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A Message
from Our Principal
Welcome
to Canterbury Woods, 2018-2019! We have had a busy summer getting ready
for your children to return or to join our wonderful school community! We so enjoyed getting to meet many new families last night at the PTA's Popsicles on the Playground event!
As your new principal, I have spent much of my summer
getting to know many of our outstanding teachers and I can tell you with
confidence that your children are in EXCELLENT hands! Learn a bit about me by
visiting our school website (https://canterburywoodses.fcps.edu/features/welcome-principal-leipzig).
We are also excited to welcome back Assistant Principal Deirdre
Ladd, and to welcome new Assistant Principal Mindy Milliron. Take a look at our
school website (https://canterburywoodses.fcps.edu/) for
school hours, procedures and ways to keep track of what is happening at CWES!
Best wishes on a great kick-off to a new school year!
--Dr. Diane Leipzig
Supply
List Clarifications
We apologize that there were some changes made to the supply lists
over the course of the summer. Most notably:
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Mason Jars were included on all lists at the
beginning of the summer. These were removed. Why? Mason jars
were added to every grade level list by a staff member no longer at our school.
The notion of 800 jars arriving the first day of school with no one to champion
their use was a bit daunting, so we made the decision to remove them from the
lists!
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The fifth grade list used to have notebooks
and folders. Now it doesn’t. Why? When the
fifth grade team learned they would be able to go one-to-one with devices, they
didn't want to obligate parents to buy notebooks if they hadn't already done
so. That is also why they added headphones.
Now what
do I do?
- If you have
already purchased supplies that are no longer required and you are unable to use or return them, we would be happy to put them to good use for a variety of school projects and/or donate them to a
nearby FCPS Title 1 school. Just bring them to the office.
- For anyone
who isn’t sure they have the right supplies, wait until school begins and ask
the classroom teacher for clarification.
Remember, the only essential school supply
your child’s teacher needs that first day of school is YOUR CHILD. The rest can
wait!
So sorry for the inconvenience these changes may have caused. Thank you for understanding!
TDAP BOOSTER REQUIRED FOR SIXTH GRADE!
If you have a rising sixth grader, he or she
CANNOT begin school until he or she has a TDAP (tetanus, diphtheria, acellular
pertussis) booster.
Letters are being mailed out to
all families for whom we do not have documentation of a TDAP booster.
Your
child will not be assigned a teacher until proper documentation is
brought to the office.
Note that this is a directive from the Fairfax County
Health Department. Learn more at:
https://www.fcps.edu/blog/important-immunization-requirement-do-you-have-student-entering-sixth-grade-year
How do I
learn what class my child is in?
You will have multiple opportunities for learning about your
child’s classroom placements:
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On Friday, August 24 at 4:30 PM you can log
into your SIS Parent Account and your child’s teacher will be listed there.
Don’t have a SIS account? If you are a new family, a letter will be automatically sent with an activation code. If you are a returning family and aren't sure how to access your existing account, contact the Student Information Administrator in the office for help.
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On Friday, August 24 at 4:30 PM, the class
lists will be posted on the front doors of the building and will remain up over
the weekend. (Note: Only students’ first names and the first initial of their
last names will be posted.)
- On Monday, August 27, staff members will greet
families who arrive for the Open House/Back to School Event with class placement
information to direct them to the appropriate classrooms.
Open
House/Back to School Event: Details
Join us on Monday August 27th for our Open House and
Back to School event! This year we are excited to adopt a new model combining
our traditional Open House and Back to School night event, typically occurring
in September.
During this event, students and families will have an opportunity
to meet their teachers, see their classrooms, drop-off school supplies and
purchase spirit wear.
The schedule for the morning is as follows:
8:30 – 9:15 am Open House
Students and their families will have the opportunity to visit
their classrooms.
Continental breakfast items will also be available during this
time. Many thanks to the PTA and to Bauernshub Real
Estate Team for providing the breakfast!
During this time medication may be dropped off in our health room,
bus routes may be checked, registration paperwork may be turned in the office
and CWES spirit wear may be purchased.
9:15 – 9:25 am
Parents take their students to their respective locations for a
movie. Our specialists and instructional assistants will monitor students.
- Kindergarten
& 1st grade – Library
- 2nd,
3rd, and 4th graders – Cafeteria
- 5th
& 6th graders – Gym
* ASL interpreters and Cued Language
Transliterators will be available for students in their respective locations.
Closed captioning, when available, will be utilized for any movies played.
Please Note: FCPS employees are not
able to provide childcare to students who are not enrolled in FCPS schools.
Plan to take your younger children with you to the Back to School presentations
if you are unable to arrange alternative childcare.
9:30 – 9:55 – Back to School Session I
Classroom teacher presentation for parents
9:55 – 10:05
Transition time for parents attending a 2nd session
10:05 – 10:30 – Back to School Session II
Classroom teacher presentation for parents
10:30 – Parents pick up their children; PTA Meeting Begins
Following Back-to-School presentations, parents and their children
are invited to attend the first PTA general body meeting of the 2018-2019 school
year.
Unable to
attend the morning event?
We will have a parents-only make-up event for the Back to School sessions (This is NOT an Open House).
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM August 29 Two sessions of classroom presentations.
Note: These sessions will provide the same information shared by teachers on August 27.
Meet our
Grade Level Teaching Teams!
We are proud to present our grade level teams for the 2018-2019
school year. We have some new faces in familiar places, and some familiar faces
in new places!
Kindergarten
Ms. Sue Callahan
Ms. Chelsea Germano
Mr. Jordan Bristol
First
Grade
Ms.
Lauren Tredinnick
Ms. Michelle Choman
Ms. Jamie Carroll
Ms. Darby Kornman
Second
Grade
Ms.
Stephanie Crump
Ms. Janet Mays
Ms. Kati Myers
Third
Grade
Ms.
Erin Ferguson (AAP)
Ms. Jennifer Harris
Ms. Karen Helmer (AAP)
Ms. Elizabeth McArdle (AAP)
Ms. Joy Stevens
Ms. Amanda Wajert
Fourth Grade
Ms.
Melissa Adams
Ms. Chelsea Downing (AAP)
Ms. Diana Pisera (AAP)
Ms. Amanda Shaw/Ms.Liddia Ost (sub)
Ms. Madison Vance (AAP)
Fifth Grade
Ms. Dana Desposito
Ms. Stacey Diapoulis (AAP)
Ms. Eileen Eder-Moreau (AAP)
Ms. Mona Mouneimne (AAP)
Ms. Danell Ricciardella
Sixth
Grade
Ms.
Jeannette Dellavedova (AAP)
Ms. Sabrina McManus
Ms. Abigail Quinn
Mr. Matthew Randolph (AAP)
Ms. Amanda Stafford (AAP)
Ms. Erin Wheeler (AAP)
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