Monday, September 18

It Starts with Hello – Millis Road Elementary students will kick off a week of kindness. Start with Hello Week runs through the 22^nd, each day students will have a daily challenge including saying hello to someone new, giving someone a compliment and lending a helping hand to build a culture of inclusion and empathy.

Teacher of the Year Celebration – Hunter Elementary students, families and staff will celebrate their teacher, Johnatan Marin Mesa who was just awarded GCS teacher of the year. Mesa, who is the first Latino Teacher of the Year in GCS history, is a first-grade, dual-language teacher from Colombia. The celebration begins at 8:00 a.m. sharp.

Wednesday, September 20

Cowboys meet the Cowboys – Ahead of the start of the PBR season, The Carolina Cowboys will visit Guilford County Schools. The Carolina Cowboys are based in Greensboro and are the Carolinas’ first-ever professional bull riding team. They’ll stop by Southwest Guilford Elementary, home of the Cowboys, at 10:00 a.m. and Wiley Elementary at 8:00 a.m. Students (and Gabby) will get to interact with the Cowboys and learn about the different techniques and safety equipment they use during competitions.

Thursday, September 21

Nursery Rhyme Olympics – Kindergarten students at Alderman Elementary will participate in a Nursery Rhyme Olympics to launch their learning unit on Nursery Rhymes. The event is from 9:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Friday, September 22

Notes for Notes – Penn Griffin School for the Arts will formally unveil its state-of-the art recording studio. The studio was made possible in part by Notes for Notes, an organization that raises funds in communities to provide free programming for students in a music studio space. This is the organization's first studio in a public school in the United States. The studio is a space for students to explore, create and record their own music, absolutely free. And the bonus? Students learn 21st-century skills that can prepare them for futures in music production, audio engineering, sound design, podcasting, and so many other creative careers. From 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. donors and invited guests will get a first look at the studio space and hear from students who have been recording and producing music.

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Twin Takeover *Cute alert*: Peck Elementary – Teachers at Peck Elementary are seeing double. Its two Pre-K programs have FOUR sets of twins this year.

New Teaching Twins – GCS welcomed dozens of international teachers to the district this summer. Two of them are a set of twins from Jamaica. The identical sisters do everything together and when one learned of an opportunity to come to America to be a teacher, her sister, a fellow educator knew she had to come along for the journey. While they came to the district together, they are teaching at separate schools. One is at Vandalia Elementary and the other is at Bessemer Elementary.

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