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Next Week 5/8 - 12
Out of the Box Education #4 - Sully Plantation and Udvar Hazy Air & Space Museum 5/12
AP Testing 5/1 - 17
Graduation - Volunteers Needed! 6/17
GW-Palooza 6/1
Snacks for People! Snacks for Turtles!
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MONDAY, may 8, 2023

AP Testing | Calculus AB Exam from 7:30 am - 12:00 pm
4th Quarter Book Club Meeting during Afternoon Advisory

TUESDAY, may 9, 2023

Running Club Meeting from 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm
Music Club from 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm

WEDNESDAY, may 10, 2023

Another Great Day at GWCS!

THURSDAY, may 11, 2023

History in Movies Elective from 3:15 pm - 5:30 pm

FRIDAY, may 12, 2023

OBX #4 | Sully Plantation and Udvar Hazy Air & Space Center from 9:00 am - 3:15 pm
REAL Term Internship Co-Ops

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OBX #4: Sully Plantation and Udvar Hazy Air & Space Museum

FRIDAY, may 12, 2023

9:00 AM - 3:15 PM

NO GYM!

Destination: Sully Plantation and Udvar Hazy Air & Space Museum

About: Coyotes will be visiting the Air and Space Museum (Chantilly) and the Sully Plantation!
The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is home to the Discovery space shuttle and approximately 3,000 other space and aviation artifacts. A Blackbird SR-71 and a Concorde are also on display.
Sully Plantation was built in 1794 for Richard Bland Lee, who sat on the first Congress and represented Northern Virginia. In 1811, Lee sold Sully, and the home would come to be owned by ten other families up until 1959 when Fairfax County Park Authorities acquired the home. During the Civil War, the home saw both Union and Confederate soldiers camped outside the surrounding area.
Meet at GWCS: 9:00 am (Go directly to school - NO GYM)
Pickup at GWCS: 3:15 pm
Bring/Wear:

Normal school clothes, good shoes for walking, water bottle

Lunch: Chipotle - Provided by the GWCS Foundation

Transportation: School Van & Cars

Questions?

Email Ms. Mattson - lead teacher for OBX!

OBX Daily details

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AP Testing Season is here!

EXAM SCHEDULE:

monday, may 1 | AP US Government | 7:30 am start

tuesday, may 2 | AP Environmental Science | 7:30 am start

friday, may 5 | AP US History | 7:30 am start

monday, may 8 | ap cALCULUS AB | 7:30 AM START

WEDNESDAY, MAY 17 | ap us hISTORY mAKE-UP DAY | 7:30 AM START

CLICK BUTTON BELOW FOR FULL AP EXAM SCHEDULE WITH ROOM NUMBERS + STUDENT NAMES.

FULL AP EXAM SCHEDULE

Help Needed for Graduation!

See Ms. Warden’s email below!

Dear Awesome Parents,

I just wanted to take a moment to give a big shout-out to all of you who made it to our graduation meeting this morning, and to those who have signed up to help out. Your support means everything!

With your help, we'll make this graduation ceremony one for the books. Your dedication and enthusiasm are contagious, and it's clear that our students have amazing role models in their lives.

Graduation is at the The George Washington Masonic National Memorial June 17th from 1pm-4pm. All students and families are invited! We have several shifts and ways that volunteers can contribute to this momentous event.

We have broken the volunteer opportunities into the following categories. If you weren't able to make the meeting, but volunteered to help, please shoot me an email and let me know where you'd like to jump in. We need help in all departments! Again, each job is task-analyzed and is simple and stress free :) Once you have indicated where you would like to help, I will send you the pertinent information.

We are having a follow-up meeting for those who can attend on May 19th at 9:15 at school.

Special note to Senior Parents: You do not need to volunteer—just show up and be proud!

Group One: Pre-Ops

Lisa Libby

Alison Gramman

Includes visiting the storage unit to gather items, taking inventory, setting up graduation staging area at school. Also includes tracking down items, laundering tablecloths and gowns, renting cocktail tables.

Group Two: Food and Beverage

Shannon Rudisill

Amy Villegas

Includes ordering/picking up/ or receiving serving volunteer brunch and food/beverage for the graduation reception. Includes ordering items from Costco, Wegmans, and Whole Foods. Includes organizing volunteers make beverages, set up the buffet, replenish the buffet, cutting serving cake etc. Delivering leftovers to shelter.

Group Three: Decorations

Melissa Koenig

Rachel Albert

Amy Villegas

Includes: Indoor and outdoor signage, flowers, balloons, memory board room, reception hall, auditorium.

Group Four: Clean Up

Melissa and Gary Koenig

Amy and Marcial Villegas

Shannon Rudisill

Includes: General cleanup, trash and recycling, gathering of forgotten items, dishes etc. After the ceremony, return gowns, tablecloths, reusable items to bins and storage unit.

Graduate Wrangler Day of:

Elena Roach

Again, thank you all SO much for everything you do for our small but mighty community!

Warmly,

Alexa

Donations for GWCS Snackalicious!

SNACKALICIOUS IS BACK!

Students need healthy "to go" snacks as they move through the day. Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up if you are able. Thank you!

On Monday (any week you chose) bring or have your student deliver snacks of your choice.

Suggestions - Cheese and crackers, hummus and pita chips, guacamole (in single serve packages) and tortillas, bananas, cuties, clementines, grapes washed and cut into bunches, raisins, craisins - what's your fruit?

Additional dates will be added monthly.

FRESH VEG NEEDED…

ESPECIALLY KALE!

This is Tortellini, our resident Russian Tortoise.

He is a ferocious plant eater. Kale leaves quake in his presence.

We have three turtle friends: Grouchy and Sweetie (red-eared sliders), and Tortellini (Russian tortoise). They are all on a natural raw diet which mainly consists of fresh, leafy greens! If you have any veggies from home or want to purchase and donate food items - it is much appreciated! Please bring donations directly to Ms. Kohler in the lab. The below list are their favorite staples. Thank you for helping keep our beloved school pets well nourished!