Glen Lea's 2nd grade students recently finished their swimming lessons, after spending six weeks learning to be both brave and safe in the water as they practice putting their heads under water, floating, and swimming. Thank you to HCPS for creating this opportunity!
Thank you again for joining us at the "Be Mine" breakfast! We loved seeing the smiles & excitement as our community spent time together on Valentine's. Our students shared their joy all day long. Shout out to our amazing student support team for creating this opportunity!
Happy Valentine's Day! We are grateful for everyone in our community who showed up this morning. We are sorry for the late update, but the 4th grade dance was postponed due to scheduling conflicts. We hope to see you at upcoming events; next is the 2/29 Black History Night!
Happy School Counselor Appreciation Week! We know we appreciate Ms. Brown & Ms. Rice across their many roles -- support system, advocate, cheerleader, collaborator, educator, and so many more. We know our students love and appreciate you all year long!
Our students had fun exploring photo manipulation and digital editing with our ILC during their classes yesterday! Do you recognize any of these faces? So many grandmas and grandpas!!
Happy 100th day of school! We hope you are all proud of the work that you’ve done over the last 100 days — and can’t wait to see what you do over the next few months ❤️ Shout out to Ms Miller, our parade caboose, for bringing smiles to EVERYONE today.
Please join us for a "Be Mine" breakfast celebration from 7:50-8:10am on February 14. Enjoy a light breakfast and some Valentine's Day cheer with your students here at Glen Lea. We can't wait to celebrate community together!
2nd - 5th graders shopped the ROAR store in the library this week, spending their points on snacks, objects, & experiences! Many bought cars & plushies, but they also bought face paint, "wear your hoodie" passes & breakfast in the library! We can't wait to shop again soon.
Fun Friday! Students celebrated their ROAR points with cup stacking challenges in the library -- castles, walls, towers, and more. Check out those proud smiles! Our 5th graders definitely won the day with their wall that filled the entire story well.
2nd grade students in Mrs. Harlow's class put on their scientific investigation hats over the last few weeks, exploring different states of matter. Check out these partners, working together to create butter & take notes on what their investigations uncover!
Our 1st grade students enjoyed a field trip to the Science Museum, where an SMVA educator taught us about different insects and reptiles before exploring the rest of the museum. We pulled levers, played with speed & sound, and explored different objects related to space!
Last week, we reviewed ROAR expectations with students and ended the week with a "Safe Hands" parade. Lions discussed the importance of safe hands (responsibility & respect) as they created their posters. Each week, we will celebrate success in meeting our "safe hands" goals.
Our fourth grade team loves to celebrate their students' success! They recently had a sundae bar to celebrate reaching their goals on iReady, which they track as a class by filling in squares together. Students are so proud to share their accomplishments!
Students listened to a read-aloud of How To Catch Santa Claus before brainstorming how to capture Santa. They worked together to create a model of their trap, using a cookie would lure Santa. We loved seeing how many different materials students used to explore this idea!
As we enter 2024, we are continuing to practice being responsible and organized, achieving our best, and respecting others (ROAR). Every month, we celebrate students' ROAR behavior with student selected activities. Last month, one of the activities included making slime!
Students have been asking for MORE PUPPETS since we saw Rainbow Puppets perform last year. A big thank you to Rainbow Puppet Productions & Optima Health for returning this year to teach us about Virginia's natural resources and landscape through the magic of music & puppets!
Our Glen Lea staff & students had so much fun dressing up as characters, twins, and showing their festive spirit last month. It's difficult not to smile when your day starts off with such bright colors & cheer! Share your Spirit Day photos with us in the comments.
We were lucky to host Jaimal Yogis, author of the City of Dragons series, in December. Our Lions asked such creative questions about researching dragons and being an author. We are excited to host 2 more authors this Spring in partnership with bbgb, an amazing local bookstore.!
Way to show up, Glen Lea! We had a festive winter sing-along with K-5 students in December with drums, bells, & lots of big smiles. This is always a favorite, because we love seeing our students perform for their families & supporters. Stay tuned for more family events this year!
Happy New Year, Lions! Check out how much fun our 4th grade Lions had celebrating Dr. Seuss' Grinch story with ornament-making and Grinch painting before the break. So many "best day ever!" exclamations. We are so grateful for creative community-building days & teams like this.
