"McNair Runs with the Best!"
News & Announcements
February 23, 2018
Hello McNair Families,
Over the past few weeks of school we have held both our school-wide Geo Bee and Spelling Bee competitions. I am happy to share our school-wide winners with our community.
Geo Bee Winner- Bhavya
A., Ms. Kelley's 4th Grade Class
Spelling Bee Winners
Akshita B., Mr. DeBaldo's 5th Grade Class, 1st Place Winner
Alice S., Ms. Hindle's 5th Grade Class, Runner-Up
Congratulations to these students on their hard work! We are very proud of all of you and your great achievement!
Read Across America Day
Please join us as we celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday all week long next week!
Here is a list of some special
activities occurring throughout the week:
Monday:
Crazy Hat Day, wear a hat that reminds you of Dr. Seuss or his books.
Tune
into the morning news to hear about an exciting Guestimation Game!
Tuesday:
Wear your most comfortable clothes or PJs.
Dr. Seuss Movies will be
played during lunch
Guestimation
game during Open Library 8:30-8:40 (You can check out books too.)
Wednesday: Wacky Day; Dress
Backwards and Wear Your Clothes Inside Out
We
will have school wide DEAR time.
Thursday: Crazy Sock Day
We
will announce the winners of Guestimation contest on announcements
Friday: Dr. Seuss character clothes
or Dr. Seuss hat day
Read
Across McNair - Live readers from 10:00-2:30
Pi Night
McNair is excited to share
that on Wednesday, March 14th from 6:00-8:00pm we will be hosting our 7th
annual Pi Night! PI stands for Parent Involvement and this year the night will
focus on math activities. We invite students and families to learn about math
with a variety of games/ activities to participate in. We look forward to
seeing you all!
Positivity Project-P2
We
finished exploring the trait of fairness today. For the next two weeks we will
learn about social intelligence. This trait focuses on the ability to be
aware of other people’s thoughts and feelings. Social intelligence is in
play when in a conversation we know when to talk and when to listen, when we
know what to say and what to do to support someone. This trait is
important for all of us as it is needed in building healthy relationships.
A Message from Ms. Luck
Call all Mustangs! Challenge yourself this weekend with some fun
Winter Olympics Trivia by visiting the following link: https://goo.gl/forms/FNALMJiG7OJ6w4U4
Prizes will be awarded for those who participate. If you have questions, please connect with Ms. Luck.
Jump Rope for Heart
We are kicking off Jump Rope For Heart next Tuesday and our
event will be running through March 9th. We would like to invite all
students, faculty and staff to participate. We are thrilled to
participate as we work together to raise money for the American Heart
Association and learn how nutrition and being active can help us live longer,
healthier lives.
First things first! We have an easy way for you to raise money online by having
your very own fundraising page. Simply follow these steps:
- Go to www.heart.org/jump and
search for McNair Elementary School
- Once you find your school, click on Join the Team
- Create a username and password and then fill out the
registration form
- Share your personal fundraising link with friends and
family right away
- Download the FREE Mobile app for iPhoneor Android by searching for Jump/Hoops, unlock your
monsters and fundraise no matter where you are!
You may already be hearing your student talk about earning a free glow in the
dark Square Squad wristband! It’s free just for registering and if you download
the mobile app, you can bring it to life and have one of our awesome scare
squad monsters teach you about heart health! Once you have your fundraising
page, login to your
HeadQuarters to get started.
Thank you so much for supporting our school and the American Heart Association.
We know you can do this!
McNair PE Staff
To make a
donation:
Click here to visit my personal page.
If the text above does not appear as a
clickable link, you can visit the web address:
http://www2.heart.org/site/TR?px=5855722&pg=personal&fr_id=3192&et=iitbW3zMB1YUGfqZNbuFsQ
Upcoming Events...
March 14th- Parent Coffee Talk at 9:00 a.m. in the cafeteria
March 26th- March 30th- Spring Break; school closed
April 2nd- Student Holiday/Teacher Workday
Have a nice weekend!
Mrs. Goddin
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PTA Announcements
Dear Parents,
This has been an exciting week at our school
especially with “Crazy hair day!” Hope your mustangs were able to participate.
We did see some really cool and creative hair do’s at school.
As we continue to host PTA run competitions, we
had exciting updates on some recent achievements.
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On February 17th,
McNair held its February Scholastic
Chess tournament. There were 154 players in attendance. McNair
won the K-3, K-5, K-8 and K-12 divisions.The team is now preparing for the
Virginia State Scholastic Chess tournament in Roanoke on March 3-4. Go
Mustangs!!!!
The next McNair tournament will be held on April 14.
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PTA Reflections: Ishya Anbuselvan won 2nd place at District
level under the Music category. She will be receiving an award at the NOVA
District PTA student awards ceremony and reception. Congratulations to our 2018
District Reflections Awards recipient!
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Science Olympiad Division B: On February 17th, some of our 6th
graders competed with mostly middle schoolers at the Science Olympiad
competition. As an elementary school we were placed second. All McNair students
who participated did incredibly well. A special shout out to the following
McNair students who were placed in the top 13.
Towers – 7th place(Ashwin and Dannon), Ecology - 8th
place(Spoorthi and Tejesh), Microbe mission – 8th place (Spoorthi
and Tejesh), Roller Coaster -9th place (Sai Pharveilah and Aryahi),
Dynamic Planet – 9th place (Rohan and Keshav), Thermodynamics – 10th
place (Omkar and Lakshith), Battery Buggy – 10th place (Rohan and
Keshav), Towers team B – 12th place (Jaitha, and Harini), Hovercraft – 12th place (Omkar,
Akshith), Optics – 12th place (Rohan and Keshav), Write it Do it –
12th place (Ashwin and Dannon), Experimental Design – 13th
place ( Spoorthi, Tejesh and Mokshith)
This is the seventh week of our After School clubs. Please pick up
your child at the time indicated in the emails sent to you by the club vendor.
There is NO “kiss and ride,” for clubs. You will need to pick up your child
from the front door of the school. There could be some exceptions for our
larger clubs. The vendor will let you know if the dismissal for their
particular club is happening from a different door.
In addition, due to closings/holidays, we have added extra time to
a few of our clubs:
Basketball - 3:45 to 5:00 pm on Feb 5, 12,
26 and March 5
Make & Take Robotics - 3:45 to 5:00 pm on Feb 5, 12, 26 and March 5, 12
& 19
Math Olympiad - 3:45 to 5:00 pm on Feb
5, 12, 26 and March 5, 12 & 19
If you have any pressing questions, don’t hesitate to contact our PTA After
School club manager at mcnairptasecretary@gmail.com
Following are a few reminders:
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To get PTA related updates - Join the McNair
Elementary PTA website. Browse to https://mcnair.ptboard.com/ Click “Sign Up”, enter name, email, password, click “Sign Up” Click “Join McNair
Elementary School”, enter school code F5FGSQ
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Papa John’s Fundraiser,
scheduled for February 27th and February 28th. Enter
promo code: McNair. We will receive
a donation of 20% from all the dining for dollar orders. Enjoy dinner with your
family, and support your school! J
That’s all I have for this week. Have
a wonderful weekend!
Monisha
McNair Elementary School PTA
https://mcnair.ptboard.com/school/cm?mid=286
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