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April 13- Purple Up! For Military Kids
(All students should wear purple)
April 13- 2 Hour Early Release
April 16- No School
April 17-20 MOTMC Spirit Week
April 23- PTO Meeting 9:30 (Upper)
April 23- Principal Selection Process Meeting
April 23-27- Autism Awareness Spirit Week
On Your Radar:
May 7-11- Staff Appreciation Week
May 11- Coming Together Campus Carnival
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Dear Fort Belvoir Upper Parents, Community
Members and Staff:
We are beginning the search for a new principal
for Fort Belvoir Upper. An important
step in this procedure is to inform parents, community members and staff about
the principal-selection process.
Therefore, all Fort Belvoir Upper parents, community members and
staff are invited to attend an important meeting on Monday, April 23, at 7
p.m. in the Fort Belvoir Upper cafeteria. We certainly hope
that you will be able to attend this meeting.
Another
critical component to the process is your written input. We invite you to offer your individual,
written input (preferably via email) regarding the skills, experience, and
leadership characteristics needed for Fort Belvoir Upper. You might also address any challenges or
issues that a new principal will need to address. Input is confidential and will not be
discussed at the meeting. We welcome
your input now, upon receipt of this message, and are hopeful that many of you
will share your thoughts. Please e-mail
your ideas to crhaydon@fcps.edu
or mail your suggestions to Carolyn Haydon at Human Resources, 8115 Gatehouse
Road, Falls Church, VA 22042-1203 by
Thursday, April 26. Suggestions for
input are listed below.
I
look forward to working closely with Fort Belvoir Upper parents, community
members and staff during the principal selection process.
Sincerely,
Terry
J. Dade, Assistant Superintendent
Region
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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex developmental
disability that and affect a person’s ability to communicate, and interact with
others.
Our school proudly supports the needs of our students with
Autism. Autism effects 1 in 68 children. As a school
community, we are coming together to bring awareness, acceptance, and
understanding of autism.
The week of April 23-April 27
will be Autism Awareness Week!
Monday, April 23-‘Light it up blue’
Wear something blue to support understanding for students with
autism
Tuesday, April 24- ‘We all fit together’
Students will write something kind on a puzzle and post it on the
‘autism awareness wall’. Each puzzle piece is different in some way, a puzzle
piece accurately represents the diversity of the individuals affected
Wednesday, April 25th ‘Diversity Day’
The different colors (red, blue, green and yellow) represent the
diversity of the people and families living with the autism. Each grade will
symbolize a color.
4th Grade- Red
5th Grade- Blue
6th Grade- Green
Thursday, April 26th ‘Super Hero Day/Walk’
Students with autism are Amazing, Unique, Thinkers,
Insightful, Smart, and Motivating, in short they are super
heroes! Dress as your favorite super hero.
Friday, April 27th ‘Acceptance Day’
Accept all who different. Be comfortable with everyone. Dress in
your most comfortable clothes to show your acceptance
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PARENTING CLASSES & EVENTS
1-2-3 Magic! Who's In Charge
at Your House?
April 20, 2018
3:00 pm-5:00 pm
CDC North
Call: 703-784-4248
Discover solutions to challenges
of disciplining children ages 2-12 years. Learn how to strengthen your
relationship with your child and what to do about bedtime, messy rooms, lying,
chores, homework, and more.
The 2018 Prevent Child Abuse
Speaker
Relaxation and Stress Relief
April 25, 2018
11:30 am- 1:00 pm
Sosa Building 200 (White
Classroom)
9800 Belvoir Road Fort Belvoir,
VA 22060
Call: 571-231-7001
Learn how to identify stressors,
the impact of poorly managed stress, anger and
emotions, stress as a necessary
component of life, and helpful tools to manage stress
in healthy ways.
Effective Coping Strategies
May 16, 2018
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Sosa Building 200 (White
Classroom) 9800 Belvoir Road Fort Belvoir, VA 22060
Call: 571-231-7001
Participants will learn about
anger as a basic emotion, how to recognize what triggers anger, the impact of
uncontrolled an-ger on self and others, and helpful tools to manage anger in
healthy ways. This is a 2 hour workshop meant as an intro-duction to
identifying, understanding and coping with anger in the home, at work and in
relationships.
5 Love Languages
May 24, 2018
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Army Community Service. 5965 6th
Street Fort Belvoir, VA 22060
Call: 571.231.7001
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The Walt Whitman Middle School Parent Teacher
Student Association (PTSA) would like to invite the Fort Belvoir Upper School
rising 7th grade students and families to our PTSA meeting on May 10, 2018 @
6:30PM. It would be an opportunity for students and families to become familiar
with Whitman’s PTSA activities and mission, encourage rising middle school
students to use their voice to make positive changes that impact their school
experience, meet other Whitman students and families, and meet our principal, Mr.
Herring. If interested in attending, we encourage families to sign up at: http://signup.com/go/PdAGmNZ.
The Whitman PTSA believes that family and
community engagement is a crucial component to student success. To build more
community support and outreach within our Mount Vernon School Pyramid, Whitman
PTSA is sponsoring a community tea, Dressed To A Tea, on May 12, 2018
from 2-4PM. This will be a great opportunity for your families to interact with
our Whitman Middle School community. We invite you to share this event with
your school community at: Whitman-dressed-to-a-tea.eventbrite.com.
The PTSA email contact information is: parentsforwhitman@gmail.com,
or
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WhitmanPTSA/.
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Whitman Family Market
Whitman has partnered with Capital Area Foods to create the Whitman Fresh Foods Market. The goal of the market program is to help alleviate hunger in our community with a monthly distribution of healthy and nutritious foods for children and families. There is no obligation, it is a free market, and everyone is welcome! Just come and shop!
FREE Fresh Produce FREE Groceries
TIMES: 3-6pm
LOCATION: Whitman Middle School, 2500 Parkers Lane, Alexandria, VA
DATES:
Wednesday, March 14th
Wednesday, April 25th
Wednesday, May 16th
Wednesday, June 3th
For more information please contact:
Chanel Carter, Family Market Coordinator
Capital Area Food Bank: 202-644-8900 Ccarter@capitalareafoodbank.org
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