| A Note From Headmaster
Hello Parents,
It is important for you to know about some changes coming Semester II. Ms. Erin Hudson will no longer serve as our Dean of Students. She will continue teaching and helping support students who may be struggling academically, personally, or socially. This will include meeting with students before school, during lunch and lyceum, as well as after school.
Mrs. Katheryn LeTrent will be our new Dean of Students. She will oversee culture and discipline, dress code, detentions, and meeting with students about accountability and responsibility to ensure reflection and restoration. Her focus is on building strong student-teacher relationships.
We will be welcoming a new 11th grade Drama teacher. Ms. Breona Conrad will be teaching three Drama classes in the coming semester. She has taught theatre and directed plays for over twenty years and is currently the Director of Education for Southwest Shakespeare Company. Ms. Conrad is excited to become part of our community and will serve our students well.
Sincerely,
Mr. Navarrette
Headmaster
Winter Concert
This year’s Winter Concert is tonight, Friday, December 13th at Glendale Church of the Nazarene [12].
All students taking music this semester are required to participate. However, all Glendale Prep students and parents are invited to attend. Admission is free. Middle School Concert begins at 5:30 p.m. High School Concert begins at 7:00 p.m. (doors open at 6:55 p.m. for parents to allow time for the middle school concert audience to exit).
Students must provide their own transportation on the evening of the concert. Middle school students must arrive by 4:30 p.m. High school students must arrive by 5:55 p.m. in order to warm-up and get into position for the concert.
For student attire requirements or any other questions, please contact Mr. Liles at eliles@glendaleprep.org [13] or Ms. Cox at jcox@glendaleprep.org [14].
11th Grade Drama Productions
Join Junior Drama for a day of Shakespeare tomorrow, Saturday, December 14th. Admission is free and all are welcome!
At 10:30 a.m. catch 3rd period Junior Drama perform Much Ado About Nothing; a sparking romantic comedy about a couple engaged in a witty war of words that gets tricked into falling in love with each other. Students must arrive by 9:30 a.m. for warm-up.
At 2:30 p.m. catch the 4th period Junior Drama perform a historical production of Henry V. about a gallant young English kings’ exploits in France. Students must arrive by 1:30 p.m. to warm-up.
Please contact Mrs. LeTrent [15] with any questions.
PSO Corner
***Snowstorm: This annual event is a way to show our deep appreciation to our amazing faculty at GP! All monetary donations collected will be pooled, divided evenly, and presented to the faculty as an amazing gift before the holiday break. We encourage families to participate, as this donation is meant to be in lieu of individual gifts for our teachers and staff. You can also hand in money to the front desk and there will be volunteers on the curb at morning drop off you can hand money to from December 11th – December 19th. Please help us reach our goal this year to raise $14,000!
January Lunch Orders: December is a very busy time, so this is a friendly reminder that January lunch orders are due by Tuesday, December 24th. Order online here [16].
Teacher Appreciation Lunch: Thank you to the families that donated items for the teacher’s appreciation lunch last week. A big thanks to Mrs. Palubinskas and her family for providing multiple homemade casseroles for the lunch. We appreciate the hard work she puts in each month to make these luncheons special.
GP Athletics.
Semester Exams
Please reschedule any appointments that conflict with semester exams. The schedule for semester exams is as follows:
Wednesday, December 18th
8:05 a.m. – 9:35 a.m. – Period 1 Exam
9:40 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. – Break/Study Hall
10:35 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. – Period 2 Exam
Thursday, December 19th
8:05 a.m. – 9:35 a.m. – Period 3 Exam
9:40 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. – Break/Study Hall
10:35 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. – Period 4 Exam
Friday, December 20th
8:05 a.m. – 9:35 a.m. – Period 5 Exam
9:40 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. – Break/Study Hall
10:35 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. – Period 6 Exam
Here are some tips and reminders to help your children find success and health next week:
1. Maintain a consistent and healthy bedtime.
2. Make room for lots of veggies and fruit in their diet.
3. Encourage and help to provide a positive environment for studying free of distraction, including their phone.
4. Find joy in the simple, peaceful pleasures this time of year brings. Take study breaks to enjoy the cool, crisp weather on a family walk together, bake some cookies, or make plans for visiting the snow over winter break.
5. Stick with your morning routine, and be sure to get your student to school by 8:00 a.m. or earlier if they plan on attending tutoring.
Second Semester Typing Class
Mr. Oakes will again be offering a typing class to middle school and high school students. The class will provide instruction and guided practice in the home row method. By the end of the course, students will have fully learned the home row method and will have set a foundation for increasing speed and accuracy. The course will especially help students who have little or no experience with typing or who type fewer than twenty-five words per minute. The course will meet each Tuesday at 3:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m. The course will run for ten weeks starting on Tuesday, January 14th. The cost is $50 per student by check; made out to Mr. Oakes. There are twenty-five seats available. Email Mr. Oakes [20] to reserve a seat.
Tax Credit +2
It’s that time of year…GP needs your Tax Credit, plus two more! Ask family, friends, neighbors, and co-workers to support your student by redirecting their tax dollars to Glendale Prep. They will receive a dollar-for-dollar credit on their Arizona State Taxes!
To reward students for bringing in all those Tax Credits…
Contest ends midnight, December 31st, 2019!
Uniform Check
We’re almost midway through the school year, please take time over the next couple of weeks to check your son’s and daughter’s uniforms to be sure they are fitting properly. This time of year is when skirts and pants seem to start “shrinking.” Please click here to access the GP Family Handbook [21] for a refresher on what the requirements are for skirts and pants. The Uniform Policy starts on page 67.
College Counseling
- Seniors Students: Please make sure that all last essay edits for Regular Decision applications have been submitted before the College Counseling Department closes for winter break on Friday, December 20, 2019.
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