Gwa Parents Weekly

GWA PARENTS WEEKLY

Week of Oct 30 — Nov 3

Your Weekly Lower and Upper Schools Communication What parents need to know about this week @ GWA

ALL SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS SCHOOL NOTICES & EVENTS Save the date

Oct 28—29 GWA Speech & Debate Tourna- ment @ GWA

Nov 2 MS/HS Character Assemblies in MPR @ 8:50am

Nov 3 LS Character Assembly in MPR @ 8:15am

Nov 3 NHS Trivia Night @ 6:00pm - 8:00pm in MPR

Nov 6 Moroccan National Holiday-School is GWA Speech & Debate Tournament at GWA Closed This weekend, GWA will host four other schools at the first Speech and Debate Tournament of the year. 46 of Nov 8 End 1st Quarter our high school students will compete in 11 different

events. The tournament begins Saturday at 8:30, and concludes Sunday afternoon. Wish our team the best! Please visit our Master Calendar

or Facebook to see more events Time Change — Fall Back and updates! (ctrl, click on ‘Master Calendar’) Daylight Savings Time Ends in Morocco Nurse Page: 2

Sunday, October 29 at 3:00am Lower School Announcements Page: 3 Turn clocks 1 Hour Back Upper School Announcements Page: 4 Athletics Page: 5 Remember Fall, Fall Back. Library Page: 6

Menu Page: 7

ALL SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS Nurse: Dear Parents, Head Lice 101

What parents need to know …

Lice are a part of life! There are millions of infestations in the U.S. alone every year and certainly all over Morocco as well! A place or school cannot get lice - only people. They cannot jump or fly; and love to crawl in anyone’s hair! They can only be passed by direct head to head contact; it is very uncommon to spread lice through personal items such as combs/brushes or hair accessories. Also getting lice does not mean you are dirty or have poor hygiene!

Proper treatment is critical to eliminate any live infestations of lice. Please be diligent to adequately treat using a special shampoo for killing lice and thorough combing out of all nits (check out the video for a great tutorial of how to do this!). This takes many hours! The nurse office has special lice combs from America available for purchase (200dhs) if you would like to have one for your household.

For a healthy GWA, Miss Hannah Hair, RN, BSN

LOWER SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS Dear Parents/Guardians, We had a fabulous first week back from Fall Break. As we wrap up the month of October we are continu- ing to emphasize our monthly character trait - RESPONSIBILITY. Students have been engaged in various learning activities including guest readers in each classroom as together we explore the importance of making the choice to be reliable and dependable. Please continue to emphasize this at home as we journey through the year together. As we prepare for November and December I want to remind you of our upcoming parent/teacher conferences. We will not have school for students on 15 November so that Elementary teachers and parents can conference about student progress thus far. You will receive a time from your child's teacher. Like- wise, Preschool will not have school on 7 December (all other GWA students still have school this day) so that Preschool teachers and parents can conference. Again, you will receive a time from your child's teacher. Ongoing communication and attending scheduled conferences are two important ways in which we part- ner together, school and home, to inspire, equip, and empower GWA students to succeed. Kind regards, Kevin Brenner Lower School Principal

Announcements:

 Parent/teacher conferences are coming soon (15 November for Elementary, 7 December for Pre- school). You will receive specific time from teachers to come to conferences.

 As the weather turns cooler please be reminded that all 1st-5th graders should have a GWA uniform item as their outer layer. Non-GWA jackets are not permitted.

 3 tardies equals 1 absence. A student risks repeating the grade level if she/he reaches 20 absences

 All parents must check in at reception after 8:35. If a child is to be picked up before 3:00, they must come to the office to check the child out. The office will call the classroom to have the child brought to the office. No parents should go to classrooms without a visitor badge.

UPPER SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS This week the Upper School would like to share how Ms. Emily Griggs is inspiring our students to be confi- dent in their ideas and abilities to become ambassadors for GWA. This is Ms. Griggs second year as the GWA Speech and Debate coach. The GWA students that are a part of this team learn interpersonal skills and develop self-confidence that will assist them as they continue on to college and the world of work. This Saturday and Sunday, Ms. Griggs will be coaching the GWA Speech and Debate team as they host a competition for other international schools from Morocco. Ms. Griggs and our students have spent many hours of preparation and practice so that they can represent the GWA community well. You are in- vited to come out and support our students starting at 8:30am on Saturday.

ATHLETICS AD-PARENT MEETING AGENDA

PURPOSE: Introduction of GWA Athletic Director and it’s programs

Required Attendees: Parents of US student-athletes

Date: Wednesday, Nov 1st Time: 16:30

Location: MPR

Agenda Items:

Introduction of Athletic Director (1st presentation):

(15 minutes)

The Program (2nd presentation):

(15 minutes)

Student-Athlete Handbook:

(5 minutes)

School Nurse

(5 minutes)

How can you help? Whatsapp

Q&A:

(10 minutes)

MASAC SOCCER INVITATION

Where: The American School of Marrakesh

When: Friday & Saturday November 10th & 11th

Concession Stand: There will be a concession stand on both Friday and Saturday. We will have stands open for the athletes to buy lunch.

Security: We will need a list of any spectators that will be coming to the tournament. Any spectators not on the list will not be allowed on campus. We need a list of all players and coaches by Oct 30th

Seating: There will be benches provided for each team. Players and coaches ONLY will be allowed on the benches.

LIBRARY

Great News! We're running a Scholastic International School Book Club!

We sent out the Book Club leaflets home so that you and your child can choose from the latest exciting selection of books. If you have not received one, please stop by the library and ask for a Scholastic book club brochure and the form to place your order directly with the library. The due date to place your order is October 30.

Ages ( 0 – 11 years), please use the Book Club leaflet sent out with students and choose from the latest exciting selection of Scholastic books. Ages (11 years and up), open the teen brochure from the link below: http://library.gwa.ac.ma/common/ servlet/presenthomeform.do?l2m=Home&tm=Home Then click on New! Teens International Book Club Please use the method below to find the dirham amount

How to find out the amount to pay in Dirhams?

Book price in dollars x 15= amount in dirhams to pay

Book price in pounds x 21(teen’s brochure) = amount in dirhams to pay

Ex: “The very hungry caterpillar” by Eric Carle: $9.05 (leaflet price)

Amount to pay: $9.05 x 15=DHS135.75

To place your order fill in the following information and send back to the library with cash or a check made payable to GWA no later than October 25, 2017. We will be contacting you as soon as the books arrive. Parent name: Student name: Item number & book title:

LUNCH MENU GRADES NURSERY – KINDER

LUNCH MENU GRADES 1-12