Weekly Newsletter August 29th, 2020

Weekly Family Newsletter | August 29th, 2020

Cultivating minds and hearts through the pursuit of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty

Table of Contents

Virtual Town Hall September 3rd
Big Give SA! September 10th
Coffee with the Headmaster
Volunteers Needed!
Spirit Shirts Pre-Order

6. Parent Service Organization (PSO) Interest Meeting

7. MAP Testing Update

8. Distance Learning Feedback Survey

9. Important Dates

10. Quick Links- new breakfast/lunch menu

Please ensure you have read the most recent update from our Superintendent Dan Scoggin on Great Hearts Brick and Mortar Openings. Click here to view.

Great Hearts Live Oak Virtual Town Hall

On Thursday, September 3rd from 12:00-1:00 PM, we will be hosting another town hall. It will be live streamed on Facebook, so please make sure you are following our school Facebook page to get the event notification. Non-Facebook users will still be able to access this event through the same link. If you are unable to watch live, a recording will be saved on Facebook and posted in Friday's newsletter for reference. More details about this event and our reopening plan will be shared early next week.

Great Hearts Live Oak Town Hall

SAVE THE DATE!

13 days until Big Give SA!

Join us on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020 for a 24 hour Giving Extravaganza to benefit Great Hearts Live Oak! Your support – no matter how small - makes a difference in your student's education. An investment in GHLO is an investment in our students and their future. During this very difficult time when education is being challenged like never before, helping to raise more dollars to support our school will allow our incredible teachers to do what they do best.. teach!

Multiple donations could earn us extra funding in the form of prize money and matching dollar opportunities. We could win up to $10,000 for our school! Prime giving hours are 9:15 AM, 12:15 PM, 3:15 PM and 6:15 PM. Anyone can make a donation and very dollar donated stays at GHLO.

Big Give SA is the largest online giving event in south Texas, held annually to financially support non-profits in the San Antonio area. Our challenge to you – we want every family to participate in Big Give SA! September 10th will be a spirit shirt day for all students to celebrate this wonderful day of giving!

E-mail Amelia.Dick@greatheartsliveoak.org for more information or go to the Big Give SA website here.

Join us for Virtual Coffee with the Headmaster!

A long-standing Great Hearts tradition, Coffee with the Headmaster is a monthly event for all parents to get to know Headmaster Audelo and for her to get to know you! We value your partnership with us during this time of distance learning and would love to meet all of you on Zoom. Grade levels are paired for different days, so please clicks below to reserve your spot.

If you have multiple children, feel free to choose one or sign up for each grade your students are in!

Volunteers Needed!

With school reopening plans commencing soon, community support is going to be vital in the coming weeks! Great Hearts Live Oak is looking for volunteers in the following areas:

Faculty Fun Fridays

Plexiglass Installation for K-3 Grade desks (September 5th at 9:00 AM)

First day back set up and joy crew

Daily Lunch Room Help

Snack donations for teacher's lounge

Bulletin Board Decorations

Front desk support

Please reach out to Mrs. Villalvazo-Dick if you would like to help with Plexiglass installation. For all other volunteer opportunities, please RSVP for the Parent Service Organization (PSO) Interest meeting for more specific information.

Pre-Order a Spirit Shirt!

Our grey school spirit shirts are now for sale for all adults who are interested! Parents, grandparents, friends and community members are welcome to purchase a shirt and represent our school!

Shirts are $10 each and are available in sizes: S, M, L, XL or XXL.

Please pre-order your spirit shirt by September 12th! Payment will be requested once shirts are ordered.

All students should have received a school spirit shirt during curriculum pick-up. If your child still need a shirt, please reach out to our receptionist, Mrs. Winstead.

Pre-Order Form

Parent Service Organization Interest Meeting

The transformative education offered at Great Hearts Live Oak will only be possible through the generous and passionate commitment of a Parent Service Organization (PSO). All parents/guardians are considered PSO members and all families/loved ones are encouraged to participate in community and faculty support. No matter what your talent or schedule is, your help will make a difference!

Headmaster Audelo will be hosting a virtual PSO Interest meeting on September 8th at 6:00 PM. Please join us to learn more about our PSO! Topics will include: Parent Service Organizations at Great Hearts, GHLO PSO, volunteer opportunities and future PSO plans.

RSVP HERE

MAP Update

The first week of the Measurement of Academic Progress (MAP) testing is in the books. Please accept our sincere gratitude for your patience in making it a success. The results we receive from this computer adaptive test will help us teach your children with a clearer picture of what they know and what they are ready to learn next.

We know that some of you have experienced more problems than others and for that we are very sorry. If your scholar needs to finish the assessment or set up a time to begin, we will be reaching out to very soon.

If your child is testing next week; please do these simple steps today:

1- Disable pop-up blockers

2- Navigate to test.mapnwea.org (watch for the notice that informs you whether a pop-up has been blocked; click ‘Allow pop-ups’ from the site)

Once you can navigate to test.mapnwea.org and you see the picture above; your scholar will be ready on test day!

As always, our staff will be standing by to help you solve any problems that arise.