LAST DAY! SY 2022-2023
What an amazing school year we have had! Our students are AMAZING! Thank you Praise for reminding us not to be sad that it is over, be glad you were able to experience it! Words to live by! 💙🐯💛 #GWESProud
6/11 Wow! A special thank you to Ms. Gibson for surprising us with a special end of year morning treat! Our staff thoroughly enjoyed the Dunkin’ Donuts and coffee! 💙🐯💛
Last Thursday,6/8, 5th graders in Mrs. Greco-Foster’s homeroom enjoyed their end of year party with games and shirt signing!
💙🐯💛 #Memories #GWESProud
On Thursday, June 8th, students in grade 2 participated in their Carnival Day activities. Students enjoyed a dance party, paper airplane making, bingo, and created great memories with friends! 💙🐯💛
Drama Club Play
A special thank you to third and fourth grade, Drama Club! This production of “Save Our Earth” was all student- centered activities from scriptwriting to creating dance steps and props! Both grade levels brainstormed and collaborated their ideas, working really as a team. This activity supports the PGCPS Student Learner Profile: Global Citizen
A global citizen is aware of and respects the rich diversity of the world and its cultures while taking social and personal responsibility to advocate for oneself and others. 🌎💙🐯💛🌎
Fifth graders in 5K and 5C explored the flow of energy through an ecosystem by examining the contents of owl pellets. Working in teams, they collected qualitative and quantitative data, identified animal bones, and determined the type of prey consumed by their owls. Hands on Science is an exciting TAG Center feature! 🦉💙🐯💛
Junk Car Derby!
Today all fifth grade classes competed in their Junk Car Derby finals. Here are a few videos of what I was able to capture! Look at how excited the kids are!!! 😱😍💙🐯💛
Atoms!
While studying atoms, elements, and the periodic table, 5th graders in 5K and 5C researched an element of their choice then created informational cubes and 3D atomic models of their element. #GWESProud 💙🐯💛
In addition, 5 students chose an alternate advanced pathway, diving into the basics of particle physics. 😍
It’s a Patrol Pizza Party! Thank you Mr. Asbury! 💙🐯💛
June 6th: Hooray! 🎉We made it to Kona Day!!!🎉 What a beautiful day to visit the Kona ice truck for a delicious treat!!! A special thank you to our GWES PTA and all of the families that generously donated to our Kona ice truck fund. Another special thank you to all of the parents that signed up to help!!! Teamwork, makes the dream work! 💙🐯💛
Lunch Bunch, June 6th
4th grade lunch bunch. Solving problems that may not necessarily make sense.
Discussing their favorite Football team during our Lunch Bunch. They agreed on the Chiefs.
4W, 4S, and 4M created these awesome child-sized bodies as a culminating project showing what they have learned about the Circulatory System, the Respiratory System, the Digestive System, and the Skeletal System! Outstanding work! #NotAHauntedHouse 😂 💀
Our Drama Club 3rd and 4th grade members have been working so hard to ensure a successful performance! So very proud of them all!💕
✅ original script. ✅ props and costumes. ✅ invitations. ✅ extended after school practices
✅ memorized speaking, singing and dancing parts
*** Final Rehearsal with Mr. B during school hours on Monday, June 5th.
On June 2nd, Second grade had a bread making assembly! The children really enjoyed learning about how to make bread! Thank you to all of the teachers and parent volunteers! More videos and pics are coming! Thank you Loaves of Fun!
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It has been a 2-week Science study of fossils. On June 1st, 3-Pi and 3-AP students worked as ‘paleontologists’ as they carefully ‘excavated’ chips using toothpicks as ‘tools’. Students responded very well to questions asked about investigations of fossils using the scientific method.
On June 1st, 4M, 4S, and 4W all had a super time at the Cryptology Museum! 4A and 4R will be going next Thursday, June 8th.
Today, June 1st, we had field day for 2nd and 3rd graders! We had a GRRRRREAT DAY! 💙🐯💛 So much fun was had! Mr. B was a great sport and got wet!
Field Day Photo dump!!! So. Many. Pictures!!! 4th and 5th grade had an amazing field day today! So much fun was had and we can’t wait to do it all over again tomorrow with 2nd and 3rd! 💙🐯💛
Student of the Month
(April & May)
Today we celebrated our Students of the Month for April (Leadership) and May (Diligence). We are so proud of our hard working GWES Tigers! Congratulations to all! 💙🐯💛
Friday, May 26th: Yoohoo!!! Today PTA Ms. Jana Z. delivered cool treats for our Ice Cream Social!!! PTA sponsored all these cool treats for our class for having won second place in the Shoe Fundraiser! Thank you to our class parents for your shoe donations.Thank you PTA!!!
It's Fantastic Friday! 5/26/23
This morning a couple of my morning greeters used the pom-poms to mimic Mr. B! Enjoy!
May 25th: Kenmoor TAG Coordinator, School Counselor, and Band instructor are meeting with Kenmoor bound students! #MiddleSchoolReady 💙🐯💛
🎉Yearbooks have arrived!!! 🎉
What?!?! 😱 You didn’t get one? No problem! Follow these steps:
1. Go to: www.treering.com/validate
2. Enter our school's passcode:
1014406825952815
The yearbook club did an amazing job!
On May 25th, Third grade enjoyed an AWESOME Math Magic assembly today!!! Please enjoy one of his acts!!! 🪄🕷️🕸️ Thank you Mr. Brian Curry for the ‘spell’ as students stayed glued on your Math tricks!
MSDE VISITATION!
Today, May 24th, we had the Maryland State Department of Education, the PGCPS Math Supervisor, the TAG Supervisor, and our Instructional Director visit our Math Classrooms. GWES was honored to demonstrate the excellent teaching and learning along with the rich collaboration and discourse between students. Our guests enjoyed their visit! #GWESProud! 💙🐯💛
May 24th: 5th graders in 5K and 5C acted as museum exhibit designers and designed and created interactive mural displays describing the trophic cascades resulting from the removal and subsequent reintroduction of gray wolves in Yellowstone. Students used Kaplan’s Depth and Complexity to analyze and investigate the impacts of removing the gray wolves from Yellowstone and of reintroducing them. 💙🐯💛
May 24th: Lunch Bunch with Ms. Romero discussing the logos of each College and what they know about them. It’s never too early.
May 23rd: Students in Grade 5 are using Lego Mindstorm, while grades 2/3/4 continue building with Lego Wedo 2.0. Students are building the robots, then using code to program the robots to move and flash colors or sing. They can even record their own voices to apply to their robots! Love seeing the excitement and pride in their work! 💙🐯💛
Lego Club
Today, the grade 2/3 Lego Club had a Spring Challenge! Students made beautiful, spring inspired builds. We just love getting our day started with creativity, imagination, and originality. Last day for the grade 2/3 Lego club will be Tuesday, June 6th. 💙🐯💛
I cannot believe I forgot to share these AMAZING research projects for Women’s History Month! These body biographies hang in front of Mrs. Puzniak’s classroom and draw the eyes of all who walk by! Such a rich and creative activity for our scholars! 💙🐯💛
On May 23rd, 5th grades in guidance class discussed Positive self talk. The importance of speaking positive of self and the impact of speaking them into others. #SELinAction!
Beautification Day!
May 21st: Thank you to all the new families that came to beautification day! They did an amazing job adding color to the playground while getting to know each other. They are really looking forward to using the playground next year! We have lots more ideas for the black top so stay tuned for more opportunities to help. 💙🐯💛
On May 19th: Geometry Town is in its pre planning stage in grade 4! Students have been given required elements necessary to build their town. Can they build it? Yes, they can! 👷🏼🚜🔨🔧🔩👷🏼😆
On Friday, May 19th 3rd and 4th Grade Drama Club Props, Stage Crew, Costumes and Invitation Committee members were all hands-on-deck making props, invitations and costumes for the upcoming play! Excitement is brewing!!! 💙🐯💛
Thursday, May 18th we had a school fundraiser called, "Tiger Night Out" at Pizza Paradiso in Hyattsville, MD. We invited new families that will be joining us in 23/24 and we were so happy to meet them! We continued to build community and connections before the school year ends!
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On Thursday and Friday of last week, fifth graders explored the flow of energy through an ecosystem by examining the contents of owl pellets. Working in teams, they collected qualitative and quantitative data, identified animal bones, and determined the type of prey consumed by their owls. Hands on Science is an exciting TAG Center feature! 💙🐯💛
On Tuesday, May 16th, students in gr. 4 used three different Venn diagrams to sort figures according to their attributes.
This is what mathematicians do! They experiment with rules and see what happens! 💙🐯💛
Dave Zahren visits GWES!
PGCPS Science Bowl host, Dave Zahren dropped by our school last Thursday to personally deliver Alassane B’s gold medal. What an awesome treat! 🥇🌟
Friday, May 12th was day 5 of Teacher Appreciation Week and we “Prepared for Landing!” It certainly felt like a vacation here with our very own night lead, Mr. Noel dropping beats! 🎵 The PTA treated the teachers and staff to lunch by MEXITRACHOS FOOD TRUCK, 🌮 which was sooo DELICIOUS!! They also provided desserts and beverages! 🥤🍪 You can tell by all the smiles that we had an incredible day and wonderful end to our Teacher Appreciation Week! I know we often say we have the best students in PGCPS, but we also have the most fantastic, generous, and thoughtful GWES families! Thank you thank you THANK YOU for an absolutely amazing week! Xoxo 💙🐯💛💙🐯💛💙🐯💛💙🐯💛💙🐯💛
3rd Quarter Honor Roll Gr. 2
Today we celebrated our 2nd grade Third Quarter Honor Roll earners! Thank you to all the families that came in person and joined virtually, to celebrate our hard working students! Mr. Kapili, our International Culture and Language teacher lead students in song, singing “Sakura Sakura”, a Japanese folk song translating to “Cherry Blossom, Cherry Blossom.” Congratulations to all! 💙🐯💛
3rd Quarter Honor Roll Gr. 4
Today we celebrated our 4th grade Third Quarter Honor Roll earners! Thank you to all the families that came in person and joined virtually to celebrate our hard working students! Mrs. Wright, lead students in singing, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” Congratulations to all! 💙🐯💛
5/12/23: Students have really enjoyed working with Lego Robotics in grades 2, 3 and 4! They constructed "Milo the science rover" and a Windmill/Cooling fan, then wrote the code to activate their robots. Just love seeing the excitement on their faces! So much fun!❤️🤖🤖
Thursday, May 11th was Day 4 of Teacher Appreciation Week and we received “In-Flight Entertainment!” Teachers and staff received presents and the GWES PTA gave us leather luggage tags to go with their adorable theme for this week! We will sadly end TAW on Friday with a yummy lunch provided by the PTA. They would like your child in their favorite travel t-shirt or vacation-ready attire! Looking forward to a great end to our week!
5/10 School Nurse Appreciation Day!
May 10th was School Nurse Day! We celebrated Nurse Ajayi for keeping our students, staff, & school community safe, healthy, and knowledgeable! We appreciate you for your dedication to Glenarden Woods! 💙🐯💛
5/10: Children's Mental Health Matters Day!
In honor of Children’s Mental Health Matters Day, our school walked 3 laps around the building. Each lap represented one of the following:
1. Feelings are valid
2. It is ok to ask for help
3. Stop the Stigma
It is important that our students know that they are safe and we hear them. Let’s continue to advocate and educate!
5/10/23 - What a yummy day we had! Day 3 of Teacher Appreciation Week brought us “In-Flight Snacks!” Thank you to the students and PTA for the unlimited snacks and beverages available in the Media Center. 💙🐯💛
5/9/23 Day 2 of TAW: Thank you to all the students that brought in notes and planes to show teachers they’re ‘plane’ awesome! We certainly felt the love! 💙🐯💛
📣 Don’t forget: Tomorrow we will walk for Children’s Mental Health Matters Day! Please wear 💚💚💚GREEN! 💚💚💚
We can’t wait to receive yummy snack’s tomorrow for TAW Day 3! 🍿🍪🧁🍫🍬
5/8/23 - Today kicked off the first day of Teacher Appreciation Week! Thank you so much to the GWES PTA and volunteers for making our first day special with a delicious breakfast! The joyous decorations really added to the celebration! 💙🐯💛
Teacher Appreciation Week!
May 8th-12th 2023
Tuesday, May 9th: What do 4th graders do in Math after testing? They are working on solving a mystery! Using what they know about Geometry, students are in search of the Shrinkinator to shrink the giant Goblin tearing around Manhattan City! 😂💙🐯💙 Love it!
Monday, May 8th:
Wow! A special thank you to Mrs. Smith for providing us with goodies for Children’s Mental Health Matters week! We have a walk planned for Wednesday. Please have your student wear green on Wednesday, 5/10. 💚
On Saturday, May 6th, TAG Coordinator, Mrs. Soto found some friendly faces at Busch Gardens, Williamsburg, Va!!! #GWESProud
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On Friday, May 5th, we celebrated our 3rd and 5th grade 3rd Quarter Honor Roll earners! Thank you to all the families that came to celebrate our hard working students! (…and those that tuned in virtually!) Congratulations to all! 💙🐯💛
Mr Doran’s class celebrating May the 4th with a pizza party!!
🎉Thanks to the Spring festival raffle ticket winner Aron Bender! 🎉
Thanks to all who participated in our Spring Feat Raffle! 💙🐯💛
May the 4th be with you!
It was Star Wars Day at GWES! “May the 4th be with you!!!” Thank you to all that helped celebrate this fun day! Each year we get more and more creative! 💙🐯💛
Mrs. Puzniak’s and Mrs. Piekarski’s 3rd grade math classes estimated how much each object weighs via collaboration. Then they used the balance scale to find out and record how much each object weighs. Strong collaboration and accountable talk during small group activity helped facilitate active academic engagement and foster critical thinking!
On May 3rd, 5th graders in Ms. Kiso’s classes are decompressed after MCAP testing. Iterative design of paper rollercoasters for marbles. Applying their knowledge of forces and motion. 💙🐯💛
Destination Imagination:
Team Dreamers had a wonderful season! Enjoy a video of our DI journey this season!
Monday, May 1st: 🎉Happy Principal’s Appreciation Day to Mr. Baudoin! 🎉 The GWES staff, students, and school community thank you for your leadership and dedication! 💙🐯💛
Fifth Graders in Mrs. Foster’s Science classes made marshmallow molecules. Each color marshmallow represented a different element. Students had to determine the number and kind of atoms required for each chemical formula presented. A hands-on and laboratory Science approach is a wonderful, TAG Center feature. 💙🐯💛
On Thursday, April 27th, we celebrated National Administrative Professionals’ Day a day late, but we certainly made Ms. Belle and Ms. Lambert feel special!!! We thank them for all that they do each and every day! Their happy faces are the first ones you see when you come to our school! When you call, they are the first ones to greet you! We appreciate both ladies so much! 💙🐯💛
On April 26th, the students in the gardening club painted flower pots! Lots of colors and smiles! 🎨🖌️🌸
On Tuesday, April 25th, 2nd and 3rd grade Lego Club created Futuristic Transportation! We had flying cars, spaceships, time machines, teleportation stations, etc…So much creativity every time! 😍
Looking forward to meeting with grades 4th and 5th on Thursday!
4/25: Congratulations to our GWES Science Bowl Team and Mrs. Foster for leading the effort!!! We won the final game making this the 8th win for our school! (Most wins for any school in PGCPS history!) 💙🐯💛
April 25th: In Technology classes, all students are working collaboratively to build Lego Robots. 5 grade is using the program Lego Mindstorm. (Pictures will come next week.) Grades 2-4 use Lego Wedo 2.0. Pictured are 3rd graders using code to program the robot Milo, the Science Rover, for movement and sound. We are so happy our students get this opportunity! 💙🐯💛
Earth Day 4/22
Tonight we celebrated #EarthDay2023 with our KICK’N Off Spring Community Dance and Block Party! Thank you to the GWES PTA for such an awesome event! #FamilyTime #SELInAction
Happy Earth Day 2023!
Happy Earth Day! Thank you to all that participated in our shoe recycling program in conjunction with Earth Day! We have collected 2,102 pairs of shoes. The winning class was Ms. Macowiak's class. Ms. Piekarski's class came in second place, and Ms. Emmerson's class took third place - great job students! The shoe drive will continue through the end of the dance, which is from 4-7pm today. 🍃🌎💙🐯💛🌎🍃
4/20/23
Students had a ball today with the recess supplies provided by the PTA and our generous GWES Families. It was really nice seeing the STUDENTS run, jump, catch, throw, and smile. A thousand thank yous to to the PTA and our donating school community! 💙🐯💛
4/20/23 - What an amazing way to end our MCAP spirit week! Pajama day didn’t disappoint! Students were all smiles! Mrs. Piekarski’s class even pretended to sleep since they were wearing their sleepwear. 🤣 😴 💤
4/19/23 - Our “Springing into MCAP” theme week continues! Today we put on our thinking caps for silly hair/hat day! I absolutely loved seeing the school spirit! Showing school spirit is #SELInAction #GWESProud 💙🐯💛 Don’t forget, tomorrow is pajama day!
On Tuesday, April 18th we had an awesome day dressing in our favorite era or book genre! Preparing for a test, certainly requires us to practice those skills and do it in style! Tomorrow we will put on our thinking cap and wear silly hats, or have silly hair!
4/18/23- Students in Gr. 5, Mrs. Harding’s 1 st Period math class, completed Unit 5.8 Lesson Series 1 Apprentice Task - Volume of Rectangular Prism. Students enjoyed the hands-on and collaborative interaction. 💙🐯💛
Let's Spring into MCAP!
This week kicks off our MCAP Spirit week! See flyer for events!
Testing begins for Grade 3 Tuesday, April 25th - Friday, April 28th.
Testing begins for Grade 5 Monday, May 1st - Friday, May 4th.
Testing begins for Grade 5 Monday, May 8th - Thursday, May 11th.
Make up testing will be Monday, May 16th through the 19th.
On Friday, April 14th, Our 5th and 4th grade Step Teams truly enjoyed presenting their routines for the University of Maryland’s “Steppers with a passion to serve the community.” Students Toward Educational Progress & Philanthropy (STEPP).
Ms. Hancock posted a live streaming video of the performance earlier today. https://www.youtube.com/live/9PsbBJXECzs?feature=share Enjoy!
The PTA will be available at school next Wednesday and Thursday to sell tickets in the drop off line and possibly during lunch shifts. Tickets are $10 each and only cash will be accepted. 🌟🌟 It is important to note that all children must be accompanied by an adult. This is not a drop off and pick up event. This is a family fun event!
Friday, April 14th:
A word from our resident cheerleaders! 💙🐯💛 Be sure to get your tickets for the dance on Saturday, April 22nd. 🎉Get your raffle and entry tickets here and sign up here to volunteer TODAY!💙🐯💛
https://glenarden-pta.memberhub.com/store?limit=21&live=true
More details about the event can be found on the PTA website.
Thank you in advance for supporting this community-building event!
Our kids are sure to have a blast. 🕺🪩💃🏼
4/13/23: Angles are additive. They can be put together or broken apart like shapes. Today, students worked with the additive nature of angles. In this game, students worked to get as close to 180 degrees without going over. Excellent collaboration 4M, 4W, and 4S! 💙🐯💛
Our STEM Winners!
The following students were chosen to represent GWES at the County STEM Fair:
💙 5th grade: Helena, Zarrah, and Samia
🐯 4th grade: Tanvi
💛 3rd grade: Bryce
Congratulations! 🎉 #GWESProud
4/11- 4th graders in Mrs. Armstrong’s and Dr. Raralio’s classes had to write in response to researching information about a person that they admire. Their SHEroes could be someone from history, someone who works to help people today, or someone from their everyday life.
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4/1/23 💙🐯💛🎉They did it!!!🎉 💙🐯💛
The GWES Destination Imagination Team places in the TOP 3 at the STATE competition and have qualified for the GLOBAL FINALS in May! We are so proud of Andres, Camilla, Chase, Devin, Gabriel, Jameson and Roha for their amazing teamwork, art, engineering and dramatic work! Go team Totally Baller Designers! 💙🐯💛
Ps- The joy on their faces as they ran to get their award was amazing!🤩🤩
On March 29th, 3rd and 4th grade Drama Club members had a joint meeting with Mrs. Armstrong and Mrs. Piekarski to brainstorm plans and committees for GWES Earth Day presentation. Students have decided to form the following committees: research committee, scriptwriting committee, stage crew and lighting committee, performing artists committee, choir committee, invitation committee and props/background committee. Sign- up sheets for these committees will be posted by Mrs. Piekarski’s classroom hallway. It will be an all hands-on-deck project. No part is too small to ensure this will be a successful venture. 💙🌎💛
Tuesday, 3/28: Acute, obtuse, or right angle? 4th grade angle hunters begin exploring the differences between angles as geometric shapes where rays share a common endpoint. Protractor work is in their future! Thank you Ms. Mackowiak for sharing! 💙🐯💛
WOW!!! Off to the Finals!
Our GWES Science Bowl team completed in the final 4 in the morning of March 27th. They beat Greenbelt Elementary and competed in the afternoon and beat whatever that school was. Now we are off to the finals in April!
March 26th through March 29th we had our STEM Fair! Outstanding projects and presentations were had! Here are a few 5th grade projects...
Mrs. Puzniak’s and Mrs. Piekarski’s 3rd grade students showcased their confidence, enthusiasm and preparedness during oral presentation of their STEM Fair projects. Impressive public speaking skills!Students were also engaged on peer review of display boards and oral presentations. This activity helped foster making judgment about their own work as well as supporting peers to improve their work. Additionally, the Q and A discussion generated interesting comments, laughter and appreciation for each other’s hard work and creativity.
It’s Fantastic Friday, March 24th!
The rain couldn’t stop our spirit this morning! 💙🐯💛☔️
Thursday, March 23rd: Mrs. Boyd’s classes created Literary Collages. This culminating activity provided students with the opportunity to synthesize the knowledge gained through our TAG focus unit on traditional literature. Students selected a folktale, explained the main elements and moral of the folktale, and thought of a visual representation for each component of the folktale. Students presented their collages in student-led literature circles and closed out their discussions by completing reflections. Check out some samples of their work!!
Students in 3E, 3D, and 3L toured Ms. Emerson’s room to explore cooperative virtue posters around the room. As they moved, students identified 6 virtues that they believe they demonstrate. The chosen virtues are also what students hope others recognize in them. 💙🐯💛
Students used a word cloud generator to design a digital art piece that incorporates their virtues with an image that represents:
💙 something they like 💛 symbol that represents who they are
These photos are just a sampling of the AMAZING pictures hanging throughout the classroom and in the hall. This activity promoted self awareness, the ability to understand one’s own emotions, thoughts, and values, and how they influence behavior across context. Students are able to recognize their own strengths with a well-grounded sense of confidence and purpose. #SELinAction #GWESProud
The students in Mrs. Crenshaw's Second Grade Reading/Language Arts classes celebrated Women's History Month by researching a famous woman, past or present who has and is still making a difference in our world.
Students were assigned to color an accurate picture of a woman, create a timeline of her life, write a short biography, and more. We are all inspired by these talented trailblazers!
💙🐯💛 This activity supports the PGCPS Student Learner Profile: Global Citizen
A global citizen is aware of and respects the rich diversity of the world and its cultures while taking social and personal responsibility to advocate for oneself and others.
March 22nd: I saw Mrs. Boyd’s students giving presentations. I love how well our second graders are being good communicators and excellent listeners! Being fair to each other by taking turns, listening, and showing respect strengthens our relationships with each other. #SELinAction 💙🐯💛
Tuesday, March 21st: After studying culture and traditions in their Social Studies class, students in 4A and 4R interviewed their families in order to make connections and grasp a deeper understanding of their own traditions and cultural practices. Students were also able to generate questions of their own to ask their families. They videotaped the interview with their families to share.
An enriched approach to Social Studies including a multicultural emphasis and advanced research and study skills is a TAG Center Feature. 💙🐯💛 Connecting with our families is an excellent Social/Emotional activity.
💙🐯💛 3/30: 2nd Grade students had lunch bunch fun with Ms. Romero! 💙🐯💛
Mrs. Piekarski’s and Mrs. Puzniak start their classes writing positive notes each day to teachers and peers. Both adults and students feel valued and safe. This activity helps promote self-awareness through genuine sharing of their peers about them. It encourages lasting friendships too!
Goal before they leave for Spring Break: Write and receive at least 20 positive notes! Another great social emotional learning activity!❤️
Mrs. Piekarski’s and Mrs. Puzniak’s classes seem to enjoy Lunch Bunch time with their teachers and peers! This activity helps foster positive interpersonal skills and meaningful friendships among students and teachers. Such a great social emotional learning activity! ❤️
🍀On March 17th we celebrated St. Patrick's Day! Check out all the shenanigans from 2nd and 5th grade! 🍀
3/16/23 - Our students have gone from using QR codes to access information about Black Americans to now creating QR codes to link those interested to their black Marylanders Google slides presentations
Did you know that over half of the adult population has no idea how to create a QR code in order to get important information shared with other people? And over 30% of the adult population do not know how to scan a QR code to access information.
Great work by all students in our 4th grade classes!
On Thursday, March 16th, students in Mrs. Craig's ICAL class worked in groups to identify French landmarks, and to create a French clothing Catalog Page. Outstanding work! Looking forward to finished products! 💙🐯💛
A World Language emphasis, including International Culture and Language, is a unique TAG Center program feature.
We enjoyed our visit with School Board member, Mrs. Adams-Stafford and Instructional Director, Dr. LaTonya Williams. They visited classrooms, spoke with teachers and students, and admired the excellent teaching and learning throughout our building.
💙🐯💛 We are GWES Proud!
LEGO Club: Name Challenge! This week we made our names in Lego bricks! So much fun!💙🐯💛
March 14th: It’s #piDay2023 and our staff celebrated with delicious pie! What a fun way to celebrate the ratio of a ⭕️’s circumference to its diameter! 💙🐯💛🥧 🍒 🍎 🥧#PGCPSPiDay
4th graders in 4W, 4M, and 4S celebrated Pi Day using pies and logical reasoning! This extension to the regular curriculum provides an appropriate educational experience for gifted and talented students.
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Ms. Mackowiak is at it again! She has her first GWES Math Multiplication Master! 💙🐯💛 Students who successfully pass their 1 through 12 times tables in a 100 fact test, earn a pillowcase on which to rest their magnificent brain! (An amazing award for such hard and rewarding work!)
On March 13th, 4th grade early finishers were caught playing math games provided by the TAG Department! Ms. Mackowiak loves when the students CHOOSE to dive deeper and sharpen their skills! 💙🐯💛
March is Women's History Month!
On Monday, March 13th, Students in Mrs. Foster’s Social Studies classes celebrated the start of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day by researching a notable women of their choice. Through art integration, students created a “One-Pager.” (A one-pager is an aesthetically pleasing report that incorporates specific information with a creative use of color and design.)
This activity supports the PGCPS Student Learner Profile, Global Citizen.
A global citizen is aware of and respects the rich diversity of the world and its cultures while taking social and personal responsibility to advocate for oneself and others. 💙🐯💛
So much excitement in 3E today, 3/7/23!
Student created salt dough maps will show the continents and oceans of Earth, as well as 8 researched landforms! Students worked in teams to make their salt dough and then used sculpting tools to shape the dough into continents! Next step...painting and labeling! We can’t wait!!! 💛🐯💙
An enriched approach to Social Studies, including advanced research and study skills, is another wonderful TAG Center feature. 🤩
On March 3rd, 5th graders investigated chemical vs physical changes by combining red cabbage indicator, baking soda, and calcium chloride to determine that, based on changes in color, temperature, and formation of bubbles, that a chemical reaction had occurred.
A laboratory approach for Science instruction is a wonderful TAG Center Feature! 💙🐯💛
A special thank you to Mrs. Ratliff for supplying Mrs. Piekarski’s class with yummy cookies to celebrate the last of our Read Across America week! Students got to snack on cookies in honor of, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff 💙🐯💛🍪🐭
On March 3rd we celebrated the January and February Students of the month! 🎉🎉
March 2nd: Day 4 of Read Across America Week and it was Artifact Day! Students brought in something that went with their favorite story!
Feb 28th and March 2nd Lego Club was out of the world! Challenge: Build an alien! 👽👾🛸
Today, 3/1 we celebrated Day 3 of Read Across America Week with, “Read My Shirt” Day! So many creative shirts were worn!!! 💙🐯💛👀 Don’t forget, tomorrow we bring in a small artifact from one of our favorite stories to share with your class!!! 📚❤️
On March 1st, Mrs. Armstrong’s 4th grade and Mrs. Piekarski’s 3rd grade Drama Club members were grouped according to the skit that was either assigned to them (4th) or skit of their choice (3rd). After discussing among themselves who would be playing the different characters, they finally have decided their parts in the skit. (Whether it is a long skit with many characters or a short one with only 4 characters.) Accountable Talk was remarkably evident during this small group activity. Next Wednesday: A group volunteered to perform in class while the rest of the members will be part of the peer review team. 💛🐯💙
On February 28th, Mrs. Piekarski’s and Mrs. Puzniak’s math classes learned about equivalent fractions using fraction strips or pies. They organized their workspace to only show evidences of equivalent fractions for 1/2, 2/3 and 3/4. From hands-on use of manipulatives, they also learned to transfer their understanding by using drawings to represent equivalent fractions. 💙🐯💛
On Tuesday, February 28th, fifth graders researched African Americans in STEM fields and created “people” in their likeness. They then went on a gallery walk today to review their peers’ work. 💙🐯💛 Great work 5F, 5H, and 5S!
This activity meets the PGCPS Student Learner Profile: Global Citizen! A global citizen is aware of and respects the rich diversity of the world and its cultures while taking social and personal responsibility to advocate for oneself and others.
February 28th was Day 2 of Read Across America Week and we shared our love of Reading with our Book Buddies! Don’t forget… tomorrow is “Read My Shirt Day!” Wear a shirt that others can read. 💙🐯💛
To kick off Read Across America Week, we were WILD about reading! Check out all this animal clothing! Don’t forget to bring your favorite book to share with a buddy tomorrow! 📚📚📚 2/27/23
We love that school spirit!!! 👀💙🐯💛
On February 24th, 3rd graders in Ms. Emerson’s classes read about the life of famous oceanographer Jacques Cousteau. They explored his triumphs like the creation of the Cousteau Society, as well as, controversial aspects of his work such as the horrific treatment of sharks in his TV show. Students created a multi-layered art piece that shows the underwater world Jacques Cousteau shared with the world using several of his own inventions, like the Aqua Lung and the underwater camera. Over time, Cousteau noticed negative changes to the ocean, which was caused by human behaviors/activity. It was Cousteau’s hope that by sharing what he observed, people would change their behavior to better protect ocean life. ❤️🐟🐠🐡 We love this Arts Integration! 💙🐯💛
We cannot wait to kick off Read Across America Week, February 27 through March 3rd!
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📚 Monday, 2/27: “We Are Wild About Reading!” Wear animal print/themed clothes today!
📚Tuesday, 2/28: “Book Buddies” Bring in your favorite book and share with a classmate!
📚Wednesday, 3/1: “Read My Shirt Day!” Wear a shirt that others can read today!
📚Thursday, 3/2: “Artifact Day” Bring in a small artifact from your favorite story to share.
📚Friday, 3/3: Picture Book inspired snacks! Send your child to school with a fun snack today inspired by a picture book.
On February 21st, students in 4th grade played, “Grabbing Factors” with their knowledge of prime and composite numbers, as well as, factors to determine the best strategy to win the game! Competitive juices were flowing!
This meets the PGCPS Student Learner Profile: Critical Thinkers! 💙🐯💛
A critical thinker analyzes data, information, and ideas to make informed decisions that are reasonable based on evidence and facts while considering a variety of options.
5C/5K reflected on the spoken word poem by Amanda Gorman, given at the Inauguration of President Biden in 2021. Almost every line of this poem gave us something to think about. They had a rich and meaningful discussion over several days and thought about how they could "shine a light" wherever they go. Students from both classes collaborated in an art collage to represent the poet and highlight the poem.
This meets the PGCPS Student Learner Profile: Creator and Innovator
A creator and innovator is curious and seeks to give back to the world around them by building on or creating new ideas, products, or solutions. 💙🐯💛
On Friday, February 17th, students in 5C put on a mini play for a 3rd grade class called, The Miracle of Spring. 💙🐯💛 Great use of our Symposium Lab!
This is another example of how we meet the PGCPS Student Learner Profile: Communicator.
A communicator actively reads, writes, listens, and speaks clearly and with purpose in various settings and situations, thinking critically about using media and conventions appropriately for a given audience.
On Wednesday, February 15th in Mrs. Piekarski’s and Mrs. Armstrong’s Drama Club session, members were asked to read scripts, identify the elements of drama and have a quick share among themselves on these elements. Next steps: further discussion of each element of drama to compare and contrast how each skit is similar or different from each other and selecting the parts they would like to play in the skit of their choice. Skit readings were on: Afroyo for 4th grade members and The Mean Old Elephant, Stone Soup with Simple Songs, Why Bananas Belong to the Monkeys and How Chipmunk Got His Stripes for 3rd grade members.
This club meets the PGCPS Student Learner Profile: Communicators! A communicator actively reads, writes, listens, and speaks clearly and with purpose in various settings and situations, thinking critically about using media and conventions appropriately for a given audience. 💙🐯💛
On February 15th, we had a lovely visit with Center for Talented Youth, Johns Hopkins, Corinne Viglietta and our PGCPS TAG Supervisor, Theresa Jackson! We are #GWESProud and love sharing all the wonderful teaching and learning that happens each and every day! 💙🐯💛 They enjoyed their visit and hope more of our scholars consider looking into the John Hopkin's Center for Talented Youth.
February 14th, 2023❤️💕
Our Fantastic PTA and parents surprised our students ad teachers with awesome candy grams personalized by individual families and the PTA. Our SGA also gave out student purchased Friendship Grams which included Valentine's Day pencils. We had a lovely day!!!
On Monday, February 13th in 5th grade counseling class, we discussed Perseverance and proceeded to build the highest spaghetti tower within 20 minutes. Students had SO. MUCH. FUN!
On February 10th, Fifth grade students created Hink Pinks. Hink Pinks are riddles with answers that are a pair of rhyming words with the same number of syllables. You can improve your vocabulary and increase your linguistic flexibility when you solve Hink Pink's using critical thinking skills and some creativity. Can you solve these word riddles?
Hink Pink= a rhyming pair of one syllable words (fat cat)
Hinky Pinky= a rhyming pair of two syllable words (mountain fountain)
Hinkety Pinkety= A rhyming pair of three syllable words (percussion discussion)
Thursday, February 9th and Monday February 13th:
What AMAZING days of celebrating our 2nd through 5th grades for the 2nd quarter honor roll earners! Wow, wow, wow! We are so proud of our Tigers!!! 💙🐯💛 Mr. B talked about setting goals for the 3rd quarter supporting the PGCPS Student Learner Profile: Goal Directed Learner
A goal directed learner is a lifelong learner who is able to set, monitor, and evaluate their own goals and the actions taken to reach them. 💙🐯💛
On Tuesday, February 7th, our Gr. 2 students presented “I Am” Speeches in honor of #BlackHistoryMonth
Students dressed as the person they researched. Meet Berry Gordy Jr, Garrett Morgan, Stevie Wonder, Don Cornelius, Simone Biles, and many more! 💙🐯💛
We just LOVE seeing these displays in the second grade hallway! 💙🐯💛
🎉Happy 100th Day of School! 🎉 2-7-23
Did you know our 5th graders are 1,000 days smarter today too? (K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th= 5 x 180= 900 + this year (100 days) = 1,000! 💙🐯💛 We had a GREAT day!
On Monday, February 6th, 3rd graders in Mrs. Piekarski’s class surprised Ms. Romero with a class letter written on a big chart paper. They also made positive stickers for her, too! Happy Counselor’s Week, Ms. Romero! We love you thank you for all you do! ❤️
☀️Good morning GWES Family! ☀️ 2/3/23
Please enjoy Mrs. Wright’s 4th Grade class kicking off Black History Month singing ‘Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing’, written by James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson.
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2/1/23 - Kicking off Black History Month, students are using the Periodic Table of Black History, and technology to access mini biographies and study the achievements of Black Americans. Our students are Global Citizens! This is another example of how we meet the PGCPS Student Learner Profile. 💙🐯💛
#ThankATeacher
WHAT A SPECIAL TREAT TODAY!!! 2/1/23 Washington Commanders running back, Jaret Patterson visited GWES today to say “thank you" to his 2nd grade teacher Mr. Coon for the positive lasting impact in his life! We are #GWESProud of Mr. Coon, but equally proud of the successful man Jaret has become! 🏈💙🐯💛🏈 Teaching is a work of heart! ❤️
On Friday, January 27th, 4th graders learned fractions can be placed on a number line. Mixed fractions are fractions greater than one whole. Students worked in groups to place various representations of fractions on a number line. Way to go 4th grade!
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In the month of January, Gr. 5 ICAL students used their knowledge of Spanish vocabulary and Pixel Digital Creator to design a graphic comic strip calendar. They utilized the days of the week, the weather forecast, and/or calm and daily activities in order to participate in this writing activity. A World Language, emphasis, including International Culture and Language, is a TAG Center program feature. 💙🐯💛
3rd graders in Mr. Doran’s math classes selected and read a piece of math literature. They were given a choice board of end products to use to show understanding of the math skills learned. Enriched instruction in Math is another great TAG Center Program feature!
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On January 20th I snuck into the band room. WHAT A TREAT!!! Hot Cross Buns! Way to go 4th grade band!!! #PracticeMakesPerfect 🎼💛🐯💙🎶
On January 20th, students in Dr. Raralio‘s class built balloon powered cars in Science for their unit on Energy. They watched the potential energy collected in the balloon convert into kinetic energy when they let go! A hands-on approach for Science instruction is a wonderful TAG Center Program feature.
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On January 19th, 4th grade Math students found that equivalent fractions have the same value even if they look different. In an area model, this means that different fractions are equivalent if they cover the same portion of the whole. 💙🐯💛
On January 19th, students in Mrs. Wright’s 4th grade classes conducted a mini STEM FAIR experiment testing which shaped structure can withstand the most shocks of an earthquake..pyramid or cubed.
I love the use of Jello… Really cool! A laboratory approach for Science instruction, including STEM fair is a wonderful TAG Center Program feature.
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On January 18th, some of our third grade Drama Club members volunteered to act out scripted monologue to demonstrate their confidence, use of voice, and tone performing before their peers. Their peers acted as judges and used a rating scale to evaluate their performance! Memorization was not part of judging of the performance. This is another example of how our students meet the PGCPS student learner profile. Our students become good communicators, creators, and innovators. 💙🐯💛
On January 18th, 4th grade students used base reasoning and explanations in Ms. Mackowiak’s class on a given pictorial representation and explained how that pictorial model represented a mathematical concept, such as plotting fraction equivalence on an open number line. 💙🐯💛
On Wednesday, January 18th, Step leaders taught our new members a routine. We can’t wait to see what they plan for our next event. #GWESProud 💙🐯💛
On January 18th, our GWES #GlobalCitizens created cards to distribute to homebound clients of Foods and Friends, residents of hospitals, hospice, and long term care facilities. Checkout the website! http://Valentinesbykids.org
On Tuesday, January 17th Grade 2 and Grade 3 Lego Club competed in a "Flying Challenge". Students had to create something that could fly. There were so many fun and unique entries for us to judge.
On Thursday, 1/12 and Friday,1/13, 5th graders put their knowledge of gravity and resistance to the test in Operation Egg Drop! Students designed and built structures to support eggs from breaking when dropped from over 6 feet! 🥚🍳💙🐯💛
Thursday, January 12th: In Art class, 3rd graders are learning about artist, Wayne Thiebaud and creating Pop Art Cakes. Thiebaud cleverly uses a thick application of paint to mimic the look and texture of frosting, highlighting the idea of ‘object transference’ where the paint literally assumes the appearance of the element it is depicting. His work from the 60s focused on mass culture was characterised by heavy, colourful pigment and solid outlines placed upon stark backgrounds. The balanced and symmetric arrangement of the cakes suggests a counter display at a patisserie and invites the viewer to visually consume the sweet confections. Looking forward to seeing the finished products! 😍🎂🍰
On 1/11/23, Awards were given to the 4th grade SGA class leaders as recognition for the collection of socks for the Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington DC’s Homeless and Housing Services. The 4th grade collected a whopping 1,165 socks! We are so proud of our Global Citizens that advocated for those in need. #GWESProud 💙🐯💛#PGCPSProud
Hanging at Chipotle!!! Come support our school and get your GWES SPIRIT ON!!! #TacoTuesday!!! 1/10/23 🌮💙🐯💛🌮
WOW WOW WOW!!! Check out how much we raised at Chipotle on Tuesday, 1/10/23!!! Thank you all for your support! #GWESProud! 🌮💙🐯💛🌮
Around noon on Tuesday, January 10th, we got the call that GWES just won their 1st round Science Bowl game against Glendale ES!!!!! We are so proud of our Tigers!!! 💙🐯💛
At around dismissal time, we got another call... 🎉We did it again! 🎉 GWES wins game number 2 in their preliminary competition against Capital Heights ES. They move on to the semifinals in March! 💙🐯💛 🎉WE DID IT!!! 🎉
2nd and 3rd Lego Club
Every Tuesday from now until the end of the 3rd quarter, Mrs. Soto will run the Lego Club with 2nd and 3rd graders.
4th and 5th Lego Club
Every Thursday from now until the end of the 3rd quarter, Mrs. Soto will run the Lego Club with 4th and 5th graders.
🗞️📰Extra extra, read all about it! 📰🗞️ 1/9/23
Fifth graders in Mrs. Craig’s class worked collaboratively in groups, using a hexagonal thinking process, to help them generate ideas during a pre-written lesson. The outcome led to a newspaper article written about a female scientist, who had to overcome difficulties in order to make their invention a reality. Outstanding work! 💙🐯💛
Visited with 3rd grade in the art room on Friday, 1/6/23. They were doing creative name signs utilizing line, shape, and color! 🎨🖼️💙🐯💛
On Tuesday, January 3rd I was able to join Mr. Coon’s Math class for an awesome telling time Apprentice Task! Students matched cards that show times in digital, analog, and written form. We have some super smart 2nd grade mathematicians at GWES!!! 💙🐯💛
The staff at Glenarden Woods Elementary would like to wish all of our families a happy holiday and break. Thank you so much to our wonderful students and fantastic families for all of your support!
I was invited to attend Dr. Spears’ homeroom’s Winter Talent Show. (What an honor!!!) As promised to these little stars, here is a mash up of their performances! I love their courage to preform in front of their peers!!! #GWESProud 💙🐯💛
Holiday Sweater Day!!! All smiles as this is our last day before break!
A special THANK YOU to the GWES PTA and families for treating us to an AMAZING holiday luncheon complete with gifts and a DJ! You certainly made our entire staff feel loved and appreciated! 🎄☃️💛🐯💙☃️🎄
12/22: Stopped into 4M yesterday and they had just finished their sock snow people. 💙☃️❄️☃️❄️💙 Adorable!
We started our Thursday morning off by bidding a farewell to two awesome GWES staff members. Today was the last day for Mrs. Brown, music teacher, completing her 18th year at GWES! It was also Mrs. Ball, our temp secretary’s last day with us. Both ladies will be missed tremendously! Once a GWES Tiger, ALWAYS a GWES Tiger! 💙🐯💛
Today, December 21st we celebrated our Students of the Month. These students were honored because they have shown compassion, the valued character trait for December. We look forward to celebrating next month when we look for those students who show cooperation and teamwork. 💙🐯💛
4th grade class leaders concluded their collection of socks for the Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington DC’s Homeless and Housing Services. A whopping 1,165 socks were collected! We are so proud of our Global Citizens that advocated for those in need. #GWESProud 💙🐯💛
White-Out Day!
Wednesday, December 21st we wore white to welcome the Winter Solstice! Another great day!
December 19-22nd Countdown to Winer Break Spirit Week!!!
Winter Spirit Week.pdf
December 20, 2022
Students in grade 2 learned about similes and metaphors in order to develop critical thinking skills. They applied what they learned by writing original winter poems.
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On Monday, December 19th we had an incredible and purposeful TAG program evaluation meeting with TAG Supervisor, Theresa Jackson! We love sharing all of our TAG Center best practices. Reflecting and growing makes an even better program! 💙🐯💛
On Friday, December 16th our AWESOME GWES PTA provided a holiday gift to all of our hard working bus drivers! We truly appreciate what they do for our students and families every day! 🚌💛🐯💙🚌
1st Quarter Honor Roll Celebrations!
On December 8th and 9th we welcomed our GWES Families to our school to help celebrate the accomplishments of our honor roll scholars! We had a fantastic time! Thank you to all that joined us and a special thank you to Mrs. Hancock for live streaming!
Just wanted to say a very special thank you to Tanvi in Gr. 4 for making me this GWES spirit bracelet. I was so honored to receive it on our fantastic Friday and I wore it all day! You made my entire week sweetie!!! 💙🐯💛 12/2/22
Check out these super fun Guess Who Polygon Riddles Mrs. Piekarski’s math students created! Her students tease you with the attributes and wait for you to guess the correct polygon! We love this interactive display! 💛🐯💙😎
On December 2nd, Math students in Mrs. Piekarski’s and Mrs. Puzniak’s classes (and some students in Mr. Doran’s class) were asked to identify defining attributes of shapes and to sort shapes on a Venn diagram based on shared and nonshared attributes. Strong Math discourse as they worked collaboratively in small groups. 💙🐯💛
On December 1st, students in Ms. Foster’s 5th grade Health classes, used the Depth and Complexity Framework to analyze nutrition labels. Students were asked to examine through the lenses of unanswered questions, multiple perspectives, trends, and details. Such an engaging task! 💙🐯💛
Just a quick shout out to Mr. Noel, our Night Foreman. He is making sure our classrooms are stocked! We thank him for all he does to keep our school a great place to learn! 💙🐯💛 11-30-22
November Student of the Month🥇💛🐯💙🥇
November 29th we celebrated our Students of the Month. These students were honored because they showed an abundance of kindness, the valued character trait for November. We look forward to celebrating next month when we look for those students who show compassion. 💙🐯💛
On November 29th, third graders from Mr. Lanier’s RELA classes created Blackout Poetry. So much creativity! 🎨
After an initial discussion on what STEM and Engineering Design Process were all about, Mrs. Puzniak’s and Mrs. Piekarski’s third grade science classes collaborated in small groups of 3 students to design a free- standing tallest tower using only 20 pipe cleaners. 💙🐯💛 11-22-22
On November 22nd, 4th graders in Ms. Mackowiak’s classes used division of two-digit numbers by one-digit numbers in context on an apprentice task. In the process, students connected their previous understanding of multiplication arrays and factors to division. Love the gallery walk and strong math discourse! 💙🐯💛
On November 22nd, Mrs. Greco-Foster's 5th grade science class used their engineering skills to collaboratively determine how the design of a paper airplane affects the distance that it can travel. ✈️ 💙🐯💛 ✈️
On November 21st, the Leadership Team provided sweet treats to the GWES Staff to show appreciation and express just how thankful we are for everything they do each and every day! 🍁🍂🦃💙🐯💛🍂🦃🍁
Wishing all of our GWES staff, students, and families a joyous and restful Thanksgiving break! We will see you back on Monday, November 28th.
November 14th through November 18th: We are gearing up for a grand celebration! This week kicks off American Education Week where we will honor all that help make our educational system a great place to learn and work. We are #PGCPSProud #aew2022 #GWESProud 💙🐯💛
Wednesday, November 16th: In honor of American Education Week today we celebrated our Support Professionals! They got kisses for making our days sunny! 🌞Thank you to our front office staff, bus drivers, cafeteria workers, and our custodians! We couldn’t do it without you! 💙🐯💛
Friday, November 18th: Career Day was absolutely fantastic! To say that we were excited to host all of these fabulous GWES parents is an understatement!!! I took lots of photos and a few videos. Enjoy this mash up… I wish I could have gotten more. 💙🐯💛 THANK YOU!
11/15/22 Fifth grade students created aganographs and researched the history and significance of Veteran’s Day. An aganograph is a series of two or more images that changes in relation to the viewers movement and position. Try looking at it from both sides. You will see two different images! 💙🐯💛
11/12/22: Lovely leaf collage animals hang near the art room for all to enjoy! Thanks 3rd grade for such beautiful creations! So imaginative and creative! 💙🐯💛
In follow up from 11/10/22… Students in 4th grade tested their bridges today! So exciting!!!
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On November 10th, students in Ms. Kiso's classes attended a virtual field trip!
“ZERO to Infinity” NOVA Virtual Field Trip
In this virtual field trip to the National Museum of Mathematics, students will explore the concept of infinity through several demonstrations with the museum’s Executive Director Cindy Lawrence and Distinguished Visiting Professor Tim Chartier.
Students got to eat lunch in the classroom while participating in this virtual experience. Participation was optional. 💙🐯💛
November 9th: After thorough research, 4th graders in Mrs. Wright’s classes began building bridges in Step 4 of the Engineer Design Process. It was interesting to see the different types of bridges being chosen. I can’t wait for Step 5 when they test and improve! 💙🐯💛
🍃🍁🍂Fall Festival 🍃🍁🍂
Saturday, November 5th:
The first ever Fall Festival at GWES was absolutely amazing! So much fun was had by all! Thank you GWES PTA and all the many volunteers for putting this together for the #GWESFamilies! So many amazing memories were created! 💙🐯💛
Paws of Fury for the win! An outdoor movie with your friends and family couldn’t have been a better ending to an outstanding event! 🍂🍁#FallFestival2022
On Friday, November 4th we celebrated our 2nd annual Vocabulary Parade. It was a hit! We enjoyed seeing all of the amazing vocabulary words and outstanding costumes. Thank you to all the parents that joined us today. Below are the videos. Enjoy!!! 💙🐯💛
Grade 2 Vocabulary Parade 22/23
Grade 3 Vocabulary Parade 22/23
Grade 4 Vocabulary Parade 22/23
Grade 5 Vocabulary Parade 22/23
Want GWES swag?
It’s a Tiger Thing! 💙🐯💛
Get your Spirit-wear from the school store!!! https://www.gwespta.org/school-store.html#/
October Student of the Month 💙🐯💛
On Friday, October 28th we celebrated our Students of the Month. These students were honored because they showed outstanding self control, the valued character trait for October. We look forward to celebrating next month when we look for those students who show kindness. 💙🐯💛
On Friday, October 28th we concluded our Red Ribbon Theme week! We certainly supported the fight against drugs and were successful in raising awareness. Thank you to all that showed how GWES proud you are to be drug free. 💙🐯💛
On Thursday, October 27th, so many students wore their tie-dyed or neon colored clothing to say PEACE-OUT to drugs! Our Red Ribbon Spirit week concludes on Friday by showing just how #GWESProud we are to be drug free! 💙🐯💛 Like every Friday, we are going to show our school spirit and wear our blue and yellow! 💙🐯💛
On Wednesday, October 26th we were WILD about being drug free! Thank you to everyone that sported crazy hair! Outstanding school spirit! It really was amazing! 💙🐯💛
Tuesday, October 25th: Together we took a stand against drugs! It was so much fun seeing all the twins walking around GWES! Outstanding school spirit! 💙🐯💛
Red Ribbon Week 2022.pdfRed Ribbon Week!
Monday, October 24th - Friday, October 28th
WOW WOW WOW! So many students wore red on Monday to kick off our National Red Ribbon Awareness Week! What a great message to unite and take a visible stand against drugs! Tuesday is Twin Day! We will “Stand Together against drugs” and dress like a friend! We can’t wait to see double tomorrow! 💙🐯💛
Thursday, October 20th:
Caught two grade levels taking advantage of our alternative classroom spaces at Glenarden Woods. We are fortunate to have a full functioning STEAM Lab and spacious Symposium Lab for teachers to reserve. Opportunities are endless! 💙🐯💛
Fifth grade students in Mrs. Craig’s RELA classes used the Symposium Lab today to conduct student-led Literature Circles. Students discussed the story Rules, by Cynthia Lord. They used icons of Depth and Complexity to increase their critical thinking. I love the inclusion of a #TAGBestStrategy! Student discourse was respectful and focused on the task! 💙🐯💛 #GWESProud
4th graders in Mrs. Wright’s classes had the opportunity to work and create in the STEAM Lab today on their "Finding Solutions" Engineer Design Process. Students asked questions, brainstormed, and planned how to make 5 ft of chain with 4 sheets of paper in 20 mins. We loved the collaboration while creating the chain. 💙🐯💛
On October 20th we joined PGCPS in wearing purple to support Domestic Violence Awareness Month. We want to show our support for health and safety in our families.
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On October 19th we joined PGCPS in commemorating Bullying Prevention Awareness Month! It was nice to see so many of our Tigers in unity to spread the message. 🧡🐯🧡
On Tuesday, October 18th, we joined PGCPS in commemorating Breast Cancer Awareness Month by wearing pink! Check out these 3rd graders showing strength and support! 💕💞💕
Celebrating Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month!
We concluded our celebration of Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month with a gallery walk showing off the research and creativity of our 2nd through 5th grade ICAL students. GWES staff, students, and families enjoyed viewing all of the amazing projects! #GWESProud 💙🐯💛
On October 15th we participated in the Hyattsville Zombie Run! This was our first year and we raised $685 for our school!
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Congratulations to both Hasanah, gr 5 and Khairiyah, gr 2 for racing! We are #GWESProud of you both!!! 💙🐯💛
More incredible racers! We are #GWESProud of 3rd graders, Will V, Dario V, and Joey B at the Zombie Run! 🏃🏼♀️🏃🏽🧟♀️🧟💙🐯💛
Congratulations to Eddie H., GWES 5th grader, won his age category in the 5k at the zombie run today ;) (Did you also know he won the whole 1k race last year?)✨ We are so #GWESProud of you!!! ✨💙🐯💛
Fifth graders in Mrs. Foster’s classes worked in collaborative teams. Students selected a Native American group to research, and then designed dodecahedrons to display their work. Such hard work! Great research!!! 💙🐯💛
October is Bullying prevention month. On October 11th, Dr. Spears class discussed the different types of bullying, and ways to prevent it. Their task was to provide a definition, examples, and ways to stop and prevent bullying.
We are proud of our remarkable up-standers!
On October 7th GWES got a special shout out from the Math Department this month! We met the district goal of 5 or more lessons completed per week!! Thank you to all of our staff, students, and families for supporting this initiative!
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Second graders in Mrs. Peterson's class completed a multiple intelligence survey. Students created a learning profile glyph to illustrate their individual learning styles. We are all unique! 💙🐯💛
Students of the Month!
On September 29th, we celebrated our September Students of the Month. These are students who have learned to work with others, gained skills needed to organize and complete a task, and take responsibility for their choices and their impact on the world. 💙🐯💛
September 15th - October 15th: Recognizing Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month with an amazing display by ICAL teacher, Mr. Kapili and his students! #GWESProud 💙🐯💛
On September 28th, students in Mrs. Hancock/Ms. Harding's 5th grade ICAL class work collaboratively to write and speak basic Spanish conversations.
Students in Technology classes are using Pixton.com to express themselves digitally. They have created comic strips to tell about some of their favorite places or events. 💻⌨️💻⌨️💻⌨️💻
On September 28th, Ms. Romero's classes identified emotions and where they may feel them. This is in support of Social Emotional Education.
9/21/22
5th graders from Dr. Spears’ classes brought in their “My Summer Collage” projects today! They were so excited to share!!! 😍 💙🐯💛
On Tuesday, September 20th our resident cheerleaders shared a book fair cheer they have been working on! #GetYourMoney 🤣💵📚
On September 19th, Ms. Kiso’s 5th grade students worked collaboratively in groups to match five sets of cards with word problems, visual models, and solutions to the same multiplication expressions. Afterward, they reflected on the connections they made and revise their work on a previous task.
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September 16th
5th graders in Ms. Foster’s Social Studies classes used their observation and inference skills to analyze the contents of their peers artifact bag while learning about primary and secondary sources. Awesome work! 💙🐯💛
The Book fair preview day was a hit! Don’t forget, the book fair will be open all next week: September 19th - 23rd. Students will be able to PURCHASE books.
💵 🤑 👀 Check the buying schedule: 👀 🤑
Click here: https://bit.ly/3DkrlYe
9/15/22:
👀✨🤩 SNEAK PEEK 👀✨🤩
Our Fall GWES Book Fair will kick off tomorrow, Friday, September 16th with a PREVIEW DAY! All classes will visit the media center during their special's time.
👀Book Fair Preview Schedule: https://bit.ly/3Dl1xuT
Next week, September 19th - 23rd, students will be able to PURCHASE books. Please consider setting up an e-wallet to limit the amount of cash students must carry.
Have you created an e-wallet yet? 🌟🌟Click here to watch the video!!! 🌟🌟 https://bit.ly/3BCziXr
1. Go to our Book Fair homepage:https://www.scholastic.com/bf/GWES
2. Click on eWallet “GET STARTED” and then “CREATEeWALLET”
3. Sign in or create an account (if you do not already have one withScholastic).
💵 🤑 👀 Check the buying schedule: 👀 🤑 Click here: https://bit.ly/3DkrlYe
Tuesday, September 13th: Mr. Coon’s math classes used skip counting and repeated addition to find the total value of a group of the same coins. They counted on to find the total value of a group of different coins. Student led and hands on fun! #GWESProud 💙🐯💛
On Monday, September 12th in Mrs. Piekarski’s math classes, the students learned how to organize their workspace and use base-ten blocks to represent their numbers. Students demonstrated their understanding of 2 class norms: explaining their thinking and recognizing that errors are a gift for discussion. 💙🐯💛
September 9th
We ABSOLUTELY LOVE having Officer Taylor from the Glenarden Police Department visit us each and every day, connecting with our #GWESFamily. Wearing a yellow cape and blue bow tie, he made our school spirit Friday even more #Fantastic! #GWESProud
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So many wonderful things were happening throughout the building on this WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY, September 7, 2022! 😍💛🐯💙😍 #GWESProud
5th graders in Ms. Craig's class wrote their own memoirs using only 6 words to reveal something true about themselves. Outstanding creative nonfiction hanging in the hallway for all to enjoy! 💙🐯💛
Who remembers the joy of self selecting books from the Media Center when you were little? 💙🐯💛 📚 #ReadersAreLeaders #GWESProud
Students in Mr. Doran’s math classes made three-digit numbers by rolling three dice. Students rounded those numbers to the nearest ten and hundred by modeling with place value blocks as well as writing each number in standard form. 💙🐯💛
Students in 4th grade math used a code to decode a secret message to practice the math norm of errors are gifts that promote discussion. 💙🐯💛
I love walking by this beautiful display of student work! I’ve already learned so much about Ms. Emerson’s grade 3 Scientists!🔬🔭👩🔬🧑🏽🔬
Grade 3 RELA students in Ms. Puzniak’s classes were working on shared inquiry with Junior Great Books today! What a wonderful talented and gifted best practice! 📚😍 📚 #GWESProud
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On Friday, September 2nd, Mrs. Piekarski’s 3rd grade Math classes, students played "Least and Greatest Numbers Challenge" in groups! They were also asked to complete and share their Reflection Notes at the end of the session.💙🐯💛
On Friday, September 2nd, Ms. Greco- Foster’s 5th grade students were reviewing independent and dependent variables by determining how they would fix a grandfather clock that was not keeping time properly. Students had so much fun collaborating! 💙🐯💛
4th graders in Ms. Mackowiak’s class discovered different ways to create a hexagon with different shapes and by exploring their classroom norm of “Talking about each other’s thinking”.
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9/1/22: Second graders in Mr. Coon’s Math classes set expectations for all members of their classroom community, adults, and students. These math norms will support active and equitable participation in the classroom.💙🐯💛
9/1/22: Second graders in Ms. Crenshaw’s Reading and Lang. Arts classes reviewed Reading norms and practiced strategies such as “Turn and Talk”, Annotating text, and Language of the Discipline. 💙🐯💛
Monday, August 29th was our first day of school! We were so happy to see old friends and new! The day was absolutely magical! We can't wait to do it all again tomorrow! 💙🐯💛
We are ready to start another amazing school year!!! We are #GWESProud 💙🐯💛 8/28/22
8/26/22 - We had a wonderful day at our New Student Orientation! Check out this returning 5th grader that showed her #GWESPride on this #FantasticFriday! 💛🐯💙
So great to meet all of our new families today! We look forward to working with all of you! If you haven’t already… sign up to join the GWES PTA! Please send an email to pta.gwes@gmail.com and we will send you all of the information needed to join!
Monday, August 22nd: What an awesome start to our week! Our fantastic PTA provided a yummy catered breakfast from Panera Bakery! ☕️ Thank you GWES PTA for making our morning so special! 💙🐯💛
Welcome Back Staff!
8/18/22: Welcome Back goodie bags are all ready for tomorrow, 8/19! We can’t wait to have our #GWESFamily back together again for SY22/23! 💙🐯💛
On Friday, August 12th, the Leadership Team met to discuss SY22/23 opening procedures. TAG Supervisor, Theresa Jackson stopped by and surprised us with lots of new William and Mary Reading Resources! We are so lucky to have so much support from the TAG office! Thanks Ms. Jackson! 💙🐯💛