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IMPORTANT DATES
08/30/18 Back
to School Night. All grades, 6:30 PM
09/03/18 Labor Day, Student
Holiday
09/12/18 PTA
Meeting, 9 AM, School Library
09/19/18 Student
Three Hour Early Release
10/08/18 Columbus Day,
Student Holiday
10/10/18 PTA
Meeting, 9 AM
FROST NEWS & NOTES
Join the PTA! PTA membership is the
lifeblood of the organization and reflects a healthy school.
Membership represents over 20% of our budget which we return to Frost Middle
School in the form of teacher program grants. You can join PTA on line
at: http://frostmspta.org/membership.html
First PTA Meeting of the Year! The
first PTA meeting of the school year is on Wednesday 12 Sept, 9:00am featuring
“Meet Anthony Harris, our new Frost MS principal” and approval of the PTA
budget.
Back to School Night is THIS week! Back to school night is
Thursday August 30th at 6:30pm for both 7th and 8th
grades.
Scicence Olympiad is coming to
Frost! Would
you like to foster your child’s interest Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Math (STEM)?
- Is your child
willing to work with others and win medals?
- Would your
child like to build a roller coaster or hovercraft that actually works?
- Would your
child like to learn how to solve a crime, evaluate water quality, or design
an experiment?
- Is your child
secretly a “mad scientist” in their spare time?
- Does your
child love to read about physics, lizards, lasers, experiments, biology,
or outer space?
If
“yes”, then your family may be interested in Science Olympiad B Competition and
After School Club every Friday from 2:30-4:30. Click here for
flyer: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zW3wiT0VCHaXNACe1B2u6fRC6nFRI1ys4FNxBZdbve8/edit
Volunteers NEEDED!: Frost runs on volunteers and we are in serious need of
people to help out this year! Most of
these positions are very easy jobs
and can even be done with a friend! If
you are interested in any of the following committee positions please contact
Mik at Miklos.kiss@cox.net
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Restaurant Nights: Setting up fundraising
dinner nights at local establishments like Potbelly, Chipotle, Flipping
Pizza, Chick-Fil-A.
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Spirit Wear Co-Chair: Helping order, sell, and
develop on-line sales of Frost “branded” items.
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Book Fair: Arranging parent volunteer
help on Sign-up Genius to sell books at the Library during the book fair.
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Clinic Health Parent Aide: Coordinate volunteers for the
7th grade health screenings in October, and to serve as a sub when the
nurse is out. When not filled, it just requires someone else to create a
sign-up genius and publicize it.
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Frost Family Festival (3F): This is a joint event ran
by the school and PTA that invites rising sixth graders and their families
to visit Frost and preview courses and electives in the Spring. The
3F coordinator helps publicize the event and manage food sales and baked
goods donation.
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Reflections Program: This is a Virginia and
National PTA program that invites students to create submissions in the
following categories: dance, film, literature, music, composition,
photography, and visual arts. The coordinator promotes the
program, manages the process, solicits judges, notify winners, and send
winners to the Regional Level.
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Eight Grade End of Year
Celebration: This
is the end of year gala event held on a Friday night in June.
We have two DJs, food, and carnival games.
TJHSST Admissions
Will your child be applying to TJHSST? If so, then
please attend the TJHSST Admissions Office
Information Session in the Frost MS cafeteria on Monday, September 24 from
2:30-3:30PM. Parents and students are welcome to attend this event. This
will be the first day that Frost late buses will run, so bus riders attending
without their parents will have a ride home. TJHSST is the FCPS regional
governor’s high school (grades 9-12) for students interested in STEM (science,
technology, engineering and math). Come learn about the programs, classes
offered and student life. Also get detailed information about Admissions
and Application for 8th grade students. The Application Window
is open from September 3rd at 4:00PM to September 28th
at 4:00PM. If you have questions, please contact TJ Admissions via email
at tjadmassions@fcps.edu, by phone
at 571-423-3770 or visit the website at www.TJAdmissions.org.
Hope to see you on September 24th!
Until next time...
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