Glen Haven Elementary School PTA

Announcements:

• Informal Parent Information Session/PTA meeting NEXT week: Please join the Glen Haven PTA on Tuesday May 5 at 5 pm for an informal and VIRTUAL meeting. We would love to touch base and share more information with other parents about happenings around the school.
• • Please use the Zoom video conferencing platform link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82732380493?pwd=WUp6TWdlU1FhZFpLV1laQm96TFdIUT09
  • Meeting ID: 827 3238 0493
  • Password: 101041

 

• Teacher and staff appreciation week starts next week, May 4. We would love to have each staff member of our Glen Haven community receive a special message of support and appreciation! Be on the lookout for an email from your students’ room parents, who will be reaching out to ask you to share your kind words for our amazing staff.

 

• As we all adjust to life amid the coronavirus outbreak, some families in our community are having a particularly hard time. Many have lost jobs and are struggling to afford food and other basic necessities. Despite the efforts of MCPS to distribute meals to students, many families still need support. Some of our families have also requested assistance to purchase the necessary school supplies to keep their children learning. You can help! Over the next week, we will be holding a drive for Giant/Safeway gift cards for Glen Haven families in need. We will also collect e-gift cards for Target to help with school supply needs. Two first and second grade parent volunteers will coordinate the donations and deliver them to Ms. Willis. Ms. Willis will then distribute the gift cards and e-gift cards to the families who need them. We will be sending out an informational letter with ways you can participate!

 

• The MCPS Parent Academy has some excellent resources for these times (offered by the Parent Encouragement Program and Common Sense):
  • Parenting Support During the Coronavirus (registration required to access the free videos in this series)
  • Why Don’t My Kids Listen to Me? (registration required for free access to video)
  • Tech Balance: Family Engagement Tools to Talk Tech and Media Habits with Parents (available in English and Spanish)
  • Wide Open School
  • Tips and Advice for Families During the Coronavirus Pandemic (available in English and Spanish)
  • Distance Learning Plans for K-2 Families
  • Tech Balance for Parents of 3-to-8-year-olds (available in English and Spanish)

 

Reminders:

• Keep up to date on how MCPS is addressing the challenges of Covid-19: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/publicinfo/community/school-year-2019-2020/coronavirus-update-20200426.html

• Keep up to date on what Montgomery County is doing to assist residents at this time. There is information on Covid-19 testing sites, food services, how to make face coverings, public transportation, family safety, and more!
  • https://montgomerycountymd.gov/HHS/RightNav/Coronavirus.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glen Haven Weekly Scoop: Week of April 27

 

                          

 

Announcements:

 

 

• Informal Parent Information Session/PTA meeting NEXT week: Please join the Glen Haven PTA on Tuesday May 5 at 5 pm for an informal and VIRTUAL meeting. We would love to touch base and share more information with other parents about happenings around the school.

• Please use the Zoom video conferencing platform link:

• https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82732380493?pwd=WUp6TWdlU1FhZFpLV1laQm96TFdIUT09

• Meeting ID: 827 3238 0493

• Password: 101041

 

 

• Teacher and staff appreciation week starts next week, May 4. We would love to have each staff member of our Glen Haven community receive a special message of support and appreciation! Be on the lookout for an email from your students’ room parents, who will be reaching out to ask you to share your kind words for our amazing staff.

• As we all adjust to life amid the coronavirus outbreak, some families in our community are having a particularly hard time. Many have lost jobs and are struggling to afford food and other basic necessities. Despite the efforts of MCPS to distribute meals to students, many families still need support. Some of our families have also requested assistance to purchase the necessary school supplies to keep their children learning. You can help! Over the next week, we will be holding a drive for Giant/Safeway gift cards for Glen Haven families in need. We will also collect e-gift cards for Target to help with school supply needs. Two first and second grade parent volunteers will coordinate the donations and deliver them to Ms. Willis. Ms. Willis will then distribute the gift cards and e-gift cards to the families who need them. We will be sending out an informational letter with ways you can participate!

 

• The MCPS Parent Academy has some excellent resources for these times (offered by the Parent Encouragement Program and Common Sense):
  • Parenting Support During the Coronavirus (registration required to access the free videos in this series)
  • Why Don’t My Kids Listen to Me? (registration required for free access to video)
  • Tech Balance: Family Engagement Tools to Talk Tech and Media Habits with Parents (available in English and Spanish)
  • Wide Open School
  • Tips and Advice for Families During the Coronavirus Pandemic (available in English and Spanish)
  • Distance Learning Plans for K-2 Families
  • Tech Balance for Parents of 3-to-8-year-olds (available in English and Spanish)

 

Reminders:

• Keep up to date on how MCPS is addressing the challenges of Covid-19:

• https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/publicinfo/community/school-year-2019-2020/coronavirus-update-20200426.html

• Keep up to date on what Montgomery County is doing to assist residents at this time. There is information on Covid-19 testing sites, food services, how to make face coverings, public transportation, family safety, and more!
  • https://montgomerycountymd.gov/HHS/RightNav/Coronavirus.html