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Upcoming Dates
9/27 - TONIGHT! Advanced Academic ES Levels of Service Information Meeting
- 6 PM
9/28 - Spirit Day to support kids battling Cancer - Go Gold Day!
9/28 - 10/20 - Small Prize Donations collected for Childhood Cancer Awareness.
10/9 - Pulcinella Restaurant Night, 5 pm - 8 pm
October 12: Munchkins with Moms, 8:15 am & PTA Meeting, 9 am
October 12: Family Fun Night: Bingo, 6 pm - 8 pm
October 26: Basketball Blowout, 6 pm - 8:30 pm
Let's Turn Chesterbrook GOLD!!!
Show Your Spirit and Support for Kids who have and are currently battling cancer. VIEW MORE INFORMATION ON GO GOLD 2018
WHEN: Friday, September 28, 2018
WHAT: Wear
GOLD or YELLOW*
WHY: Show your Support for
Kids with Cancer & Build Community Awareness
LET'S SHOW OUR LOVE AND HELP LOCAL KIDS BATTLING CANCER.
Through October 20, help fill
the prize basket at The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders!
Bring
in small prizes and toys for babies and kids who get blood draws—these items
should cost less than $5 each. Due to
compromised immune systems, items must be NEW
and in their original packaging. Donations can be dropped off in the front office.
Advanced Academic Information
Tonight! Elementary Parent Information Meeting
A parent information meeting will be held at Chesterbrook on Thursday, September 27 at 6:00 – 7:00 in the
Library. Mrs. Vallath, AART, will provide information about
levels of service and examples at Chesterbrook, as well as explain and answer
questions about the screening processes for part-time school-based services and
full-time Level IV services.
If you missed it, please take a look at the September Advanced Academic Newsletter. Included in the newsletter are critical dates for referral deadlines as well as links to find more detailed information.
This school
year the McLean pyramid of schools will be working together to support our
McLean community. Our overall goal is to support our students and make
positive connections in our community.
The first
meeting of the school year that will be held will be on September 26 and our
topic is about juuling. We believe this is an important topic for every
parent in our community. The meeting will be held on September 26 at McLean
High School in the Lecture Hall at 7:00pm.
NEWS FROM OUR MCLEAN PYRAMID SCHOOLS
Community Book Talk
This school
year, we will be reading the book The Self-Driven Child by William
Stixrud and Ned Johnson. We will hold three meetings during the fall and
the winter with McLean High School’s counselor, Kathleen Otal, leading our
discussion. Our culminating meeting being held in the Spring with
the author leading our learning.
Here are the times and dates of the upcoming
meetings:
October 10 at
Longfellow Middle School
January 9 at
Chesterbrook Elementary School
March 20 at
McLean High School
April 10 at
McLean High School
All meetings
will begin at 7:00pm. We hope that you secure the book soon and join us
in our community book talk.
Technology Support Training Sessions for Parents
Our students
are learning quite differently than when we were in school. The second
Tuesday of every month we will hold morning and evening sessions to teach you
about such programs as Google Slides, Google Docs, and Google Classroom.
Plus, we will learn about digital citizenship, technology tools, and gain
a better understanding of blended learning. All sessions will happen at
McLean High School. You may bring your own computer or use a school
computer for the session.
Morning
session – 9:45-10:45am
Evening
Session – 6:00-7:00pm
Our first
meeting is October 9. We will learn about FCPSon and answer the “what,
why, and how” of this initiative.
By working
together, we will be able to best support all of our students!
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