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Sponsored Greenbriar East Elementary School
About Greenbriar East Elementary School:
Mission, Vision and Beliefs Statement
- Greenbriar East Elementary School affirms its commitment to creating a community of inquisitive and enthusiastic learners by fostering a challenging, inclusive educational program incorporating technology, and embodying an integrated curriculum to meet the individual and collective needs of all children.
- GBE maintains a Professional Learning Community, promoting excellence in teaching and community involvement to ensure the successful education of our students in a global society. Our school programs will reflect collaborative planning, remediation, and enrichment student programming. The school will foster an environment where students will display leadership through respect for self, others, their school, and service to the community.
- The vision of Greenbriar East Elementary School is to create a safe, caring, nurturing and dynamic academic environment to support students to achieve their full potential while inspiring life-long learning.
- The Greenbriar East community strives to honor diversity through social, emotional, and cultural growth of our students. GBE provides an inclusive learning environment that stimulates the development of positive attitudes, promotes intellectual curiosity, fosters independent thinking, and encourages academic achievement.
School Summary:
The mission of Greenbriar East Elementary School (GBE) is to create a safe, caring, nurturing and excellent academic environment to support students in achieving their full potential while inspiring lifelong learning. The GBE community strives to honor diversity through social, emotional, and cultural growth of our students. GBE provides a learning environment that stimulates the development of positive attitudes, promotes intellectual curiosity, fosters independent thinking and encourages academic achievement.
GBE affirms its commitment to create a community of learners by fostering a challenging, inclusive educational program incorporating technology while embodying an integrated curriculum to meet the individual and collective needs of all children. Our school programs reflect collaborative planning, remediation and enriched student programming.
The staff of GBE is committed to:
Great Community:
Providing a safe, supportive environment in which students feel free to explore, question, learn and grow
Collaborating with our students' families and the community in order to provide rich opportunities for cognitive, social, emotional and physical growth
Providing opportunities to bring students, families and staff together to celebrate and learn from one another
Building Life Long Learners:
Providing curriculum which encompasses communication and technology skills, problem solving, critical thinking and fosters creativity
Creating an environment for our students, teachers and staff which embraces learning with attention to personal growth, integrity, responsibility, development and collaboration
Maintaining a Professional Learning Community to promote excellence in teaching and community participation to ensure the successful education of our students in a global society.
Exacting Excellence:
Encouraging continuing learning opportunities and professional development for our staff
Assisting students in developing a positive self-concept and a desire to do his/her best by providing an atmosphere of warm acceptance
Knowing that all children can learn when offered proper guidance and developmentally appropriate strategies.
GBE's staff members are themselves dedicated learners, actively participating in local, state, and national conferences, participating in on-site technology training and other in-services to stay on the cutting edge of educational and instructional research. GBE mirrors the Greenbriar community's international population and has an extensive program for English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). GBE continues to focus on exemplary academic achievement, Character Education Program, and employs Positive Behavior Support system (PBS) ideals that promote harmonious relationships throughout the school.
GBE's active PTA supports the mission of the school and provides opportunities for parents to become involved in their child's education. Volunteers from the school community are visible in classrooms and workrooms throughout the school day. The PTA sponsors numerous activities and events such as cultural arts presentations, dances, fundraising activities, Fun Run and Fun Fair, Book Fairs, International Night and other events to bring the families of GBE together in community spirit. The cooperative effort of the school-home relationship creates a place where students grow and learn in a community that cares.
What is a Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
A PTA is a formal organization composed of parents, teachers, and staff that is intended to faciliate parental participation in a school. The PTA helps funds for items for which Fairfax County does provide funding, or does not provide enough funding.
The PTA supports our school’s needs like technology, field trip buses, classroom supplies, enrichment programs, assemblies, fun events, and many other things. The PTA also helps organize events that our students love to participate in such as the Fall Festival, Movie Nights, and Winter Wonderland.
The GBW Parent Teacher Association is a volunteer-run, non-profit organization whose mission is to promote the educational success and overall wellness of every child at Greenbriar West by encouraging strong parent, family, and community involvement. Join a group of parents, teachers and community members who care about the well-being of GBW students and who want to do everything they can to help them succeed.
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