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Dear Spring Hill Parents,
I hope you and your family are doing well. Does anyone know when spring is actually
going to arrive? It is incredible that
we are already into the fourth quarter and as such I am already planning for
the 2018-2019 school year. However, before
we jump into next year, lets focus a little bit on this Saturday – FUN
FAIR! As the annual tradition continues,
I hope you and your family are planning on attending this wonderful community
event. The Fun Fair committee is in need
of volunteers to run a number of stations, so please take a moment and sign up
for a spot on the HUB. Generally, the
last 2 hours are the most difficult to find volunteers, so if you have the
time, please consider signing up for a slot between 2pm and 4pm. I look forward to seeing everyone on
Saturday.
Many of you may have noticed the cubbies near the front
entrance of the school. The cubbies are
our new way of dropping off homework, lunches, instruments and other items that
students may have forgotten to bring to school. Starting on Monday, I am asking that parents of students in grades 2
through 6, begin using the cubbies to drop off items students have forgotten
instead of dropping off items in the office. There will be a small slip of paper with pencils on top of the
cubby. Similar to dropping off in the
office, please write your child’s name on the paper, place the item in a cubby
(instruments can be placed on top or on the side of the cubbies), and students
will be responsible for picking up their item. Teachers will be reminding students over the remainder of the year to
check the cubby if they forgot something at home. For students in Kindergarten and First grade,
we ask parents to continue following the old procedures of dropping off the
item in the office. This change will
take time, so please work with us as we try to instill in our students the
character trait of responsibility.
With only 43 days of school left, there are many items that
we are working on at Spring Hill, to prepare for the next school year. In
preparation for the 2018-2019 school year, teachers,
counselors, specialists and administration will be working on classroom
assignments for all students. As I have done in the past, I am giving parents the
opportunity to provide me with information about their child’s
personality, learning style and friend list, to assist in providing the best possible fit for next year. I will accept letters between Monday, April 23rd and Friday, May 4th. I
would prefer it if you send your letter directly to me
in an e-mail at woolk@fcps.edu. If you do not receive a response from me
within a couple of days telling you
that I have received it, feel free
to send me a second e-mail
asking if I received it. Please
refrain from asking
current teachers who
would
be the best teacher for your child next year. It is
important that you know that I will not consider requests for specific teachers
and that I delete emails that contain a request for a specific teacher. You are
under no obligation to send a letter.
As with last year, classroom
assignments will not be announced until the week prior to the start of school.
See everyone at Fun Fair!
William O. Olk, Principal
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Spring photos are tomorrow, April 19th.
VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED:
Please volunteer to assist during spring portrait day. We need 2
volunteers from 9-12:30 and 3 volunteers from 1:00-3:00 pm. Vouchers are given to volunteers to use
toward their pictures. Please email
Yearbook Committee members Barbara Kyttle @ bkyttle@gmail.com
Judy Harney @ jeharney@gmail.com
or Nelda Hirji in the front office @ nelda.hirji@fcps,edu if you can help out.
Thanks
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We have extended the
yearbook online order deadline until Saturday, April 21st. This will be your
last chance to order your child's yearbook.
Orders may be placed
online only at
https://ybpay.lifetouch.com/
using Spring Hill’s yearbook code of 12616518.
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Have you met our new mascot? He will be making an
appearance at the Fun Fair on Saturday. Come say hi!!
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Pay for Student Fees Online
Dear Parents,
Online payment for student fees and
school store items is available now through the MySchoolBucks School Store. This online
payment service provides a quick and easy way to pay for school-related
purchases. You will be able to pay for a variety of school fees using
credit/debit cards or electronic checks.
MySchoolBucks
provides:
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Convenience -
Available 24/7 on the web
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Efficiency -
Eliminate the need to write checks and for students to bring money to
school
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Flexibility -
Make payments using credit/debit cards and electronic checks
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Security - MySchoolBucks
adheres to the highest security standards, including PCI and CISP
Enrollment
is easy!
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Go
to www.MySchoolBucks.com or, to the MySchoolBucks link located on
your school’s homepage to establish an
account
- Add
your students using the name of the school they are attending, and either
their student ID or birthdate
- You
will receive a confirmation email that your account has been established
- Make
purchases with your credit/debit card or electronic checks
- There
are no convenience fees for using the online payment system
Customer
Service:
Attention Spring Hill Families with Older Children!
We are running low on teen volunteers this year. Please encourage your 7th to 12th graders to come help the Spring Hill Community!! Get volunteer credit, or just give back and have fun helping your community!!
Volunteer Hours
Saturday, April 21st
Spring Hill Elementary School
FUN FAIR
Attention all students in need of volunteer hours
The Spring Hill Fun Fair needs your help with games and activities.
Available shifts:
Shift 1: 10:45 — 12:35
Shift 2: 12:25 — 2:15
Shift 3: 2:05 — 4:00
Clean Up: 4:00 — 5:00.
To sign up, please e-mail us with your preferred shift(s) at shfunfairvolunteers@gmail.com
The Fourth Grade team
representing Spring Hill Elementary School
achieved High Honors in the 2017-2018 Continental
Mathematics League™—a national math competition. The Fourth
grade team placed 7th in the nation in the Pythagorean Division – a
division that requires above average reading comprehension and analytical
reasoning capabilities.
Fourth
graders Justin Ma and Ayla Zang, each earned a near perfect score of 29/30 and
28/30 consecutively. Other students from
Spring Hill Elementary School who
achieved outstanding results in the meet include fourth graders Ayla Zang, Eric
Xie, Jolie Korfonta, Lewei Shi, Brendan Li, Milan Le, and Rachel Du. The
students were coached in preparation for the Continental Mathematics League™ by their
coach Mrs. Fishbone.
Our team competed in the State Tournament and won
Rookie Team of the Year!
Our Spring Hill Science Olympiad Team traveled to the
University of Virginia last Saturday to compete in State tournament. We
competed in 23 science and engineering events in a division of twenty-six
middle and elementary schools. We won Rookie Team of the Year!
In addition, Our Medal Winners are:
- Hovercraft (Maya Pashai, Aahil Valliani): 3rd
- Rock & Minerals (Teju Charagundla, Birka Chen): 3nd
We also did very well in the following events:
- Roller Coaster (Elizabeth Fox, Divyanshi Raut): 7th
- Road Scholar ( Nate Minton, Ray Zhang): 8th
- Towers (Ray Zhang, Anne Zhu): 9th
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Dynamic Planet (Benjamin Pham, Aahil Valliani): 10th
About the team
Our SO team includes these 16 members: Tejasvi Charagundla(5th),
Birka Chen(5th), Neel Curtis(6th), Elizabeth Fox(5th),
Nate Minton(5th), Maya Pashai(6th), Benjamin Pham(5th),
Thamaire Pinnaduwage(5th), Amr Premjee(6th), Aiden
Raoufinia(5th), Divyanshi Raut(5th), Isabella Robertson(5th),
Aahil Valliani(5th), Kushaan Vardhan(6th), Ray Zhang(5th),
and Anne Zhu(5th). Congratulations to all of our hard working
students and mentors. Our team head coaches are Ethan Wu and Adam Yee, who are
Spring Hill graduates and are currently seniors at Thomas Jefferson HS for
Science and Technology. Our faculty sponsor is Mrs. Merideth Fisher.
We would like to say a big thank you to our sponsor,
coaches, volunteer mentors, and parents for all their hard work, patience, and
support throughout the entire year. We will say good bye to Maya, Amr, Neel,
and Kushaan, who are going to middle school, and our Coaches Ethan and Adam who
are going to college. We’re looking forward to next year when we will
excitingly welcome new members to our team! Go Panthers!
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At Virginia Scholastic Chess
Championships held on March 3-4 in Roanoke, VA. The K-3 team from SpringHill
Elementary School won the 4th place team title in its age group; team members
are Edward Guo(3rd grader), Ryan Guo(1st grader), Andrew Du(1st grader). In
individual competition, Eduard Guo of Spring Hill Elementary finished second.
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4/19 Spring Individual & Class Group Photos (All Day)-Gym
4/20 Read Across America
4/20 5th Grade Principal Coffee (9:00-10:00 am)- Lg Pod
4/21 Fun Fair
4/26 Kindergarten FT (9:30am-12:00 pm)-Frying Pan Park
4/26 Level IV Orientation Night (5:30-6:30 pm)
4/27 PTO Meeting (8:30-11:00 am)-Lg Pod
5/1 Chorus Concert (7:00-8:00 pm)-Cafeteria
5/4 Level 3 Referrals Due
5/11 Level 4 Appeals due to the FCPS AAP Office
5/17 2nd Gr FT (9:45 am-12:00 pm)-Glen Echo
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