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Friday, September 21 - Last day to register for Running with the Stars
Saturday, September 22 - Community Block Party, Powell Parking Lot
Wednesday, October 3 - Picture Day
Tuesday, October 9 - PTA Meeting
Thank you to all of our students, parents, teachers, and community members for the strong support shown for Powell through our PTA-sponsored Boosterthon Puma Fun Run! It was invigorating to feel the energy throughout the school in the days leading up to the run and it was a blast to watch all students engage in the run on Thursday.
Our Boosterthon will remain open for one additional week as we work toward our goal to raise $35,000. Please continue to seek pledges for the laps our students ran on Thursday. Logon to www.funrun.com to add more pledges.
To see additional pictures from this event and others please visit Twitter and Instagram. Information about all of our social media outlets are below.
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We had the best Fun Run Team from Boosterthon! Featured to the left are Kinetic Kristina and Awesome Andrew with our principals. |
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Our students enjoyed watching the Fun Run Team spray the principals with silly string at the conclusion of each Puma Fun Run as we celebrated a successful fundraiser!
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Mark your calendars! Impact Church is hosting a Community Block Party on Saturday, September 22 from 10 am – 1 pm in our school parking lot and our entire community is invited!
Impact Church is working in partnership with the Fairfax County Police and Fire Departments to host a fun, FREE event for our community. We hope your entire family will join us for this exciting event. There will be inflatables, games, face painting and more! FCPD will be there to show off their new dirt bikes, cruisers and K-9’s as well as do free bike checks! FCFD will be displaying their fire trucks and performing free health screenings!
Community Block Party
Saturday, September 22
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Colin Powell Elementary Parking Lot
We hope to see YOU there!
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This week our students focused on the trait of CURIOSITY.
Ms. Gant's 2nd grade class charted all of the things they are curious about this week! Kudos to our "2nd Grade Captains of Curiosity" in room 221!
Individuals with a character strength of CURIOSITY like exploration and discovery. They ask lots of questions because they want to learn more about anything and everything.
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The character strength for next week is TEAMWORK. To learn more about it check out the character card linked on our school website. You can find that HERE.
On Friday, October 5, 2018 Colin Powell ES, along with all
elementary schools in the Centreville High School (CVHS) Pyramid will
participate in the annual Homecoming parade. Our 6th grade
patrols, SCA officers, principals, SCA sponsors and patrol sponsor will join
the community parade.
Please join the fun and cheer us on from along the parade
route. The parade will leave at 5:00 PM from Union Mills ES and travel to
CVHS arriving between 5:45 and 6:00 PM. The gate to the football game
will open at 6:00 PM. We look forward to seeing you cheer us on!
Parade Route
At 5:00 PM the parade will Exit the Union Mill ES parking
lot to the left onto Springstone Drive. We will turn Right onto
Springstone Dr., and head right onto Otter Run Rd. We will then turn
right onto Union Village Circle and follow it across Union Mill Rd into the
CVHS parking lot.
In collaboration with the Fairfax County
Health Department (FCHD), Regulation
2101
‘Physical Examinations, Immunization of Students, and Tuberculosis Screening
Requirements’ has been revised to reflect tuberculosis screening
requirements recommended by the FCHD.
Please note the following important
information regarding tuberculosis screening for FCPS students:
Each week we will spotlight staff
members in the Puma Press, and we will begin with staff members who joined the
Powell family this year. Please help us
welcome these #ProudPumas . . .
Christy Collins, Special Education Teacher
I’m originally a native of New
Orleans, Louisiana and fan of NFL Saints and LSU TIGERS!!!! GEAUX TIGERS
!!! I am proud to say that I have been a part of the Colin Powell family for 7
years now. I was a Special Education Instructional Assistant at CPES for
5 years and decided to continue my education and work on a Master’s Degree in
Special Education at George Mason University. Two of my children were part
of the CPES family and they have moved on to High School and Middle
School. They proudly state that their
best memories have been at CPES.
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Christy
Collins (right) with her mentor, Special Education Teacher Mary Beth Hill
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Laura Mondragon, Special Education Teacher
I am a native of Texas (no, I don’t have a drawl) and
consider Virginia home. I love the
Capitals and Nationals, yet forever will be a proud Dallas Cowboys fan!
My experience as an educator includes working with students in preschool
through high school over the course of 13 years in three different school
systems including two years in FCPS at Timber Lane Elementary. I began my
at career at Powell Elementary school in San Antonio, Texas, and after
four years as a stay at home mom I get a new start at Powell Elementary in
Centreville, Virginia. I am happy to return to FCPS and my daughter just
joined the FCPS family since she just started kindergarten at Lees Corner
Elementary. My husband is excited to get swag from two schools in
FCPS. I am excited to be a Proud Puma!
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Laura Mondragon (right) with her mentor, Kimberly Hermanson (left), Special Education Teacher
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With nearly 930 students at Powell ES we have hundreds of
families entering the parking lot each morning and afternoon. It is
imperative drivers follow traffic rules and the established procedures to
ensure the safety of all.
Our parking lot is designed with one point of access and
one lane of traffic flow each way. It is not only dangerous, but illegal
to drive down the wrong side of the road to by-pass the Kiss ‘N Ride
line. Please help us keep everyone safe by following the rules of the road on the streets as well as in our parking lot.
Parents may now pay for
field trips via MSB (My School Bucks) which is used by many parents to buy
school lunches. Here is the Process for Enrollment:
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Go to www.MySchoolBucks.com or, to the MySchoolBucks link located on your
school’s homepage to establish an account
- Add your
student/s using the name of the school they are attending, and either their
student ID or birthdate
- You will receive
a confirmation email that your account has been established.
- Make purchases
with your credit/debit card or electronic checks.
- There are NO
convenience FEES for using the online payment system.
MEMBERSHIP sign-ups will continue throughout
the month of September. Just $15 for a Family Membership! Don't miss out! Click
HERE
SAVE THE DATE - Next PTA
Meeting Tuesday, October 9 @ 7PM, CPES Library
CHESS CLUB - Sign up NOW! Classes
are held Wednesday 8AM, October 3-November 21. The PTA is proud to announce the
return of Mr. Rogalski to CPES for another year! Mr. Tim Rogalski is a USCF
Expert, a USCF Correspondence Master, a Shogi Shodan, and a K-3 Virginia
Coach-of-the-Year.
OPEN BOARD POSITION - The PTA is
still in search of a VP Programs. Please email president@cpespta.org for more
information. VP Programs oversees Before/After School Programs, Spelling Bee
and Reflections! Our board is full of fun, hard working members. Lots of
great tools are already at your fingertips!
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - Picture Day! Volunteers will help students with
final touches before pictures and keep the lines quiet and moving. It’s a
great way to share some smiles with our students and lend a helping hand to
teachers!
RUN CLUB - Running with the
Stars! TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER! This running program for
2nd-6th grade boys and girls encourages participants to lead a healthy and
active lifestyle. During the practices we will play games, discuss healthy
lifestyle topics, and prepare for our end of season 5K run.http://www.runningwiththestars.com/
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