A message from the Chief Financial Officer
Dear GLOBE Community,
I am pleased to present The GLOBE Academy’s 2021-2022 Financial Audit. For the eighth year in a row, GLOBE has received a clean financial audit, free of any findings. You can find a copy of the report here.
Why is this important? A recent study found that twenty-five percent of charter schools fail by year 5 and forty percent fail by year 10. The primary drivers of these failures are poor governance and financial mismanagement. Strong governance and strong financials provide the foundation needed to hire great teachers who provide students with a top-notch education. A long track record of strong financials also allows us greater access to financial markets to support our long-term growth.
Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions. I can be reached directly at cfo@theglobeacademy.net.
Regards,
Denise M. Clayton-Purvis
Chief Financial Officer
Join us for tomorrow’s coffee talk, hosted by our Director of Language Program, Sandra Daniel
Tomorrow morning at 9am, GLOBE's Director of Language Program, Sandra Daniel, will give an overview of GLOBE's language model. Several topics will be covered:
K–5 program model
6–8 program model
goals for grade levels
how to help
When: Thursday, November 10 at 9:00am.
Where: Lower Campus (Village Plaza)
If you have a specific question, please let us know about it here.
Sandra Daniel is a highly communicative polyglot (English, Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese, and some Mandarin) with over 15 years experience in education. She is currently the Director of Language Program at The GLOBE Academy where she has worked since 2014.
Mrs. Daniel has been a teacher of World Language, English as a Second Language, Dual Language Immersion, as well as an Instructional Coach in the past, and does consulting work with the Georgia Department of Education.
GLOBE Trot moved to November 18
Due to the forecast of severe weather, the GLOBE Trot event has been postponed until Friday, November 18. You can read the communication regarding this decision, here.
Please keep sharing your child's fundraising page with friends and family. So far we have raised over $89K! We need your help to reach our goal of $140,000.
To track your progress, see how your class is stacking up, and watch the fundraising numbers tick up, click here.
To get your GLOBE Trot spirit wear, click here.
For more information, check out the GLOBE Trot pamphlet.
Volunteering at GLOBE Trot
Due to the change in date, there are a few open slots available for parents to volunteer. You can view the current list of sign-ups here.
Veterans Day
This Friday is Veterans Day and we believe that it is very important to celebrate our veterans. If there are any past (or current) service members in your family, please let us know by emailing us a picture and stating which branch of the military and/or theatre of operation they served (or currently serve) in.
We will display the names/pictures in the front of the school at Upper Campus and recognize them in our announcements. Thank you for your service.
Middle School Science Fair is coming!
Save the date: Thursday, December 1, for our annual Middle School Science Fair. Prepare to be amazed by the creativity and innovation of our Middle School students as we explore topics ranging from mold to moods, sleep cycles, to the effects of video games! 4th and 5th grade students will have their fair during the next semester.
More details about the Science Fair will be shared in coming weeks. In the meantime, check out the picture of our 5th grade Mandarin track students working to better understand the process of weathering and exposition by using cookies in a fun science experiment, along with the following video of two GLOBE students during their asynchronous learning day. These ladies went above and beyond by recreating a science experiment demonstrating rain falling from clouds.
Connections at Lower Campus
What is your student enjoying in the library?
Fiction story time
Some Kindergarten favorites have been Blueberries for Sal, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Goldilocks and The Three Pandas, The Three Javelinas. Grades 2 and 3 have started chapter book read alouds. First grade is loving the genre trickster stories, including Anansi, The Fox Tales, A Bargain for Frances, the Road Runner and Wiley Coyote.
Every class heard the book Adrian Simcox Does Not Have A Horse, by Marcy Campbell, to promote empathy during Peace Week.
Nonfiction read alouds
The most requested book for checkout has been The Not Bad Animals, by Sophie Corrigan. Your child would love this book as a holiday gift!
Free choice - a variety of play activities and book checkout.
During Peace Week, the students were challenged to play Tic Tac Toe and remain peaceful while winning and losing. Book checkout is strongly encouraged during free choice time. Children are able to check out 3 books at a time. During Free Choice, having book checkout reduces the time students stand in line waiting to checkout.
Thank you to all the families who have been supportive of the library and reminding your child to look for those pesky lost books. The rotation of connections classes makes it difficult to remember when your child has library, but if your child tells you they had music today, then they will always have library tomorrow.
Parent Teacher Community Council
Spirit Night at DEFY
Our next Spirit Night will be at DEFY (3200 Northlake Pkwy NE, Atlanta, GA, 30345) on November 10, from 5pm to 7pm. 20% of the net proceeds go to GLOBE. You must bring a printed copy of the flyer with you to earn the credit. Let’s go and jump! GO GLOBE!
Opportunity to Give Thanks
This Thanksgiving month, please join the PTCC in giving thanks to our wonderful teachers and staff. On Wednesday, November 16, please have your child bring thank-you notes to their favorite teachers and staff. (Grown-ups are welcome to send in their thanks, too, of course!) Let’s show our teachers and staff how much we appreciate all they do for our kids and our community!
Lower Campus Book Fair
Mark your calendars! We are excited about the LC Scholastic GLOBE Book Fair which will be held in person November 28 to December 2 in the LC Village Plaza. It will be open for shopping before school from 7am to 8am and after school from 2:45pm to 5:30pm. On Wednesday, we will stay open from 2:45pm to 6pm. To access the online link to our Scholastic GLOBE LC Fall 2022 Book Fair, please click here. Remember that you can set up an ewallet for your kids.
Royalty Programs Contest coming soon!
Did you know you can help GLOBE earn money every time you shop at places like Amazon, Kroger, and Publix? Stay tuned for details about entering a drawing if you’ve registered your accounts. To get a head start, start registering your accounts now! Click here for instructions.
Volunteers required
To see the current opportunities, please click here.
- Help collect Used Uniforms from 7am to 8:20am on the first Friday of the month – Volunteer.
- Help with LC Book Fair. If you are interested in joining us during our planning stages, please email us.
Each family at GLOBE is requested to perform a minimum of 10 volunteer hours per year. Log your volunteer hours here.
GLOBE 2022/23 Yearbook
Calling all spectators, we need your photos!
Did you take volleyball, boys soccer or cross country photos?
Will you attend any GLOBE basketball games or swim meets?
Please take some action photos and share them with us. We are using ReplayIt again this year. Click here to submit your photos. Please provide the names of students if you can. You will love the 2022-23 Yearbook. It will be a keepsake. Order NOW by clicking here.
