Glenbrook Students Give to Global Causes

It's always great to see Glenbrook students taking initiative to raise money and collect items to help our friends all around the world.  There have been several fundraising campaigns throughout the school year to help those "neighbors" who are struggling for the even most basic life needs.  This year Mrs. Dauksavages' and Mrs. Smith's IGNITE Classrooms joined in a district level cause to collect shoes for the people in Syria.  Thanks to the generosity of our students and their families, we have collected over 250 pairs of shoes for our friends in Syria. 

Ms. Reiser's class heard about the work of the IGNITE classrooms and they too had an idea of how they could help their friends and families across the globe. Bryan Sanchez, a second grader had family who was affected by the earthquake in Ecuador, so he and his classmates decided to get the school on board raising funds to support those families in need. See the wonderful letter and poem that Bryan and his friends wrote to help raise money for this great cause!

Just as we like to support others, it's nice to know we have our very own supporters. The family of Alexa Rae Bertram, former student of Glenbrook Elementary, donated an entire collection of Harry Potter books to our Glenbrook library in honor of Alexa who tragically passed away at a very young  age. Alexa enjoyed the series herself, so this was a great way for her mom and grandma to support Glenbrook students while honoring the memory of the beautiful Alexa!

Family Fun and Learning at Glenbrook

This week our IGNITE classroom held a Marketplace and invited students, parents and staff to shop in their makeshift stores. Student businesses created business plans that involved product creation, marketing and budgeting in a free enterprise system. All had a great time shopping and the students learned about profit and loss too. It was a great "real world" learning experience.

 

Family Fun Fair

A favorite event every spring is our Family Fun Fair.  The night is filled with food, games, activities, raffles and prizes. We have hundreds of attendees and even many former students who come back to Glenbrook to volunteer and play as well.  Thanks to all who joined us and helped in some capacity. Thanks also to all of the area vendors who donated to the event.  It was a great night!

             

 

 

 

Math and Ice Cream; What a Great Combination!

Learning to play games is always fun, even math games! This week with the support of our PTA, we put a little spin on things at our Family Math Night/Ice Cream Social.  Teachers hosted a variety of math games for students and their parents.  For every game students played, they along with their parents earned a topping on their ice cream sundae!  It was not only a great learning experience, but delicious too! Thanks to the 140 students, siblings and parents who came out to play with us.