3-Hour Early Release Days
Bull Run ES reminds families that students will be dismissed three-hours early on
five school days this year. The first 3-Hour Early Release will be on Wednesday, September 19. Students will be dismissed at 1:00 PM. The lunch schedule will be altered to accommodate the early release times.
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Positivity Project: #OtherPeopleMatter
 Beginning this week we will begin to learn to understand and appreciate the 24 character strengths that are in all of us by investigating #OtherPeopleMatter.
“If you're not making someone else's life better, then you're wasting your time. Your life will become better by making other lives better.” – Will Smith
The mission of The Positivity Project is to empower YOU to build strong relationships, by understanding, appreciating, and living out the 24 character strengths in us all.
Every 1-2 weeks you will learn about a different character strength. This knowledge will help you build strong relationships with other people.
Please ask your students about the Other People Matter Mindset this week! Click here for a link to a video to learn more.
Questions you might enjoy talking about.
- What strengths are you most excited to learn about?
- How do you think learning about these strengths will help you understand yourself and others?
- Why is it important?
- How do I live with this mindset?
- How do other people live with this mindset?
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Help Us Create a Mindfulness Space for Our Students
We are working to create a mindfulness space for our students @BullRunES to access during the day. Please visit our @DonorsChoose page https://tinyurl.com/yccb8cd7 to read more about our project and making a donation. Thank you for your generosity. #KidsDeserveIt #oneBULLRUN
Family Life Education (FLE) Curriculum Opt-Out
Fairfax County Public Schools' (FCPS) Family Life Education (FLE) curriculum is taught in grades K-12. Lessons include age-appropriate instruction in family living and community relationships, abstinence education, the value of postponing sexual activity, the benefits of adoption as a positive choice in the event of an unwanted pregnancy, and human sexuality and human reproduction. Instruction is designed to promote parental involvement, foster positive self-concepts, and provide coping mechanisms for dealing with peer pressure and the stresses related to the students' developmental stages and abilities.
Parents have the right to review the complete family life curricula, including all supplemental materials used in any family life education program. Parents may remove their child(ren) from any FLE lessons at a particular grade level and alternative, non-FLE lessons will be made available to those students. In addition, school divisions are required to establish an advisory committee with broad community representation to review and make recommendations regarding the FLE content. A description of the student lessons taught can be accessed at: https://www.fcps.edu/academics/elementary-family-life-education-fle.
 Universal Screener: i-Ready
The Fairfax County Public Schools School Board adopted an online, computer-adaptive assessment universal screener assessment for use with all elementary school students in grades 1-6. The purpose of this assessment is to identify students who may have gaps in foundational literacy and mathematics skills so that teachers can plan supports appropriate for each child.
Additional information, including a short video, about the universal screener in FCPS can be found at this webpage: https://www.fcps.edu/node/33718
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Save the Date: Mental Health and Wellness
Conference to Be Held September 29 at Fairfax High School
The fifth annual FCPS Mental Health and
Wellness Conference will be held on Saturday, September 29, at Fairfax High
School from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Dr. Scott S. Brabrand, FCPS Superintendent,
will open the conference. Dr. Amy Przeworski, associate professor in the
Department of Psychological Sciences at Case Western University, will give the
keynote presentation: Using Stress to Your Advantage in Achieving Academic
Success and Emotional Well Being.
For the first time, the conference will also
include an Our Minds Matter Teen Summit for middle and high school students,
sponsored by the Josh Anderson Foundation.
Participants in this conference will be able to
choose from a wide variety of breakout sessions, and there will be many
resource tables available, representing public and private offices and agencies
providing services within our schools and community.
Registration is now open. More information is
available at the Mental Health and
Wellness Conference website.
Wednesday Folder Contents
We will begin listing all Wednesday Folder Contents that will be coming home in this spot each week.
This week's flyers are:
- PTA STEM
- Universal Screener Assessment Letter (Grades 1-6)
- FCPS Digital Resource Flyer
- WILDCAT Dance Flyer
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UPCOMING CALENDAR of EVENTS
Wednesday, Sept. 19 - Students dismissed 3 hours early at 1:00 PM
Tuesday, Sept. 25 - Spirit Day... Jersey Day (wear a team jersey or Bull Run ES school colors)
Friday, Sept. 28 - Bull Run MOVIEnite @ 7:00 PM
Friday, Oct. 5 - Spirit Day... 80's Day
Friday, Oct. 5 - Centreville HS Homecoming Parade @ 4:15 PM
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#oneBULLRUN
When posting pictures about all the happenings at Bull Run Elementary this year (e.g. First Day of School, Field Trips, etc...) on FACEBOOK, TWITTER and INSTAGRAM, us the hashtag #oneBULLRUN. This will categorize our pictures in a way that makes it easy for all to find and follow about a specific topic or theme. Post Away!!!
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Save Money on Technology Products
FCPS' Technology@Home program provides an opportunity for FCPS students and staff to purchase technology products at discounted rates. See how to save.
Thank you for your continued partnership!
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