Merry Christmas!!

Band Concert!

Band Concert tonight!

Nicholson Center

6:45 for students

7:30 start time

December Events

                  

The GWA Student Council is participating in the annual canned food drive for the Walton County Empty Stocking Fund.  Food boxes will be prepared for 375 needy families for the Christmas holidays.  GWA is a valuable part of this endeavor.  Please place your items in the barrels provided.  The lower school homeroom and the middle school homeroom that collects the most cans will receive a pizza party. The high school student who turns in the most cans will receive a gift card (cans should be delivered to Mrs. Carson’s classroom).  

*The deadline to submit the total number of cans your class collects is Thursday, December 6^th.  

*Winners will be announced on 
Friday, December 7^th.  

Thank so much for your support!  

Pictures with Santa

Wednesday, Dec. 5

If you are writing a check, PLEASE make it out to Elena De La Rosa Photography!!

Envelopes are due tomorrow.

*December 7, 2018

Christmas Tree Presentation

Nicholson Center

9:00

Due to our Annual Christmas Tree Presentation, there will be 

no Spirit Day this Friday.  Everyone is expected to be in 

full dress code uniform.

November Events

The GWA Student Council is participating in the annual canned food drive for the Walton County Empty Stocking Fund.  Food boxes will be prepared for 375 needy families for the Christmas holidays.  GWA is a valuable part of this endeavor.  Please place your items in the barrels provided.  The lower school homeroom and the middle school homeroom that collects the most cans will receive a pizza party. The high school student who turns in the most cans will receive a gift card (cans should be delivered to Mrs. Carson’s classroom).  

*The deadline to submit the total number of cans your class collects is Thursday, December 6^th.  

*Winners will be announced on 
Friday, December 7^th.  

Thank so much for your support!  

October Events

Go Bulldogs!!

*A note from Ammie Bruce*
                I need 5^th grade chorus to check in with their teacher, then come straight to the auditorium when they arrive at school next Monday, October 29^th.  We are recording a music video for a Halloween project and they will be coming to school in their Halloween costumes.

5th Grade will be starting conferences 
the week after the ITBS.

October 30, 2018

Picture retakes

September events

9/14/18

Below is the schedule for the September 14, early release day.  We will keep you posted if anything changes. 

8:00-8:15 – First period attendance

8:30-9:30 – Powder Puff Games

                       9^th vs 10^th

                       11^th vs 12^th

                       Championship game

Games should last approximately 20 minutes

• Will Angel will make refreshments available throughout the morning

9:45-10:00- Line up for the parade

10:00- Parade and Pep Rally starts

11:30- Lower school dismissal

12:00 High school dismissal

Update

* Don't forget Monday is a holiday!
   Have a great long weekend 
and we will see you on Tuesday!

Ice Cream Social

I scream! You scream!

We all scream for

ICE CREAM!!

Come join us for an evening of fun and tradition on Thursday night (8/23).

Let’s meet up in the

Nicholson Center (around 6:30) for a sampling of ice cream and spirit wear. Then head to the football field and get a good seat to watch the pep rally 

(it starts around 7:30).

*If you are bringing ice cream,

please arrive by 6:00 to set up in the Nicholson Center!*

What's happening in August?

8/14/18

The Boy Scout representative will talk to all 5th graders about joining Boy Scouts.

8/16/18

Coffee with Counselors

8:30 AM Upper School Media Center

Learn about the ways GWA can support your child socially, emotionally, and Academically.

8/16/18 

Boy Scout sign-ups in the cafeteria during lower school carpool.

8/23/18

Ice Cream Social

8/29/18

Yearbook Photos

Summer Reading!

Rising 5^th Grade Summer Reading Selections

Each student must choose one book from the following list and one book from The Great Illustrated Classic Series. Students will be required to take AR (Accelerated Reader) tests over both books during the first week of school.

*Choose one book from this list*

True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle                                                  Avi

The Borrowers                                                                                     Mary Norton

The Great Brain                                                                                  John D. Fitzgerald

Inkheart                                                                                               Cornelia Funke

My Side of the Mountain                                                                     Jean C. George

King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphon Arabian                     Marguerite Henry

Dear Mr. Henshaw                                                                               Beverly Cleary

Phantom Tollbooth                                                                               Norton Juster

Hatchet                                                                                                 Gary Paulsen

Toothpaste Millionaire                                                                         Jean Merrill

Summer of the Monkeys                                                                       Wilson Rawls

The Sign of the Beaver                                                                         Elizabeth Speare

The Mysterious Benedict Society                                                         Trenton Lee Stewart

Gentle Ben                                                                                            Walt Morey

Ginger Pye                                                                                            Eleanor Estes

Space Case                                                                                           Stuart Gibbs

A Series of Unfortunate Events                                                           Lemony Snicket

*Choose one book from this list*

The Great Illustrated Classics (not the original novel)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea [adapted - Great Illustrated Classics] by Malvina G. Vogel              

The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe [adapted - Great Illustrated Classics] by Malvina G. Vogel                  Black Beauty [adapted - Great Illustrated Classics] by Anna Sewell          

The Call of the Wild [adapted - Great Illustrated Classics] by Jack London             

Captains Courageous [adapted - Great Illustrated Classics] by Rudyard Kipling 

The Count of Monte Cristo (Great Illustrated Classics) by Alexandre Dumas         

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [adapted - Great Illustrated Classics] by Robert Louis Stevenson

Dracula [adapted - Great Illustrated Classics] by Bram Stoker    

Frankenstein [Great Illustrated Classics] (Adapted by Malvina G. Vogel) by Malvina G. Vogel     

Heidi [adapted - Great Illustrated Classics] by Johanna Spyri      

The Invisible Man [adapted - Great Illustrated Classics] by H. G. Wells    

A Journey to the Center of the Earth [adapted - Great Illustrated Classics] by Jules Verne              

Kidnapped [Great Illustrated Classics] (Adapted by Deborah Kestel) by Deborah Kestel  

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table [adapted - Great Illustrated Classics] by Joshua E. Hanft              

A Little Princess [adapted - Great Illustrated Classics] by Frances Hodgson Burnett           

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood [adapted - Great Illustrated Classics] by Howard Pyle        

The Prince and the Pauper [adapted - Great Illustrated Classics] by Mark Twain

The Secret Garden [adapted - Great Illustrated Classics] by Frances Hodgson Burnett     

The Swiss Family Robinson [adapted - Great Illustrated Classics] by Johann Wyss             

The Time Machine [adapted - Great Illustrated Classics] by H. G. Wells   

Treasure Island [adapted - Great Illustrated Classics] by Robert Louis Stevenson               

The War of the Worlds [adapted - Great Illustrated Classics] by Malvina G. Vogel             

White Fang [adapted - Great Illustrated Classics] by Malvina G. Vogel   

Week of May 21

May 25, 2018

5^th Grade Graduation

9:00 Nicholson Center

Week of May 7

C.H.A.M.P.S. Graduation

1:00 Nicholson Center

May 11, 2018

Reception Afterward

We hope everyone can come!

Students who are leaving after the reception,

 please check out with your homeroom teacher.

Important information for May 2nd!!

May 2, 2018

Rising 6^th grade parent meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the Cafeteria. Contact Linda Smith with any questions.

May 2, 2018

5^th-8^th grade Chorus Musical Dress rehearsal in the LS Gym 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Contact Ammie Bruce with any questions.

May 4, 2018

5^th thru 8^th grade musical performance in the LS school gym at 6 p.m.

Week of April 23rd

                                 

No Spelling this Week!!

                                    

Friday, April 27, 2018

 When the last 

Field Day event is over, it's 

Early release for lower

 school.

(around 11:00).

Don't forget to bring a towel and maybe some

 dry clothes!

C.H.A.M.P.S. Graduation

May 11, 2018

1:00

Nicholson Center

Week of April 16th

Spring Pictures

Thursday, April 19

Book Fair this week!!


Friday, April 27, 2018


 When the last 

Field Day event is over, it's 

Early release for lower

 school.

(around 11:00).


Don't forget to bring a towel!

C.H.A.M.P.S. Graduation
May 11, 2018
1:00
Nicholson Center

Week of March 26th

No Spelling this week!!

March 29, 2018

Field Trip to the 

Senior Citizens Center

and

Bowling at Stars and Strikes

Don't forget items for our seniors' 

Easter baskets!

March 30, 2018

School Holiday

March 30- April 8

Camp Jekyll Field Trip

April 11-13

April 27, 2018


 When the last 

Field Day event is over, it's 

Early release for lower

 school.

(around 11:00).

Don't forget to bring a towel!

New News!

Happy Valentine’s Day!!

 5th graders may bring Valentines to school on Wednesday for everybody in their homeroom class.

They may also pass out Valentines to other students in other homerooms. 

Permission slips are due Monday for the Jekyll Island field trip.

Payment needs to be made before 

March 12, 20018.

Class pictures will be taken on 

February, 20, 2018.

February 16-19