Gifted a Tiger at the pool! Summer HAS OFFICIALLY BEGUN! #GWESProud #Maya&Sophia
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What an amazing surprise!!! Marigny and her family were vacationing in Rehoboth Beach, DE and saw the advertisement that my band, The Devil's Brigade, was playing The Rehoboth Beach Bandstand Sunday night!!! Thank you for the sweetest notes and saying hi!!! Happy Summer!!! ❤️
GWES Talent Show!
GWES Talent Show!
(And Fashion Show)
This is the GWES 2024 Talent Show and Fashion Show mashup!
A special thank you to Mrs. Crenshaw and all of her talented participants! You made the last full day of school so special with all of your amazing talents. We are so #GWESProud of ALL OF YOU! 💙🐯💛
5th Grade Promotion
5th Grade Promotion
We are so #GWESProud of you!!! 💙🐯💛
June 11th, 2024
Kona Ice Day!
Kona Ice Day!
Yippee! Kona Ice is here!!!!🍧🥳🎉 On June 10th we enjoyed this cool treat thanks to our AMAZING GWES PTA!!!! 💙🐯💛
Field Day! June 6th and June 7th 2024!
Today was the first of two Field Days! It truly was a great day!!! Looking forward to tomorrow’s field day for 3rd and 5th!!!
Another awesome Field Day in the books! Thank you to Ms. Figueroa and all the parent volunteers that made today extra special for our 3rd and 5th graders! 💙🐯💛
Spring Music Concerts 🎼
Spring Music Concerts 🎼
The following videos are of our 2nd grades performing songs! To the right is Mrs. Crenshaw's Class performing "Don't Stop Believing" and "I Got a Feeling."
This is Ms. Mack's class singing, "Man in the Mirror."
This is Ms. Schumacher's class singing, "High Hopes."
This is Ms. Selleh's class singing, "Roar" into "1999."
This is Mr. Coon's class singing, "Unstoppable."
Spring Music Concerts 🎼
Spring Music Concerts 🎼
The following videos are of our 3rd grades performing songs! To the left is Mrs. Puzniak's Class performing a Back Street Boys Medley!
This is "Thunder" by Ms. Emerson's Class.
This is "Party in the USA" by Mrs. Boyd's Class.
This is "Bones" by Mrs. Piekarski's Class.
This is "Happy" by Mr. Doran's Class.
Spring Music Concerts 🎼
Spring Music Concerts 🎼
The following videos are of our 4th grades performing songs! To the right is Mrs. Wright's Class performing "Shatter Me" and "Billie Jean!
This is "Man in the Mirror" by Ms. Scott's Class.
This is "Beat It", "Want You Back" and "ABC" by Ms. Peterson's Class.
This is a Queen Medley by Mr. Lanier's Class.
This is "Watch Me Work" by Ms. Mackowiak Class.
Spring Music Concerts 🎼
Spring Music Concerts 🎼
The following videos are of our 5th grades performing songs they chose to mash up! To the left is Mrs. Foster's Class performing Bohemian Thriller!
This is Ms. Kiso’s class performing, "Watch Me Work" and "Sweet Dreams."
This is Ms. Craig’s class performing, "Dichambrella" (Diamonds, Chandelier, and Umbrella)
This is Ms. Harding’s class performing Counting Stars.
This is Dr. Spears’ class performing, "Beat It!"
The Orchestra performed the theme “Ode to Joy” from Beethoven’s ninth Symphony. They followed that with a theme from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the Oompa Loompa song, and they closed with a British traditional song, the Fox and Goose.
May Student of the Month!
May Student of the Month!
On Friday, May 31st, we celebrated our May Students of the Month for the valued trait: Diligence! Congratulations to these #GWESProud students!
GWES Symposium
GWES Symposium
Olympics Over Time
Second graders explored Olympic water sports by researching famous olympians in swimming, diving, swimming triathlon, and surfing, for our school wide symposium event. 💙🐯💛 🏊🏼🏊🏼♀️🏊🏼♂️🏊🏼🏊🏼♀️🏊🏼♂️🏊🏼🏊🏼♀️🏊🏼♂️🏊🏼🏊🏼♀️🏊🏼♂️
3rd grade hallway for our Olympic Symposium! Stunning projects and research! 💙🐯💛
Epic Athletic Achievement from 3B!
Students in Mrs. Boyd's class selected an athlete who made Olympic history based on outstanding athletic accomplishments.
Students worked in groups to research information about the athlete in order to create presentations. The presentations are a snapshot of how these athletes became known as the greatest of their sport in Olympic history.
4th Grade’s contributions to the Olympics Symposium was the research and study of Ancient Olympics! They came in costumes and did such an incredible job with so many facts! Their artwork really stunned our visitors too!
5th grade showcased the Olympics of the Future! 👾 🛸 👽
More from the Olympics Symposium: Students in 5th grade ICAL researched Olympic athletes in French, Spanish and Japanese speaking countries to learn about local sports heroes for their countries.
Some students in Ms. Schumacher’s class didn’t get student of the month this year, but still exhibited the citizenship characteristics. She awarded those students a characteristic award for the year. 🥰 How sweet!
On May 28th, we had a lovely visit from Kenmoor Middle School’s TAG coordinator, Ms. Novick! Don’t forget: Kenmoor Middle is hosting a parent information night at their school tomorrow night.
Kenmoor Middle School Open House for incoming 6th graders 5/29 6pm-7pm (Flier: https://shorturl.at/d9mkj)
Today (5/23) was day one of the Debate Team’s showcase. The competition was fantastic! The first competition argued whether pets should be allowed in school. The second competition argued whether the death penalty should should be imposed as a punishment. We are looking forward to tomorrow’s debates!
On May 23rd, our 3rd graders got to release the bluegills they have been raising all year! The Sunfish and Students program provides students and teachers with the experience of raising bluegill sunfish in their classroom from November to May or June. One third grade teacher from each participating school will receive training in bluegill care, aquarium set-up, maintenance, and curriculum connections. All program aquarium supplies and equipment are provided to each school. This field trip was EVERYTHING to our 3rd graders in 3E, 3B, and 3D.
We have arrived!!! 🐠🐠🐠
(Team Emerson)
Yippee! On our way to release the Sunfish! (Raising Bluegills in the Classroom) I’m so happy to tag along on this 3rd grade field trip!!! 🐟🐠
We have arrived!!! 🐠🐠🐠
(Team Boyd)
Mr. Doran‘s class has loaded and are off to adventures!
Just warming up for fun! 🎼🎶🎉
Stunning view!!! 😍
Yippee!! Releasing the fish! 🐟🐟🐟
Seining! 🤗
Fishing!
Jasir caught a fish!
She caught one too!
Nice!!!!
We are #GWESProud of our 4 outstanding winners from the County STEM Fair! In all, Glenarden Woods won 5 awards. 5th grader, Tanvi S. received 1st prize in "Robotics and intelligent machines" and the 5th grade overall grand award for this STEM fair. 5th grader, Tian-Ching won the Discovery Education Award for innovative ideas in STEM, and first place in Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design. 5th grader, Aaron G, won 1st in the Mathematics Category and 4th Grader, Alan F. earned an honorable mention in Physics and Astronomy. 💙🐯💛
Prince George’s County’s council chair, Jolene Ivey joined us as our special guest during the 5th Grade honor roll celebration. She honored us with our own proclamation, which is the second photo attached. Please read about our wonderful accomplishments!!!
5/17: Congratulations to our 3rd Quarter Honor Roll recipients from third grade and from fifth grade! Outstanding work in the third quarter! Remember the year is not over yet and there’s still so much more work to do! 💙🐯💛
Lovely performance by 4th graders at their 3rd Quarter Honor Roll Assembly today! Congratulations to all of our Honor Roll recipients!
May 15th: Outstanding celebration at 2nd grade’s 3rd Quarter honor roll assembly today. Missed it? Watch it here:
May 16th: Debate Club members (third - fifth grades) met for their final session this morning before the upcoming scheduled Debate Competition to be held on May 23rd and May 24th next week! They enjoyed a brief yet lively pep rally to boost each other’s confidence! Exciting!!! 💙🐯💛
Congratulations to our aspiring young authors! It was such a memorable night for our talented writers receiving recognition for their hard work during the 47th Annual Write-a-Book Awards Ceremony held at Eleanor Roosevelt High School. Mrs. Puzniak’s 3-AP class won 2nd place with their class- produced nonfiction entry entitled ‘Young Geniuses at Work. Mrs. Piekarski’s 3-Pi class won 3rd place with their class- produced nonfiction entry entitled ‘Pursuing Our Passions’. Amber Galang, 4th grade in Mrs. Peterson’s class won second place on her Picture Story Book entry entitled ‘The Stressed Onion’. We are so proud of you all!!!
Prepare for a special treat!! 🎼🎶🎤😍 (5/10/24)
While I was giving new families a tour this morning, we walked into Mrs. Dillon’s fifth grade music class and were so entertained by the collaboration between Bohemian Rhapsody and Thriller! These students were not shy to share their gifts and talents! They did an outstanding job and I can’t wait until they can perform this in front of the entire school! (I trimmed this quite a bit.) Enjoy!
Friday, May 10th: That's a wrap for Teachers Appreciation Week! Our amazing GWES PTA and families made sure today was an unforgettable event that showcased the invaluable contributions of our educators and their unwavering commitment towards shaping the next generation of leaders and innovators. It was a star studied great day that will be remembered for a long time. Thank you for our delicious lunch from District Flames! 🔥
*Swag Bag Alert*📢
May 9th was Day 4 of Teacher Appreciation Week continued and the excitement grew! Teachers and staff received special treats. Our PTA and GWES Families showered our dedicated educators with gratitude and tasty goodies! Thank you!! 💙🐯💛
Day four of Children’s Mental Health Matters Week: Wacky Sock Day!!!
On May 9th, we wore our most unique socks to represent loving our differences and choosing kindness. Checkout a few cool socks!
Day 3 of Teacher Appreciation Week
Day 3 of Teacher Appreciation Week
Wed., May 8th, was Day 3 of Teacher Appreciation Week and teachers and staff received Fan Mail! Such sweet sentiments shared by students and families! I know I can speak for the rest of the GWES staff when we say we feel loved and appreciated! 💙🐯💛
School Nurse Appreciation Day!
School Nurse Appreciation Day!
On Wednesday, May 8th we celebrated Nurse Ajayi for School Nurses Appreciation Day! We are so thankful for the care she provides the entire Glenarden Woods family. 🎉💙🐯💛
May 8th was class picture day...
(Not a dry eye in 2nd grade!!!) Mr. Coon and Ms. Armstrong made a special appearance today for class picture day! We got his original class back together for their class picture. His original homeroom was over the moon happy to get another hug from their favorite teacher!!! 💙🐯💛
May 7th was day 2 of Children’s Mental Health Matters Awareness Week! Students dressed in green, made mental health posters, and completed our annual walk around the school. Everyone had a wonderful time! 💚
Tuesday, May 7th was Day 2 of Teacher’s Appreciation Week! We’re Popping! Staff and teachers enjoyed a popcorn bar in the media center. Thank you to the GWES PTA and parent volunteers for keeping the room stocked all day! 🍭 🍬 🍫 🍿 🍪 🍩
Also on Monday, May 6th we kicked off Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week with an awesome presentation and group activity by Dr. Gordon, School Psychologist. 💙🐯💛
Teacher Appreciation Week!
Teacher Appreciation Week!
May 6th - May 10th
Today was day 1 of Teacher AppreciationWeek! Teachers and staff enjoyed dressing red carpet ready and enjoying a delicious breakfast! Thank you so much, GWES PTA and volunteering parents.
On May 3rd, our teachers and staff were treated to a yummy omelette chef! This was in recognition of the hard work and dedication we give to our amazing students. It was a gift from our wonderful principal, Mr. B. who stated, “You certainly deserve all that and more for the #1 work that you do each and every day, in support of our children. Thank you!!” #GWESProud 💙🐯💛
May 3rd: Sneak peek! Now that fourth grade has finished MCAP, they are in full symposium mode!!! Students are working on aspects of the ancient Olympics including sports, mythology, Greek and Roman Gods and Goddesses. 💙🐯💛
Today (May 1st) was Principal’s Appreciation Day! Thank you Mr. B for your outstanding leadership. Your dedication and hard work are truly appreciated. We are fortunate to have you as our Principal! 💙🐯💛
On April 30th we celebrated our April Students of the Month! These students show exemplary commitment to Leadership. Thank you for making us #GWESProud and being role models. 💙🐯💛
On April 30th, Wowza! Look at what 2nd grade is working on! It’s a culminating project for Science. State of matter solids to liquid: What changes to objects can be reversed, and what cannot? Showing how heat can change the crayons to make crayon art through science 😊 🖍️
On April 30th, 2M beefed up the 2.10 Entry Task- “Cookout in 2nd grade” 🍔 Their entry task only asked for 5 supplies with a budget of $20 for a party and only adding whole dollars. Ms. Mack’s students had the WHOLE MENU to choose from and had to add dollars and cents! Way to go!!! 🍽️
Administrative Professionals Appreciation Day!
Administrative Professionals Appreciation Day!
It’s National Administrative Professionals Appreciation Day! Let’s celebrate Ms. Lambert and Ms. Belle for all the hard work they do on the behalf of the entire GWES school community! We are thankful for their depth of knowledge and patience with all that keeps us running each and every day! 💙🐯💛🎉🏆
Bus Driver Appreciation Day!
Bus Driver Appreciation Day!
April 23rd: It’s Bus Driver Appreciation Day! We made sure our PGCPS bus drivers knew they were all that and a bag of chips! We appreciate their hard work each and every day allowing so many of our students throughout the county to get where they need to be, safely! Thank you!!!💙🐯💛
April 17th: 2nd graders in Ms. Schumacher’s and Crenshaw’s classes visited American University for a field trip last Wednesday. Students had an amazing time and were on their best behavior! Next week, Ms. Selleh and Ms. Mack will be bringing their classes to enjoy this field trip. 💙🐯💛
April 19th: In Ms. Schumachers math class, students for unit 2.9: working with figures. Students created three dimensional shapes (cubes). They determined how many faces, edges, and vertices their cubes have. It’s just a plus that they are all so cute! ☺️
Thank you Ms. Lipczenko for showcasing so many of our students’ artistic work at the PGCPS Student Art Exhibit at Prince George’s Community College last night.
4th grader, Dario was excited to have his art on display and enjoyed seeing the art of students around the county. What a great opportunity! #GWESProud 🎨🖼️💙🐯💛
3rd grader, Joyce was also excited to have her art on display! So talented!!! #GWESProud 🎨🖼️💙🐯💛
4th grader, Shukla came to see her beautiful work on display! So talented!!! #GWESProud 🎨🖼️💙🐯💛
April 16th: Students practiced creating, estimating, and measuring all types of angles as they worked to out estimate their partner in a game of Angle Bullseye. 💙🐯💛
What an amazing time we had on Saturday, April 13th's evening at the Spring Pajama Jam! Thank you to our fantastic GWES PTA and all the many parent volunteers for creating such a fun social event for our school community! 💙🐯💛. ⭐Sponsored by the GWES PTA⭐
On April 12th I stopped in Art to see 3rd graders working on murals. 😍 🎨 🖼️ 🖌️
April 12th- Shhhhh….be very quiet, we are hunting angles! Right, acute, obtuse they are everywhere and students in 4M, 4P, and 4W found them as an introduction to our lessons on measuring angles. Thanks for sharing Ms. Mackowiak! #MathIsFun 💙🐯💛🕵🏼♀️🔍
April 8th: Such an amazing opportunity to witness the solar eclipse today with many of our closest friends! Students were in awe! 😎
On April 5th, Third grade students from Mrs. Piekarski’s science classes created a working model of solar and lunar eclipses using foam balls, a flashlight and cardboard. It involved members of a small group to collaborate with each other on tasks to prepare, follow directions as given and share how to make their model work. Students observed closely the difference between a solar eclipse from a lunar eclipse using the model they assembled. 💙🐯💛
Today, April 5th, there were three boys in Mrs Wright’s class that answered the call for Math Masters! Congratulations to Preston, Cody, and Immanuel! 💪🏻💛🐯💙
Congratulations, ALSO, to Princess, Maya, Maile, and Allison! We are so proud of you! 💪🏻💃🏼🐯
Naomi, Kennedy, Kennedy, and Ore are Ms. Mackowiak’s newest recipients of a Math Master pillowcases! Way to go, ladies! 💪🏻💃🏼❤️
Assistant Principal's Appreciation Day!
Assistant Principal's Appreciation Day!
4/3/24 - We would like to wish our Assistant Principal, Ms. Lauren Cathell, a happy Assistant Principal Appreciation Week! 🎉She does so much for our GWES Community and we are so thankful she joined our team this year! 💙🐯💛
Fourth Quarter started with Mrs. Piekarski’s 3rd grade science class attending a Virtual Field Trip on Aquatic Investigators/ Classroom Adventures sponsored by Howard B. Owen’s Science Center. The class was divided with students assigned as chemists, marine biologists, ecologists and engineers! Student engagement activities were done independently and collaboratively with their assigned teams.
Mrs. Piekarski shared, “Finding enthusiasm, exerting effort, taking pride in their work, and displaying courage and preparedness presenting their STEM projects to their peers to be evaluated based on the STEM Fair Rubric were ingredients of success!” ❤️ #GWESProud 💛🐯💙
March Students of the MONTH: HONESTY AND FAIRNESS
March Students of the MONTH: HONESTY AND FAIRNESS
On Friday, March 22nd we honored our Students of the Month. These students show exemplary commitment to honesty and fairness! Thank you for making us #GWESProud 💙🐯💛
March 21st: Third grade students from Mrs. Puzniak’s and Mrs. Piekarski’s science classes were amazed with tons of valuable information learned from 4th and 5th grade STEM projects! The third grade students used the STEM Rubric for Display Board to support their observations and reasoning on what makes a peer’s outstanding project noteworthy of going to the next level- district level competition.
Students in 4M are “Grabbing Factors” and will determine a strategy based on their knowledge of prime and composite numbers as well as multiples. Looks like great hands-on fun and awesome collaboration! 💙🐯💛
Congratulations to one of Ms. Mackowiak’s first students to pass the one through 12s and mixed facts to earn a pillowcase. 🤩 Liya K!
GWES Alumni, Helena L won a first place award in the Juniors Division (6th to 8th graders) representing Greenbelt Middle School at the S.T.E.A.M fair this past Saturday after a marathon 13hr day. She was one of six kids out of 1400 at GMS to represent her school and was competing against middle schools from PG and St. Mary's counties. The majority of the Juniors Division was 7th & 8th graders. 🥇
🥇🥇🥇Helena’s project researched the urban heat island effect and green roofing systems. 🥇🥇🥇
She also won:
🏆 -Junior Innovators Challenge Award from Thermo Fischer Scientific
🏆 -Outstanding Engineer Award from the Society for Women Engineers
🏆 -3rd place award from Woodstream Financial Services
Her family shared that while Helena deserves a lot of credit for this and worked hard, GWES also played a role. The GMS teachers have said it is clear which students come from GWES.💙🐯💛🎉 They all cite the hard work and focus that the GWES kids have. 💙🐯💛🎉They mention that they have been prepared to handle these big projects with less oversight. In the case of the Science project, her current teacher was impressed with her ability to go through the scientific process and build out a project - that is a big shout out to Ms. Greco-Foster and her work with Helena on her project last year. 🎉 💙🐯💛 🎉
Finally, Helena’s family said, “The dedication to these kids that Ms. Greco-Foster and the GWES team display is amazing. The way you push these kids to discover the best versions of themselves and the drive for academic excellence is exemplary. We are so fortunate to have our family as part of the GWES family.” 💙🐯💛
I LOVE HEARING THIS! #GWESProud! 💙🐯💛
March 15th: 2nd grade is enjoying their small groups using our Really Great Reading Word kits. Reinforcing our whole group lessons. Exploring the syllaboards with their spelling words today.
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Students in Ms Mackowiak’s fourth grade math classes learned how to compute the circumference and area of a circle today.
Additionally, students learned why pi is equal to 3.14. Fourth graders were excited to use geometry, formulas and calculators to explore and celebrate Pi Day! 💙🐯💛
March 14th: Ms. Schumacher’s & Ms. Selleh’s reading classes began a TAG unit from The College of William & Mary. Students explored some of the ways words can be used to create pictures in our minds and help us learn about the world. Students listened to the story, “It Looked Like Spilt Milk” and “Cloud Dance”. Then, they went outside and created their own cloud drawing connecting to imaginary. ☁️🤔💭
What a beautiful day to be learning outside! 💙🐯💛
Robotics club students worked on programming, the code for their robots to move an object around an obstacle. They also are working on programming the color identifier code in order to be able to trace a colored line and distinguish different colors.
Pie Day! 3/14
Pie Day! 3/14
Pi Day success! GWES Staff was treated to delicious pie to celebrate Pi Day! A few of us even dressed for the occasion!
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In honor of Pi day, Ms. Schumacher's class colored pizza pies and graphed the toppings. 🍕🍕🍕😋
In Ms. Mack’s math classes students made Pi Cities! Students created a bar graph cityscape using the first 55 digits of Pi. Awesome! 💙🐯💛
Students in Mrs. Puzniak’s classes worked collaboratively on Body Biography Projects. They stand tall in the 3rd grade hallway. Great job! 💙🐯💛
GWES 5th Gr Cheer Squad/Steppers
GWES 5th Gr Cheer Squad/Steppers
Got a sneak peek of our student led Tiger Cheer Squad doing stepping today. (Under the guidance of Ms. Jackson) Wow! Great job ladies! 💙🐯💛
On March 8th, Mrs. Piekarski’s and Mrs. Puzniak’s students enjoyed making connections with their childhood years spent with their own families, special occasions they have attended and memorable and exciting places they have been to as they browsed through family albums shared in class. What a great social- emotional learning activity! Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Adams and Amelia for sharing your family albums! ❤️
#InternationalSELDay
Read Across America
Read Across America
2nd graders enjoyed a Read Across America treat both Thursday and Friday! Julie Holley read, “I am Amelia Earhart” by Brad Meltzer. She is a volunteer with the Federal Aviation Administration project- “Aviation in schools initiative”. Ms. Holley was very pleased with students’ engagement with the material and discourse around the topic. #GWESProud 💙🐯💛📚
🏀 Dribble, Control, Freeze! 🏀
In P.E. class, we're honing our skills in Manipulative: Dribbling/Ball Control with Hands! 🤾♂️ Watch as we dribble basketballs while maintaining ball control, and on the freeze cue, students quickly get into triple threat position!
🌟 Let's dribble our way to victory with fun and focus! 🏆 #PEFun #BallControl #TripleThreat 🏀
🪳Pets, not Pests!🪳
🪳Pets, not Pests!🪳
Class pets… NOT Pests! 🪳🪳Mrs. Wright’s class welcomed new friends this month! Five Madagascar, hissing cockroaches! Thank you very much to the Doyle family! 🪳🪳
Mrs. Wright’s classes completed a mini lab today called Domino Effect. Students had to draw and label how energy transfers using the dominoes. Next, the build! (Fun and excitement ensued! ) Last, students wrote an observation about their domino project. Vocabulary used included: force, potential energy, kinetic energy, transfer, and motion. 💙🐯💛
Students in Ms. Emerson's Science and Social Studies class composed a five paragraph essay explaining why the gray wolf population requires protection. Essays synthesized factual information students collected through document analysis. Students also created their own essay covers and incorporated text features in their typed essays. Very impressive! Way to go! 💙🐯💛
2nd graders is Ms. Schumacher’s Math class used mental math with addition and rounding to estimate an equation for the sum. They really enjoyed connecting their screens to the board in the front of the classroom for collaboration.
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3rd grade students in Ms. Emerson’s Science classes read about the life and contributions of Katherine Johnson. They then used the engineering and design process to construct a prototype of the Apollo 13 space capsule! They tested their prototypes and made improvements, as needed. WOW! 🔭👨🏾🚀🧑🚀👩🚀🚀#GWESProud!
Fourth grade students are excited to create their GWES keychains. They plan the three-dimensional objects, layering them with text and then get to choose blue, yellow, white or black for their keychains. They are stunning! 🤩 💙🐯💛
Students in Ms. Mackowiak’s math classes have compacted out of their unit on fractions and are able to work on a choice board. These students chose choice 4, Fraction Street. We can’t wait to see what you’ve learned about fractions when you complete this enrichment activity! 💙🐯💛
Second grade delighted us today, 2/29 with a “Blacks in Wax” museum. Several grade levels and staff members were able to visit and learn so many new interesting and amazing facts about several influential Black Americans. We are so #GWESProud of your hard work and research! 💙🐯💛
On February 28th we celebrated perseverance in our February Students of the Month! We are so #GWESProud of how hard they work and never give up! In March, we are looking for students who show Fairness and Honesty! 💙🐯💛
RAIN RAIN GO AWAY!
RAIN RAIN GO AWAY!
🫣☔️💧 Here is Mrs. Soto... Ready to beat the relentless rain today! Thank you Ms. Lambert for the new parka!
4th grade students that have mastered their fraction standards have been accelerated in Ms. Mackowiak’s math classes. They are now working on Choice Board projects! 😍
💙🐯💛 #TAGBestPractice
The Maryland State Advisory Council on Gifted and Talented Education presented “Celebrating Gifted and Talented Education in Maryland” this evening at an awards ceremony.
💙🐯💛 Mr. Baudoin received the Local School Administrator Leadership in Gifted and Talented Education award.
💙🐯💛 Vannie T and Solomon HP received the Student Accomplishment in Gifted and Education - Elementary School award.
💙🐯💛 Mrs. Soto received the School-Based Coordinator/Specialist Leadership in Gifted and Talented Education award.
💙🐯💛 Mrs. Greco-Foster, Mrs. Piekarski, and Ms. Peterson received the Teacher Accomplishments in Gifted and Talented Education
What a memorable night filled with honor and GWES Pride! 💙🐯💛
Today, Mrs. Gilroy's reading club students wrote their rough draft and final draft of their biographical paragraph. She is very impressed with the final products! The students worked really hard learning about what a biography was, read all about Mae Jamison and wrote a biographical paragraph sharing all that they learned about Mae Jemison. Well done!
Sending a HUGE thank you to Mr. Bae (Jeremiah4 and Judith3) for stopping in and taking a look at the old jammed 3D printer. He is quite familiar with them, and with his tools took apart the entire heating /protruder/feeder and found the clog!
Our students are so excited and cannot wait till technology classes next week to watch our printers in action!!
Thank you so much!!!
Students in 4th grade visited the Sankofa Mobile Museum today to take part in Freedom Flight: Black Pilots in Early Aviation. Students enjoyed learning about the connection to Prince Georges County. #PGCPSProud 💛🐯💙
Thank you thank you! Thank you, thank you! Thank you to our anonymous surprise gift giver! We were in class today with 4th graders and we had a delivery of a brand new beautiful 3D printer and six rolls of luscious filament to use in our designs!!
Thank you so very much to the family that donated these items. They are very appreciated and will be loved and used by our students! 2/23/24
In honor of Black History Month, students are using the wevideo program to create videos about Black Americans who have had an impact on our world. (Check out our new Mac Lab!!! 😍🎉) 2/27/24
Check out the #PGCPSProud video they made for us! They came on Valentine’s Day! Such an amazing capture of our incredible culture here at GWES! #GWESProud 💙🐯💛
Check out the #1 School in Maryland!
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Mrs. Boyd's 3rd grade RELA Classes’ concluded their unit on Reading and Understanding Informational Text. Students completed a range of activities in order to show their learning. Students applied what they learned about informational text by selecting an informational book, reporting on the topic of their book, and presenting the information that they learned to their classmates.
Lessons and activities were designed based on the Bloom's Taxonomy model, in order to encourage higher order thinking by building students up from lower level cognitive skills.
Students had to:
- Recall and explain facts
- Formulate an opinion based on the facts.
- Create a vocabulary flyer teaching others about a word related to their topic.
- Demonstrate learning and understanding by speaking on their topic through an Oral Presentation.
* This is just a sample of their amazing work! Great job 3rd graders!
Students in Mrs. Boyd’s RELA classes wrote a persuasive essay arguing if Lily should or should not bring her purple plastic purse to school every day. They used text evidence to support their reasons. 💜 Great writing! 💙🐯💛
5th grade students paired up to make a weaving using atypical materials. They really brighten up the 5th grade hallway and all grade levels can enjoy them on their way to lunch and gym. 😍💙🐯💛
On Friday, February 16th, second and third grade Dancercise club members danced with gusto to the song “Better When I’m Dancing!” What an impressive group of dancers! Keep on swinging and dancing! ❤️🎶🙌 Exercise can be fun! 💙🐯💛
On February 15th, students in Grade 2 had an in-school Reptile and Amphibian Experience! So exciting! 🐍🐢🦎🐸
On February 15th, students in Grade 2 had an in-school Reptile and Amphibian Experience! So exciting! 🐍🐢🦎🐸
On Thursday, February 15th we celebrated our 2nd Quarter Honor Roll and Principal Honor Roll earners in 3rd and 5th grades. Thank you to all the families that joined us in person and those that watched it virtually. On Friday, February 16th, we celebrated our 2nd Quarter Honor Roll and Principal Honor Roll earners in 2nd and 4th grades. Thank you to all the families that joined us in person and those that watched it virtually. 💙🐯💛
5C/5K students are celebrating Black History Month with notable VIP individuals from the world of The Arts and Government. 💙🐯💛
5F, 5S, and 5H students are celebrating Black History Month by enjoying gallery walks amongst prominent African Americans with contributions in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. 💙🐯💛
5F, 5S, and 5H students are celebrating Black History Month by enjoying gallery walks amongst prominent African Americans with contributions in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. 💙🐯💛
Our AWESOME GWES PTA president joined us this morning as The Queen of Hearts! She worked with some amazing GWES parent volunteers to deliver Valentines to EVERY student in our school! Everyone felt the love today! 😍💕❤️💕❤️#GWESProud 💙🐯💛
Sankofa visit posted on the PGCPS website!
Sankofa visit posted on the PGCPS website!
What an honor! 💙🐯💛🤩💛🐯💙
A special thank you to Meghan N. Thornton, Director of Communications for sending a crew to make this short film. We are so glad we could help showcase our PG Parks and Recreations newest mobile museum! #GWESProud #PGCPSProud
#Fantastic Fridays!
#Fantastic Fridays!
So much spirit on Friday mornings!
💙🐯💛If you are a car rider you know! #IYKYK
On Friday, February 9th, Mrs. Foster’s homeroom got a visit from classmate, Tian-Ching’s mom, Yu-Jie! Together this dynamic team presented facts about Chinese New Year! 🧧 Students were able to make a cut out of the calligraphy for spring and got to taste a pineapple cake and a rice cake! Students really enjoyed this educational experience! We love this partnership with our #GWESFamilies! 💙🐯💛
On Thursday, February 8th, the Sankofa Mobile Museum visited the last three 5th grade classes today! Mrs. Harding’s class went first and CBS News Ch 9 News was there too! 🤩 Dr. Spears’ and Ms. Foster’s classes equally enjoyed their experience too! This was such a wonderful opportunity for our students to learn some rich history about John Greene and Prince George’s County! I know fourth grade will be just as excited when they have the opportunity to take part in this enrichment experience later this month.
2/6 and 2/8: In honor of Black History Month, Lego club’s challenge this week was to make African flags to represent a Country of their choosing. They are turning out so awesome and we look forward to making them all! 😍💚🖤❤️💛
Wednesday, February 7th was the 100th day of school! Check out these great pictures for those who celebrated! Fun fact: 5th grade celebrated their 1,000th Day of School!( K-4@ 180 days + 100. =1,000) #GWESProud 💙🐯💛
World Read A-Loud Day!
World Read A-Loud Day!
Ms. Mackowiak participated in World Read Aloud Day today by reading, The Tale of Despereaux to her 4th grade classes! ❤️📚❤️
Tuesday, 2/6 it was an amazing hands-on experience for each Drama Club member from Mrs. Hancock's and Mrs. Piekarski's groups! They wrote a script collaboratively hoping that their script would be voted as one of the 2 best scripts for the Drama Performance in April. And yes! Drama club members chose the 2 best scripts! During their session next Tuesday afternoon, students will improve these 2 scripts to accommodate theme, number of performers, preparation for props, etc. They are all excited!!! ⭐️ 🤩 ⭐️
Let's Kick off Black History Month! ❤️ 💚 🖤 💛
Let's Kick off Black History Month! ❤️ 💚 🖤 💛
We are SUPER EXCITED to kick off our Black History Month Spirit Week starting on Monday, February 5th. Monday is Black Wall Street: Generation Alpha edit! Dress to impress to represent black excellence and the rebirth of BWS.
🤩 I am pleased to share that Superintendent Millard House II will be visiting our school on Monday, 2/5 around 12 noon to share his personal connection to Black Wall Street!!! 🤩 We hope to impress him with our school spirit, so be ready to dress to impress on Monday to kick off our BHM Spirit Week! 📸🤩😎🤩📸 #LikeABoss 😎
Today, 2/5 we kicked off the first day of our Black History Month spirit week with Black Wall Street! Students dressed to impress to represent Black excellence and the rebirth of BWS. Outstanding school spirit!
On Monday, February 5th, Superintendent Millard House II visited our school. He shared his rich history and personal connection to Black Wall Street, growing up just a half mile away, and even getting married on Black Wall Street. He has come from a family of educators, and his father, at 28 years old, led the charge to desegregate schools and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Our fifth graders truly enjoyed having the opportunity to spend time with our superintendent to learn more about this time in history. We are #PGCPSProud and #GWES Proud 💙🐯💛
What an honor!💙🐯💛
What an honor!💙🐯💛
PGCPS put out a reel on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
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We had a GREAT day today celebrating Day 2 of our Black History Month Spirit Week: HBCU Day! So many outstanding colleges and Universities represented! 🤩❤️
Sankofa Mobile Museum
Sankofa Mobile Museum
2/6/24: We had an AMAZING first visit from PGCPS’ Parks and Planning’s Sankofa Mobile Museum! Our 5th graders had the opportunity to learn about Freedom’s Flight: Black Pilots in Early Aviation. Students prepared for liftoff and learned about John Greene, a Black aviator, and the Cloud Club, a group created for and by Black pilots in the 1940s!
PGCPS sent their communications department to our school to videotape this experience.
2/7 was Day 3 of our Black History Month Spirit Week: Black Heroes Day. Students dressed up as their favorite African-American scholar, activist, leader, Pioneer, or hero! ❤️💚💛🖤Outstanding participation! 🤩
Thursday, 2/8 was day 4 of our Black History Month Spirit Week: MLK Pajama Day! “I have a dream…” Students enjoyed wearing their favorite pjs to school today!
Friday, 2/9 was day 5 of our Black History Month Spirit Week! It was Unity Day! Students wore red, black, green, and yellow for unity, representation, identity, and diversity! ❤️🖤💚💛
On February 2nd, technology classes in fourth grade investigated the effect of gravity on the weight of an object and the height of the angle of the ramp. They use the Lego motion brick q kits provided by the TAG offices. 💙🐯💛🎉
This week we kicked off the American Heart Association’s Kids Heart Challenge: Jump for Heart.
🚨Parents: Please remember to sign up for FINNS MISSION using the Kids Heart Challenge flyers sent home. 😁❤️❤️❤️
On February 1st, Ms. Mackowiak’s class explored the concept of equivalence. Not only can students create a visual tape diagram, but an equation comparing fractions, and mathematically prove it! 💪🏻🐯💪🏻 💙🐯💛 #GWESProud
We are #GWESProud to share that fifth grader, Tanvi, along with her "Greenbelt Bots" teammates won 1st in the Science Innovation Award in the First Lego League (FLL) qualifiers held last weekend at Joppatowne Elementary School in MD.
We are also very happy that her team is in the few top teams invited for the upcoming FLL state championship to be held at UMBC, Baltimore on Feb 24th, 2024. Pictured above are some moments of her weekend fun with lots of Legos! Outstanding accomplishment! 💙🐯💛
1/31/24: Students in Ms Mackowiak’s math classes have begun to identify fraction sizes, equivalence, and places on a number line! The use of fraction bars is SO helpful in determining size! 💪🏻🐯💙
January 30th was Mrs. Soto's birthday! She had a day full of love and happiness! Thank you to all that celebrated with her! 🥰 💙🐯💛
Our triumphant Science Bowl Team defeated Bond Mill in their first round. Their teamwork and cooperation must be commended! 🥳 They gave it all they could, but their second game against Heather Hills TAG Center was a miss. Congratulations to HHES for their win! 💙🐯💛
4th graders in Ms. Scott’s classes went on a virtual field trip today! 💙🐯💛💻 1/18/24
Description: Journey with us as we prepare to drop in the midst of a weather alert, which brings about torrential rains and quickly gives way to a sloppy, soggy, floody mess!
During their field trip, students prepared for a flood event and then were requested to assist another by using criteria and constraints to provide the best solution for the scenarios they experienced. This gave way to a localized, natural, Earth-changing disaster for humans!
Wow wow wow! Ms. Mackowiak is so AWESOME with her Cricut machine! 😍 Our Science Bowl Team will look their best next Tuesday, 1/23 with their lucky GWES matching shirts! Let’s wish Mrs. Foster and the Team good luck on their upcoming competition! 🍀 We are #GWESProud of you all! 💙🐯💛
Third graders in Mr. Doran‘s Math classes selected and read a piece of Math literature. (Options above grade level too!!! 😍) They were given a choice board of end products to use to show understanding of the Math skills learned. Enriched instruction in Mathematics is another GREAT TAG center program feature!
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On January 10th our GWES PTA hosted another Chipotle Spirit Night! We took over the College Park Chipotle across from the IKEA. Everyone had an amazing night! We love seeing our school family outside of school!!! 🌮💛🐯💙🌮
January 9, 2024
January 9, 2024
Today is Law Enforcement Appreciation Day! We celebrated Officer Taylor of the Glenarden Police Department for his positive presence and visible support in the lives of our staff, students, and school community. Thank you!!! 💙🐯💛👮🏽♂️🚓
Our 2nd grade team rocked their new Super Teacher shirts that Ms. Schumacher gave her team for Christmas. 😍🦸🏽♀️🦹♀️🦸♂️🦸🏽♀️
The superwomen were holding it down today while Superman is enjoying retirement! Lol! (We miss Mr. Coon!)
4th and 5th grade 2nd quarter Lego club had fun this morning free building or working on a New Year’s ball dropping mechanism challenge!
This is a reminder that second quarter ends in about two weeks. Mrs. Craig and I will welcome third-quarter Lego club members starting January 25th. (Reminder letters for 3rd quarter members will go home next week. )
Our very #GWESProud second grader, Harvey went to London over the winter break to see family that lives in the UK). He paid a visit to London’s Natural History Museum, famous for its huge collection of fossils, gems, and other wonders. HE WORE HIS GWES SWAG!!! 💙🐯💛
The photo in the top right corner is with a Patagotitan, one of the largest known creatures to ever walk the planet (longer than a blue whale!). It was discovered in 2010.
Fun fact: the final scenes of the Paddington movie were filmed at the museum - Harvey’s little brother found that more exciting than the dinosaurs.🦕 Thank you so much for sharing! We love seeing everyone’s experiences! 🎉
Mrs. Harding’s 5th grade class had some awesome parent volunteers today!!! They held it down!!! Class games, fun activities, and even an extended lunch break for Mrs. Harding! We really do have the most amazing students and parents! 💙🐯💛
A special THANK YOU to our AWESOME PTA and volunteering GWES Parents for treating our staff to an AMAZING holiday lunch today, 12/22! We thoroughly appreciated the food, service, ambiance, DJ, and raffle!!! We feel loved and spoiled! Please enjoy the winter break and take time to enjoy one another’s company. We are blessed to serve our GWES Community and Families! See you all in the New Year!!! 2024 will be fantastic!
Today, 12/22 was day 5 of our Countdown to Winter Break spirit week! It was Pajama Day and school spirit was STRONG!!! Check out all this cuteness captured! #LastDay #GWESProud #PJDay
12/22: Ms. Foster's class all ACED their tests and earned cupcakes! We celebrated with a music free-for-all with rhythm sticks, tambourines, and maracas 🪇 It was awesome watching the kids play on different surfaces to test out the pitches they can make!
On December 21st, Ms. Foster's Fifth grade students sampled Spanish treats in iCal class. 1. Tatiana made tembleque ( a Spanish coconut pudding) from Puerto Rico. 2. Grace visited a Spanish bakery and brought in pasadelas, a Spanish pastry from Mexico. 3. Bailey made us Churros, from the recipe in our iCal books! These were yummy!! We enjoyed them very much!
Thank you to our students and their parents for sending the treats in for us!
December Students of the Month!
December Students of the Month!
Desired Character Trait: Compassion
On Thursday, December 21st, we celebrated our December Students of the Month! We are so proud of all of these compassionate students! Next month we will celebrate Cooperation and Teamwork!
4th grader, Mika P. won the raffle at the GWES Fall Festival for “Principal for the Day.” Today, 12/21 was that special day!!! She was kept very busy with visiting classrooms, handing out Student of the Month awards, and also screening Mr. B’s phone calls! 😂 Mika was a great GWES Principal for the Day!!!! ❤️👏🎉
December 21st: Day 4 of our Countdown to Winter Break spirit week! Today we wore white to celebrate the Winter Solstice! Don’t forget to wear warm holiday or fleece pajamas on our last day before break!!!
Passion Projects!
Passion Projects!
From PowerPoints and to creating their own websites, to diorama, experiments and poster boards, several 3- AP and 3-Pi students presented their Passion Projects with enthusiasm! Students also projected confidence and expertise on their choice topics. Student presenters responded well to questions asked by their peers about their Passion projects. More to come! 💙🐯💛
On 12/20, Mrs. Piekarski’s homeroom parents treated her class to engaging holiday crafts and games which the students enjoyed immensely! Doing crafts together helped foster bonding and friendship in fun and creative ways.
It also helped boost self- esteem and self- expression amongst the students. Thank you, Parents!!! We appreciate you!!! 💙🐯💛
It was day 3, December 20th of our Countdown to Winter Break spirit week! Today we dressed in holiday fashion! Students wore ugly sweaters, holiday themed clothes, or dressed as a holiday character or thing! Such a FUN DAY!!!
💙🐯💛 Don’t forget: tomorrow we will be wearing white to celebrate the beginning of winter and observing the Winter Solstice.
Also on December 19th, our amazing student government association, SGA put together an awesome cookie decorating activity for all of fifth grade today. Thank you to all of the families that donated cookies, frosting, and other decorations to make this a special and memorable moment for our fifth graders! 💙🐯💛 (They had so much fun!!!) Also, a HUGE THANK YOU to Ms. Foster and Ms. Craig for being the outstanding leaders they are! ✨🤩✨
12/19 Day 2, of our Countdown to Winter Break spirit week was crazy hats and glasses day! So much school spirit!!! Don’t forget: Tomorrow we dress in holiday fashion! Feel free to wear an ugly sweater, holiday themed clothes, or dress as a holiday character or thing!
Day 1, December 18th: Caught some adorable warm winter clothes today! We hope you enjoy “snow” homework tonight! Don’t forget… Tomorrow is crazy hat/glasses day! Love that school spirit! 💙🐯💛
We are so excited for SPIRIT WEEK!!!!
We are so excited for SPIRIT WEEK!!!!
It's the countdown to winter break!!! 5 FULL days until our much needed break! We have a full line up of fun!
Students in 5th grade are using our 3D printers to build a Winter Wonderland of Snowmen! We LOVE snow!
Student use Tinkercad to design the snowmen, and to add the details and accessories. We print in white filament, and students will decorate them for display in January. In the upcoming months, 4th grade will also begin using Tinkercad to design Keychains.
In the spring, students in grades 4 & 5 will have a treat for the entire school!! Wait and See!
Tinkercad is a free, easy to use, app for 3D design, electronics and coding. Students can access it with their PGCPS login and credentials.
On December 13th we caught 3rd grade practicing following the rhythm! So much fun!!! 🎼🎶🎵
4th graders in Ms. Wright’s classes used the Engineering and Design Process to create a new and improved dental product (toothbrush, dental floss, toothpaste, mouthwash or a combination product). Criteria, constraints, and questions allowed students to generate ideas for research and design a prototype! Outstanding creativity! 💙🐯💛
December 12th: Students in Grade 2 used Kaplan’s Depth and Complexity icons plus their knowledge of complete sentences to create an enriched elf creative writing. Incorporating D&C is a TAG Center best practice! 💙🐯💛
Three current GWES students and a former student showcased their impressive singing and dancing skills during their musical performance ‘Rock N’ Roll Revival 2023 last Saturday! Hurrah to Emmett P (5- Kiso) Matilda P (3-Puzniak), Thea M (2- Schumacher), and Eddie H who is now in Greenbelt MS! All current GWES students are in Drama Club with Ms. Hancock and Mrs. Piekarski. Bumped into Vivienne C (3-Piekarski)! Such a fun night watching a riveting musical performance! 💙🐯💛
Students of fourth grade classes used Lego BrickQ motion kits to describe and explain how force and mass can change an object's motion. They studied a gymnast in action and how motion affects the gymnast in the movement of their skills. Students designed a car to use the movement that replicates a gymnast swinging from the high bar for motion.
Drama Club members who recited their monologue demonstrated creativity and imagination acting out their piece. It was impressive to see how peers have judged their peer performance with their collaborative discussion determining who the winners were! Can’t wait to see the rest of the members to get on mini- stage for their monologue performance next Tuesday afternoon.
There was strong evidence that Debate Club members displayed improved teamwork and enhanced interpersonal relationship among team members. Today’s topics were on:
1) Should hunting be banned as a sport?
2) Should students be paid for going to school? Impressive sharing of their objective points! Till next Thursday session again! 💙🐯💛
On December 7th, 4th and 5th grade Lego club did an excellent job in their temporary location! We would like to thank Ms. Foster for allowing us to use her classroom today! 💙🐯💛
On December 6th, students in 2nd grade completed the Unit 2.4 measuring time introduction lesson: Incorporating tangible manipulatives and interactive digital PearDeck lessons. Students enjoyed manipulating their hand held analog clocks. ⏰
On Friday, 12/3 we celebrated the 5th grade 1st Quarter Honor Roll earners! Dr. Spears reminded us how thankful we are for all that we have. Mr. B spoke about goal setting. Once the awards concluded, we had the opportunity to embrace our loved ones! What a great way to end the week! Thank you to those that came out in person as well as those who joined us via livestream. #GWESProud 💙🐯💛
What an incredible morning! We celebrated our 3rd grade, 1st Quarter Honor Roll earners! We were delighted by a visit from our Instructional Director Dr. LaTonya Williams. She presented our school with a certificate of achievement for being the number one school in the State of Maryland! 💙🐯💛
Dancercise! 👏🎶🥁🎵
Dancercise! 👏🎶🥁🎵
Dancing to the beat!!! What such a delightful treat to see Dancercise Club members dance and exercise to the music!!! Let’s do this again next Friday morning!!! 👏🎶🥁🎵
11/30 - It was so impressive to watch and listen how the Debate Club members articulated their thoughts clearly and argued persuasively their point of view in a confident and calm tone on these two topics: (1) Should cell phones and beepers be allowed in the classroom? and (2) Should schools impose a dress code? Awesome!!! 😎
Student of the Month
Student of the Month
On Thursday, November 30th, we celebrated the Students of the Month for November. These were students that showcased our valued trait, kindness. We are so #GWESProud of all our student of the month earners. In December, students will be working towards the valued trait, Compassion.
Thursday morning, 11/29 Lego club with 4th and 5th was awesome! So much creativity! 💙🐯💛 Students really enjoy their free build time. Some wanted to work on the challenge of creating a float like the ones in the Macy's Day Parade!
"Framing" Quadrilaterals
Students in Mr. Doran’s math classes used Kaplan's Depth and Complexity Icons to go beyond the surface level of the concept of quadrilaterals, or four-sided polygons. The icons were integrated into the discussion of quadrilaterals as well as how the icons can be used to frame nearly any topic. 💙🐯💛
It was an amazing display of immense confidence when some 2nd - 3rd grade Drama club members showcased their creative recitation of a monologue of their choice. Students had fun ‘judging’ their peers’ performance. Some can’t wait to have their turn performing before their peers next Tuesday. Such a highly motivated group of aspiring stage performers! Way to go! 💙🐯💛
Robotics club was hard at work this afternoon, 11/29/23! We love the collaboration! Very focused and fun! 💙🐯💛 🤖
The fourth grade first quarter honor roll took place this afternoon. We were honored by the presence of the Mayor of Glenarden, Mayor Cashenna Cross! She had so much love for GWES!!! We want to thank all of the families and friends that came out in person to celebrate their scholar. Thank you also to those that joined us on livestream! We are #GWESProud of everyone!
The second grade first quarter honor roll took place this morning. We loved celebrating our hardworking students! So many happy faces seeing all the families that came to support their accomplishments! We are #GWESProud of everyone! 💙🐯💛
Lots of fun in 2nd/3rd Lego club this chilly morning! 11/28/23
On November 28th, students from 4M, 4W, and 4P, engaged in mathematical discourse with noticings and wonderings related to an apprentice task. Learning to analyze and compare their work to their peers created conversation on how to elevate their work! 💙🐯💛
Students and Mrs. Boyd‘s Reading Language Arts classes, conducted “mini research” on specific types of owls. They applied what they learned about main idea, supporting details, and summarizing in order to create a summary report highlighting what was learned from their research. Mrs. Boyd concurrently taught Common Core standards for both 3rd grade and 4th grade! Acceleration is a key feature of a TAG Center school. 💙🐯💛
Walking around getting pics for the yearbook when I stumbled upon this treat!!! Second year band students playing CROWN OF MAJESTY! 🎼🎶🎵
11/20: In technology class, the 4th graders planed and conducted investigations with Lego BrickQ motion kits provided by the tag office.
They will work together to design the input code needed to pass a soccer ball down the field and score. ⚽️🥅 🤖
In the upcoming months, 4th grade students will use evidence to construct an explanation relating to the speed of an object and to the energy of that object.
11/20: Ms. Schumacher’s students completed Math Turkey Mania!!! Unit 2.3 addition within 100 Showing addition in a variety of strategies (hundreds chart, base ten blocks, open number line, and place value/expanded form) So creative! 💙🐯💛🦃
Robotics club meets on Wednesday afternoons and look like they are having a GREAT time! 🤖 🤖
ReadAThon reward #2 for Ms. Schumacher’s class! (Crazy Hair Day!) 💙🐯💛 Tomorrow they earned crazy sock day! We can't wait to see their unique socks!
This is your reminder to keep reading and earning rewards for the ReadAThon!!!
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On November 15th, Ms. Schumacher’s class earned lunch with the teacher for their class earning $$$ on the ReadAThon fundraiser. Tomorrow they earned crazy hair day and then crazy sock day on Friday! Such fun incentives!!! 💙🐯💛
Camp Schmidt
November 13th and 14th our 5th Grade attended Camp Schmidt! At Camp Schmidt, students engage in several different ecological challenges, participating in groups and as a whole team. They use physical elements that represent environmental issues and concepts. They identify and analyze cause and effects on the environment while creatively problem solving to meet the challenges they face. One of the most rewarding is the Confidence Course. It is designed for students to reinforce their self-confidence while stepping outside of their comfort zone. Students broaden their growth mindset to challenge themselves through goal setting and positive self talk. Of course with over fifty cheering friends who want to see you succeed, it’s a lot of fun too! Students see themselves as part of a larger world where they can effect change and make a difference to the lives of others and the world around them.
On November 9th, PTA Officers Ms. Robinson (vice- president) and Ms. Franklin (treasurer) brougnt a pizza party to Ms. Piekarski's class. They served Mrs. Piekarski’s class with pizzas, cupcakes, chips and drinks when Vic C won the raffle held last GWES Fall Harvest Festival! It was such a huge treat! Good food and fun times as a happy ending to their school week! 💙🐯💛
GWES ReadAThon!
GWES ReadAThon!
Our AWESOME READATHON Donation Fundraiser kicked off today, 11/7 and we are super excited!! Our students will be doing some extra reading and using teamwork to unlock incentives and rewards! We have created a special donation page for your student. Check it out:
Click on this link and type in your student's name! à https://app.pledge-drive.net/Campaign/glenardenreads
Click on the Video Button to watch the Daily Reading Challenge and read more about what we are raising money for on your student's page!
💙🐯💛 WE NEED YOUR HELP! 💙🐯💛
Canned Food Drive!
Canned Food Drive!
The GWES PTA would like to thank all our families, teachers, and staff for donating to stuff a truck for PGC Office of Community Relations. 💙🐯💛
On October 31st we had our 4th annual Vocabulary Parade! It was well attended and participation was spectacular!
On October 31st we celebrated the October Student of the Month, students who showed Self-Control.
2nd Annual GWES Fall Festival! 🍁🍂🍁
2nd Annual GWES Fall Festival! 🍁🍂🍁
On October 28th, we celebrated as a school community! It was our 2nd annual Fall Festival and we had so much fun! We danced, played games, did crafts, and trunk or treated!
Best Halloween Costume!
Best Halloween Costume!
Mrs. Soto was absolutely HONORED to be the first choice of one of our parents who chose her ICONIC Fantastic Friday outfit as her costume! Everyone knows Mrs. Soto is #GWESProud and is always outside on Fridays showing school spirit with a yellow and blue tutu and pompoms. This parent #NailedIt 💙🐯💛
1st Place Winners
1st Place Winners
Congratulations to the Ruiz Family for their amazing Coco Car! They one first place in our Trunk or Treat contest!
Runner Up!
Runner Up!
A special Thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Soto for participating in the fun!
On October 25th we celebrated Wear Red Day to signify that we are drug free!
Throughout October students worked on amazing things in art class! 😍😍😍
Check out this serious cuteness!!! Second grade looked fabulous in all that pink! 💕💕 #NationalBreastCancerAwarenessMonth
Mrs. Piekarski was able to capture the spirit in 3rd grade too! So happy to see so much spirit! 💕💕 #NationalBreastCancerAwarenessMonth
Today, 10/18, we celebrated Unity Day by wearing orange for National Bullying Prevention Month. Don’t forget, tomorrow we wear 💕pink 💕 for National Breast Cancer Awareness.
On October 17th, we welcomed the Maryland State Department of Education’s Director of Advanced Academics and Gifted and Talented Education, Anthony Vargas, to GWES! We couldn't wait to show our visitors the amazing teaching and learning that takes place at GWES each and every day! 💙🐯💛
Students in 2 Schu completed a hands-on investigation for comparing lakes and rivers using modeling clay. Students were excited to see how water flows in each.
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It’s multiplication Judo!
4th graders in Ms. Mackowiak’s classes are battling it out to see who can get the highest products with the box method. This method gives the students better understanding of what happens when multiplying two and three digit numbers together. Way to go! 💙🐯💛
October 16th: Students in the grade 5 three-split worked virtually with an EverFi educator during a virtual lesson in technology classes. EverFi provides cloud based digital courses in character education, health and wellness, and financial education for highschool students, as well as STEM & Career opportunities to explore.
They completed a Pear deck lesson on character education, and the worker independently on either The Compassion Project or Character Playbook. This program has been paid for for our students by Magic Johnson and the Washington Commanders.
Today lesson, the students learned about showing compassion for other people. Showing compassion for people who may be different than we are.
The Hyattsville Zombie Run was awesome!
We want to thank all of our GWES Families that came out to run on Saturday, October 14th. 💙🐯💛🧟♀️🧟
What a delightful social emotional learning activity when third grade students from Mrs. Piekarski’s and Mrs. Puzniak’s classes brought their favorite teddy bears to school! Smiles, laughter and happy sharing filled the room throughout the day. 😊❤️
Third grade students in Mrs. Piekarski’s and Mrs. Puzniak’s classes were engaged in academic play during Math Centers time using Logic Links. Last week’s foci were observing Accountable Talk, asking probing questions and using critical thinking skills to arrive at correct answers. What an amazing display of group collaboration! 💙🐯💛
Fourth graders in Ms. Scott's classes completed a Hands-On activity called, “Changing Motion.” In the activity, students investigated the relationship between energy and force. Students examined how speed and motion changed when two objects collide and transfers energy to each other.
Yesterday students in 4th grade(4M,4W.4P) Participated in the Engineering and Design Cricket Wicket Knockdown Challenge. This activity supports our connection to our Olympic themed Symposium! 💙🐯💛
What a treat! 👀 In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, students in ICAL learned De Colores, a traditional, Spanish language, folk song. I had the opportunity to see second grade in action! Bravo guitar playing Dr. Raralio! 🎶💙🐯💛🎶
October 2nd, 2023
October 2nd, 2023
We had a fun day celebrating our wonderful school custodians! Giving a huge THANK YOU to Samantha Jackson, Building Supervisor, Kevin Noel, Night Foreman, Ms. Vivian Caudle, and Troy Speight. 💙🐯💛
On Friday, September 29th, all grade levels attended the Student Code of Conduct assemblies. Students should have brought home a green acknowledgment paper that requires a guardian’s signature. When you receive it, please send it back to school signed. 💙🐯💛
On Friday, September 29th, we celebrated our September Students of the Month! They earned this recognition for representing our valued trait: Responsibility! We are #GWESProud of you!
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🎉A VERY PROUD MOMENT!🎉 Glenarden Woods ES, “Where Dreams Come True” was just ranked the top performing ES in the entire STATE of Maryland!!! Congrats to our students, staff and families! 🎉💙🐯💛🎉
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3Pie & 3Puz are tapping into their inquisitive minds to select their independent research projects for their Genius Hour!!! 💙🐯💛 This TAG best practice meets the needs of our gifted learners.
Look who we spotted in our school? Officer Taylor visited and talked to Mrs. Puzniak’s and Mrs. Piekarski’s 3rd grade students about safety at home and in school. Thank you Officer Taylor for engaging students in an lively discussion on safety. 💙🐯💛👮🏽♂️
During physical education classes on 9/27, students embarked on an exciting journey through an obstacle course designed to ignite their understanding of movement concepts. This engaging course featured a variety of pathways, levels, and shapes, challenging our students to navigate it creatively and skillfully. Not only did this obstacle course add a thrilling element to our sessions, but it also served as a powerful, educational tool. It allowed our students to grasp the intricate nuances of movement concepts, while having a blast! 💙🐯💛
Happy Birthday Mr. B!
Happy Birthday Mr. B!
Mrs. Puzniak’s and Mrs. Piekarski’s third grade students had fun making birthday notes and creating a birthday banner for Mr. B! Such activities help promote social and emotional learning by encouraging them to express gratitude, appreciation and thoughtfulness!❤️
Happy birthday, Mr. B! ❤️
Back to School Nights 2023-2024 were a huge success! This year we were back to in-person and we had such great informative nights! Grades 2 and 3 were on Tuesday, September 19th and Grades 4 and 5 were on Wednesday, September 20th!
September 18th-22nd
September 18th-22nd
We enjoyed visiting the Fall Scholastic Book fair! There were so many great things to purchase! Students left the fair with a lot of great reads! Thank you to our GWES PTA for setting it up, running it, and cleaning it up! We couldn't do it without you!
Friday, Sept 15ish
Friday, Sept 15ish
Did you know that September 15ish is International Dot Day? It's a day to celebrate creativity, imagination, and working together.
It's based on the book, The Dot, by Peter Revnold's which is about a little girl Vashti who doubts her own ability in art and is uninspired. The teacher encourages and believes in the student even though the student doubts their own ability. The teacher encourages Vashti to just make a mark and sign it and so the story begins about a little girl who becomes inspired, more confident in herself, and helps others find their own creativity.
My spirit heart is full!!! 💙🐯💛🔵🟡🔵 It’s #FantasticFriday and #InternationalDotDay! We are making our mark today and participating in so many fun and creative activities to show just how unique we are!
My spirit heart is full!!! 💙🐯💛🔵🟡🔵 It’s #FantasticFriday and #InternationalDotDay! We are making our mark today and participating in so many fun and creative activities to show just how unique we are!
They understood the assignment! 😍
#FantasticFriday #DotDay
Students in Ms. Emerson's, Mrs. Boyd's, and Mr. Doran's classes defined the terms fixed and growth mindset. They listened to the story, The Dot, and discussed Vashti's shifting mindset regarding her creative ability. Students were able to identify and understand that 1) Vashti had a motivator who encouraged her 2) Vashti believed that she could improve her ability and did so through practice. Students named their own personal motivators and acknowledged that they too act as motivators to friends and family.
Next, students analyzed the work of Wassily Kandinsky. The samples analyzed centered upon a dot that radiated with brightly colored irregular circles. They then created their own Kandinsky inspired art.
Our students are so creative! 💙🐯💛
5C and 5K were inspired by Peter H. Reynold's book, The Dot. After identifying positive words & phrases that reflect a 5th grade growth mindset, students "made their mark" by creating watercolor dots that are both beautiful & inspirational. We hope you feel encouraged today. 😍 🔵🟣🟢🔴🟡
5th graders in 5C and 5K are working on something pretty magical too! 👀 We can’t wait to see the end result!
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TAG Supervisor, Theresa Jackson stopped by to deliver ICAL materials! Naturally we had to show off our dots!
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Students in Mrs. Crenshaw’s classes listened to the story, The Dot. They discussed why it’s important to simply just try their best. They learned some of the world’s greatest ideas started with something very small! Students created their own masterpieces. 🖼️. 🔵🟡🟣🔴🟢 💙🐯💛
Students in Ms. Schumacher’s classes listened to the story, The Dot and were given various sized dot patterns. Students instantly made a connection to Unit 2.1 in math! They realized that our coins are also different sizes. Check out these Math Money Dots! 🟡🔵🟣🔴🟢
After watching a Read-Aloud video: The Dot, students in Mrs. Piekarski’s and Mrs. Puzniak’s Math classes were asked to collaborate with each other in small groups in order to build the tallest structure using index cards and sticky dots! Foci for today were on Accountable Talk, Class Norms #1, #2 and #3. 💙🐯💛
Students in Ms. Mackowiak's Math classes got to work with yummy dots! Students got to think of varied ways to count the dots, group the dots, and graph the dots. Of course they were able to EAT the DOTS!
On Thursday, September 14th, students in Ms. Schumacher’s class enjoyed using coin manipulatives to show ways of adding to find the sum of the total of their coins. They had so much fun!
Wow! Congrats to US!
Wow! Congrats to US!
🥳 Congratulations to Glenarden Woods Elementary School! We are the Quarter 1 DreamBox Champions for Cluster 2!! Students averaged 5.5 lessons during SY 22-23! Wonderful job! 🎉🎉
Look! Somebody understood the assignment! 🤩💛🐯💙🤩
You know it's Friday when the GWES Spirit breaks down the door! 💙🐯💛 9/8/23
On Wednesday, September 6th, Ms. Hancock caught a glimpse of Mr. Coon's Math class working to identify equal groups. Students discussed whether they would be able to equally divide 2 and 3.
We love visitors!
We love visitors!
What a #WonderfulWednesday! We enjoyed a visit from Instructional Director, Ms. Williams, as well as the dynamic duo from the TAG office, TAG Supervisor, Ms. Jackson and Ms. Gregory! Such an honor to have them in the building at the same time! 💙🐯💛
Our first GWES Spirit night was at yummy Chipotle! We always have fun with staff, family, and students! Thank you for supporting GWES!!! 🌮🌮🌮💙🐯💛🌮🌮🌮
Hip hip hooray! 🎉It’s FRIDAY!!!🎉 We show our #GWESPride every Friday! 🎉💙🐯💛🎉
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8/30/23 - TAG Supervisor, Theresa Jackson visited Glenarden Woods today to see the great teaching and learning happening around our building. We love the support from the TAG office and always have fun catching up! 💙🐯💛
Monday, August 28, 2023- Happy 1st Day of School! A special thank you to everyone that signed up to be parent cheerleaders and student ambassadors. We really couldn’t have opened our doors without the tremendous amount of help from our GWES families. Thank you for making today extra special. 💙🐯💛
Friday, August 25th- Great turnout for our New Student Orientation! Looks like our newest Tigers are excited for things to come! We are ready to welcome all of our #GWESTigers back bright and early Monday morning for the first day of school! Doors open at 8:45am! 🎉💙🐯💛🎉
Welcome back Breakfast!
Welcome back Breakfast!
Tuesday, August 22, 2023: What an OUTSTANDING turn out today for the GWES Back to School Play Date! Everyone looks like they had an amazing time! I hope some of our newest families had a chance to meet current families and grab some GWES swag! 💙🐯💛 Looking forward to SY23/24!!!
8/12/23 - What an OUTSTANDING turn out today for the GWES Back to School Play Date! Everyone looks like they had an amazing time! I hope some of our newest families had a chance to meet current families and grab some GWES swag! 💙🐯💛 Looking forward to SY23/24!!!
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