This Week at GLOBE

March 21–26

LC STAMP testing

March 21–28

UC STAMP testing

March 22

UC Francophonie celebration at 1:30pm

March 23

PTCC Auction at Distillery of Modern Art

March 26–28

LC spring photos

April 1–5

Spring Break - school closed

April 5

Code Ninjas/Parents Night Out, 5pm to 9pm

April 8

Early Release - LC: 11:30am | UC: 11:45am

April 17–29

Georgia Milestones Testing

April 18

Spirit Night at Hippo Hopp (for under 10’s)

April 25

STAMP Coffee Talk, 8:30am at Lower Campus Village Plaza

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

Don’t forget to register for the 2024 PTCC Fundraising Auction.

This fun event funds our heritage celebrations, staff appreciation, provides classroom mini-grants, supports staff continuing education, and more.

The Online Silent Auction will take place from 8:00pm on Friday, March 22, to 8:00pm on Saturday, March 23, and registration is free.

The ticketed Live Auction will be held on Saturday, March 23, from 7:00pm to 10:00pm at The Distillery of Modern Art in Chamblee.

We're excited to have you join us! Please share our flyer with your family and friends. If you have any questions, please check out our FAQs.

PTCC Auction Volunteer Needs

1-2 "Vannas": take turns walking around with the Auction art.
A dynamic duo could have a lot of fun with this!

1-2 Bid Spotters: write winning bids during the Live Auction.

2-3 Check-Out Runners: grab Silent Auction winnings from the tables when the event ends.

4-6 Clean-Up Crew: stay after to help gather items and load cars (many hands make light work!).

If you can help out, email: auction@theglobeacademy.net. We would be more than grateful!

Georgia law requires that all students in grades 3–8 take the Georgia Milestones, designed to provide information about how well students are mastering the state adopted content standards. Importantly, Georgia Milestones is designed to provide students with critical information about their own achievement and their readiness for their next level of learning. Parent resources for Milestones can be found here. Look out for further information in the coming weeks.

Schedule as follows:

April 17: ELA Section 1
April 18: ELA Section 2
April 19: ELA Section 3
April 22: Algebra: Concepts and Connections (MS only) / Make-up Day
April 23: Science Sections 1 and 2
April 24: Mathematics Section 1
April 25: Mathematics Section 2
April 26: Social Studies Sections 1 and 2
April 29: Make-up Day/Collection Day

Donate $1 to come to school uniform-free for the day at LC and UC, on Thursdays through March until April 11. At LC, volunteers will be collecting donations at the carpool drop-off door and the walker door. At UC, volunteers will be at the carpool drop-off door and the instrument drop-off gate.

To keep the collection process moving swiftly, exact change and dollar bills (not coins) are preferred. Funds collected go to support the 8th grade trip to Savannah in May. Thank you for your support.

Carpool reminder
Please respect GLOBE's neighbors in the community by obeying all speed and parking regulations and by not blocking driveways or mailboxes.

Parking protocols for Lower Campus - AM and PM

There is NO PARKING in the following locations:

• On Heritage Drive, Briarwillow Drive, or Flagpole Roundabout from 2:00pm to 3:10pm

• Directly in front of the school on Heritage Drive

• In fire lanes in the main parking lot

• In “No Parking” zones

• In front of driveways

• Blocking mailboxes

If a parent/guardian is parking their car and walking to drop off or pick up their child, parking is permitted along Fisher Trail or anywhere beginning at the corner of Sundown Drive and Meadowvale Drive in the direction of Fisher Trail.

Francophonie celebration

Thank you to everyone who attended today's performance. A link to the video will be posted in next week's newsletter.

Olympian visits LC

Last week we were visited by Courtney Hart. A highly decorated swimmer, Hart is a two-time Olympic Gold Medalist, 26-time NCAA All-American, five-time NCAA Champion and 19-time SEC Champion while at Georgia Tech. The students enjoyed listening to her presentation and got to ask questions.

Author Brendan Wenzel to speak to K-1 students on Thursday, April 25

If you’d like to order a copy of Brendan's books They All Saw a Cat, Inside Cat, or Two Together for Brendan to sign for your student or family, please complete this order form.

Author/illustrator duo to speak to 2nd and 3rd grade students

On Wednesday, May 1, we are so excited to kick off the beginning of AANHPI month with a visit to our 2nd and 3rd grade students by the author and illustrator duo Joanna Ho and Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya to discuss their new book, We Who Produce Pearls. If you would like to order a signed copy of the book, please complete this form.

Francophonie celebration

UC Auditorium, March 22, 1:30pm to 2:30pm (doors open at 1:10pm).

We celebrate Francophonie this Friday with a performance in the Auditorium at 1:30pm. Families of French track students are welcome to attend. Parking will be available at Church in Atlanta.

Mary Scott Nature Park and neighborhood street parking

Please respect GLOBE's neighbors in the community by obeying all speed and parking regulations and by not blocking driveways or mailboxes. Also, do not leave your car unattended. Neighbors are reporting that GLOBE parents are inhibiting buses and emergency vehicles from being able to access the neighborhood streets.

Many parents, against school guidelines, use Mary Scott Nature Park as a turn-around or pick-up location for Upper Campus. The park is not intended for this level of traffic and it is preventing visitors from accessing the park. Cars turning left into the park after exiting the UC carpool line are backing up traffic on Briarcliff Road in both directions. This causes a ripple delay in the carpool line.

Field trip to Zoo Atlanta

7th and 8th grade students took a field trip to Zoo Atlanta on Monday, March 11. We are pleased to include a few images from their day.

Middle School PE

We are playing Pickleball in PE and the students are loving it!

Orchestra / Band / Chorus

Last week, 52 of our 7th and 8th grade orchestra members participated in the Georgia Music Educators' Large Group Performance Evaluation (LGPE) at Chamblee High School. It was the first time we took a Level III selection, along with two Level II selections - a challenge many local MS orchestras aren't quite ready for.

We are so proud of the students and their growth through the process. For many of them, this was their first time participating in LGPE. We received a rating of "Excellent" for the concert portion of the evening (we were so close to getting a "Superior" from two of the judges) and a "Superior" in sight-reading, a feat they should really be proud of as we had to perform a piece we had never seen before for a judge with only 6 minutes to prepare (and rules against playing anything on their instruments prior to the first note of the performance). They did an amazing job and represented GLOBE extremely well.

Good luck to our band and chorus cousins as they take their LGPEs today!

GLOBE language teachers visit Advanced Placement classes

As part of our Language Assurances policy, GLOBE invests heavily in professional development for teachers. Teachers have access to collaborative planning with their team on a weekly basis, planning with coaches each week, and PTCC mini grants for professional learning.

In addition, GLOBE language teachers have had the opportunity to share with other schools. From January to March, middle school language teachers visited Advanced Placement (AP) classes at Lakeside, Marist, and Westminster school. Advanced Placement classes are similar to the first two years of college coursework, and students are able to receive college credit for qualifying scores on their AP exams.

GLOBE classes Levels 1–4 are aligned to the AP Themes, as the majority of our students take the AP Exam at some point, either in 8th grade at GLOBE, or 9th or 10th grade at the high school level. For more information on our GLOBE middle school language curriculum, please visit our website - GLOBE Middle School Language.

We are incredibly thankful to Lakeside, Marist, and Westminster for partnering with us and openly sharing their language classes. We look forward to our Spanish and French Level IV students taking the AP Exams at Marist in May.

Pictured above, from left: Mme. Fulton - MS French, Mme. Malka - MS French, Dr. Yang (Yang Laoshi) - MS Mandarin, Sra. Lopez - MS Spanish, Ye Laoshi - MS Mandarin, Ms. Daniel - Director of Language Program, Sra. Hemingway - Middle School Spanish (Ex. GLOBE Spanish teacher), Sra. Anderson - MS Spanish.

Summer Language Camp 2024

GLOBE will have its Summer Language Camp from June 10 to June 28, 2024.

Click here to register.

PTCC Speaker Series

In honor of Exceptional Children's Week, the PTCC Speaker Series recently presented Unlocking Educational Success: A Guide to Understanding 504 Plans and IEPs by Leslie Lipson, JD.

If you were unable to join us live but would like to watch the recording, you can view it here through March 27. After viewing the recording of the presentation, we would be grateful if you would complete this form.

April Spirit Night Events

In April, we will have two Spirit Night events targeted at slightly different age ranges.

Code Ninjas

On Friday, April 5 from 5pm to 9pm, children ages 6+ can join other GLOBE students at Code Ninjas for a Parents' Night Out. Space is limited so sign up now.

Instructions: Click on 'Spirit Events', then find 'Game Night - The GLOBE Academy' and click 'Register Now'. Bring this flyer with you to 1520 Avenue Place, Suite B1-110 Atlanta, GA 30329.

The cost includes pizza, drinks, and supervised play. GLOBE PTCC will receive 15% of event sales, children will have a blast, and parents can enjoy a date night!

Hippo Hopp

On Thursday, April 18 from 3pm to 6pm, children 10 and under can join us at Hippo Hopp (1733 Briarwood Rd NE, STE C, Atlanta) to jump and play! Head there right after school or come later and grab an early dinner.

Parents must stay to supervise. Bring this flyer and GLOBE PTCC will receive 25% of event sales. Remember your socks!

PTCC Spring Auction Planning, Join Us!

The PTCC Auction will take place this Saturday, March 23, at the Distillery of Modern Art. Join us for our Spring Fundraising Event planning meeting this Thursday, March 21, 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!

Staff Appreciation Week at UC

UC Parents, we need your help! We want to show our wonderful GLOBE staff how much they mean to us during Staff Appreciation Week (May 6–10). If you’re interested in volunteering for this event, please email classpac.globeacademy@gmail.com.

Order from Minted

Do you have a high school graduate this spring? If you're ordering announcements, consider ordering from Minted, and use our promo code. You'll get 20% off your purchase price, and GLOBE PTCC will get a 15% donation. It's a WIN-WIN! When placing an order, simply enter FUNDRAISEGLOBE in the promo code box at checkout.

"Volunteer of the Month" Carpool Winners

Our volunteers of the month are Katrina Hefner and Nelly Ortiz. We hope you enjoy using the “Volunteer of the Month” carpool flag to skip the line this month of March.

Be sure to log your volunteer hours for a chance to win!

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

Tennis

The Boys and Girls Tennis teams are on fire! The Boys A Team defeated Galloway and Atlanta Classical last week, 4-0. The Girls Team defeated Peachtree MS, Atlanta Classical and Galloway 4-0. Boys and Girls A and B Teams are in 1st place. Congratulations to the players and coaches!

Soccer

The Girls Soccer Team is looking great. The A Team (2-1) defeated Epstein and Sandy Springs this season and are poised to make the playoffs this year.

Visit the athletics website to view the upcoming schedule, purchase athletic wear, become a member of GLOBE Athletic Club and learn more about our athletic program.

You can order a yearbook by clicking here. Once they are sold out, you will be added to the wait list.

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

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