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November 3 2-hour early release at 11:45am for preschool, 1:50pm for Head Start and K-6
November 3 Camelot Chorus performs with pyramid choruses at
Falls Church HS football game
November 5 Daylight Savings ends---Turn the clocks back
1 hour!
November 6 and
7 Student Holidays
November 9 PTA Restaurant Night-Cava
November 14 PTA Meeting, 7:15pm
November 15 Parent Coffee on the topic of Reading, 8:30am,
Library
November 16 Thanksgiving Lunch & Classroom Visitation
November 16 Progress reports are sent home in Thursday folders
November 17 PTA International Night, 6-8pm
November 22 2-hour early release at 11:45am
for preschool, 1:50pm for Head Start and K-6
November 23
and 24
Thanksgiving Holidays
November 28-December 5 Book Fair
The Positivity
Project (P2) character strength of the week next week is BRAVERY. (This is a 2-week character strength.)
Bravery is described by P2 as follows:. You act
with mental, moral, or physical strength even when you know things are
difficult or scary. For more information, see the Creativity card
at https://camelotes.fcps.edu/node/1945
Impact Aid Forms. All families are
asked to review and sign the Federal Impact Aid forms that were sent home in
this week’s Thursday envelope. Since it
is a requirement that our office staff follow up with all families regarding
this form, please help by returning yours on Friday. Thank you!
Veterans
Day Recognition. Veterans Day is November 11, and Camelot will be honoring
military veterans with a special bulletin board display. A form went home
today that families can use to recognize veterans. Please send these back to school by November 9
and we will include them in our display. Each class will also talk about
Veterans Day and the contribution our military members have made to our
nation.
School Threat Assessment. From
FCPS: Fairfax County Public Schools has
a well-established policy and protocol for responding to threats of violence in
the schools. To help parents and older students learn more about the role they
can play in keeping schools safe, we have collaborated with the Youth Violence
Project of the Curry School of Education, University of Virginia to develop
short videos with useful information. These brief modules were developed
for parents and children aged 12 and up, and you may want to watch the student
video with your child to answer any questions which may arise. To access these
modules go to www.schoolthreatassessment.com and use parent code pgvsdt and student code sy8zk2
as a password.
Our Thursday
fliers are available on our website in the Thursday Take Home section: https://camelotes.fcps.edu/node/1908.
PTA Fun Run - Pledge Money Due Dec 1 - Thank you to all of the volunteers and parents who came
out to cheer on all of our runners on Tuesday. It was a beautiful day, the kids
had lots of fun with music, crazy hair and socks!! Now it’s time to collect
money. Pledge money is due by December 1st. If we reach our goal ($10,000), we
will have a Camelot Staff tricycle race. Students who turn in the pledge
envelope are entered into a prize raffle to win water bottles, gift cards,
basketballs, or a chance to throw a pie in the PE teachers' faces! Pledge forms
were sent home in the Oct 12 Thursday folder. Get more on the website or see the
weekly fliers. Please contact Molly Southworth at molly.south24@gmail.com or www.camelotpta.org/funrun.
Camelot Buddy Program Needs PTA Volunteers - Starting our fifth year, over 100 students will be
paired together to be part of our Camelot Buddy Program. Students participating
in the program attend a 30 minute activity once a month. The PTA helps organize
these activities with set up, clean up and support during the activity. If you
would like to be on our list of volunteers, please contact Stefanie Farhat at stefswim@yahoo.com or 301-802-8000 or
Laura Allen at lallen5@gmail.com or
703-598-4987. The first Buddy Event is scheduled for Nov. 14 at 9:20am.
Set up will begin at 8:50 am.
Camelot Dragons Spiritwear Store is Open - orders due by November 15th - Check out our new online
store with short and long sleeved t-shirts,
sweatshirts, zip-up hoodies, car magnets and more! Spiritwear purchases make
great holiday gifts and supports the PTA too. Printed order forms were sent home this week. The Store will close on November
15th so get your orders in now!
CAVA - November 9th Save the Date - Our next restaurant night will be held at CAVA in Mosaic
on November 9th from 6 - 10pm. Mark your calendars. No flyer necessary, just
mention Camelot at the register.
14th Annual International Night - Friday,
November 17th 6 – 8pm - Come celebrate our
diversity by wearing international attire, sharing your favorite international
dish, appetizer, or dessert and taking part in fun cultural activities. Have
your children dress to represent a country or culture to participate in the
Parade of Nations. Children are given passports to visit each country display
or international games/activities and get a stamp. Once they have 10 stamps
they receive a special prize.
We still need volunteers to be an
"ambassador." Create a display to showcase your own cultural pride or
enthusiasm for a place around the world (or region within the USA). Displays
may include native costumes, information/examples of culture, art, music, food,
books, videos, games/activities and more. PTA can provide display boards and
power cords - you will be contacted after you sign up.
Volunteer today! We are looking for dozens of
volunteers to take a 30 minute shift and/or bring a dish or to become an
ambassador. Find more details and sign up to volunteer and/or bring a dish at http://www.camelotpta.org/internationalnight.
Go to the movies and support Camelot PTA - Go see the movie Wonder opening weekend (Nov 17 -
19th) and $1.00 per ticket will benefit Camelot Elementary School PTA. Get
tickets at Filmraiser.com/tickets, select Camelot Elementary (Annandale, VA), and checkout
via Fandango. It’s that easy!
Donuts with Dudes - December 1st - Save the date and join us at 8:30am. Dudes (i.e. dad, an
uncle, a grandfather, a friend), come grab a donut with your favorite student
and their friends. You can also visit the bookfair before walking your student
to class.
Save the Date for Kids Night In - Friday, December 1st from 6:30 - 9:30pm - Drop off your
kids (K - 5th graders) at Camelot Elementary for games, activities and a movie.
The 6th graders (and adult supervisors) are hosting this event in support of
their field trip and graduation ceremony. More details coming soon!
NEW PTA Facebook Group - Please join our new Facebook Group! This group
will allow us to reach you more consistently with important news, reminders,
volunteer opportunities and polls as well as allow for more engagement amongst
the group members. You do not need to be a PTA member to join. https://www.facebook.com/groups/CamelotESPTA/
Student Directory- Our online student directory has been updated with this
year's data! Please check your email for a message from "Camelot
Elementary PTA” (email address Camelot@atozconnect.com)
with the subject "PTA student directory: verify your information."
Remember to check your spam folders. This email contains a personalized
link that you can use to verify or edit how your information will appear in the
student directory, and it will include instructions on how you can access the
directory online. You will have to go through the verification process even if
you did it last year. If you have any questions, you can reply to that email or
you can send an email camelotptadirectory@googlegroups.com. Information that is updated by November 10th will be used
for the printed version of the directory.
Canterbury Woods Chess Tournament (NEW DATE!) - Canterbury Woods is inviting all Fairfax County
elementary school students to a Chess Tournament on Sunday, November 12th. This
is a great way for students to compete with their peers at other schools in
Fairfax County. The tournament starts promptly at 10:00am. More
details available on this flyer.
Reminders -
Don’t forget to support our school by shopping at Amazon and sign up by selecting “Supporting”, search for “Camelot
Elementary School PTA”.
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