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13300 Poplar Tree Road Fairfax, Virginia 22033 - Main Office: 703-633-6700
Report an Absence: 703-633-6767 Fax: 703-633-6797 Clinic: 703-633-6710
"Celebrating 40 years of Pride in School and Pride in Performance"

About Greenbriar West

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Last Updated: Monday, May 21, 2012

Curator: Cathy McDonald

E-mail: cbmcdonald@fcps.edu

Office Hours
8:00 a.m. -- 4:30 p.m.


New Student Registration Call: 703-633-6700

Map To Greenbriar West Elementary School

Important Updates:

Field Day Volunteers Needed
Students of all ages look forward to our annual Field Day. Parent Volunteers are needed to setup and supervise games for this year's event, Friday, June 8th. Kindergarten will have their own mini-Field Day. Kindergarten Volunteers, CLICK HERE . Grade 1-6 Volunteers, CLICK HERE.

SOL Practice Items
Virginia Department of Education has made available Practice Items that provide a glimpse of the technology-enhanced items incorporated in the 2012 SOL exams. Greenbriar West students will only take the science and social studies exams online in 2012. No practice items are available for Virginia Studies (G4) and US History I (G6). Requires Java plug-in .

Parent Input Survey
In the May 4th Thursday folder, please look for a special “light blue” survey letter to parents. This survey letter gives you the opportunity to share information with us about your child that will assist us in the class placement process for next year. However, we do not accept requests for a particular teacher and we reserve the right to determine the final placement. If you would like to complete this form, please send it back to me no later than Friday, May 25.

Supply List for 2012-2013 School Year Available
Please see the school supply list icon at the left. GBW PTA is offering again this year school kits, prepackaged school supplies with everything on the grade level list, delivered to your child's desk at open house. Order forms went home in Thursday Folders May10th, and are due back June 1st.

New Bell Schedule
FCPS Transportation office has announced new bell schedules for next year. Greenbriar West will open and closed 5 minutes later beginning September 2012. Our new start time will be 9:20 am. Dismissal will be at 1:30 pm on Mondays, and 4:00 pm Tuesday - Friday

Other Upcoming Events

May 14 - June 1
SOL , MRA, and DRA testing window - see full SOL testing schedule
May 25
SCA Spirit Day - Each class chooses their own theme.
May 28
Memorial Day Holiday - No School
June 7
SCA Spirit Day - Super Hero Day
String Concert for Students - Gym - 2:00 pm
Strings Concert for Parents - 7:00 pm - Rocky Run Middle School
June 8
Volunteer Reception - 9:00 - 9:30 am - Cafeteria ; 9:45 am Classrooms

Field Day 10:00 am - 3:00 pm - Outside (No Rain Date)

June 9
Car Wash - 10:00 am - 3:00 pm Proceeds benefit Ms. Lynk's battle with Lung Cancer
Donations can also be made at PNC Bank or at YouCaring.com
Rain Date Sunday, June 10th
June 12
Spring Band Concert - 7:00 - 7:30 pm Chantilly High School
June 14
Award Assembly (Grades 4-6 ) - Gym - 9:30 - 10:30 am
June 15
Last Day Of School For All Students
6th Grade Promotion Ceremony - Gym - 9:30 -11:30 am
6th Grade Celebration - Gym - Noon - 3:30 pm
All students dismissed at 3:55 pm

Help Us Keep You Informed:

If you prefer to receive school communications electronically, please be sure to

  • Include email addresses on your child’s Emergency Care Form. This insures you will receive Keep In Touch Messages from Mrs. Cleveland and Dr. Dale's office.
  • If you have not already registered for a ParentView Account, please visit: fcps.blackboard.com. So you can view all Thursday Folder announcements and your child’s FCPS 24/7 Learning course(s). To register use the username: parentreg and password: newuser. For help visit: Parentview help. ParentView is a one time registration - good as long as your child remains a FCPS student.
  • Register or update your email address with the GBW PTA for information about PTA events and Volunteer efforts.
  • Members of the Community and Caregivers can sign up for communication emails by visiting the Keep-In-Touch web site, and clicking Community http://www.fcps.edu/kit/

Parents without internet access will still receive all notices in their child’s Thursday folder

principals

Lori Cleveland
Lauryn Campbell
Principal
Assistant Principal

Greenbriar West Receives VIP Excellence Award:

Greenbriar West Elementary was recently recognized as one of only twenty-two FCPS schools meeting the qualifications to receive the 2012 Governor’s Award for Educational Excellence.  This award recognizes schools that have met all state and federal achievement benchmarks for at least two consecutive years and have achieved excellence goals for elementary reading.   Congratulations to the students, staff and community of Greenbriar West who live up to our high standards of excellence demonstrating our school motto, Pride in School and Pride in Performance. This is the third year Greenbriar West has been honored for their performance.

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