Events through the End of the Year
June 13: Field Trip: Myers, Holder
June 14: Field Trip: Vestal, Lowe
June 14: CHALK4PEACE
June 15: Band/Strings Concert, 7pm
June 16: SCA Beach Day
June 16: Kindergarten Field Day, 10am
June 16: 6th grade Dance, 7pm
June 19: Field Day, grades 1-6
June 20: Chorus and Chimes Concert, 7pm
June 21: 6th Gr. Celebration, 9:45am
June 22: FCPL Summer Reading Program Assembly
June 22: 6th gr. Talent Show, 6:30pm
June 23: EOY gr. 4-6 Awards Ceremony, 9:45am
June 23: Last day of school, 2 HOUR EARLY RELEASE
June 23: Quarter 4 Report Cards go home
 Congratulations to teachers, Karen Lithgow and Katie Cruz who were nominated for Outstanding Teacher and counselor, Tiffany Bryant, was awarded the Region 1 Outstanding Leader.
What's the Buzz...
Virginia SOLs are winding down and the next two weeks will be a whirlwind of activities, all with your child's education in mind.
Mark your calendars!! Everyone is invited to the band, strings, chorus and chimes concerts. The PE teachers have lots of healthy activities planned for Field Days. Chalk4Peace will be led by our art teachers. Creative, project based learning activities are going on in all of the classrooms. The sixth graders are getting ready to move onto middle school with the 6th gr. Dance, Talent Show, and Celebration. The HES library, in conjunction with the Fairfax County Public Library, will hold grade level assemblies about all of the exciting FCPL programs this summer.
Check out the PTA sponsored HES PE and Art Camp the week after school ends. Registration forms are in the office.
Looking for more amazing HES
news? You can view our fabulous Twitter and Facebook feeds on the Herndon Elementary
School website No account needed!
 Congratulations
to Assistant Principal, Laura Elliott and Instructional Coach, Cora Young, who
won The Herndon Optimist Award for Achievement in Education. They were
honored at a dinner on June 5th with the other local Herndon schools
winners. They were introduced at the dinner by Teresa. .
Community Events and Camp
HES teachers, Mr. Johnson and Mr. Henry, are looking forward to
their upcoming summer camp with excitement and anticipation!! The HES PTA
sponsored 2017 P.E. & Art Summer Kickoff Camp will run Tuesday
through Friday, June 27-30, from 8:30am to 1:30pm. This is
the week after school ends. Registration
forms are in the HES main office.
This year will mark the 10th anniversary of the Remembrance
Cabaret for Reema Samaha, who is the daughter of HES teacher, Mona
Samaha. Reema will be honored with a true celebration of the
performing arts on Saturday, June 17th, 7:00pm at the Westfield High School
Auditorium, please mark your calendar and plan to attend and enjoy! The
admission is free but donations are welcome. Proceeds will benefit the Reema J.
Samaha Memorial Scholarship Fund and the Angel Fund ~ angelfundva.net.
 Congratulations
to PTA treasurer, ITIR Hallberg and PTA member and HES math teacher, Jamie Graham (not shown), who
have been chosen the 2016-2017 HES PTA Volunteers of the Year.
Herndon ES Garden Corner
A big THANK YOU to HES parents,
Amanda Geary and Jill Olinger, for their continued support of the HES
Garden. They believe this should be a collaborative effort between
FCPS instructional and support services, as well as community
partnerships.
- For two years in a row, they applied for and won the Department of Facilities and Transportation Schoolyard Stewardship Mini Grant of $2,300 for the purpose of establishing the garden and using it as a teaching resource
- They
applied for and received the Dominion Virginia Power's Charitable
Giving and the Dominion Foundation Grant of $2,500.
- Mom's
Organic Market donated vegetables for our 'Eat the Whole Plant' activity as
well as seeds. They have also sent multiple garden volunteers,
who helped collect compost in the cafeteria.
- The
Sweet Virginia Foundation came to facilitate a honey tasting for Mrs. Myer's
6th grade class which included tastes of some very rare honey
from Pitcairn Island. They brought an exhibition hive to show the
students. We are also using bee curriculum that they are developing
on their web site.
Please contact Amanda Geary and Jill Vinson at HESGarden@gmail.com
with any questions or if you would like to volunteer. Come help our
garden program "grow"!
Follow the progress on their blog https://hesgarden.wordpress.com/ and on
twitter @HESGardenGrow.
 Thank you Dominion Power for the donation to help our garden grow!
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