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ATTENDANCE THIS WEEK 97.63% PK: 99.09% 2nd: 98.54% 5th: 97.47% K: 96.06% 3rd: 97.56% 1st: 96.82% 4th: 97.84% The state benchmarks daily attendance at 97%. The attendance rate counts towards our College and Career Readiness Perform- ance Indicator (CCRPI) rating. Please make attendance a priority! School starts promptly at 8:00 am. CALENDAR 9/12 : Discovery Kids Club begins, 2:30 pm 9/13 : Prospective Parent Tour-9:30 am, Girl Scouts Mtg-2:30 pm, Curriculum/Meet the Teachers Night-6:00 pm 9/14 : Brown Bag Lunch @ Noon, GHES Auditorium 9/15 : Meeting for current Gifted Program parents, 6-6:30 pm 9/15 : Spirit Night at Marco’s Pizza, 4-9 pm 9/16 : Discover Architecture begins, 2:30 pm See our website for full calendar: www.gardenhillselementary.org TEACHER & STAFF BIRTHDAYS 9/6: Ngoc Thai 9/9: Robbie Brown 9/11: Lakesha Davis GARDEN HILLS ELEMENTARY FRIDAY FLYER | September 9, 2016 285 Sheridan Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30305 | 404.802.7800 Visit us on the web at www.gardenhillselementary.org IMPORTANT CARPOOL NOTES... Just a few car rider reminders for both morning and afternoon car pool. Please pull up to the first adult closest to AIS on the curb when dropping off or picking up. Remain in the lane closest to the school building as you progress through the line unless directed by a staff member. Please resist the temptation to park on the curb and run in even for just a minute as this blocks traffic flow. In the afternoon if you need to assist your child in buckling into a car seat please do so quickly so cars can continue to flow through the line. We appreciate your help with car pool as we want to ensure the safest, most pleasant arrival and dismissal for your children. SCHOOL-WIDE ESSENTIAL AGREEMENTS… Parents, please review the Garden Hills Essential Agreements. Following these agree- ments keeps our school, classrooms, and cafeteria a safe learning, working, and teaching environment. The agreements are listed here. Thank you for your support! Always walk quietly in the halls. | Enter and exit the cafeteria and media center quietly. | Talk quietly during your lunch period. | Keep hands, feet, and other objects to yourself. Respect the people and property of your school. | Leave gum, candy, and toys to be enjoyed at home. Save The Dates... GHES INTERNATIONAL DINNER Sept. 24th: 5:30-7 pm: GHES Gym GARDEN PLANNING MEETING Sept. 22nd @ 3 pm: Ms. Carlson’s Rm. 3rd-5th GRADE DANCE & LUAU Oct. 14th: 2:30-5 pm: GHES Gym The Learner Profile, THINKER Students who are THINKERS work to solve problems independently. They can imagine many solutions to a ques- tion or challenge. Thinkers make good decisions and can predict the outcomes of their actions. They think creatively and critically. How can parents help to develop students who are Thinkers at home? Encourage your child to try to think of solutions to problems independently. Pose different real-life problems and questions to your child: “I’m not sure how to arrange the glasses so they can all fit in the cupboard.” “I wonder how much the groceries in the cart will cost...what is an estimate of the cost of our groceries? How can we estimat e the total cost?” “We need enough cookies for the 20 people in your class. What kind of change should we make to our recipe?” Ask your children questions when they are working on a problem: “Do you have any ideas about how we might begin?” / “How can we do this differently?” / “I had never thought of that. Tell me more about it.” / “What other ways can we show that?” / “Why do you think that?” / “Ho w can you figure that out?” TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th IS A BUSY DAY... School Tour: 9:45 am Spread the word to your neighbors! Junior Girl Scout Meeting: 2:30-3:45 pm Troop 13683 looks forward to returning and new members in 4th-5th Grades. We will plan our year ahead and have some fun! Please confirm your daughter's attendance with troop leader Rebecca Galla-Jones: [email protected] Curriculum/Meet the Teachers Night: 6 pm Come find out what the students are working on at school! Children welcome. Special Brown Bag Lunch for Parents: Wed. September 14th at noon in the GHES Auditorium It’s lunch with Mrs. Abbott this month! Bring your lunch, dessert and drinks will be provided. Our monthly Brown Bag Lunches are a great way to meet new GHES parents, and catch up with friends you know. It’s a social event, no agenda--12:00-1:00 pm. Questions - please contact Jennifer McCarthy 404-805-0059 Gifted & Talented Program Parents Meeting: Thursday, September 15th- 6-6:30 pm This meeting is for parents with students currently in the Gifted program at GHES. Meeting held in Ms. Lefont’s room. Spirit Night at Marco’s Pizza: Thursday, September 15th: 4-9 pm GHES PTA Spirit Nights are essential for raising funds for our school community events! We hope you’ll join your GHES friends at Marco’s Pizza for this month’s Spirit Night! Marco’s Pizza is donating 15% of its profits from 4-9 pm back to Garden Hills! Marco’s serves delicious pizza and healthy salads. Dine In, Take Out or Delivery—located at 3330 Piedmont Road in the Disco Kroger Shopping Center. See you there! Join the PTA: Your child’s class could win a Pizza & Popsicle Party! Join the PTA by September 16th: the class with the most mem- bers wins! You can join online through our School Directory at www.bit.ly/JoinGHESDirectory (use code gardenhills) or by completing and returning the form sent home last week. Forms are also available at school in the main hallway just outside the front office. Chess Girls ROOK!! Chess Tournament for Girls in Grades K-12 on Saturday, September 17th Calling all Queens to Sutton’s first annual female empowerment tournament on Sept. 17th! Grab a girlfriend and come have a good time. USCF ID required. Interested? Register at Chess Girls Rook! or contact us at [email protected] GHES Race & Reel Family Party: Saturday, September 17th! Grab your family and join in this great party first presented at our school fundraiser, Evening in the Garden, last Spring! It is a Scavenger Hunt around Buckhead, solving clues in family teams. After your team has solved the final riddle, race to the secret destination for pizza, drinks, dessert & a family friendly movie! The winning team will receive a special Grand Prize! Hosted by the Grier & Woodbury Families. To find out more and see the other available opportunities to support GHES, go to: https://acornstooaks.ejoinme.org/SUP Calling all Girls from K-2 for the Butterfly Bunch! We would meet once a month on Fridays right after school, 2:30-4. Our focus will be simi- lar to last years' while in the Daisies. We want the girls to have a place for self expression, camaraderie, learning the concept of earning money and putting it to good use (we plan to have a lemonade stand at the Fall Festival), and maybe feeling a little more empowered than usual while completing a display worthy craft. There will a small fee of $20/girl to cover the cost of snacks and supplies.Our first meeting will be at the end of September. Led by GHES parents Amber Mendoza-Singh ([email protected]) and Jenni Rainwater ([email protected]). Contact us if you're interested!

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ATTENDANCE THIS WEEK

97.63% PK: 99.09% 2nd: 98.54% 5th: 97.47% K: 96.06% 3rd: 97.56% 1st: 96.82% 4th: 97.84% The state benchmarks daily attendance at 97%. The attendance rate counts towards our College and Career Readiness Perform-ance Indicator (CCRPI) rating. Please make attendance a priority! School starts promptly at 8:00 am.

CALENDAR 9/12: Discovery Kids Club begins, 2:30 pm 9/13: Prospective Parent Tour-9:30 am, Girl Scouts Mtg-2:30 pm, Curriculum/Meet the Teachers Night-6:00 pm 9/14: Brown Bag Lunch @ Noon, GHES Auditorium 9/15: Meeting for current Gifted Program parents, 6-6:30 pm 9/15: Spirit Night at Marco’s Pizza, 4-9 pm 9/16: Discover Architecture begins, 2:30 pm See our website for full calendar: www.gardenhillselementary.org

TEACHER & STAFF BIRTHDAYS

9/6: Ngoc Thai 9/9: Robbie Brown 9/11: Lakesha Davis

GARDEN HILLS ELEMENTARY FRIDAY FLYER | September 9, 2016 285 Sheridan Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30305 | 404.802.7800

Visit us on the web at www.gardenhillselementary.org

IMPORTANT CARPOOL NOTES... Just a few car rider reminders for both morning and afternoon car pool. Please pull up to the first adult closest to AIS on the curb when dropping off or picking up. Remain in the lane closest to the school building as you progress through the line unless directed by a staff member. Please resist the temptation to park on the curb and run in even for just a minute as this blocks traffic flow. In the afternoon if you need to assist your child in buckling into a car seat please do so quickly so cars can continue to flow through the line. We appreciate

your help with car pool as we want to ensure the safest, most pleasant arrival and dismissal for your children. SCHOOL-WIDE ESSENTIAL AGREEMENTS… Parents, please review the Garden Hills Essential Agreements. Following these agree-ments keeps our school, classrooms, and cafeteria a safe learning, working, and teaching environment. The agreements are listed here. Thank you for your support! Always walk quietly in the halls. | Enter and exit the cafeteria and media center quietly. | Talk quietly during your lunch period. | Keep hands, feet, and other objects to yourself. Respect the people and property of your school. | Leave gum, candy, and toys to be enjoyed at home.

Save The Dates... GHES INTERNATIONAL DINNER

Sept. 24th: 5:30-7 pm: GHES Gym GARDEN PLANNING MEETING

Sept. 22nd @ 3 pm: Ms. Carlson’s Rm. 3rd-5th GRADE DANCE & LUAU

Oct. 14th: 2:30-5 pm: GHES Gym

The Learner Profile, THINKER Students who are THINKERS work to solve problems independently. They can imagine many solutions to a ques-tion or challenge. Thinkers make good decisions and can predict the outcomes of their actions. They think creatively and crit ically. How can parents help to develop students who are Thinkers at home? Encourage your child to try to think of solutions to problems independently. Pose different real-life problems and questions to your child: “I’m not sure how to arrange the glasses so they can all fit in the cupboard.” “I wonder how much the groceries in the cart will cost...what is an estimate of the cost of our groceries? How can we estimate the total cost?” “We need enough cookies for the 20 people in your class. What kind of change should we make to our recipe?” Ask your children questions when they are working on a problem: “Do you have any ideas about how we might begin?” / “How can we do this differently?” / “I had never thought of that. Tell me more about it.” / “What other ways can we show that?” / “Why do you think that?” / “How can you figure that out?”

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th IS A BUSY DAY... School Tour: 9:45 am Spread the word to your neighbors! Junior Girl Scout Meeting: 2:30-3:45 pm Troop 13683 looks forward to returning and new members in 4th-5th Grades. We will plan our year ahead and have some fun! Please confirm your daughter's attendance with troop leader Rebecca Galla-Jones: [email protected] Curriculum/Meet the Teachers Night: 6 pm Come find out what the students are working on at school! Children welcome. Special Brown Bag Lunch for Parents: Wed. September 14th at noon in the GHES Auditorium It’s lunch with Mrs. Abbott this month! Bring your lunch, dessert and drinks will be provided. Our monthly Brown Bag Lunches are a great way to meet new GHES parents, and catch up with friends you know. It’s a social event, no agenda--12:00-1:00 pm. Questions - please contact Jennifer McCarthy 404-805-0059 Gifted & Talented Program Parents Meeting: Thursday, September 15th- 6-6:30 pm This meeting is for parents with students currently in the Gifted program at GHES. Meeting held in Ms. Lefont’s room. Spirit Night at Marco’s Pizza: Thursday, September 15th: 4-9 pm GHES PTA Spirit Nights are essential for raising funds for our school community events! We hope you’ll join your GHES friends at Marco’s Pizza for this month’s Spirit Night! Marco’s Pizza is donating 15% of its profits from 4-9 pm back to Garden Hills! Marco’s serves delicious pizza and healthy salads. Dine In, Take Out or Delivery—located at 3330 Piedmont Road in the Disco Kroger Shopping Center. See you there! Join the PTA: Your child’s class could win a Pizza & Popsicle Party! Join the PTA by September 16th: the class with the most mem-bers wins! You can join online through our School Directory at www.bit.ly/JoinGHESDirectory (use code gardenhills) or by completing and returning the form sent home last week. Forms are also available at school in the main hallway just outside the front office. Chess Girls ROOK!! Chess Tournament for Girls in Grades K-12 on Saturday, September 17th Calling all Queens to Sutton’s first annual female empowerment tournament on Sept. 17th! Grab a girlfriend and come have a good time. USCF ID required. Interested? Register at Chess Girls Rook! or contact us at [email protected] GHES Race & Reel Family Party: Saturday, September 17th! Grab your family and join in this great party first presented at our school fundraiser, Evening in the Garden, last Spring! It is a Scavenger Hunt around Buckhead, solving clues in family teams. After your team has solved the final riddle, race to the secret destination for pizza, drinks, dessert & a family friendly movie! The winning team will receive a special Grand Prize! Hosted by the Grier & Woodbury Families. To find out more and see the other available opportunities to support GHES, go to: https://acornstooaks.ejoinme.org/SUP Calling all Girls from K-2 for the Butterfly Bunch! We would meet once a month on Fridays right after school, 2:30-4. Our focus will be simi-lar to last years' while in the Daisies. We want the girls to have a place for self expression, camaraderie, learning the concept of earning money and putting it to good use (we plan to have a lemonade stand at the Fall Festival), and maybe feeling a little more empowered than usual while completing a display worthy craft. There will a small fee of $20/girl to cover the cost of snacks and supplies.Our first meeting will be at the end of September. Led by GHES parents Amber Mendoza-Singh ([email protected]) and Jenni Rainwater ([email protected]). Contact us if you're interested!

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ASISTENCIA ESTA SEMANA 97.63%

PK: 99.09% 2nd: 98.54% 5th: 97.47% K: 96.06% 3rd: 97.56% 1st: 96.82% 4th: 97.84% Los puntos de referencia del estado de asistencia diaria a 97%. La tasa de asistencia es puntuable para nuestra calificación de los indicadores de rendimiento preparación para la universidad y carrera (CCRPI). Por favor, haga dela asistencia una prioridad! La escuela comienza puntualmente 8:00

CALENDARIO 9/12: Comienza Discovery Kids , 2:30 pm 9/13: Recorrido de padres en perspectiva-9:30 am, Girl Scouts Mtg-2:30. Noche de currículo/reunión con el profesor -6:00 pm 9/14: Almuerzo en bolsa de papel @ Medio dia Auditorio GHES 9/15: Reunión padres del grupo superdotado, 6-6:30 pm 9/15: Noche de identidad en Marco’s Pizza, 4-9 pm 9/16: Comienza Discover Architecture , 2:30 pm See our website for full calendar: www.gardenhillselementary.org

CUMPLEAÑEROS

9/6: Ngoc Thai 9/9: Robbie Brown 9/11: Lakesha Davis

GARDEN HILLS ELEMENTARY BOLETIN DEL VIERNES | Septiembre 9, 2016 285 Sheridan Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30305 | 404.802.7800

Visítenos en: www.gardenhillselementary.org

NOTAS IMPORTANTES DE LA LINEA DE LOS CARROS.. Algunas recomendaciones para la línea de carros en la mañana y por la tarde. Por favor, siga hacia adelante cercano al carro que se encuentra en la curva de AIS en la acera al dejar o recoger. Permanezca en el carril cercano a la escuela a medida que avanza a través de la línea a menos que un miembro del personal se lo indique. Por favor resistir la tentación de estacionar en la acera y aunque solo sea por un minuto, ya que

bloquea el flujo de tráfico. Por la tarde si es necesario ayudar a su hijo en a acomodarse en un asiento del carro, por favor hacerlo con rapidez para que los carros pueden continuar fluyendo a través de la línea. Apreciamos su ayuda en la línea de los carros, ya que queremos más seguridad, y hacer más agradable la llegada y salida para sus hijos. ACUERDOS ESCENCIALES EN TODA LA ESCUELA… Los padres, por favor revisen los Acuerdos Esenciales Garden Hills. Siguiendo estos acuerdos se mantiene la seguridad y el ambiente de aprendizaje en nuestra escuela, aulas, cafetería y , trabajo en un entorno de enseñanza. Los acuer-dos se enumeran aquí. ¡Gracias por tu apoyo! Siempre caminar en silencio en los pasillos. | Entrar y salir de la cafetería y centro de medios de comuni-cación en voz baja. | Hablar en voz baja durante su periodo de almuerzo. | Guardarlos

Guarde las fechas... Comida internacional GHES

Sept. 24th: 5:30-7 pm: GHES Gym Reunión de planeación de GHES

Sept. 22nd @ 3 pm: Ms. Carlson’s Rm. DANZA & LUAU 3-5 GRADO

Oct. 14th: 2:30-5 pm: GHES Gym

Perfil del aprendiz PENSADOR Los estudiantes que son pensadores trabajan para resolver problemas de forma independiente. Pueden imaginar-se muchas soluciones a una pregunta o desafío. Pensadores a tomar buenas decisiones y pueden predecir los resultados de sus acciones. Ellos piensan creativa y crítica. ¿Cómo pueden los padres ayudar a desarrollar a los estudiantes que son pensadores en el hogar? Anime a su hijo para tratar de pensar en soluciones a los problemas de forma independiente. Planteen diferentes problemas de la vida real y preguntas a su hijo: "No estoy seguro de cómo organizar las gafas para que todas puedan caber en el armario." "Me pregunto en la tienda de comestibles cuanto va a costar lo llevamos en el carro ... lo que es una estimación del costo de nuestras tiendas de comestibles? ¿Cómo podemos estimar el costo total? " "Necesitamos suficientes galletas para las 20 personas en su clase. ¿Qué tipo de cambio debemos hacer en nuestra receta? " Haga preguntas a los niños cuando están trabajando en un problema: "? ¿Tiene alguna idea acerca de cómo podemos comenzar a" / "¿Cómo podemos hacer

El martes 13 de septiembre es un día ocupado ... Recorrido de la escuela: 9:45 am dígale a los vecinos! Reunión de la niñas exploradoras: 2:30-3:45 pm Tropa 13683 los que regresan y los nuevos miembros 4 y 5 Grados. Es taremos planeando nuestro año escolar mas preguntas contacte Rebecca Galla-Jones: [email protected] Noche de currículo/Reúnase con los maestros: 6 pm Venga y entérese de lo que los estudiantes están trabajando en la escuela! Almuerzo especial para padres en bolsa de papel: Miércoles 14 de septiembre en el auditorio de GHES este almuerzo es con la Sra. Abbott este mes. Traiga su almuerzo nosotros proporcionaremos el postre y las bebidas. Nuestro almuerzo mensual es una oportunidad para reunirnos con los padres de GHES. Es un evento social no hay agenda--12:00-1:00 pm. Preguntas por favor contacte a Jennifer McCarthy 404-805-0059 Reunión de los padres de los niños en el programa de dotados y talentosos: Jueves 15 de septiembre- 6-6:30 pm Esta reunión es para los padres que actualmente tienen los niños en el programa. Se llevara a cabo en el salón de la Sra. Lefont. Noche de identidad en Marco’s Pizza: jueves, 15 de septiembre 4-9 pm GHES PTA las noches de identidad son esenciales para la re-colección de fondos de nuestra escuela y los eventos de comunidad, Esperamos que usted se una en Marco’s Pizza en la noche de identidad de este mes y se reúna con sus amigos de GHES ! Marco’s Pizza dona el 15% de sus entradas entre las 4-9 las cuales llegan a Garden Hills! Marco’s sirve una pizza deliciosa y ensaladas saludables. Tiene servicio de entrega. Localizado en 3330 Piedmont Road in the Disco en el centro comercial de Kroger ! Participe del PTA: Su hijo ganara con su clase una fiesta de Piza & Popsicle! Únase al PTA antes del16 de septiembre. La clase que mas miembros tenga será la ganadora. Usted puede unirse en línea al: www.bit.ly/JoinGHESDirectory (use código gardenhills) o completando el formulario y regresándolo a la oficina de la escuela. Ajedrez para niña ROOK!! Torneo de ajedrez para las niñas en los grados K-12 el sábado 17 de septiembre llamando al torneo anual en Queens to Sutton, Sept. 17th! Traiga una amiga y pase un buen tiempo. USCF ID requiere. interesadas? Inscríbanse en Chess Girls Rook! or contacte a [email protected] Carrera de GHES & Fiesta familiar: sábado 17 de septiembre! Sábado, 17 de septiembre ! Apoderarse de su familia y unirse a esta gran fiesta primero presentado en la recaudación de fondos de la escuela, de la tarde en el jardín, la primavera pasada! Se trata de una búsqueda de cosas en Buckhead, la solución de pistas en equipos de la familia. Después de que su equipo ha resuelto el enigma final, carrera hacia el destino secreto para la pizza, bebidas, postre y una película familiar! El equipo ganador recibirá un premio especial de Grand! Organizada por las familias Grier y Woodbury. Para obtener más información y ver las oportunidades disponibles para apoyar GHES, vaya a: https://acornstooaks.ejoinme.org/SUP Llamando a las niñas de K-2 para el Ramo de Mariposas! Nos reuniremos una vez al mes los viernes después de la escuela, 2: 30-4. Nues-tro enfoque será similar. Queremos que las niñas a tener un lugar para la libre expresión, la camaradería, el aprendizaje del concepto de ganar dinero y po-nerlo a buen uso (que va a tener un puesto de limonada en el Festival de Otoño), y tal vez sintiendo un poco más poder que mientras habitual completando una exhibición de artesanía digna. Habrá una pequeña tarifa de $ 20 / chica para cubrir el costo de aperitivos y la primera reunión será a finales de septiem-bre. Dirigido por los padres GHES Amber Mendoza-Singh ([email protected]) y Jenni Rainwater ([email protected]).Contactenos!