On June 30th our PTA hosted a New Family Meet and Greet and last PTA fundraiser for the 21/22 SY. We had an awesome time hanging out with Chuck E. Cheese! It had only been one week after school had ended, but the excitement is seeing our Tigers together again was so priceless. Our new families that joined us swapped numbers and emails to stay connected! Please join the PTA to stay up t date with all of our upcoming events. 💛 🐯 💙 pta.gwes@gmail.com
Can you believe it?!? SY 21/22 is finally over! It has been an absolute pleasure serving the GWES Family this year! 💙🐯💛 Thank you all for your help in making this irregular year still feel pretty normal. Have a wonderful summer break and we look forward to seeing current Tigers and NEW Tigers at the end of August for SY 22/23! 💙🐯💛
On June 22nd, Students in Ms. Mackowiak’s class made a crowd of compliments! Students walked around the room and left compliments on each other’s papers. What a sweet end of year activity! 💙🐯💛
On June 21st, 3rd graders in Mrs. Jeffries classes had a very special visitor from PGCPS Student Board Member, Alvaro Ceron-Ruiz! (Former GWES Student) He taught student how to make slime as a fun end of year activity! 💙🐯💛
What a celebration! 🎉 On Friday, June 17th, outstanding prizes and awards were given for our grand prize winners for their first place stem fair project in Earth and Environmental Sciences! Great Job Olivia and Brenden! You make us #GWESProud! 💙🐯💛
On Friday, June 17th jhenry@esfcu.org from the Education Systems Federal Credit Union visited GWES today to present a gift to our 3rd grade 1st place STEM Fair winner for her Robotics and Intelligent Machines STEM Fair project. Thank you!!! #GWESProud 💙🐯💛
On Friday, June 17th top tier Brag Tag winners from Ms. Mackowaik’s classes. Everyone walked away with something, but these students earned a personalized water bottle, gold pencil, and paw print book mark. Hard work pays off! 💛🐯💙
On Thursday, June 16th and Friday, June 17th we celebrated the promotion of 5K and 5C. They were beautiful ceremonies and everyone had fun! 🎓💛🐯💙🎓
6/15- Ms. Romero was challenged to a knockout basketball activity and lost. The students received pizza for lunch as a reward!!!
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3rd grade is celebrating “U- USA Day!” from their "End of the Year- ABC Countdown!" Check out all this Red, White, and Blue!!!
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6/14/22- Geometry Town! Finished products line the hallway! 🤩 The rubric required students to use knowledge from their Geometry unit to create a town map.
So creative! 🗺️💛🐯💙
6/14/22: Beautiful portraits of 4th and 5th graders.
Great work Tigers! 💙🐯💛
Awesome Work Grade 4!!!
6/13/22: 4th graders collaboratively showed their understanding of human body anatomy!!! (Circulatory, respiratory, and digestive systems.) #GWESProud
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6/13/22: 4th graders in Mrs. Wright’s classes completed the activity: “How do you measure up?” They did this the 1st week of school and now during the last full week of school to make comparisons of how much they’ve grown. 💙🐯💛📏
Three of our #Talented GWES third graders created a cheer to get our students ready for #FieldDay! They wrote the original cheer and created moves to get us in the #GWESProud spirit! 💛💙🐯
6/10- Ms. Mackowiak’s Accelerated 4th graders shared mathematical discourse. Students investigated patterns in a division table by looking at quotients as fractions. Bravo! 💛🐯💙
6/10/22 As promised, 3rd graders excavated their fossils today! 💙🐯💛
It's Field Day...
(3rd/5th edition!)
Today, 6/9/22 was our 2nd #FieldDay! 3rd and 5th had an amazing time! We had excellent weather and lots of fun! #GWESProud
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Our teachers ROCK! Look at all this good sportsmanship! Students had a blast getting their favorite teachers wet! #GWESProud #FieldDay 💦💛🐯💙💦
More great pics from #FieldDay These are just a few of our #AMAZING #GWESTigers! 3rd and 5th grade had a blast today! 💦💛🐯💙💦
On June 8th, 3rd graders in Mrs. Jeffries’ classes made mold and cast “fossils” On Friday, they will become paleontologists and excavate! 💙🐯💛
June 7th: 2nd/4th Field Day!!!
Today was #Fantastic field day for grades 2nd and 4th! Check out all of our videos! (Fun was had by all!) Even Principal Baudoin joined in the relay races!
Go Mr. B! #GWESProud 💛🐯💙
6/6/22: Congrats to our 5 students that represented GWES in the online Virtual Art Exhibit found in the Engage PGCPS Family Newsletter. The Art Exhibit features the talents of more than 600 students in PGCPS. Works include drawings, paintings, digital art, 3D sculptures and ceramics.
Thank you Ms. Lipczenko for nominating these amazing projects! 💙🐯💛
On Monday, June 6th, 4th graders in Mrs. Wright’s classes made Circulatory System Wheels! Students followed the path a drop of blood makes through the body. 💙🐯💛
6/6/2022: 4th graders are actively working on "Save the Bay" posters! They identified the current problems and collaboratively came up with solutions in order to save the bay! 💙🐯💛
6/3/22: After reading the novel, The Secret Garden, 4th grade students created a ball that reflects their understanding of the book. Each circle is a a response to questions, including Blooms Taxonomy, Change, and Depth and Complexity. 💙🐯💛
6/3/22: Today was an exceptionally special fantastic Friday… 2nd grader, Aiden and his AWESOME aunt gifted me this #GWESProud shirt this morning!!! THIS IS SOOOOOOOO MEEEEEEEEE!!! 💯 made my entire week!!! Thank you for thinking about your leader in School Spirit! 💙🐯💛
June 2, 2022- To introduce 3rd grade’s fossils unit, students in Mrs. Jeffries’ classes each received a shark tooth, researched the type of shark, and then got to take it home! 🦈 #GWESProud! 💙🐯💛
6/2/22 Third graders in Mr. Doran’s math class answered the question, “What is my area?” They estimated the area of non-standard shapes by measuring an outline of a human body. Absolutely adorable and so fun hanging out in the 3rd grade hallway!💙🐯💛
June 2nd, 2022: 4th grade Art: Learning about creating abstract art and geometric shapes, as well as color contrast. #PicassoVibes
It's WONDERFUL Wednesday, June 1st and we are so impressed by these awesome 5th grade dioramas for #EsperanzaRising!!! Here is a sneak peek of some of the projects. Presentation begin tomorrow!
Also on Wednesday 6/1, 4th grade students worked collaboratively to create posters to demonstrate how humans impact the Earth. Students focused on air pollution and acid rain. Bravo! 😍 💙🐯💛
May 31st: Geometry town is under construction with strict planning and zoning! 4th grade is using what they have learned about right angles, obtuse angles, parallel streets, intersecting avenues…etc. We can’t wait to see the finished products! 💙🐯💛
On Friday, May 27th, Team Piekarski and Team Puzniak discussed how different birds have a variety of types of feet while learning about Animal Adaptations. They learned that these feet have different types of sizes, shapes and purposes. They worked collaboratively in small groups to match the correct picture, description and label.💛🐯💙
On Friday, May 27th, third graders in Mrs. Puzniak's class did an Orange Experiment on estimating and measuring mass of an orange in small group. They used counters to estimate how many counters they needed to balance the scale. Then they shared and interpreted data of their findings.💙🐯💛
4th graders analyzed polygon attributes in order to categorize them!!! Awesome job! 💙🐯💛
Thursday, May 26th it was "H Day" in 3rd grade’s ABC Countdown to the End of the Year! Hat Day! Third grade students wore their best hat at school! 💙🐯💛
May 25th was a BUSY day at GWES! 💛🐯💙 We started with a delightful visit from Sargent Shelby!
A special thank you to Sargent Shelby for being on site this morning and helping to keep our school community safe! He gave us a sense of security after such tragic news from yesterday. Our children and staff appreciate you!!! 💙🐯💛
Resources for you:
Talking to Your Children About Violence (English)
Talking to Your Children About Violence (Spanish)
Talking to Your Children About Violence (French)
Talking to Your Children About Violence (Chinese)
Second grade students were playing a game called, “Race to Zero” where they used base ten blocks and column subtraction to find the difference. The first student to zero won the game. Such hard workers! 💙🐯💛
More from 2nd grade! Students used different materials to create retaining walls to help stop or restrain their house from wind erosion. Love the hands on learning! 💙🐯💛
5/24/22
After a unit learning about Elements of Poetry, 5th grade students created "Concrete Poems.”
The image created by the words conveys as much meaning as the words themselves. Students were really creative! 💙🐯💛
On May 20th, third graders went on a rainforest expedition! They gathered supplies on a budget and came up with an idea for an app to house all of their research. They used that research to develop an educational game for others. 💙🐯💛
5/19/22: Fourth grade students were investigative reporters explaining why Glenarden Woods won the LEED school Gold award. Excellent reporting! 💛🐯💙
LEED certified buildings save money, improve efficiency, lower carbon emissions and create healthier places for people. They are a critical part of addressing climate change and meeting ESG goals, enhancing resilience, and supporting more equitable communities. To achieve LEED certification, a project earns points by adhering to prerequisites and credits that address carbon, energy, water, waste, transportation, materials, health and indoor environmental quality. Projects go through a verification and review process by GBCI and are awarded points that correspond to a level of LEED certification: Certified (40-49 points), Silver (50-59 points), Gold (60-79 points) and Platinum (80+ points).
5/19/22- 4th grade has some BEAUTIFUL “Five Themes of Geography” projects hanging outside the classroom. Collaborative research was conducted in small groups to self- select the geographical location of their choice. Locations included: Hawaii, Sandy Point, Bora-Bora, Georgia, Washington DC, Orlando, Florida and more! 🌎💛🐯💙🌎
On 5/18/22, Grade 2 ICAL students are studying French culture and language. Students were writing letters to Jacques, a fictitious French pen pal. They serenaded me with the French nursery rhyme, Frere Jacques. 💛🐯💙
May 17th: Third grade students enjoyed the first activity on their “ABC Countdown” for the last 26 days of the school year. Today's theme day starts with the letter A- “Airplane day!” Students enjoyed making paper airplanes and flying them before they started MCAP testing this morning.💛🐯💙 Tomorrow is B- "Bee Successful Day!" 🐝
5/17/22: 4th and 5th graders have the gift of choice in the 4th quarter in Ms. Emerson’s technology classes. Students can choose from 3-D printing, building robotics and coding, making music, green screen video production, and so much more! Best of all, they get to collaborate with peers while doing something they love! 💙🐯💛
On May 16th, Third graders observed earthworms and then used that knowledge to make connections with the earthworm informational passage they read in Science class. So immersive and what a treat!
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Junk Car Derby Finals!
The Junk Car Derby school finals were Friday, May 13th! Fun was had by all!!! 💙🐯💛 Congrats to 3rd grader, Tanvi for winning first place! 2nd goes to Helena in 4th, and 3rd goes to Jed in 4th. All finalists were given awards.
On May 12th, 3rd graders in Mrs. Puzniak’s class reviewed vocabulary from the Junior Great Books story, The Banza using Go Noodle’s Word Jam. Kinesthetic learning! ❤️
On Wednesday, May 11th fifth graders in 5C and 5K finished their novel study "Rules" by Cynthia Lord. It led them to appreciate the challenges one of the characters has as he was born mute. Students created communication boards and reflected on just how much we take our words for granted. Students could only communicate using words on the boards. Good reflections were made once they had the opportunity to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes. 💛 🐯 💙 Students learned a lot about inclusion.
May 10th, 2022 Technology Coordinator, Ms. Emerson started her unit on Coding and Robotics. Third graders were SUPER excited as they programmed and tested their "Milo the Science Rover" correctly. Students worked collaboratively and competitively during the "Challenge Task" where they needed precise programming to stop their Rover at a certain distance without going over. 💙🐯💛
May 9, 2022: Second graders in Mr. Coon's classes completed a Weathering and Erosion lab.They really enjoyed seeing the effect water had on the “rock”. 💛🐯💙
On 5/6/22, 5th graders in 5K and 5C used the last hour after testing each day this week to participate in Genius Hour activities! Students were able to self select an activity of choice. Some made paper roller coasters, some did origami, some crocheted, and some painted. Everyone was thoroughly engaged. 💙🐯💛
On Thursday, May 5th, Fourth graders in Mrs. Wright's Science classes participated in a seed growing lab. They will be monitoring the effects of acid rain vs. tap water. 🌱🌧💧
May the 4th be with you! Happy Star Wars Day! 5/4/22
On 5/4/22, 2nd graders applied what they learned about poetry in order to express emotions and ideas in the composition of original poems. Students wrote free verse poems to include figurative language. Students also wrote Haiku poems. 🌸❤️🌸
Teacher Appreciation Week! May 2nd-6th
Our first day, Monday, May 2nd was AMAZING! Our fabulous PTA set up a Tiki Themed room and provided us a yummy lunch from Mission BBQ. We had a lovely day! 💛🐯💙
5/3/22- Day 2 of Teach Appreciation Week we had off in observance of Eid al Fitr. So, on Monday we were given goodie bags as a day 2 surprise. We definitely feel the love!
5/4/22: On the third day of Teacher Appreciation Week, we were welcomed with a yummy breakfast. Thank you so much GWES PTA and families! 💙🐯💛😋🤤
May 5th, 2022, Day 4 of Teacher Appreciation Week: Happy Cinco de Mayo! “Taco ‘Bout Nacho Average Teachers and Staff!” Today’s catered lunch from Chipotle was 🔥! So many happy faces and full bellies! Thank you so much GWES PTA and GWES Families! 💙🐯💛
Friday, May 6th: It’s the last day of Teacher Appreciation Week and our FANTASTIC GWES PTA and families “Thanked us a latte for helping our students bloom and grow!” A special shout out to Karen Massalley at Massalleydesigns.com for the beautiful flowers! 💐
💙🐯💛 We also love our awesome new vases too!
Monday, May 2nd, 4th graders raced their Junk Cars for their derby! They look like they had fun! 💙🐯💛
Wow!!! What an EXCITING day we had!!! All 2nd grade classes participated in their Junk Car Derby. A special thank you to the second grade teachers for making their Junk Car Derby so memorable for our littlest Tigers! 💛🐯💙 🏁 🏎️ 🏎️
2nd garde winners: ➡️
4/29/22: Students in Ms. Mackowiak’s classes began a unit on angles by hunting down acute, right, and obtuse angles in the classroom with their self made angle copiers! Wonderful observations and keen thinking occurred! 💙🐯💛
4/28/22: Third grade finals for the Junk Car Derby took place today! It was so cool to watch! Congratulations to Aaron and Tanvi!!! They will move on to compete against the other grade level winners! 💙🐯💛
The Junk cars were created from recycled materials and powered by gravity! No batteries needed! Fun! Fun! Fun! Congratulations to our third grade winners!
On Wednesday, May 27th, 3rd graders brainstormed ways that they can care for our home planet. They selected one to develop into a paragraph about how that idea could be put in to action. 💙🌎💛
Wednesday, April 27th: It's Administrative Professionals Day! We love Mr. Coles and Ms. Aguirre! We appreciate their hard work and dedication to our school community! If you call today, be sure to say thank you to our awesome administrative professionals! 💙🐯💛
Mr. Coles
Ms. Aguirre
4/26/22 Mrs. Wright’s Health classes were held in the Symposium lab yesterday. Students created awareness plays to share information they learned from their Respiratory Unit and lesson on, “Saying NO to Smoking”. Their performances were both entertaining and educational! 💙🐯💛
4/26/22: Students in 5C and 5K read several nonfiction texts and viewed multimedia information relating to local and international natural disasters. After much consideration, they constructed an argument stating if they would stay to help rebuild or leave and start fresh in a new location after facing the devastation of a natural disaster. What would you do?
✏️ Excellent persuasive essays, grade 5!!! 💙🐯💛
3rd Grade kicked off the Junk Car Derby!
On 4/25/22, 3rd graders in 3L, 3W, and 3D got to race their Junk Car Derby masterpieces today!!! So much excitement! 💙🐯💛 We have homeroom winners! I look forward to seeing the rest of the classes throughout the next two weeks!
Winners from 3W!
Winners from 3L!
Winners from 3D!
Absolutely amazing cars!
After Mrs. Piekarski’s class tried their junk cars raced down the ramp, students analyzed and discussed what made some cars go faster than others. They even suggested to themselves and to others how to improve their junk cars for in-class competition on 4/27 and winners of each class for grade level competition on 4/28.
4/25: Mrs. Boyd’s second graders blew her away with their outstanding analogies today! 😍 #GWESProud! 💙🐯💛
5C and 5K are learning about the movement of matter and energy in ecosystems. These models describe their initial understanding of photosynthesis. 🌱 🌿 🌳 They will revise and expand their models to show their new understanding and additional concepts. We can’t wait! 💙🐯💛
Students in Mrs. Armstrong’s RELA classes got to participate in a Vocabulary Egg Hunt today!
As you can see and hear, fun was had by all!
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Happy Friday! Mrs. Soto got to show off her new customized Vans! #ROAR She definitely has amped up her school spirit game up a bit today!
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April 22nd was Earth Day! These two 3rd graders honored Earth Day today by wearing these great shirts! 💚🌎🌱 Awesome job!
3rd graders in Mrs. Piekarski’s and Mrs. Puzniak’s classes are on Unit 8: “Germs! They Make You Sick!” They enjoyed an animated discussion sharing their experiences about germs especially during the pandemic. In response to such experiences, they resolve to be the ‘Worst Nightmares’ by writing a letter that explain routines for healthy living that makes it harder for the germs to spread. 🤕😷🤢
Thursday, April 21st: In honor of poetry month, 4th graders in Mrs. Armstrong's classes constructed a "Poet-Tree" where they researched and hung the various types of poems. Students are currently creating their own original poems in the style of their choice. Do you have a favorite poem? 💙🐯💛
Second graders in Mrs. Peterson’s Math class launched their unit on Fractions using Geoboards to create shapes and partition them into equal parts. Looks like hands-on fun! 💙🐯💛
There is always so much to celebrate at GWES!
Mrs. Crenshaw’s 2nd graders read the wonderful story of The Velveteen Rabbit. Students had deep discussions about the love a child has for a toy and the power of that love. Students were tasked with writing an opinion paper about a real live rabbit and a toy rabbit. Which would you prefer?
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On April 20th, 2nd grade students created Spring chalk prints by scraping chalk dust into a water basin. They placed the white paper on the surface of the water to make these beautiful prints. Our students create the most beautiful art work! We are so proud of them!
Welcome back from an amazing Spring break!
On April 19th, 5th graders in Mrs. Craig's and Ms. Kiso's classes researched and honored the Unknown Women of the Revolution in their unique choice of mediums such as clay, Legos, and recyclable materials. 💙🐯💛 Outstanding work!
We love that 3rd grade came to the STEAM Lab to see the 5th grade 3D atomic models of the elements and their informational posters! They got to ask 5th grade teacher Ms. Kiso questions! What an awesome opportunity! ❤️ #GWESProud! 4/8/22
Friday, April 8th was exciting!
5th grade used the STEAM Lab to display their research and 3D atomic models of the element of their choice. AWESOME!!!💛🐯💙😍
Friday, April 8th: Second graders in Mrs. Boyd's and Mrs. Crenshaw's classes used the story, Ferdinand to respond to philosophical big ideas around violence, conformity, and obeying authority. 🐂
Thursday, April 7th: Mrs. Jeffries’ Gr. 3 students have been studying the life cycle of mealworms. Today they got to watch a pupa turn into a beetle LIVE using the visualizer!
When Mrs. Jeffries saw two little feet sticking out, she knew a little beetle was ready to emerge!
She immediately placed the little beetle on the visualizer and the students watched in anticipation for the beetle to wriggle out of the pupa!
Mini Worms
Large Molted Worms
Pupae
Beetle
Thursday, April 7th: Mrs. Piekarski's and Mrs. Puzinak's 3rd grade classes used Venn Diagrams to discuss the similarities and differences between area and perimeter. The students worked on mini- projects finding their "perimeter self" and area of their favorite places. 💛🐯💙
Wednesday, April 6th: While studying atoms, elements, and the periodic table, 5th graders in 5K and 5C researched an element of their choice then created informational posters and 3D atomic models of their element. ⚛️ 💙🐯💛
Monday, April 4th
"Spring break is so close I can feel it!"
We wore spring colors today! 🌸🌼🌸🌼
Tuesday, April 5th: “Dye-ve into spring break!” Students wore their tie dyed clothes and boy did it make a difference on this rainy Tuesday!☔ Only 3 more days left until Spring Break!
Real commitment! 😂👟
Wednesday, April 6th: Day 3 of our Countdown to Spring Break with “Oh the places you will go!” Look at all of these amazing destinations our students have been to! Looking forward to more vacation time! #GWESProud 💛🐯💙
On Thursday, April 7th we were dreaming of a tropical vacation! 🏝☀️🌊
Only one day left until Spring Break!
Friday, April 8th: What a GREAT WAY to celebrate the last day of our Spring Break Countdown theme week! We are #GWESProud 💙🐯💛 LOOK AT ALL THIS SCHOOL SPIRIT! 👀
😂 It's April Fools Day here at Glenarden Woods! Let the fun and jokes begin! 😂
Is that a yummy box of donuts Mrs. Soto brought in for the front office staff to enjoy? 🤭
Poor Mr. B!
“Donut” let your guard down today! 🍩 #GWESProud 💙🐯💛
2nd graders were teased with the promise of delicious BROWNIES... or should I say BROWN E's! 😂😂😂
3rd Graders were tricked into thinking they got a new class pet... Watch out... it bites! 🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎
On April 1st, grade 3 students researched current trends and technologies associated with athletic shoes. They designed and built a prototype! 👠👡👢👞👟 Such creativity and outstanding designs! Some students even wore them!!! 😋 #GWESProud! 💛🐯💙
On Thursday, March 31st, students in Mr. Coon’s math class were using pattern blocks to create their own robot so they can identify the names and attributes of various polygons. 😍 🤖
We love hands on math! 💙🐯💛
March 31st: Second graders in Mrs. Boyd’s RELA classes talked philosophy by reflecting on their class discussion of Charlotte’s Web! 🕸🕷🐷🐀 OUTSTANDING WORK! 💙🐯💛 #GWESProud
March 29th and 30th
STEM Fair is in full swing! We are so impressed with the amazing projects completed by our scholars! 👨🏽🔬💡🔬
Winners!
Monday, March 28th, 4th graders in Mrs. Armstrong’s Class researched important and influential people in order to write mini flip chart biographies! Very creative! 💛🐯💙
Friday, March 26th
Just a regular Friday, but the spirit is strong at GWES! 💛🐯💙
Check out these ladies that picked up the joy of wearing a tutu!
March 24, 2022
Students in grades 4-5 have been exploring the tools and resources available in Tinkercad. They shared what they learned with their group/classmates. Their first 3D design challenge was to create a keychain that Glenarden Woods could potentially sell in a fundraiser. All designs were exported and printed, then analyzed to access the success of the design. Student reflections were completed in Google Classroom. 💙🐯💛 OUTSTANDING #3DPrinterFun
Cross-Curricular Fun! 3-22-22
Third graders are combining their Math and Social Studies skills by playing a spending and saving game. 💰🤑 #GWESProud 💙🐯💛
On March 16th we celebrated our Students of the Month! Students celebrated with awards, pop corn, and drinks! Way to go Tigers!
3/15/22 Caught 4th graders making a simple circuit! Great application during their Energy Unit! ⚡️🔋💡
Monday, March 14th: Math students throughout the building today participated in many Pi Day activities! The number π (/paɪ/; spelled out as "pi") is a mathematical constant, approximately equal to 3.14159. It is defined as the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, and also has various equivalent definitions. Students enjoyed the activities! 💙 🐯 💛
Tuesday, March 8th: Celebrating International Women’s Day 2022 with these FANTASTIC women that make GWES such an amazing place. Female staff received boutonnières and roses. Their contributions leave us touched, moved, and inspired every day. #GWESProud 💜💙🐯💛💜
3/8/22: 4th graders in Ms. Mackowiak’s class became #MultiplicationMathMasters when they passed their final facts test. They received the ultimate prize: A GWES Math Masters 2022 pillowcase! ✖️💛🐯💙✖️ WAY TO GO!!!!!! 😍
New Multiplication Masters!
March 14, 2022
New Multiplication Masters!
March 14, 2022
On Monday, March 7th, 3rd graders in Mrs. Jeffries’ classes kicked off their Life Science Unit by choosing a seed to plant in order to observe the life cycle as they germinate and grow. 🌱🌿 💙🐯💛
On March 4th, Mrs. Puzniak's and Mrs. Piekarski's 3rd graders matched different representations of ✖️and ➗in a formative re-engagement lesson via collaborative work with partners or in trios. Students were engaged in rich discussions on reasoning about the matches they were making.
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February 28th- March 4th is Read Across America Week! We have a theme week planned to show everyone how much we love Reading! We had so much fun each and every day!
Every day students had an opportunity to guess a mystery book for a chance to win some "book" worms!
Friday, March 4th: "Character/Artifact Day"- Students dressed as their favorite Storybook character or brought in a small artifact from their favorite story. We had so much fun!
Thursday, March 3rd was Hat's Off to Reading! Look at all this school SPIRIT!!! 🎉
Second Grade
Third Grade
Fourth Grade
Fifth Grade
On Wednesday, 3/2, we were "Wild about Reading!" Students dressed in animal print or clothes with animals. We had a great day!
February 16, 2022 was the 100th Day of School! 2nd Grade celebrated by dressing like they were 100 years old! Absolutely Adorable!
Mr. Coon, Mrs. Crenshaw, Mrs. Boyd, and Mrs. Peterson
❤️❤️❤️ Valentine's Day February 14, 2022 ❤️❤️❤️
We received a very special Valentine's Day Sweetheart surprise from our PTO! The students made sure our teachers know they love them bear-y much! The staff shared a card with our GWES Families and friends... Everyone had an amazing day!
February 7th - 11th was National Counseling Week! Check out our week of celebrations!
We love our school counselor,
Ms. Romero!
Thank you for all that you do to help our school community! 💙🐯💛
February is African American History Month!
Ms Gilroy works with students to display biographical information of famous African and Black Americans to recognize their central role in US History. “They Did… So We Could."
Second grade students completed a project titled, “I am…” (An African American History Project.) Students found a biography or autobiography about a famous person in African-American history. They researched facts and prepared a speech that their person would have read if they had to present themselves to their class. Students dressed the part by coming to school in costumes with props. 👀 Check out a few of Mrs. Boyd’s RELA students.❤️❤️❤️
Mrs. Crenshaw's RELA students also did an amazing job! Here re a few! 👀❤️❤️❤️
1/24/22- Fourth grade launched their unit, “Who Can be a Civil Engineer?” by constructing their own buildings out of candy! That’s the engineering, technology, and design that really captures the imagination! 👀 Awesome work 4th graders!!! 💙 🐯 💛
1/19/22 -Students in Mrs. Piekarski's 3rd grade class are seen here checking on weekly water quality of the aquarium. This class is part of the "Sunfish and Students" program under the leadership of Linda Armwood of William Schmidt. Details of the program can be found here: Sunfish and Schools Program
1/18/22 - 4th Grade students in Mrs. Wright's class enjoyed learning the anatomy of the human body. Students were able to locate and name the organs of the digestive system.
Happy New Year!
We were supposed to return to school on Monday, January 3rd... BUT Mother Nature had different plans! We got our first set of snow days!!! January 3rd and 4th
It's our Virtual Winter Spirit Week!!! Check out how we shared our GWES Pride all week! 12/20 - 12/23
December 23rd was Ugly Holiday Sweater Day! Check out all this school spirit!!!
Wednesday, December 22nd: "Long Winter Nights!" It was Pajama Day! We had a lot of fun and were very very comfy! Also, the Leadership team and the PTO provided a holiday luncheon for the GWES Staff. Check it all out!
Tuesday, December 21st: "White Out Day!" Today we celebrated the Winter Solstice by wearing all white! I want to thank our AMAZING GWES Parents for sending me pictures since you are all at home and learning virtual. Please know the staff MISSES YOU ALL!
To celebrate the White Out Day, both Mrs. Puzniak’s and Mrs. Piekarski’s classes made fake snow using baking soda and hair conditioner/lotion/shaving cream. They built and dressed up their snowmen! What an amazingly fun activity!
Monday, December 20th: "Baby, It's Cold Outside!" Students and staff wore warm winter clothes today!
Mrs. Soto
Mr. Coon
Ms. Kiso
12/15/21 Students used the program Word Art to create self portraits using text only. Aren’t these absolutely incredible?!?! Great job from Technology Coordinator, Ms. Emerson and students! #SoCreative!
On December 14th, 5th Grade participated in a Virtual Camp Schmidt experience! Students learned about human impact on the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
December 14, 2021
Welcome to Polygon City! Mrs. Piekarski’s 3rd grade Math class worked collaboratively to create a mural depicting what was learned throughout Unit 3.4: 2-D Figures!
Mrs. Mackowiak’s class listened to the story, Snowflake Bentley. They learned of his passion for snow and his desire to photograph snowflakes. He discovered the three and six sided snowflakes were all unique. No two snowflakes are the same. Students then learned to fold and be daring with their cutting of snowflakes and recognizing that they, too, are as unique as their snowflake. 💙🐯💛 12/13/21
On Friday, December 10th Gr 4. students in Ms. Wright’s classes conducted Erosion Labs. They were so happy to get their hands in the soil to build dams! Fun was had by all!
December 9th and 10th
Ms. Jeffries’ 3rd graders used salt dough to create their choice of one of the 5 US regions. They are focusing on landforms and water ways in Social Studies. Formation today and painting on Friday!!
12/10/21
So many ADORABLE gingerbread houses hanging outside second grade Reading classes. Ms. Crenshaw’s and Ms. Boyd’s students completed, “Holidays Around the World” research projects. Good work!
12/13/21
Gr. 2 Math students made “Monster Math”. First, they selected the appropriate measuring tool. Next, they measured each body part of their monster to the nearest centimeter. Then, they recorded the data in a chart. After that, they graphed the data using a bar graph. Finally, they used the bar graph to compare the length of each body part. 👏🤩 #HardWork #Creative #MathIsFun
On December 8th, 2021, third graders in Ms. Piekarski's Science classes began their STEM investigation: "Does the height of the rollercoaster affect the speed at which the marble comes down?" Both in-person and virtual students participated by creating their paper tracks! They cannot wait to test out their tracks with marbles! We can't wait either!!!
Student of the Month Celebration
On November 29th Ms. Romero had the first of many Student of the Month celebrations! We honored those selected by their homeroom teachers that exhibited exceptional behavior and work habits from the first quarter.
Thankful Tuesday, November 23rd
The Leadership Team provided pies, cookies, and hot apple cider for the staff as a token of gratitude for how hard they work for the GWES students and families! We appreciate them more than you know!
Monday, November 15: Kick-Off & “Thank a Teacher” Day
Each student will be given a card to write a note of gratitude to a teacher. All cards can be dropped off in the bin outside Ms. Romero’s office. Cards will be posted on the receiver’s door later in the week.
Tuesday, November 16: Educator Day
Students will be invited to dress-up as their favorite teacher or principal.
Wednesday, November 17: Support Professionals’ Day
“Hugs and Kisses” for the bus drivers, custodial staff, and cafeteria workers.
Thursday, November 18: Substitute Educators’ Day
“Thank You” Posters to share appreciation and gratitude for their work. Students will be invited to sign and leave a message on the posters during their lunch period the previous day so that we can present these to the substitute teachers.
Friday, November 19: School is Cool & College Day
Ice pops will be given out to all staff members and students; College Day- all staff members are invited to wear college sweatshirts and tee shirts.
Staff Appreciation Breakfast!
One of our AMAZING GWES Parents provided the staff with breakfast this morning as a thank you for what we do! Such a great way to start #FantasticFriday and end American Education Week!
Monday, November 8th - November 12th= Kindness Challenge!
In honor of World Kindness day, Saturday, November 13th, GWES participated in a kindness challenge all week. Check out our schedule!
4th grade had an idea for the entire school!
Enough leaves for everyone!
Lots of leaves!
snip snip
cut cut
Almost done!
We BeLEAF in Kindness!
UnbeLEAFable!
Friday November 5th: Vocabulary Parade!!!
Even our Virtual Students participated from home! Thank you!!!
Thursday, October 28th: 4th Graders are helping us become Green School Certified by collecting recyclables around our building. They are so environmentally conscious.
October 25th - October 29th is Red Ribbon Week!
Red Ribbon Week is the oldest and largest drug prevention program in the nation, reaching millions of young people each year. This event is an ideal way for people and communities to unite and take a visible stand against drugs.
Monday, October 25th : We are RED-dy to make a difference! Students wore red to kick off Red Ribbon Week and awareness!
Second Graders
Third Graders
Fourth Graders
Tuesday, October 26th : It was TWIN DAY! We stood together against drugs!
On Wednesday, October 27th, we teamed up against drugs! Students wore sports jerseys to school to show their pride!
Thursday, October 28th : We said, "PEACE-OUT" to drugs! Students wore tie-dye and neon clothing.
Friday, October 29th: We are GWESProud to be DRUG-FREE! We showed our school spirit by wearing our blue and yellow from head to toe!
Amazing student work!
Such creativity!
On Friday, October 8th 2nd graders in Mr. Coon's Science class created a diagram with captions using research that identified plant parts and functions. This information will be used to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Happy
Birthday
Mr. Baudoin!!!
September 22nd
Grade 5 Topic: Structures of Animals
Students invented a new animal, incorporating at least one structure each of a bird, a fish and a mammal. During a gallery walk, students placed a sticky note on the animal they had the most questions/wonderings about.
We Are Scientists!
Grade 5 students in Ms. Kiso's HR portrayed themselves as future Scientists! #GoalSetting!
Samuel, Grade 5
Susan, Grade 5
Karim, 5th Grade
On 9/10/21, Mrs. Wright's 4th graders figured out how they measure up!
Students enjoyed a hands-on lesson about collecting quantitative data.
Happy 1st day of School!
September 8th, 2021
Morning car-rider drop off!
We loved seeing so many happy students and parents!
Two of our virtual tigers showed off their school spirit today by wearing their blue and gold!!! They had their lunch and recess outside!
2nd Grade Team!!!
Second Grade Teachers wore matching shirts to celebrate the 1st day of school!
So cool!
Check out their backs! Names and all!!!
WELCOME BACK GWES STAFF!!!
On Friday, August 27th our FANTASTIC staff returned to school for the 2021-2022 School Year! The leadership team showered everyone with goodie bags and Georgetown Cupcakes!
Mr. Baudoin, GWES Principal
YUMMY!!!!
