Dear CES Families,
Welcome back! We hope that you had a wonderful holiday break. This week was a very short one due to our cancellations, but that didn't stop us from having a brilliant two days. Over the last few months our Bathroom Beautification Team has been working on decorating our bathrooms with some color and positive words. They look amazing and the students have shared how much they like the new look.
We started the New
Year focusing on teaching the students about PERSEVERANCE. The
concept of perseverance can most often be found in one’s active pursuit in
overcoming obstacles. Perseverance is a uniquely human characteristic that
identifies an individual’s ability to spend long periods devoted to a single
goal or set of goals. Those who persevere are able to set goals for themselves
and then take active, calculated steps toward those goals. People demonstrating
high levels of perseverance are able to handle significant, sometimes repeated,
setbacks in pursuit of goals.
CES Soaring Eagles
Please share your thoughts with the staff! CES Soaring Eagles are compliments, kudos, etc. that we will share with the staff. What a great way to show your appreciation and to help make the CES Staff's week positive! Please click HERE to share your CES Soaring Eagles!
Advanced Academics Referrals Due on Friday, January 12, 2018
Parents or guardians of students in grades 2-6 may make referrals for placement consideration to the Level IV Advanced Academics by submitting the Advanced Academic Programs Level IV Referral Form to the school office on or before January 12, 2018. Placement would be for the 2018-19 school year. Please contact Kim House kahouse@fcps.edu for more information.
Digital Citizenship
If you purchased a device for your child this holiday season, FCPS wants to help you support your child in the online world. If the device is internet-enabled, please consider the following tips and resources:
Educate yourself and your children.
Digital citizenship is a learning process and your child will need sustained support from parents and teachers. Visit bit.ly/fairfaxdigcit for a fun and interactive parent-child course that can help your family start conversations about navigating the online world.
Establish rules and expectations.
Have you thought about the rules you want to establish with your child for setting up accounts and the privacy settings you expect your child to use? What are your expectations and how will you monitor your child’s online activities? Not sure where to start? Try these tip sheets, media agreements, and device contracts.
Help your child monitor and manage their screen time.
It’s easy to spend hours on a device, especially when its new. Use these guidelines and strategies to help your children learn to monitor and manage their screen time.
Discuss privacy settings and accounts.
Teach your child to protect their personal information and model the use of privacy settings. Discuss why these settings are important and teach them how to make privacy setting choices for every app and service they use. This resource can help you get started.
Give your child action steps.
Discuss potential situations that may arise before they happen and give your child action steps. Do they know what they can do if cyber bullied, harassed, or if someone sends them something they don’t want to see? Every difficult situation is an opportunity to help prepare them for life beyond your home. These short parent advice videos, which can be filtered by topic and age, can help you identify action steps you can share with your child..
Teach your child to assess risks and make good choices.
Online communication is public and permanent. Talk with your children regularly and remind them that what they do online can impact future opportunities. Their online reputation can also affect their relationships in the face to face world.
Upcoming Events:
Monday, January 8
- 8:00 AM - Mindful Monday in the Gym
- 7:00 PM - Pyramid Chorus Concert at Centreville High School
Thursday, January 11
- 4:30 - 6:00 PM - International Night Rehearsal in the Café
- 6:30 - 8:30 PM - Rising 7th Graders Parent Night at Liberty Middle School
- 5:00 - 9:00 PM - CES Spirit Night @ SweetFrog
Friday, January 12
- 6:30 - 8:30 PM - International Night in the Café
Thank you for your continued partnership!
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