This Week at GLOBE

February 16 - No school (teacher workday)

Open Enrollment ends for new students

February 19 - No school (Presidents' Day)

February 20–26

Black History Month Spirit Week at Upper Campus

February 23

Athletics parent get-together at The Po'Boy Shop

February 24

Spirit wear and used uniform sale at UC, 10am–2pm

February 25

Join the GLOBE community for a visit to New Black Wall Street

February 26

Board of Directors meeting

February 29

Upper Campus - Black History Program at 1:30pm

GLOBE’s Lottery

March 6

PTCC Speaker Series at UC at 6pm

March 8 - Independent Learning Day at home for students (Teacher Workday)

PTCC Spirit Night at Petite Chou

March 21–26

Lower Campus STAMP Testing

March 21–28

Upper Campus STAMP Testing

March 23

PTCC Auction at Distillery of Modern Art

GLOBE calendar / school hours | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | School menus

Reminder - No school on Friday and Monday

School will be closed this Friday, February 16 for a teacher workday and on Monday, February 19, for Presidents Day. We will welcome students back to campus on Tuesday, February 20.

Join us in Stonecrest, Georgia, from 3–5pm on Sunday, February 25, as we help make a positive financial impact, raise awareness of GLOBE, and learn about the original Black Wall St. in Tulsa and how its history has been rebuilt here in Atlanta. See flyer for details.

Lottery closes this Friday

New Siblings: If you have an incoming new sibling to enroll for the 2024/25 school year, you must enter them into the lottery. Apply today via Lotterease. Open Enrollment closes on Friday, February 16. The Lottery drawing will be held on February 29. Click here for details!

We kicked off Mystery Reader last week with 2nd Grade / Spanish track, where students were treated to a read of Change Sings by Amanda Gorman. Thanks to Katrina Hefner for surprising the children. It was a great read!

Students can wear red, green, yellow and black on Fridays

On Fridays throughout February, we’re asking the GLOBE community to wear red, green, yellow, black, or a Black-history themed t-shirt. Please remember that students must be in uniform during the remainder of the week. If required, you can refresh your memory of our uniform policy here.

Lunar New Year celebrations

Thank you to the Mandarin track families who joined us for the recent Lunar New Year performance. Video and photography footage is available here: video | picture gallery.

Carpool safety at Lower Campus

During carpool, please keep your child safely restrained inside the vehicle until they are ready to exit. There have been a few instances where children have been seen hanging out of car windows and behaving in such a way that can be a distraction to other drivers. We would like to keep everybody’s attention on the task-at-hand and to be mindful of merging traffic and pedestrians (walkers) in the area around campus. Thank you.

Black History Month Spirit Week

We are having a Black History Month Spirit Week from Tuesday, February 20 to the following Monday, February 26. Download the flyer for details.

GLOBE students perform with the State Elementary Chorus

Under the leadership of Ms. Quarterman, six students were chosen to represent GLOBE and perform with the State Elementary Chorus at the Clayton County Performing Arts Center in Jonesboro on Saturday, February 10. Pictured left to right, back row: Michael Chang, Elizabeth Jeffers, Maliha Dao and Austin Waithe (5th grade). Front row: Beatriz Teixeira-Staples and Elise Jacobs (4th grade). Ninety-two schools were represented at the event.

Finding Ollie

The Finding Ollie series is produced by students in Mr Brantley's 8th grade Leadership and Communication class. Click here to view episode 9.

Black History Month door decorations

Hallway decorations look fantastic. Each door represents an outstanding piece of art, song, literature, visual or performing artist or writer from a specific time period. Once complete, they will represent “A Timeline through the Arts”, from the 1920’s to today.

When a student is not feeling well

Students who are not feeling well must first report to the campus clinic and speak with the nurse. If necessary, parents will be contacted by school staff to arrange for their child to be collected. On arrival, parents/guardians picking up their child must report to the front office to sign out their student.

Use of cell phones

A reminder that students should not be using their cell phone during the school day and we ask parents/guardians to refrain from texting their children during school hours. If you have an urgent message, please relay it via the front office.

Late arrival

If a student is arriving to school late, they must be checked in at the front office before going to class. Not doing this will result in the student being marked absent.

Lunar New Year celebrations

Thank you to the Mandarin track families who joined us for the recent Lunar New Year performance. Video and photography footage is available here: video | picture gallery.

Spare clothes needed at Lower Campus

The LC Clinic is in dire need of pants, sizes 6/7/8/10. Any donations of pants would be greatly appreciated. Please also send back any clinic clothes that your child has been sent home in.

If you have any questions for our school nurses, you can contact your campus nurse via email. UC Nurse | LC Nurse.

Used Uniform Sale

Come shop the used uniform sale on Saturday, February 24, from 10am to 2pm at Upper Campus. We will have lots of used uniforms and spirit wear for sale. To volunteer to help with sorting and prep (on Friday, February 23), click here. To help on the day of the sale, click here. Download the flyer here.

PTCC Spring Auction Planning, Join Us!

The PTCC Auction will take place on March 23 at the Distillery of Modern Art. Join us for our Spring Fundraising Event planning meeting this Thursday, February 15, at 8pm via Zoom. Meeting ID: 753 614 0314. Last year’s auction raised over $90,000 for GLOBE events, multiple initiatives and faculty support. We can’t do it without help from volunteers, so please join us!

The PTCC Auction needs your help!

You can join our efforts even if you can’t join our weekly meeting on Thursdays at 8pm (meeting info above). Please click here to view our different needs and click here to sign up to help make our biggest fundraiser come to life! We can't do it without the help of our generous parents and friends. We have all levels of time commitment opportunities. Once you sign up, please email PTCC Auction so we can provide you with more details.

The PTCC Auction Art Project Coordinators

Our sincere thanks to the parents who have agreed to coordinate the baskets and/or the classroom art projects for the PTCC Auction. Click here to see the names of those who volunteered. If you are interested in coordinating a project, please reach out to your children’s classroom PTCC Room Parents and Ana Catarina Teixeira (acteixeira7@gmail.com).

Lower Campus Library Work Day

Calling all parents, let's show up to work with Ms. Stowe as her Library Assistants on Friday, February 16. We will be helping Ms. Stowe with various projects in the library. Volunteer slots are for 2 hours but any time you have is appreciated. Sign up here.

“Volunteer of the Month” Carpool Winners!

Congratulations to our volunteers of the month, Heidi Holder and Ann Dunaway Teh. We hope you enjoy using the “Volunteer of the Month” carpool flag to skip the line during the month of February. Be sure to log your volunteer hours for a chance to win next month!

Lost and Found: Please label your items!

Parent volunteers return labeled items to the owner's classroom. If your items are not labeled, they may never make it back home. Please take a moment to find a labeling solution that will work for you. Here are some ideas to get you started: Avery No-Iron Kids Clothing Labels, Sharpie Fabric Marker, and Mabel's Labels (customizable labels and stamps, dishwasher and laundry safe. Enter "The GLOBE Academy" in the "support a fundraiser" field, and they'll donate 20% back to GLOBE!).

Volunteer hours can help GLOBE receive grants

Did you know that when you volunteer, it can help GLOBE receive grants? Some donors want to know how involved the community is. We can show them that parents are invested in the school by sharing the volunteer hours we have tracked. So please remember to log your hours here. When you log your time, you'll also be entered in our drawing for a volunteer-of-the-month carpool flag. As a reminder, each family is requested to volunteer ten hours each year. To see current volunteer opportunities, click here. Thank you for volunteering at GLOBE.

Shopping can help GLOBE!

Did you know when you shop at places like Publix, Kroger, and OfficeMax/Office Depot, they will donate to GLOBE PTCC? To find out how to easily set this up, click here. Every penny counts!

Follow PTCC on Social Media

Facebook: The GLOBE Academy PTCC | Instagram: TheGLOBEAcademyPTCC

School bus transportation survey

The GLOBE Academy is planning to utilize bus transportation at the beginning of the 2024/25 school year. We are planning to offer limited transportation to and from a hub location to GLOBE, on a daily basis. Please complete this survey to express your interest and provide any feedback.

When: Friday, February 23, from 6pm.

Where: The Po'Boy Shop and Basement Bar, 1369 Clairmont Road, Decatur, GA 30033.

We would like to invite GLOBE families that are involved or interested in supporting our athletics program, to join us at The Po'Boy Shop on Friday, February 23, from 6pm. Be sure to wear your GLOBE athletics t-shirts/hoodies to be recognized.

Registration for spring sports is now open. Register for tryouts on our website.

Last chance to order your 2023-2024 yearbook!

We are about to set our final copy count. Click here to order today. If you don’t order, you are not guaranteed to receive a book, you will only be able to sign up for the waitlist.

Thank you to everyone who has sent in photos of GLOBE students doing GLOBE activities. Please send photos through ReplayIt. We know that RePlayIt is not working for everyone, so, if you have any difficulties, please send them by email and be sure to identify the students in your photo and their grade level.

The next board meeting will be held on February 26, 7pm, at UC. Zoom webinar information will be communicated by email, on the GLOBE website and in this weekly newsletter, ahead of the meeting.

You are welcome to submit it here, or consult this chart to find out who to contact.

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