McNair ES-News & Announcements for March 9, 2018

Fairfax County Public Schools sent this bulletin at 03/09/2018 03:00 PM EST
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News & Announcements

March 9, 2018

 

Hello McNair Families,

I am happy to share that McNair's Chess Team had an outstanding time at the Virginia State competition last weekend! Our Mustangs are the champions again in all three divisions, K-3, K-5 and K-5 blitz  (speed chess).  They also won top ES in K-8 again!

Arnav G. in Ms. Freer's 5th grade class, got top boy in K-5 honors. Christina L. in Ms. Ward's 3rd grade class, got top girl in the state in K-3 division.

Friendly Reminder

Please remember that if you come to McNair's main office to check your student(s) out of school early, you are expected to show either a valid driver's license or other form of picture ID; such as a passport; in order for us to release your student(s) to you. This same rule applies to any individuals listed as your child's emergency contact. If you are unable to provide us a valid picture ID, unfortunately, we will not release a child to you. Following this simple county-mandated expectation will ensure that safety and security of your child(ren).

Talent Show

The SCA is holding talent show auditions March 20th and 21st. Parents are required to sign their student up online to try out using the link below. Only students whose parents completed the form will be invited to try out. Find out more information on dates and requirements by following the link. If you have any questions please feel free to email Rachel Anzengruber, Kat Hegedus, or Stephanie Fisher.

Book Fair Family Night

This year's Book Fair will take place during the week of March 19th through March 23rd. This year's Family Night will take place on Wednesday, March 21st from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. in our school library.

If you are interested in volunteering you time at the Book Fair, please contact Ms. Andrea Carmack at AMCarmack@fcps.edu.

Positivity Project-P2

For the past two weeks we have explored social intelligence. This has been a very eye opening experience for many of our students; defining it and beginning to recognize it in themselves. Starting Monday, P2 will learn about zest and enthusiasm. This is the ability to bring life and excitement to different situations. It often leads to a higher level of involvement and engagement both for individuals and for groups.  Those who demonstrate zest and enthusiasm bring an energy and intensity to individual and group work. Next week be sure to ask your child what they learned about zest and enthusiasm.

Donations Needed

For our next school wide-performance task, students will be designing and building robots to solve a problem that someone might have at school. In order to do this, we are asking students to bring in the following recyclable materials to use:

- Toilet paper

- Wrapping paper rolls

- Yogurt cups

- Plastic bottles

- Milk gallons or cartons

- Construction paper

- Shoe boxes

- Small Amazon boxes

- Disposable water bottles

No glass or cans, please. If your student is bringing in a container that

was used for food, please wash it out with soap ahead of time.

Students will be using these materials on March 21, 2018. Please have

students bring any recyclable items to your student’s classroom before this

date. Thank you for your support!

 

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! 

Upcoming Events...

March 11th- Don't forget to set your clocks forward by one hour before you go to sleep!

March 19th-March 23rd- Spring Book Fair

March 26th- March 30th- Spring Break; school closed

April 2nd- Student Holiday/Teacher Workday

 

Have a nice weekend!

Mrs. Goddin 

pta

PTA Announcements

 

Dear Parents,

We blinked, and somehow it’s time to put the clocks an hour ahead this coming Saturday.  Instead of snow-day forecasts, there are daffodils and forsythia blooming.  It must be time to think about our upcoming PTA events in Spring.  

Our PTA meeting is scheduled for March 13th in the cafeteria from 6:30 – 7:30 pm. Light refreshments and free babysitting will be provided. Ms. Goddin, will be giving updates on: Upcoming spring events, updates about our new school, and discuss safety and security issues including what FCPS/McNair are doing to ensure the safety of our students and staff.
In addition, we are looking to form a three member nominating committee, to nominate PTA officers for the next school year – 2018-2019. If you are interested to be part of this committee, please email presidentmcnairpta@gmail.com
 We are also looking for volunteers to lead Bingo Night, scheduled for 04/20, and for Teacher Appreciation Week, if you are interested, please email presidentmcnairpta@gmail.com

McNair Chess Team, did it again!!!
This is our second year in a row winning all three divisions and finishing as the top elementary school in the K-5 division at the Virginia Scholastic Chess Championships, held recently in Roanoke. If you see Ms. Chin, or any of the members of the McNair chess team, please do not hesitate to congratulate them.

The K-3 team from McNair Elementary School won the team title in its age group; team members are Christina Liu, Naitik Oza, Nisarg Oza, Sukir Chellan, Sharveen Balan, Saatvik Guddavalli, Hemanya Katram, Shreya Devaraj, Siri Devaraj, Nehal Mallipudi, Blessie Sujit, and Vibhava Bhat. In individual competition, Christina Liu of McNair Elementary finished third.

In the K-5 category, the McNair team took top honors; team members are Arnav Gupta, Avnith Vijayram, Yash Date, Chandresh Parimala, Akshit Kumar, Aditya Pujari, Nishanth Kolakalapudi, Pranav Palleti, Yuvraj Kumpati, Prithul Baveja, Abhirai Tiwari, Sahas Vivek, Angela Sun, Kanish Marlecha, Simon Thomas, and Ashrith Aarani. Arnav Gupta of McNair Elementary won the K-5 individual competition.

In the blitz competition, the McNair Elementary team won the K-5 team blitz competition. Team members are Avnith Vijayram, Chandresh Parimala, Christina Liu, Yuvraj Kumpati, and Sukir Chellan.

The PTA is still running the new Box Tops contest. This contest will be running till March 14, so you still have plenty of time to collect your 20 box tops, tape them to the sheet and turn in your entrees. If you submit multiple sheets it will help your chances.  
 As a reminder: Do not place individual Box Tops in a bag and turn them in for this contest. They must be taped to the sheet.  Make sure they are NOT expired. This time we will be picking 3 winners instead of 7. 
All Box Tops are still counted and totaled for each class to go towards the end of year Winning class party. Good Luck to all! 

For 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. In addition, due to closings/holidays, we have added extra time to a few of our clubs: 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

Spring After School registration started on March 6th. To the already much in demand clubs, we have added several new and exciting clubs such as: Acting club, Make & Take Architecture, Science Exploratorium, Origami, Mosaic Art, Kids with self-management, Badminton & Cricket Club. The deadline to register is March 22nd, 2018. Only online payments through our PTA website are accepted. No cash or checks will be accepted.

Pi Night is scheduled for March 14th; PTA will be selling pizza and water ($1.00 each) to families. Please bring dollar bills.

SkateNight is coming soon! It is scheduled for March 23rd at Skatequest in Reston. Timings: 7:30-9:30 pm.  Flyers were sent home in this Tuesday’s folder. Please come join us with your family and friends. Let’s welcome the Spring Break!

Following are a few reminders:

  • 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
  • Spring After School online registration is going on.  Our clubs fill up fast, and so don’t wait to sign-up. Deadline to register is March 22nd, 2018
  • PTA meeting on March 13th, 6:30 – 7:30pm in the Cafeteria. Free refreshments and child care provided. Important updates on Safety and Security from our school principal – Ms. Goddin!

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