Cultivating hearts and minds through the pursuit of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty |
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- 5 Days of Giving starts on Monday!
- Donation Drive
- Parent Directory Revisions
- Intent to Return Survey Semester 2
- Winter Break
- Lost & Found
- Spelling Bee next Thursday
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8.Historial Edible Edifice Contest
9. Spirit Shirts for sale
10.Volunteer Opportunities
11.Attendance
12. Important Dates
13. Quick Links
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5 Days of Giving starts on Monday! |
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The 5 Days of Giving starts next week! We are so excited to see who has the craziest socks on Monday! Thank you for supporting our school's Community Investment campaign. All donations stay 100% at GHLO and are tax-deductible. Hoot hoot hooray! |
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Check out the video above of our Superintendent, Dan Scoggin, and why he gives during The 5 Days of Giving! Specific details about prizes, matches and raffles coming this weekend.
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Donation Drive next week! |
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Beneficence is defined as an act of charity, mercy, and kindness; a beautiful but simple word. Every day we work together to bestow upon our scholars the virtues of responsibility, wisdom, friendship, humility, citizenship, courage, honesty, and integrity. We do this through our curriculum and our words. Now is the time to teach our virtues, to teach beneficence, through our actions.
Great Hearts Live Oak is hosting our first Donation Drive. In partnership with the 5 Days of Giving, we are organizing 5 days of collecting donations which will be donated to Church Under the Bridge for distribution to San Antonio’s homeless population. Our event will begin December 14th and end December 18th.
We will be accepting donations of gently used clothes, sheets, and blankets, as well as diapers. You can send your family’s donation with your student to school or drop it off in the front lobby. Each grade will have their own donation bin. The grade with the most donations will win a special treat!
It’s not how much you can give, but knowing that you changed a life with one donation.
Check out the video below of our fourth grade scholars explaining what giving means to them!
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Parent Directory Revisions |
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Our GHLO 20-21 Parent Directory is here! There were a few omissions and spelling corrections needed, so we will be publishing an updated version in next week's school newsletter.
If you would like to add or remove yourself from the directory, fill out the form below. Please fill out one form per child.
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Intent to Return Survey- DUE TODAY! |
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On 11/20 we communicated that families will need to make a decision on their scholar’s learning path—campus-based or distance learning—for the whole of Semester 2 (January 19 – May 28, 2021). The form is now active for you to make your selection, and responses are due today, Friday, December 11.
Will your scholar(s) be on campus or distance learning in January?
Please note that a student can move from campus-based to distance learning at any point. If you choose distance learning your student will stay in distance learning through the end of the school year (May 28, 2021). Campus-based students required to quarantine will participate in distance learning only during quarantine and will return to the classroom after. Please contact Mrs. D’Ann Hart with questions.
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School will be closed from December 21st-January 3rd for winter break. There will be no in person or remote classes.
We will see everyone back for Semester 2 on January 4th.
Please enjoy a well deserved break and have a merry and safe holiday season!
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Tis the season of lost sweater and jackets!
Please ensure you write your name inside all parts of your student's uniforms and outwear so we can return them if they get lost.
All unclaimed items are in the lost and found.
There will be a contactless lost and found pick-up next Wednesday, December 16th from 8-10 AM. Please park your vehicle and walk up to the front of the school. The lost and found rack will be stationed out from by the double doors.
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Our first school spelling bee is almost here!
The competition will take place next Thursday, December 17th from 8:15-10:15 AM in each child's classroom. 1st-7th grade scholars are eligible to participate.
The classroom spelling bee champions in each section will be competing in the school wide Spelling Bee in January. Parents/guardians may stop by our front office to get an extra copy of the words.
DL parents have been sent information on how their scholars will participate.
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Historical Edible Edifice Contest |
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In honor of the upcoming holidays, join us for a classical twist on a holiday favorite!
The Inaugural Historical Edible Edifice contest will start on Friday, December 4th and end Sunday, January 3rd.
Get your creative juices flowing over the holidays and see what creation you can come up with!
There will be owl-some prizes, so make sure to take a picture and post it on our Great Hearts Live Oak Facebook page. There will be a post pinned to the top of the page to enter all submissions!
Happy decorating!
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New spirit gear is on sale now until Monday, December 14th!
Spirit shirts may be worn to outdoor clubs and on spirit days.
Hooded sweatshirts may be worn outside during lunch, PE, recess or clubs.
Adult and youth sizes available. All proceed go towards our Athletic department.
Orders will be ready for pick up on January 8th just in time to virtually support our girls and boys basketball teams!
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Requirements to Volunteer
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On Campus Students: Attendance is tracked at 10:00 am daily. If possible, please plan appointments around this time so your student can be in class at 10 AM and be marked present. For late arrivals and full day absences, please email D’Ann Hart or Attendance@GreatHeartsLiveOak.org. When your student returns, they will need a doctor’s note or parent excuse. If email is not available, please call the school at 210-888-9474. Your student has the option to attend school remotely (recorded Zoom classes) and will be counted present if they participate in online learning for the day.
Distance Learners: Parents still need to report any full day absences during distance learning. Please email D’Ann Hart or Attendance@GreatHeartsLiveOak.org if your child is sick and cannot attend online. You can submit doctor notes and parent excuses to the same email, or drop them off at the front desk.
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December 14-18th: 5 Days of Giving, Spirit Week, School Donation Drive
December 21st-January 3rd: Winter Break
January 4th: Semester 2 starts
January 8th: Half-Day
January 15th: End of Q2, Half-Day
January 18th: MLK Day- no school
January 19-21st: Independent Study Days
January 22nd: Full Day
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