GLOW GAZETTE

Students & Parents,

Last week was certainly different than our typical weeks at GLOW due to the storm that impacted our region last Monday. While we have heard from a couple of families who were impacted by the rain and flooding, we hope that the rest of our school community fared well in that storm and were able to return to your normal routines quickly.

It was so nice to see so many of our families at our Family Night on Thursday. If you were unable to attend on Thursday, we look forward to welcoming all families again in the coming months. We value these opportunities to engage with the families of our students and to share the learning taking place in our school.

In addition to engaging with families, we also know how important it is for our students to have opportunities to be involved in our school community outside of the traditional school day. As such, our staff offers a wide variety of clubs and extra-curricular activities for students. These are promoted and advertised through our daily morning announcement video, as well as through our weekly newsletter. We have had a few requests for a comprehensive list, which we have shared in the newsletter below. I am certain that additional clubs will be added throughout the year, and we will also let you know when that occurs. I hope your student can find an opportunity to participate in one of these opportunities.

Wishing you all a great week ahead!

Kate B. Tayloe

Principal

We have had a few requests for a comprehensive list of our Clubs & Extra-Curricular Activities. I have added a link to the current list below; however, please note that additions may be made throughout the year. Our staff is responsive to the needs/requests of our students, so it is not uncommon for a staff member to make a request to add a club or extra-curricular activity mid-year. We will update students and parents when that occurs, but for now, you can see a list of current offerings, target groups for participation, meeting months, days, and times, as well as staff sponsor information. We hope this is helpful as we want all of our students to find ways to connect and be more involved in our school community outside of the traditional school day.

Attention all Middle & High School GLOW Academy Artists!

Spooky season is coming up, and it's the perfect time to bring back the monthly poster contest! We want to see all the creepy ideas you can come up with: Monsters, zombies, haunted scenes are all welcomed ideas for this month's theme!

Posters must be at least 11 x 17 in size and in full color. Both traditional and digital art will be accepted. All grade levels are welcome to participate, just be sure to have your posters turned in by Friday, Oct 4th. Prizes and awards will be given to the winners of the contest. For more information, see Mr. Greyson in room 305.

On October! 11th and 12th grade families can get a head start on researching UNC System universities by attending the fifth annual Virtual Open House events in October. There are four dates with four different institutions presenting at each one from 6:30-7:45 p.m.

Visit www.northcarolina.edu/unc-system-virtual-open-house/ to register and learn more!

It's Disney Music Week in the Karaoke Club! Have you ever wanted to belt out Frozen's "Let it Go," "Almost There" from Princess and the Frog, or "Colors of the Wind" from Pocahontas? Well, now is your chance! Karaoke Club meets on Monday from 3:20-4:30 PM.

We wanted to share our comprehensive Testing Calendar for the 2024-2025 school year! You can find all required state testing for Middle School and High School HERE.

The Lions Club will be providing vision screenings to all 6th, 7th and 8th graders on October 7th. The screenings will take place at GLOW, and Nurse Heather will help facilitate these screenings.

If you have any questions, please reach out to our School Nurse, Heather Williams (hwilliams@glowacademy.net).

7th Grade Families, Please check with your students about their upcoming college visit to Fayetteville State University in Fayetteville, NC on 9/26 or 9/27. Due to the distance from GLOW, we have to depart by 7:30 a.m. to arrive to FSU on time and return before afternoon dismissal. AM GLOW bus transportation will not arrive in time, so we ask for alternative transportation to be arranged. Mrs. Mahoney and Mrs. Wieland's Leadership Advisory classes are scheduled for 9/26 and Mrs. Sampaio and Mrs. Webb are scheduled for 9/27. All students must return the completed Field Trip Permission Slip form to their advisor to be eligible to attend on their assigned dates.

Thank you to those families that completed the Parent Survey posted in last week's newsletter.

We had a great response and will be keeping it open to be sure everyone has an opportunity to provide feedback. Please CLICK HERE to complete a short about GLOW Academy. All responses are anonymous and confidential.

Thank you to Ms. Jahleese, Ms. Lexi, Ms. Adams, and Ms. Kramer for facilitating an enriching retreat for our Seniors! As you can see from the photos below, they had a great time kicking off this exciting Senior Year!

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