Mark
Your Calendar
Kindergarten Coffee
with Principal Aiello
Friday, September
14th
9:00am Large Pod
6:30pm Cafeteria
Box Tops Raffle
Contest Deadline
Friday, September
14th
First PTO
Meeting
Friday, September
21st
8:45-10:30am Large
Pod
Get up to date on
all of the changes happening at Spring Hill, vote to approve our new budget,
and hear our new Principal Aiello speak.
Room Parent Meeting
Friday, September
28th
8:45am Large Pod
New Family Coffee
with Principal Aiello
Friday, October 5th
9:00am Large Pod
New Family Playdate
Saturday, October
6th
10:30am SHES
Playground
National Walk and
Bike to School Day
Wednesday, October
10th
Room
Parent Orientation Meeting
The teachers,
classrooms and parents need your help! Please don't miss this great opportunity
to support your child's class and teacher!
Join us on Friday,
September 28th at 8:45am in the Large Pod to learn everything you need to know
to start the year off on the right foot!
Please email your
child's teacher and sign up if you haven't already to be a room parent
(Lead/Primary, Treasurer, Assistant, Photographer). Multiple room parents for
each class are highly encouraged and appreciated. Every bit of help goes a long
way! Do not schedule a meeting with your teacher until after the Orientation
Meeting.
For questions or
additional information, please contact SHES PTO Room Parent Chairs at springhillptoroomparent@gmail.com
Box
Tops Deadline
The due date for the
first Box Tops raffle contest is Friday, September 14th!
Please turn in all
your summer box tops. Attach them to the pink form that went home in the
Thursday folders in June. If you have 50 or more, please put them in a ziplock
bag with your name /teacher's name/ grade.
Box Tops are worth
10 cents of free money for Spring Hill. Thank you for supporting this
school-wide community service program!
https://springhillpto.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/box-tops-extra-form.pdf
New
Family Playdate – Calling All Families!
Do you want to enjoy
a day of day of fun, chat and play while meeting other SHES families?
Then come and join our SHES Family Playdate on Saturday, October 6th at
10:30am! Weather permitting, we will have our playdate at the playground
located behind the school. Our SHES Parent Ambassadors will also be there
and look forward to meeting and greeting everyone! Please contact SHES
Parent Ambassador Coordinators, Isabelle Chretien isabelle_chretien@hotmail.com
and Michelle Garcia pactumfactum@yahoo.com
if you have any questions. Welcome to Spring Hill! See you all
there!!
Spirit
Wear is on Sale Now!
Magnets for $5
Short Sleeve
T-shirts for $10
Long Sleeve T-shirts
for $15
All shirts available
in white, gold and maroon
https://springhillpto.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/2018-2019-spirit-wear-flyer1.pdf
Spring Hill Elementary Chess Club
2018 Fall
Session: September 21 – January 11
Day/Time: Friday from 3:45 –
5:00pm
Location: Cafeteria
Open to students in Grades 2 – 6
Instructor: David
Mehler, founder of the U.S. Chess Center
Cost: $115 PTO Members/$123
Non-members
Dates: 9/21, 9/28, 10/5,10/12,
10/19, 10/26, 11/2, 11/9, 11/16, 11/30, 12/7, 12/21 and 1/11
Have you ever wanted to learn how to play Chess? Do you already play
chess and need to practice? Are you looking for some new opponents to
challenge you?
Don’t know how to play chess, no problem! No experience is
necessary! Beginners will learn the name of the pieces and how to
move. Chess Club will teach children strategies to learn to plan ahead,
to value their material and to distinguish good ideas from bad ones. They learn
to see things from more than one point of view.
Chess teaches responsibility, discipline, and critical thinking and
problem-solving skills. Chess players learn how to make the most of their
opportunities and how to turn a bad situation to their advantage. They
learn not to make excuses for their set-backs, and to win and lose graciously.
Gently
Used and New Book Request
One of our new
teachers, Mrs. Libuit, is in need of Learn to Read books for her
classroom. If you have any gently used or new books that are sitting on
your shelves just waiting for a new home, please send them in directly to her.
Thank you for your generosity!
Join
the PTO!
Please visit https://springhillpto.org and click on the
Join the PTO tab!
Why I joined the PTO
– a Mom’s perspective
As a mom who works
outside the home, I join the PTO because it saves me time. The PTO
creates events and activities for me and my children. This provides
valuable insight into my children’s lives and the opportunity to get to know
their friends without me having to make a phone call or send a text.
THANK YOU! SHES PTO
Your $10 PTO
membership includes a printed directory and the ability to register for the
Chess Club and Outside School Activities without paying a separate registration
fee.
Would
you like to work with the PTO?
Positions Available
on the 2018-19 PTO Board
We're seeking
energetic candidates for these roles:
- Fundraising
- Treasurer
- Chess Club
The PTO works to
directly benefit the students at Spring Hill Elementary! Our parents and
teachers work together to provide educational enrichment programs, family fun
events, fundraising for school equipment & technology, faculty support,
field trips, after school activities, and much more!
Please contact Denys
King at 703-738- 9048 or via email at Springhillptopresident@gmail.com
if you are interested in working with the PTO.
Back
to School Checklist
1. Join the PTO!
Your $10 PTO
membership includes a printed directory and the ability to register for the
Chess Club and Outside School Activities without paying a separate registration
fee. Please visit https://springhillpto.org.
2. Contribute to the
Fall Fundraiser
The $100 per student
suggested donation covers our budgeted activities and allows us to use the
money from additional fundraisers – like Bids for Kids and Fun Fair – for large
purchases, such as technology and landscaping. Your support directly benefits
each and every student at SHES, as well as our faculty and staff.
Please visit https://springhillpto.org.
3. Earn FREE MONEY
for Spring Hill!
The PTO has
partnered with CauseNetwork to provide a free, easy to use, one-stop
application where your daily activities earn money for our school. No
more websites to remember to go to; simply download the app, set up an account,
and use it often! You can link your Giant, Harris Teeter Cards and many
more.
Learn more at https://springhill.causenetwork.com/.
How to
Stay Informed
1) Read our weekly
online newsletter - The Scoop
2) Like us on Facebook at Spring Hill PTO
3) Attend monthly PTO meetings
4) Look for weekly
flyers in your child’s Thursday folders
5) Bookmark https://springhillpto.org
Thank
you to…
The Staff
Appreciation Committee would like to thank everyone who helped treat our
teachers to dinner during Back-to-School nights. We were able to keep our
teachers fueled and hydrated for the long days filled with many parent
introductions and presentations! Thank you to the following parents for their
contributions: Kerry Desai, Katie Steele, Kathy Carey, Danielle Hickman,
Kayleen Widdifield, Elham Hatami, Lisa Ross, Tammy Thornsbury, Kat Gamao, Hyoju
Chun, Maryam Malik, Mollie Ifshin, Kim Saxenian, Megan Roberge, Kristin Magur,
Jessica McMichael, and Liz Davis.
The Block Party
Chairs Lisa Ross and Maria Kelly would like to thank everyone who attended and
helped out with the great event last Friday! Special thanks to Colette Bryan,
Stephanie Bozarth, Shannon and John Durrant, Preety Wang, Erin Pak, Fizzah
Gocke, Angela Trembler, Austin Steele, Yorke Allen, Mia Ahn, Betsy and Ryan
Bensten, Jessica McMichael, Stephanie Short, Jan Leu, Nancy Scully, Jennifer
McCarthy, Denys King, Kristin Magur, Kerry Desai, Alison Brett Smith, Jessica
Carter, Julie Delong, Ann Shankroff, Kayleen Widdifield, Mia Lee, Tammy
Thornsbury, Sonia Kim, Kirsten Thompson, Stacy Kerzner, Molly Sterbutzel, Guidi
Family, Amanda Mosher, Varnita Kohli, Neda Yazdani, Mrs. Rudd and Mrs. Cole.
And a VERY special
thank you to some entrepreneurial students who wanted to do their part to
contribute to the PTO! They set up a lemonade stand over the Labor Day weekend
and collected $15.15!
Jack Guidi (4th
grade)
Sanjana Tengli (4th
grade)
Sophia Lee (3rd
grade)
Justin Lee (1st
grade)
Jonah Guidi (1st
grade)
Ethan Chen (1st
grade)
Arjun Tengli (1st
grade)
Jude Guidi
(Preschool)
Isabel Chen
(Preschool)
Thank
you to our generous sponsors!
FASS
Results
Hamlet
Swim & Tennis Club
McLean
Family Dentistry
The
Neurology Center
Leger
Strategies
Kennedy
& Co.
Moss
Building & Design
Skill
Builders
There
are still limited opportunities to be a sponsor for the 2018-2019 school
year. Check out springhillpto.org/sponsors or email Stephanie
Short springhillptofundraiser@gmail.com for more
information.
Also,
did you know that if your company provides matching funds for charitable or PAC
donations, the PTO is a 501(c)(3)! There are LOTS of ways to help support
the PTO!
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