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Wednesday, October 3 - Picture Day
Friday, October 5 - Centreville HS Homecoming Parade
Monday, October 8 - No School For Students
Tuesday, October 9 - PTA Meeting 7:00 PM
Wednesday, October 24 - PTA Chick-Fil-A fundraiser
This week our students focused on the trait of TEAMWORK/CITIZENSHIP.
Individuals with a character strength of TEAMWORK/CITIZENSHIP work well within a group or team. You are loyal and sacrifice your individual desires for the greater good.
Mrs. Bunch's 6th grade class (pictured below) truly used TEAMWORK this past week. In randomly assigned groups, the students worked together to make "CRUT" with an odd assortment of materials. The students eagerly collaborated to make their creation. Afterward, the class brainstormed to define CRUT and reflected upon how the group members worked together
as teams.
The students were excited to learn CRUT is an acronym for the components of an effective team: Cooperation, Respect, Understanding, Together!
The character strength for next week is OPEN-MINDEDNESS . To learn more about it check out the character card linked on our school website. You can find that HERE.
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Thanks for all of the support from our entire community with this effort! Donations and pledges for our Boosterthon fundraiser were accepted through 3 pm today, 9/28. We will share the total raised once Boosterthon is able to share it with us! Stay tuned! |
Thank you to everyone that came out for our Community Block Party
last Saturday, September 22nd. Impact Church worked in collaboration
with the Fairfax County Police and Fire Departments to provide us with a fun, safe community event and and the result was outstanding! Thank you to all of our
teachers and students for bringing your families to have fun at school on a weekend.
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Thanks to the Police Department for offering free bike checks! |
When Gangnam Style started to play everyone came running - even Mrs. Luerssen! |
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McGruff and his friends say, "Take a bite out of crime!"
It was our honor to have these distinguished guests at the event! Everyone loved petting Moose the Bomb Dog (pictured right) and his new partner in crime (pictured left). Thanks for your service, boys!
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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.
We are
pleased to share Powell earned Accredited status from the Virginia
Department of Education (VDOE) for 2018-19, based on school performance during
the 2017-18 school year. The press release with additional information can be
found here: https://bit.ly/2N8bLAU The
press release highlights the Virginia Board of Education revised accreditation
standards beginning with the 2018-19 school year. These revised standards
measure multiple school quality indicators:
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Overall proficiency and growth in English reading-writing achievement,
including progress of English learners toward English language proficiency.
• Overall proficiency and growth in mathematics.
• Overall proficiency in science.
• English achievement gaps among student groups.
• Mathematics achievement gaps among student groups.
• Absenteeism.
• Graduation and completion (high schools only).
• Dropout rate (high schools only).
Powell’s Quality School Profile can be
found here: https://bit.ly/2xWfRqj
The team…
Kathy Baker, School Psychologist: krbaker@fcps.edu
Rachel Lindholm, School Counselor (K, 2, 4, 6): rrlindholm@fcps.edu
Joseanna Moseby, School Social Worker: jmoseby@fcps.edu
Renee
Orlosky, School Counselor (K, 1, 3, 5): krorlosky@fcps.edu
To reach any
of the Support Services team members by phone call the main office at
(571)522-6000.
Supports…
The team is here to support students and their
families in the school environment. All
children experience problems at one time or another. In fact, it is through these problems that
children gain insights and skills to deal with future problems that will
occur. Support services are a preventative
tool to help kids develop and achieve academically as well as socially and
emotionally. If students are in need of
additional supports, the team is happy to provide information on community
resources.
Check us
out on Blackboard
More information on Support
Services at Colin Powell Elementary may be found on the CPES Blackboard site
under the Support Services tab:
https://fcps.blackboard.com/webapps/blackboard/content/listContentEditable.jsp?content_id=_37424684_1&course_id=_1091112_1&mode=reset
You will need your Blackboard login credentials to
access the page.
We are committed to the social/emotional wellness of your child. If you have a concern and would like your
child to participate in short-term, small group counseling, please contact your
child’s school counselor.
We look
forward to a wonderful year with your children.
If you have any questions or concerns that were not addressed here,
please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Please help our art teacher by donating the following: clear
plastic rectangular seaweed containers, collapsed cereal boxes, uniquely
colored yarn, Clorox disinfecting wipes, and small gently used toys and
trinkets for the art teacher’s treasure boxes. Please send all donates to our
art teacher, Ms. Lindsey, and she will share the donations with the art team.
The Colin Powell SCA held our first meeting of the year this
week. Made up of student leaders from each class in grades 3-6, our SCA
helps our school make a positive impact on our community and the world through
fundraisers and helping to strengthen our community from within.
Congratulations to this year’s officers, pictured here. From left to
right, President Megan Barrett; Vice President Alessandro De Stefano; Secretary
Kaitlin Hong and Historian Eli Delac.
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 . . .
Emily Richwine, Instructional Coach
I am thrilled to be rejoining
the Powell family as an Instructional Coach! Previously, I taught 4th
grade, 2nd grade, and was a Math Resource Teacher here at Powell and
have already seen several younger siblings of students I taught! I am returning
in a new role that supports teachers with planning and instruction. I look
forward to working alongside teachers by modeling lessons, coteaching, and
providing job embedded professional development. When not at Powell I enjoy
traveling, volunteering, and spending time outdoors playing tennis, golf, or
hiking.
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Emily Richwine and her mentor, Suzanne Sorensen.
Suzanne is the Reading Specialist.
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Jinny Kim, 1st Grade Korean Immersion
Teacher
My name is Jinny Kim, I teach 1St
Grade Korean Immersion class. I am so looking forward to working with all of
you and getting to know everyone a little bit better. I’d like to begin
by telling you a bit about myself. I was born and raised in Seoul, South
Korea. I came to the United States to pursue my college education and
received a bachelor’s degree at George Mason University, and my master’s at
George Washington University in elementary education. My mission as a
teacher is to help children discover the joy of learning. Outside of work,
I enjoy reading, cooking, eating, walking and photography. I love eating
food from different countries. I believe that I can explore many exciting
cultures around the world by experimenting with different ethnic foods. I
am so happy to be part of the Powell family! Wishing you all a fun and
fantastic school year!
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Jinny Kim and her mentor, first grade teacher
Catherine Fahey.
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NEXT PTA MEETING Tuesday,
October 9 @ 7PM, CPES Library - We will be discussing clubs
currently offered at Colin Powell and the opportunities to bring new clubs to
our school. We will presenting on such things as Odyssey of the Mind,
Science and Math Olympiads. If you have participated in Math Club in the past
and would like to be a part of growing this program and setting new goals, this
is the meeting for you! In addition to discussing these exciting club
opportunities for Powell the PTA will be presenting last years audit and this
years budget for approval.
MEMBERSHIP sign-ups will continue throughout
the month of September. Just $15 for a Family Membership! Don't miss out! Click
HERE
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 over sees 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! Please consider working with us, as
I having been doing the work of 2 people and would love to have a partner to
work with! So many exciting things happening at Powell this year!
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!
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE Class -
First class will be held Tuesday, October 9 4PM-5PM. Classes
are open to 5th/6th grade students and are JUST $10, registration is
REQUIRED. Please click here for more details!
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