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| 5x7 Art For Sale
You can still purchase your child’s 5x7 art! Just email Reagan Ward, and she will take care of it
Thank you to our amazing student artists who contributed these pieces to help support their school! They were so proud to be part of the Gala. |
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Request for Volunteers- Self Portrait Show
Spring is a busy time at GSA, and we are coming to you again with a request for volunteers. Ms. Melear is asking for volunteers to help hang portraits, set-up for the self-portrait show, staff the reception, and tear down after the event. There are opportunities each day -- May 3rd-6th -- including the opportunity to drop off items during the week. We appreciate any and all help! You can sign up here.
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| Parent Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast- April 15
Please join us on Monday morning in the MUB! Our faculty and staff would like to show their appreciation with a potluck breakfast. We will bring all the food, juice, and coffee, and we invite you to come enjoy a small token of our appreciation. This Volunteer Appreciation breakfast will be Monday, April 15th from 8:00-9:00am in the MUB. This is a come and go, so even if you can just run in for a pastry and coffee before work, please do! If you have helped out in any capacity this year (which is all of you!), we hope to see you there!
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Sixth through Eighth Grade Spring Concerts- April 24 & 25
Please read closely- as announced back in January, our Spring Concert schedule shifted a little bit this year due to Middle School class trips. On April 24th and 25th, the GSA Music department will be hosting the first part of the Spring Concert series. The second half of this series will take place in mid-May. Please join us as students have an opportunity to showcase their hard work this year. All concerts will be taking place on the GSA campus in the MUB.
Wednesday, April 24th 6:30 pm - 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Piano
Thursday, April 25th
6:30 pm - 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Strings Wednesday, May 15th
1:00 pm - Kinder and 1st Grade
2:00 pm - 2nd and 3rd Grade Thursday, May 16th
1:15 pm - 4th and 5th Grade |
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Welcome Dr. Kelley Glover - New GSA Board Member
The Girls' School of Austin is excited to welcome Dr. Kelly T. Glover as a member of the Board of Trustees! Dr. Glover is an educator with 29 years of experience in educational leadership and music education. She earned her Ph.D. in School Improvement from Texas State and music education degrees from Howard University and the Eastman School of Music. Her research interests focus on understanding cultural somatics (body-informed leadership that disrupts White body supremacy) in relation to promoting diversity, inclusion, belonging, and equity initiatives on college campuses and secondary schools.
Dr. Glover is the creator of an ear-training cartoon and game app called "U BETTER Sing!” Her company also mentored youth interested in having careers in the arts. “U BETTER Sing!” was featured on the PBS show "Blackademics,” where she discussed how culturally hegemonic practices affect music education and students from marginalized backgrounds. Her company’s products were also sent overseas to work with young Nigerian girls affected by the Boko Haram crisis in an initiative to educate and heal students through music. She is happily married and enjoys cooking, sleeping, exploring new restaurants, going for long walks, and binge-watching old episodes of “Columbo” because he ALWAYS gets his man…or woman!
We are thrilled to have Dr. Glover joining our Board of Trustees! |
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Frequently Asked Questions- CTP Testing
Our annual CTP tests are coming the last week of April/early May. At the GSA, we administer the CTP in Third through Eighth grades. The CTP is a rigorous assessment for students covering reading, vocabulary, writing, and mathematics. The CTP helps us (educators) assess content specific, curriculum-based performance alongside reasoning ability and conceptual knowledge so that we can adjust our curriculum and provide you some additional information regarding your child's progress. Thank you to Ms. Santos who put together a document outlining the most frequently asked questions about our annual testing. If you have additional questions that are not addressed in this document, please let us know and we will add them!
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Talent Show Update
This year there has been more interest in the Talent Show than ever before! We have always been able to accept every single act, group and solo, that has signed up. However, this year we had SIXTY acts sign up! While we love that all of our students want to use their vibrant voices and share their talents with us, for the first time ever we did have to ask students to choose ONE act this year, instead of the customary two (group and solo), in order to fit the length. We are sorry for any disappointment this has caused. Next year, we will be able to communicate in advance about what steps we will take if we have too many acts sign up. Thank you for understanding.
As a reminder, each act is required to attend a dress rehearsal after school on April 18 from 3:20-5:30pm in the MUB. We will be serving healthy snacks during the rehearsal.
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| Apr. 15 Parent Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast 8:00-9:00am
Apr. 16-19 Teacher Appreciation Week
Apr. 19 Talent Show
Apr. 24 6th-8th Piano Concert 6:30pm Apr. 25 6th-8th Strings Concert 6:30pm
Apr. 26 Coffee and Conversation (Lower School Parents) 8:30-9:30am Apr. 29- May 3 CTP Test: 3rd-5th & 7th Grades May 4-5 1:00-4:00pm Self Portrait Show May 6-10 CTP Test: 6th & 8th Grades May 15 Spring Concerts 1:00pm - Kinder & First Grades 2:00pm - Second & Third Grades May 16
Spring Concert 1:15pm - Fourth & Fifth Grades |
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