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Dragon Days Calendar
September 19 3-Hour Early Release – School Planning Day; Students Dismissed at 1:05pm. All Change of Transportation submissions must be in by 11:30 a.m.
September 24 PTO Meeting; 9:30am Cafeteria
September 25 Costa Rica Information Meeting for 5th and 6th Grade families; Theater 6:30pm
October 1-5 Third Grade Service Learning Project: "Alex's Lemonade Stand" sales at recess
October 5 CRES PTO Movie Night – New Date! 6:00pm, showtime at 7:00pm
Dr.
Brabrand is visiting CRES
We are excited Dr. Brabrand, FCPS Superintendent, will
be visiting CRES on Friday, September 14th. To welcome
him and show our school spirit, all students and staff are encouraged to wear our
school colors: blue and white.
Morning
Arrival Reminder
The
school hours are 9:20 AM - 4:05 PM Monday through Friday. In the interest of
safety, it is very important that you do
not drop your child off before 8:55 AM. There is no supervision for
students before this time and any students are brought to the Main Office until
supervision is available in the cafeteria.
Safety
is a top priority, and a reminder letter will be sent home with students who
are dropped off before this time.
Starting at 8:55, students wait in the cafeteria until 9:05 AM at which
time they will be released to the classrooms.
Golf Tournament raised $39,000 for schools
Celebrate
Great Falls held its annual Golf Tournament in May. All proceeds from the event and silent auctions went to Colvin Run ES,
Forestville ES, and Great Falls ES. We are thrilled to announce the
Tournament and Auction raised $39,000, and CRES received $$13,000 to put toward
school enhancements. A huge thank you to Dianne Emery and Lisa Cuomo for leading our efforts. Thank you to our wonderful teachers for donating auction items and our amazing families for their continued support.
The Golf
Committee is already looking for donations of goods, experiences, or services
to be auctioned off in the Spring and for sponsors to help support the
event. This is a great way for
companies to gain exposure to the Great Falls/Vienna communities. The committee is also looking for golfers to play in
the Celebrate Great Falls Golf
Tournament, to be held in Spring. For more information,
please contact Lisa Cuomo at lisac0903@gmail.com or 703-967-4629.
Virginia Naturally School
Award
It is with great pride that we announce
CRES has been awarded the Virginia Naturally Schools award for the third year. Virginia Naturally Schools is the official
environmental education school recognition program for the Commonwealth of
Virginia, administered by the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, with
support from the Department of Education, Department of Environmental Quality
and other resource agencies. This
program recognizes the wonderful efforts of many Virginia schools to increase
the environmental awareness and stewardship of our youngest citizens. Colvin
Run is one of four schools in FCPS and one of 61 schools in Virginia.
School Safety Drills
Virginia requires all
schools to conduct three lockdown drills each school year, two in September and
one in January. Today, our students
and staff took part in the first “Lockdown Drill” for September. Before the drill, students and staff were
reminded that it is only a practice drill, and staff remind students regarding
what to do during the drill.
A
lockdown requires that all students and staff remain in classrooms or other
designated secure locations that are away from danger and that minimize access
and visibility. Similar procedures would be followed in a real situation.
A real “lockdown” procedure is initiated in
the rare event a high risk incident occurs in the school, on school property or
in the vicinity of the school that could endanger the safety of the students
and staff. The safety of our students
and staff at Colvin Run Elementary School is a top priority, and the drills
help ensure that we are able to successfully manage crisis situations at the
school.
Virginia
requires all schools to perform one fire
drill per week for the first 20 days of school and then one fire drill per
month after that time. A Fire Drill
requires that all students and staff exit the school in a quick and orderly
fashion. The staff quickly take roll and
verify all students have safely exited the building. Before the drill, students and staff were
reminded that it is only a practice drill, and staff remind students regarding
what to do during the drill.
Please note that these
drills are for practice purposes only.
We are very proud of our students and staff for successful completion of
these required Lockdown Drills and Fire Drills.
Author John Flanagan to Visit Colvin Run – 4th-6th Grades
On September 27th, the
author of the very popular series The Ranger’s Apprentice will be
visiting with 4th-6th Grade students. Last week, an order form to
purchase personalized copies of John Flanagan’s books (including his new
series The Royal Rangers) was sent home in your student’s Wednesday
Folders. These orders are due by Friday, September 14th, and
should be sent in with a check payable to "CRES".
Costa Rica - 5 Spots Left!
We
are in the process of planning our annual trip to Costa Rica, which is offered
to 5th and 6th students and their parents. During this once in a lifetime trip, we explore the
beautiful country of Costa Rica, practice our Spanish, and learn about the
country’s economy and agriculture. Here is a video of all the fun we had!
We have already started the enrollment process for this year’s
trip and we have only 5 spots left! We want to extend the information
regarding the trip in another information meeting on September 25th
at 6:30pm in the theater.
For more information about the trip or to RSVP for the meeting,
please contact Ms. Seiler at jlseiler@fcps.edu. We would love to have you join us on this
amazing journey!
Update
from the AART
If your family is new to FCPS and you are interested in identification and placement
for Level IV services for your 3rd-6th grade student, please
click for additional information. This website provides you with the referral forms you
will need.
All referrals for full-time Level
IV AAP placement for new students in grades 3-6 are due to the AART by
October 11, 2018. For
additional information, please look on Blackboard under the AART tab, or
contact the interim Advanced Academic Resource Teacher, Pat Freeh, at plfreeh@fcps.edu if you
have any questions about the process.
CogAT Test Reminder from
Mrs. Carmack
The 2nd grade students will take the FCPS Custom Form
Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) on Oct. 2nd, 3rd, and 4th from 9:30-10:30
a.m. each day. The 2nd grade teachers will administer a practice test on
Thursday, September 27th during the morning to familiarize
the students with the test format.
FCPS will only administer the CogAT in October during the
2018-2019 school year. Students must wait at least 6 months between retaking
any group ability tests.
Parents in 3rd-6th grades, who wish to take advantage of the
“One Time Retest” are to make the request in writing to Mrs. Carmack by Friday,
September 28th.
All
parents with students new to FCPS, that do not have a cognitive test score and
parents of students in grades 3-6 who have requested a “One-Time Retest”, will
receive a verification letter on Oct. 2nd via student backpacks. These students
will take the CogAT on Oct. 9th, 10th, 11th from
9:30-10:30 a.m.
"Alex’s Lemonade Stand" Save the Date: Oct. 1st -5th
Get ready for the third grade Service Learning Project October
1st-5th! Third graders will be selling
lemonade during recess to raise money for Alex’s Lemonade Stand to help fight
childhood cancer. More details will be
coming soon!
Annual
Vision and Hearing Screening
A note from the
health clinic: Save the date! All third grade and kindergarten students
will have Vision and Hearing screening on October 23rd and 24th.
Please make
sure any eyeglasses are sent in with your student on those dates.
Parent
volunteers will be needed for both days. Training will be provided.
Contact Mike
Loftus, School Health Aide, if you wish to volunteer to help with the Vision
and Hearing Screenings: (703)757-3010 or mjloftus@fcps.edu.
Band Notes
Welcome
to the new school year! We are up and
running in band classes and want to be sure that everyone is prepared to
learn! All students should have their
instruments by now and should be bringing both their instrument and band binder
to class.
Did you know that Band has a Blackboard page? Log on to Blackboard, click on CRES
Specials, then click on the Band
Button. You will find lots of
helpful information about band here including the DRAGON calendar, concert
dates and more. In the event of school
delays or cancellations be sure to check the Band Blackboard page for DRAGON
calendar changes.
4th
Graders Practice STEAM Skills
The first week,
4th grade students in Ms. Pfeffer-Hahn’s class created towers with
spaghetti noodles trying to not only build the tallest tower, but also one that
could hold a weight of one large marshmallow. They drew their ideas, revised
with a partner, built an original model and then tried a second time with their
new construction knowledge. In this way they persevered and practiced their
STEAM skills.
PTO Updates
Movie Night –
Rescheduled! New Date: October 5th
Doors Open
6:00pm Showtime 7:00pm
The CRES viewing of "Zootopia" has postponed to October 5th due to
Hurricane Florence. Ticket
sales have been extended to October 4th at midnight. If you
already purchased tickets, they are still good.
Tickets
are still available on PTO Website. If it
rains, the movie will be shown inside.
Open PTO Positions
It is important
we fill these open positions soon. Please contact cresmembership@gmail.com for more information.
- Yearbook
- Cultrama
- Teacher
Support Coordinator
Come have Coffee with the PTO!
Please join us
for our first PTO Meeting on Monday, September 24th at 9:30am in the Theater.
Looking forward
to seeing all who can attend.
Links to Support Colvin Run
Each
Year Colvin Run PTO receives significant income from merchant rebate programs.
These funds help supplement program costs and reduce reliance on direct
fundraising from our families. Please take a look at the programs below and put
your purchasing power to work for Colvin Run. Remember, grandparents, friends,
extended family and even your business can participate, and all rewards cards
have to be re-linked every year. Click
here to visit the CRES PTO Store Rewards Program
page.
Giant
Foods ID- 04510
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Log on by
going to www.giantfood.com
- Click on
the sign up link "Savings and Rewards"
- Click on
A+ School Rewards
- Go to the
red box "for customers" to register your Giant Card
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You must
re-link your card to Colvin Run each year.
Harris
Teeter ID- 5378
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Log on by
going to www.harristeeter.com
- Click on
the sign up link "TIE” located at the bottom of the screen.
- Sign in
using your username/password and choose "Link to Your School"
from the left hand side menu. If
you have never registered, use your VIC card number to link to your
account.
- You must
re-link your card to Colvin Run Elementary each August.
Target
Current Target Red
Card holders did you know that while you are using your Target Debit Card or
Target Visa Card you could be earning dollars for Colvin Run? Target's program
entitled "Take charge of Education" is available only to Red Card
holders. Target donates 1% of all in store purchases made with your Target
Debit Card. Target also donates 1% on in store and online purchases as well as
.5% of all other purchases outside of Target when you use your Target Credit
Card. For more information please visit www.Target.com/tcoe.
Office Depot/Office Max
Give 5% Back To Your School! Simply make a purchase of qualifying school/office supplies, provide your school ID at checkout and your designated
school will receive 5% back in credits for FREE supplies! It's
a small act that can make a huge difference.
Provide the Colvin Run id
number (71025124) at check out to earn 5% back for our school. Print a card to
carry in your wallet to make it even easier.
You don't need to pre-register for this program. Businesses can include a school id when purchasing products from Office Depot.
However, purchases made to contract business accounts do not qualify.
Additional program details are available at www.officedepot.com.
Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/?tag=colvinrunpto-20
Colvin Run earns a 5% - 15% rebate
for every purchase made on Amazon using link above or click on the link.
The more books, songs, magazines,
clothes, electronics, groceries, etc. bought by our community in a month, the
higher the percentage we earn.
Note - Enter Amazon using our link first, check that
"colvinrunpto-20" appears in the URL address, and then add items to
your cart. If you do not plan to complete your orders within 24 hours use the
wish list feature so that CRES will benefit when your order is finalized.
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