 The Halley Hornet staff loves the Positivity Project!
Calendar Reminders
April 13th
End of 3rd Qtr. 2-Hour Early Release (dismissal at 2:05 pm)
April 16th Kindergarten Orientation (Parents
only), 3-4 pm
April 16th Teacher Workday (No
school for students)
LifeTouch SmileSafe Program
Our students did a
great job at their Spring picture day today.
Did you know that LifeTouch (our photographers) offer a SmileSafe
program to help keep students safe? Each
family will be given a FREE photo identification card for each child, which parents
can keep and use in the event of an emergency.
An online, national database of these photos is available to emergency
personnel. For more information, please
see the following link: http://safety.lifetouch.com/
Kindergarten
Orientation is Coming! (Parents Only Event)
If you have a child that will be turning 5 by this September
30th, please join us for a sneak peek into the next school year! We will hold our annual orientation to learn
about Kindergarten at Halley. There is
no registration on this day, but you can learn about what documents are needed.
Please share this with friends and neighbors who have 4-5 year olds. This is a Parents Only event. Kindergarteners will have a separate
welcoming event later in the fall.
Parents, please mark your calendars:
April 16th, from 3-4 pm, Halley Little Theatre
Parents will receive a registration packet and a chance to
sign up for an appointment. We look
forward to welcoming you to Halley Elementary!
Attention Fifth-Grade
Parents: Tdap Booster Required for Sixth Grade!
According to Virginia law, all students in the state must
receive a booster dose of the Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria, Acellular Pertussis)
vaccine prior to entering sixth grade. You must provide documentation to the
school before the end of this school year. This documentation can be a copy of
your child’s immunization record or a note from the doctor listing the date of
his or her most recent Tdap booster shot. If you have questions, please contact
our registrar, Nicole Kendall, at 703-551-5700 or Nicole.Kendall@fcps.edu.
Calling All
Aspiring Strings Students! Make Plans for Stallion Summer Strings Now!
Spring has sprung, and now is the time to start thinking
about your child's Strings dreams for the summer and coming school year! If your child is in third grade or older and
is interested in starting a stringed instrument next year, please consider
signing up for Stallion Summer Strings, a special summer camp just for Strings
students, which will be held weekday mornings from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. July
2 through 13 at South County High School. The camp is open to students who will
be in fourth through ninth grade next year.
Registration is now open. Register by May 25 and save! For more
information, see the flier posted on our school website or visit www.stallionsummerstrings.com .
Registration for
Select 2018 Summer Programs Now Open!
Registration for the following FCPS summer-enrichment camps
is now available: Institute for the Arts (IFTA)
• Elementary
Institute for the Arts (E-IFTA)
• STEM Camp
• Tech
Adventure Camp
For general information and links to individual programs and
registration, visit the FCPS Summer Learning Programs website, https://www.fcps.edu/academics/summer-learning-programs
. Transportation from select schools outside of the Lake Braddock pyramid is
included in the tuition for all four camps. Students should register for
programs based on the grade they are in during the current 2017-2018 school
year. These popular programs fill up quickly, so make your plans now!
News from Lorton
Community Action Center (LCAC)
Our Halley Elementary community partner, LCAC, offers both
the VITA (volunteers prepare) and FSA Tax Program (volunteers train the
taxpayer) to help with filing federal returns. Clients do not need to register
in advance.
The program is held on Monday and Wednesday evenings from
6:00 to 8:00 pm. Our last day of operation is
April 16.
This program is offered at LCAC’s Education Center, 9504
Richmond Highway in the Williamsburg Square Shopping Center. For more
information please go to LCAC’s website: http://lortonaction.org
.
Please note: The deadline for filing 2017 federal taxes is
April 17, 2018. For information, please contact Linda Patterson at Linda@LortonAction.org or 703-339-5161, Ext 140.
My School Bucks is
now LIVE for student fees!
The Halley ES MySchoolBucks SCHOOL STORE is now LIVE ! It’s for more than just lunch money these
days.
Parents can use the website to pay for field trips,
replacement recorders, and other school fees as needed.
Below are the instructions on how to use this online payment
feature:
• Log In to
www.MySchoolBucks.com
• Click on
“SCHOOL STORE”
• Click on
“VIEW ALL”
• Click on
Product Icon VIEW DETAILS
• Put
Student’s Name
• Select
Teacher’s Name (If Available for Product)
• Indicate
QUANTITY
• ADD TO
BASKET
• CHECKOUT
Positivity Project
Character Strength of the Week: HUMOR!
WHAT DOES HUMOR MEAN?
You like to laugh and bring smiles to other people. Humor is a sense of playfulness and
lightness. It is a way of looking at and describing the world that brings
laughter to people. A person with the strength of humor is skilled at seeing at
the funny side of things, bringing smiles and laughter to others, and
identifying and communicating the absurdities in life. People with this
strength don’t specifically need to be joke tellers, although many are. Humor
can have a dark side, depending on how it’s used. Some humor is mean spirited
and bullying. The strength of humor that the character strength focuses on is
that which raises the spirits of other people.
WHY DOES IT MATTER?
For individuals, humor has important health benefits, both
mental and physical. Humor stretches the mind to look at things from different
perspectives, keeping people mentally agile and alert. Making people laugh also
produces positive emotions and happiness for the initiator. And, when people
are on the receiving end of humor, they also receive many benefits. Scientists
have shown that laughter reduces stress, promotes connection with other people,
and can even improve focus. Laughter is contagious and bonds us to other
people. Humor plays an important role in helping groups of people rise above
difficult circumstances and boost moral. It removes us from our present
difficulties by easing tension and making life more fun. This is why athletic
teams often need a jokester to help them get through tough losses and early
morning fitness sessions. On a larger societal level, humor often helps downtrodden
groups find cohesion and strength. This is why Simon Wiesenthal said, “Humor is
the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed smile at the
situation that pains them.”
#otherpeoplematter
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Important Due Dates
4/16/18 - PTO Board Nomination form due
4/17/18 - BINGO registration form/money due
5/1/18 - Box Tops due
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THANK YOU!!!! HEARTS
for HALLEY **UPDATE**
Hearts for Halley
classroom winner is... Mrs. Hernandez
Hello Halley Hornets! The PTO would
like to extend a heartfelt gratitude for your donation to our Hearts for Halley fundraising
campaign. You helped raise $2270. You can still donate!
Look for your heart on the school hallway wall with your child’s name on
it. Your donations will assist in purchasing items for the classrooms,
books and field trips.
Congratulations to Mrs.
Hernandez class! Her classroom had the most participation for Hearts for
Halley and have earned a pizza party.
Please look for many more opportunities to
support the PTO in order to make Halley the best school
ever! The next PTO event is our yearly Bingo fundraiser event on April
20th. A great family friendly event at the school. Look for signup
genius to volunteer and donate items for the baskets.
Maida Piggee
PTO First Vice President
POC for all fundraising events.
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We are accepting nominations
for Halley PTO
Executive Board
Do you enjoy planning, being involved at the
school, volunteering? We will have several positions open for executive
board for 2018-2019 school year. If you are interested, please fill out
the nomination form! If you're not ready to take on a board position, we
will have plenty of committees that will need leads/volunteers.
- President
- 1st Vice
President
- Secretary
Nomination form can be
downloaded HERE.
Nomination forms are due to
the Nomination Committee/Front Office by Monday, 4/16 at 5pm.
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BINGO NIGHT 4/20/2018
- **DATE CHANGE**
Mark your calendar!! We will hold our
Spring Bingo Night on Friday,
4/20/2018. Order form was distributed in the 4/5 Thursday
folder. You can also download your form HERE. The deadline
to turn in the form is Tuesday, 4/17/2018 at 5pm.
Any form turned in after the deadline cannot be
accepted. You can pay by check or cash. Please send the form and
payment with your child or place the form and money in the school's PTO mailbox
located in the Principal's main office.
This is a family event. You can
purchase raffle tickets for the basket(s) on the day of the event; order
pizza and drinks in advance by using the form; and win gift cards by
playing at least 10 bingo games.
The POC for this event is Halley's
PTO First Vice President Maida Piggee (1stVP@halleypto.com) if you
have any questions.
We will also be selling Halley spirit wear!
SignUpGenius has been setup for
volunteers. Please click HERE. Volunteers
are always needed at this annual family event.
We hope to see you on 4/20!
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SPRING BOX TOPS CHALLENGE!!!
Through May 1, 2018
Help Halley earn FREE
MONEY!!! Your Box Tops donations
last year raised $1,773.90 for Halley! Our next
challenge runs through May 1, 2018. The class who submits the
most Box Tops earns
a pizza party! If you need more collection sheets, click here to
download.
Here are some tips to keep in mind:
- Make sure they are
not EXPIRED!!!
- Cut the Box Tops as
close to the dotted line as you can
- Paste your Box Tops to
the collection sheet (included in 9/21 Thursday folder) or you can
download from above link
- If you do not have
time to paste, please group them into 50s and put them in a baggie
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"Have you donated your two
hours of time towards PTO activities?" It's a great time to start!
We have several events coming up! We are
looking for volunteers who are available with planning and helping at the
events. If you are interested, please let us know!! We can't do
this without parents involvement!
After school programs: We
are in need of PTO member/members who can check in kids before the afternoon
school program and check out kids to their parents after the program.
Teachers Appreciation Week:
Parents who are interested in planning/decorating/setting up for our wonderful
teachers/staff/administration should contact Maida Piggee at 1stvp@halley.com.
Spring Festival: We are
looking for numerous parents who can help us plan/execute our last event of the
year.
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Halley PTO
Upcoming Events:
4/20 - Bingo Night - POC:
Maida Piggee
5/7-5/11 - Teacher Appreciation Week -
POC:Maida Piggee Looking for volunteers!!
6/1 - Spring Festival
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HAVE A QUESTION, SUGGESTION, OR
INFO FOR THE PTO?
The Halley PTO Board is here
to help. Please feel free to email any of our Board members at any time
for anything!
PTO PRESIDENT: Felicia Breedy - president@halleypto.com
PTO 1ST VICE PRESIDENT: Maida Piggee - 1stVP@halleypto.com
PTO 2ND VICE PRESIDENT: Sadaf Maiwand - 2ndVP@halleypto.com
TREASURER: Nikki Haglund - treasurer@halleypto.com
SECRETARY: Mayumi Whitley - secretary@halleypto.com
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