 8th Annual Cool Women Hot Jobs event on Friday. We were excited to welcome 100 "cool" professional women from southeastern NC to share their professional journeys and information about their "hot jobs" with our students. I'm not sure who enjoyed Friday more....our volunteers or our students. It was a wonderful day!

We finished the day with another Senior Spotlight, recognizing our seniors who have received college acceptances over the past month! We are excited to share that as of last week our senior class has amassed more than $2.3 million dollars in Merit Scholarships. We continue to be impressed by the many accomplishments of our Class of 2025!

We are looking forward to another great week, but as a reminder, this coming week won't get started for students until Tuesday. Monday is a Teacher Workday at GLOW, with no school for students. We look forward to seeing all students back at school on Tuesday!

Wishing you all a great week ahead!

Kate B. Tayloe

Principal

💫 HAPPENING THIS WEEK 💫

2025 North Carolina All Eastern Honors Choir

Shout out to the following students for being selected for the 2025 North Carolina All Eastern Honors Choir. These students will be attending the All-Eastern festival this weekend. We are proud of you!

Dayami Alvarez
Quincy Mathis
Gissell Mejia Alvarado
Zayli Royal

GLOW's RUN CLUB

Are you ready to have fun, get active, and build healthy habits?

Join GLOW's Run Club! No running experience is needed—this is all about working together to get in shape and achieve your goals.

This year, we’ll train to complete the Wilma Dash, Wilmington's Girls Only 5K! By May, you’ll be ready to cross that finish line with confidence. Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity!

💥 WHAT'S NEW! 💥

2025-2026 Course Planning

GLOW Academy, we are entering course planning season for the 2025-26 school year!

Ms. Andersen will be visiting classrooms of rising 9-12th grades in the coming weeks to provide an overview of important information and forms for students to make their core subject and elective requests. Following the classroom presentations, Andersen plans to meet individually with rising 9-12th grade students.

Parents who would like to be included in their students' individual conference or who have questions or concerns about their student’s graduation status are welcomed to contact Ms. Andersen at landersen@glowacademy.net OR 910-338-5258 x128.

✅ REMINDERS ✅

The State Employees Credit Union People Helping People scholarship application is now available! This scholarship is worth a total of $10,000.

Applications must be completed and submitted to Mrs. Jahleese by March 3, 2025.

If you are interested in this scholarship, you must contact Mrs. Jahleese for more information. Please do so as soon as possible to have enough time to complete the application. For more information, CLICK HERE.

Cinderella's Closet is Open!

Cinderella's Closet is offering two weekends of prom shopping events:

February 28-March 1st and March 21-22nd

Cinderella’s Closet –Wilmington is a mission of Grace United Methodist Church and provides a private prom shopping experience by appointment. They have dresses in size 0-32, shoes in sizes 5-12, jewelry and accessories, and make up available at no cost.

Email Ms. Lexi (ashank@glowacademy.net) for a registration form to get your appointment booked as soon as possible!

Free tax preparation and filing programs begin Feb. 3 in New Hanover County

Starting February 3, residents can receive free tax preparation and filing by trained, IRS-certified volunteers through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) and AARP Tax-Aide programs.

These programs will be available at no cost through April 15 for all New Hanover County residents, regardless of age. Some days and locations require appointments, while others are first-come, first-serve.

For more information, CLICK HERE.

WCC Middle School Choral Festival

Middle school students interested in singing in this year’s Wayne Community College Middle School Chorus Festival, please see Mrss Kittlaus or your Leadership Advisory teacher for an information sheet.

Practices will be held every Monday and Thursday from 3:20-4:30 for the month of February in room 601 of Lowe Hall.

Hope to see you there!