Vol. 26| YAY IT’S MARCH! Edition | March 5, 2019
Upcoming Events
March 6 – PTA Meeting – Glebe Library
March 7 – EARLY RELEASE
March 8 – NO SCHOOL – Parent/Teacher Conferences
March 13 – STEM Night – Glebe Elementary
March 18-21 – Book Fair Begins
March 22 – Happy On Wheels assemblies – Glebe
March 23 – Glebe Social & Auction Gala – Knights of Columbus
March 26 – Rhyme & Cheese Night – Glebe Multipurpose Room
PTA Meeting
March 6, 7 pm – Glebe Library
Meet Ellen Smith, our new Principal at Hamm Middle School, about transitioning to middle school . Meet and greet rising middle school parents.
If you have an agenda item you’d like to discuss at an upcoming meeting, please send it to glebepta@gmail.com ASAP. We will have child care for all potty trained children during the meeting. Spanish translation will be provided.
STEM Night 
Wednesday, March 13, 6:30-8:00 pm – Glebe Hallways
Mark your calendars for the Glebe STEM Fair and get ready for an amazing night of invention and discovery by our young scientists and engineers!!! We do need a few hands to help make the night go smoothly so please sign up here. If you have questions, please contact our STEM Fair coordinator, Lauren Barber (email).
Book Fair
March 18-21
Happy on Wheels
Friday, March 22
Happy on Wheels will come to Glebe and present to our kiddos during daytime assemblies. Ask them what they learned!
Glebe Spring Social & Auction
March 23 – Knights of Columbus
Be a star! Attend the March 23rd Glebe PTA Social & Auction! Don’t wait to the last minute to register to attend, buy a drink band or a Golden Ticket, or shop at our Dine & Dash: Register and purchase today at: https://glebe.ejoinme.org/
The Social & Auction is a great way to socialize, make new friends, and raise funds for Glebe! Over 70% of the PTA’s budget is raised at the Social & Auction! See you there!
Rhyme & Cheese Night
Tuesday, March 26 – Multipurpose Room
Get ready for another Rhyme & Cheese Night! Come join and support Glebe’s young writers! We hope to see you there!
Heads up, writers! Deadline for submissions is Friday, March 22…details to come!
PTA positions – Treasurer open now and next year’s openings
We are IN NEED of interested folks looking to volunteer next year. The majority of the current Executive Board will hit their term limit in June and will need to step down. We NEED members of our community to volunteer to keep PTA support and activities going. Please contact Kristen at glebepta@gmail.com if interested in any position.
018-19: OPEN POSITION – PTA Treasurer
19-20: President, VP Activities and Programs, VP Ways and Means, Treasurer, Corresponding Secretary and Recording Secretary
Thank You’s
to everyone who donated art supplies to Henry’s Art Drive! It made a world of difference to the patients at Children’s National Hospital!
The Glebe Social & Auction Committee thanks all the families who donated items, services, and money to this year’s auction. It takes a village! Thanks again and see you on the 23rd!
- to Isabel Simmerman, Lauren Barber and all the volunteers who made Multicultural Night a success! We loved seeing the fashions of the world and at Glebe!
Reminders
- Have Box Tops? You can turn these in to the collection box in the Front Lobby!
- Please bring in food and toiletries for our Glebe Nourishment Center. Cart in the Front Lobby!
- Have used crayons? our The Crayon Initiative takes your broken, used crayons and re-purposes them. Just drop them off in the main office collection bin or in your child’s classroom!
Need to Reach Us?
For general questions, email glebepta@gmail.com – Kristen Johnson
For newsletter/school communications, email glebeptacomm@gmail.com – Chai Puri
For events/activities, email glebeactivities@gmail.com – Lauren Barber
For finance questions, email glebeptatreasurer@gmail.com –
Other PTA questions? Find out who can help you!
@ the next PTA meeting: