Upcoming Events
March 18: SWELL & GEMS
March 19: GEMS Field Trip
March 24: NO SCHOOL, Staff Development
Day
March 25: NO SWELL & GEMS
March 27-31: Scholastic Book Fair
March 30: International Night and Book Fair Family Night, 6pm
April 10-14: NO SCHOOL: SPRING BREAK
April 17: NO SCHOOL for Students: Teacher Workday
Kindergarten Registration, 1-4pm
 3rd grade class dance the Irish Jig to celebrate St. Patrick’s day & Music in our Schools Month!
What's the buzz?
Herndon Elementary School
principal, Teresa Fennessy, was spotlighted by FCPS as part of their #ourfcps
initiative. Read an article and short video about her
and her students here.
Yes, it is March and spring is next week! We finally got our snow day and a few delays this week! We are all ready for warm days, recess, working in the HES garden and the start of spring activities. Stay healthy and remember to encourage your children to keep up the good work. Along with the flowers, SOLs are right around the corner!
Sixth grade students at Herndon Elementary pose with the #OurFCPS frame. Check it out here!
Looking for more amazing HES news? You can view our
fabulous Twitter
and Facebook
feeds on the Herndon Elementary School website
No account needed!
 Teresa Fennessy is the Principal of Herndon Elementary School in Herndon, Virginia. The mission of Herndon Elementary is to develop children to their full potential by ensuring a high level of success for all students. Teachers will work to differentiate instruction, provide a safe environment, and develop goals with students. Parents and teachers will work together as a community to prepare students to become productive citizens. https://youtu.be/cmbkAWlWEg
Herndon Elementary School PTA Update
WHOOO'S READING?!
The reading raiser
is off and running!
PARENTS:
Please log on to your students account to authorize and send sponsor invites.
Here are parent instructions in English
and Spanish
if yours have been misplaced.
Your child will not be able to invite
any sponsors without your authorization. Follow this link to view instructions
on how to use your parent account: https://api.whooosreading.org/guides/parent?d=10422.
As of today our students have
exceeded our reading goal and we are on the way to reaching our fundraising
goal.
There are many ways to win a prize during the Whooo's
Reading Reading
Raiser!
1.
Highest fundraiser - Kindle E-reader
2. Most
reading minutes logged - Kindle E-reader
3.
Class with the most reading minutes - Duck Donuts party
4.
First student to send 20 sponsor invites - $10 Target GC
5. The student in each grade to send the most sponsor
invites - $10 book fair voucher
6. Answer 20 questions or more to be entered in to
a raffle for a $20 book fair voucher!
HES Spring
2017 Book Fair
3/27/17-3/31/17
Our Scholastic Book Fair is a reading event that provides the
books kids want to read.
It's a wonderful selection of engaging and affordable books for every reading
level.
Reading for
pleasure inside and outside of school has real and long-lasting benefits. It
unlocks the power of information and imagination and helps children discover
who they are. Please make plans to come to our Book Fair and be involved in
shaping your child's reading habits.
Remember,
all purchases benefit our school. See you at the Book Fair!
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090f4eaba628abf49-herndon
We need
volunteers to help to make the HES Book Fair a success for our school. Please
select a time slot to volunteer. If you cannot fill an entire slot, please make
a note.
Registration Now Open!
ROUGH & TUMBLE 1K
A
Rough and Tumble is a low impact, 1k
obstacle course meant to get kids and parents excited about health and fitness!
This event will take place entirely on the school grounds.
We will be staggering the start times by grade, begining at
8:30am.
Parents are encouraged to participate with their children
and are welcome to run the course during their children's allocated race times.
The race is being run for FREE by Old Dominion Racing
Find
out more & register
online
at:
http://www.olddominionracing.com/races-and-dates/herndon-rough-and-tumble
We also need volunteers to help with the race.
You can sign up to help here:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090F4EABA628ABF49-roughtumble1
Register by paper form here
Herndon ES Garden Corner
Second graders worked on posters for the
cafeteria to let students know what can and cannot be composted. Fourth graders continued with bee research
and checked on their pond ecosystems. Sixth graders worked in the garden before the storm and set up square foot planting beds.
Garden volunteers are still needed! Please
contact Amanda Geary and Jill Vinson at HESGarden@gmail.com Come help our
garden program "grow"!
Follow the progress on their blog https://hesgarden.wordpress.com/
and on twitter @HESGardenGrow.
 2nd grades make compost poster for cafeteria
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