June 16, 2017
Dear Willow Springs Families,
We have finished the second to last week of school with many activities, projects, and presentations. Our students continue to amaze us with their creativity, hard work, and enthusiastic approach to the learning process.
Some of the many activities that our students participated in this week were band concerts, string concerts, fourth grade living wax museum, SCA Wacky Tacky Day, sixth grade balloon battle, second graders releasing Monarch butterflies and the third annual Game of Awesomeness.
The sixth grade service project has one more week to go; please consider donating non-perishable food goods for the Western Fairfax Christian Ministry (WFCM) food pantry. Our fifth graders are finalizing their Global Awareness Technology projects and second graders will celebrate "Butterfly Day" on Monday.
We would love to have café volunteers next week for Monday & Tuesday. Please sign up below if you are able to help.
Have a great weekend!
Dylan Taylor, Principal
Sara Van Aalst, Assistant Principal
More Cafeteria Volunteers Needed
We are looking for parents to help us in the cafeteria this Monday, June 19, and Tuesday, June 20.
What does the job entail?
Lunch is served between 11 and 1:30 each day. We’d be happy to have volunteers rotate through during the lunch block. Students need help opening packages, retrieving additional utensils, and adult supervision.
What do you gain from the experience?
While helping our students in the cafeteria, you will be rewarded handsomely with big smiles, high fives and many thanks.
6th Grade Service Project
June 1 - June 22
 Each year sixth grader students participate in a service
project as part of their end of year activities. For the past several years, students have
collected non-perishable food items for the Western Fairfax Christian Ministry
(WFCM) food pantry. WFCM provides food
for families in need who live in the western portion of Fairfax County. It is ‘client choice’ meaning clients make
their own food selections during their monthly visit. All sixth grade classrooms set their own goal
of over 100 food items per class. To date 766.80 pounds of food items have been donated. Last year we donated 1,322.50 lbs and are trying to exceed last year's total. Thank you to everyone who has donated to this worthy cause. We will be collecting food items through the last day of school on Friday, June 23.
The pantry has identified a specific need for “Kid Foods”
such as pop top Ravioli, macaroni & cheese, fruit cups, snacks,
treats, milk or juice containers. Other
items needed are canned meat, Ramen noodles, cereal, etc., but they gladly accept all non-perishable
items.
For more information, please visit their website:
http://www.wfcmva.org/food-pantry
SCA Wacky Tacky School Spirit Day
3rd Annual Game of Awesomeness
Let's go Band!
Strings Concert
2nd Grade Releases Monarch Butterflies
4th Grade Virginia Living Wax Museum
6th Grade End of the Year Activities
LOST
& FOUND CLEAN OUT
We will be donating all the items in Lost & Found after June 23rd to our buddy
school and to local charities.
Items will be on display on June 23rd in the Main Lobby next to the
front doors. Please come and pick up your items.
A Message From the Clinic
Please pick up any medications
for your student by the close of school. (6/23/17) Medication cannot be sent home with your student. Medications cannot be held over the
summer and will be disposed of. If your child will be enrolled in a summer program sponsored by Fairfax County Public Schools, your existing long-term medication authorization form(s) may be used for the summer program. Please let the health room know if you would like a copy of the form(s).
FORGOT
TO ORDER A YEARBOOK?
We will have a
limited amount available for sale on a first come first served basis. Sales
will open on Thursday, June 15th at 2:00 pm and close on Sunday, June
18th at 2:00 pm or when all copies have been sold. Your child will
receive their yearbook at the same time as the rest of the school, next week. Please include your child's name
and teacher when ordering.
To purchase follow this link.
UNEXPECTED
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION
THIS SUMMER!
Fairfax County will be holding a "special election" this summer to fill a sudden vacancy in one of the At-Large seats on the FCPS School Board. While the particular date for this "special election" has not yet been set, it will take place this summer. Please continue to check in with local media sources to find out more. More importantly, please come out to vote in this School Board election. It's important that parents participate in the election of those who will help direct our school system!
Kindergarten Registration is Open
If you have a child who turns 5 on or before, September 30, 2017, they are eligible to attend kindergarten in Fairfax County Public Schools. The Willow Springs website has all the information, forms, and required documents that are necessary for registration. Please visit our website and click on the registration tab to sign up for an appointment.
Important Notice for Fifth Grade Parents
Virginia Immunization Requirement for
Tetanus, Diphtheria, Acellular Pertussis (Tdap)
Effective July 1, 2014, all students in Virginia must receive a booster dose of Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis (Tdap) vaccine prior to entering sixth grade. The Tdap booster can be obtained from your child’s healthcare provider. Immunizations required for school are also available at the Fairfax County Health Department:http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/hd/hdclinicsite.htm, or call 703-246-2411.
Sixth graders cannot begin school in August without documentation of having had the Tdap booster. After your child has had the booster, please drop off his/her immunization record before the end of this school year.
Friday, June 23 - Last Day of School (Two hour early dismissal @ 2 p.m.)
Wednesday, August 23 - Playground & Popsicles for Kindergarten Families - 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, August 24 - Open House
Kindergarten only: 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Last names A-K (Grades 1-6): 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Last names L-Z (Grades 1-6): 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
First Day of School - Monday, August 28
2017-18 School Year Calendar
Looking ahead to the 2017-2018 school year, be sure to note that the first day of school will be Monday, August 28. See the 2017-18 school year calendar.
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