 Dear CES,
Three weeks of the 2018-2019 school year are in the books! The transition to our 6 day special schedule has been smooth. Our students are settling into a rhythm of small group instruction and collaborative learning.
The mural to the right is located in our main hallway. It is a promise to the students and community from the CES staff. We are committed to engaging our students and community through collaboration and positive relationships. We hope that each of you will do the same with us.
We hope you were able to attend the PTA Welcome Back Picnic. There was a great turnout and the weather cooperated. A big thank you to our wonderful PTA board for organizing the event.
This week we conducted our third fire drill (Monday) and our second lockdown drill (today). The students have done a great job learning the safety routines. We have one more beginning of the year safety (fire) drill next week.
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Calendar Reminder: Students to Be Released
Three Hours Early on September 19
All students will be released three hours
early on Wednesday, September 19, for a school planning day. Classes will
resume on Thursday, September 20. See the complete
2018-19 school year calendar.
We are off and running with the Positivity Project! This week students learned about the Other People Matter Mindset. It is amazing to hear students talking in the hall about what they are learning. Next week the character trait will be CURIOSITY. Please ask your students to share what they are learning through the Positivity Project. These can be great dinner or car conversations!
ADVANCED ACADEMIC PROGRAMS (AAP) ELEMENTARY CONTINUUM OF SERVICES
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) offers a continuum of
advanced academic services for all students in Grades K-8. Learning experiences
are designed to develop higher-level thinking through enrichment, acceleration,
and extension of the Program of Studies (POS). Teachers, administrators, and
Advanced Academic Resource Teachers (AARTs) work together to provide the
following levels of services. A video
showing each level of service in action, as well as information about middle
and high school services are available at:
https://www.fcps.edu/academics/elementary-school-academics-k-6/advanced-academics.
Critical
and Creative Thinking Lessons, Grades K-6 (Level I)
Level I services are provided to all
students in Kindergarten through Grade 6 and consist of lessons designed to
teach critical and creative thinking skills. Strategies are modeled in all
classrooms by AARTs and are used throughout the year by classroom and other
teachers. Student responses to these
lessons are used as part of the identification process for Levels II-IV.
Parents may also practice these strategies during family conversations and
activities. Descriptions and videos of the nine critical and creative thinking
strategies can be found at https://www.fcps.edu/academics/elementary-school-academics-k-6/advanced-academics/critical-and-creative-thinking.
Because Level I services are for all FCPS
students, there is not a screening process.
Differentiated
Lessons in Areas of Academic Strength, Grades K-6 (Level II)
Level II services are available for
students in Kindergarten through Grade 6 for students with strength in a
specific subject area. The AART
collaborates with classroom teachers to provide additional challenges using
materials from the AAP curriculum framework for Levels II-IV to extend and
enrich in the subject area strength. Screening for this level of service is
ongoing throughout the school year.
Part-Time
Advanced Academic Programs, Grades 3-6 (Level III)
Level
III services are available for students in Grades 3-6 who are eligible for part
time services. Students are identified by a screening committee at the
local school. These students may flex into the Local Level IV class to
use materials from the AAP curriculum framework for Levels II-IV in the core
subject areas or they may access this curriculum in their classroom with
support from the AART as needed.
Full-Time
Advanced Academic Programs, Grades 3-8 (Level IV)
Level IV services are available for
students found eligible through a central selection process. The program is available in Grades 3-8. Eligible students use curriculum from the AAP
Curriculum Framework for Levels II-IV in the four academic subject areas on a
full-time basis.
Screening for Level IV services occurs
during specific screening cycles:
- Fall screening is held for students who are new
to FCPS and have been referred
- Spring screening is held for any FCPS-enrolled
student who has been referred
Due to the volume of files screened
centrally for Level IV services, deadlines are strictly held.
Additional information about the
holistic screening process and information used for screening can be found at https://www.fcps.edu/registration/advanced-academics-identification-and-placement/current-fcps-students.
Middle
and High School AAP
Additional information about middle and
high school services may be found on the Advanced Academic Programs web page:
Please contact our Advanced Academic Resource
Teacher, Mrs. House at kahouse@fcps.edu
with any questions. Please note Mrs.
House is only at Centreville Monday-Wednesday.
 
 
Sook Smith is one of our fabulous Parent Liaisons. Please reachout to her if you need any support.
Giant A+ Rewards Program!!
Attention CES Families: Our local Giant store is running a school-fundraising program, A+ School Rewards, and we need YOUR help! Every time you shop at a participating Giant from September 7 through March 16 using your Giant Card, you will earn points towards our school . . . those points will become CASH that our school can use for any of our educational needs!
Enroll Today!
All you need to do to help Centreville Elementary earn A+ School Rewards is to designate our school using your Giant Card number and our school’s five-digit ID code, 01853.
Visit www.giantfood.com and select Savings & Rewards. Follow the prompts to create your online account. You will need your 12 digit Giant Card number and the School ID# 01853
Also, please encourage your family members and friends to support our school!! This could result in more CASH REWARDS!!
PTA Corner
*After-school club sign ups have begun and will continue
through next week. Flyers came home in Communicators this week. All clubs will
begin the week of September 24th. Email Ciarra Smith with any questions, cesptavp2@gmail.com
*Spirit wear is on sale NOW through September 21st. No late
orders will be accepted! Access our spirit wear shop by going to https://orderschoolstuff.com/centrevillees18/
using the password OurCES. Now available is the "Future Wildcat"
shirts which will arrive in time to celebrate the CVHS Homecoming on October
5th.
*We need you! Parents are encouraged to sign up as PTA
members. Becoming a member does not obligate parents to meetings or even
volunteering, though we would love to see all members at the meetings and
welcome volunteers anytime. Parents can sign up at any PTA event or at a PTA
meeting. Membership and volunteer forms are also available on our
website. https://centrevillepta.wordpress.com/
Thank you for your continued partnership!
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Upcoming Events:
Monday, September 17
Tuesday, September 18
Wednesday, September 19
- D Day
- 3 Hour Early Release
Thursday, September 20
- E Day
- Green Team @ 8:15 am in room 123
- 6:30 PM - Camp Highroads (6th) Parent Meeting in the library
Friday, September 21
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