Impact Aid Student-Parent Survey
Beginning on October 16th, FCPS will be asking all families to fill out a Student-Parent Survey for Federal Impact Aid. Canterbury Woods students will be receiving their forms through their Take Home Tuesday folders beginning TODAY, Tuesday, October 16th. All forms should be returned by Friday, October 26th to their teachers.
Returning this form is important because information from this survey results in an anticipated $3 million dollars in grant funds each year from the U.S. Department of Education. These funds are used to support all Fairfax County public schools and centers.
For each school-aged child in your household, please complete, sign, date, and return the survey to your child's school. If sections 1 and 2 of the survey do not apply to you, just check the box in Section 3. All forms should be signed, dated, and returned by October 26th . All results are CONFIDENTIAL.
Learn more by watching this short video featuring Superintendent Scott Brabrand and the U.S. Army Garrison Commander COL Michael Greenberg from Fort Belvoir.
International Night 2018!
Thank you all so much for such an amazing International Night last
Thursday! We had over 32 countries represented. Students, families and staff
loved sharing their cultures and learning about each other. Thanks to everyone
for the feedback and we look forward to making International Night 2019 bigger
and better.
-Mrs. Brown
Cultural Responsiveness & Equity Interest Group
Cultural responsiveness and equity are division priorities for
FCPS. Culture isn't just about language or ethnicity -- culture is often
invisible, because it is everything a group defines as
"normal." If you are interested in partnering with us to help
our school be more culturally responsive and promote greater equity in access,
opportunity and outcomes for students, please fill out the form below.
https://goo.gl/forms/
1st Graders Learn About Citizenship
1st graders just wrapped up an exciting PBL
(Project-Based Learning)! As a way to
tie together their recent social studies unit on Citizenship and their current
reading unit on Character, kids were challenged with the following task:
How can you, as a campaign manager, create
an advertisement and a short speech to convince your audience to vote for a
book character as President?
Students worked in pairs to create campaign materials and
give speeches. Each class held a primary election and then a final election
using voting buttons on the computer. It was a great learning experience for
all!
Fall Book Fair
The book fair is coming soon and we need volunteers to help
out with sales. You can sign up for a time slot by following this link:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409044CAAAA229-fall2
Volunteers receive a 10% discount on items.
Veterans
Day 2018
On Monday, November 12th we invite CWES community veterans to
share their experiences with students!
Parents
Relatives
Neighbors
Interested in sharing stories or experiences? We would be honored
to hear from you!
Please email Deirdre Ladd
at dbladd@fcps.edu or complete the form in your
take home Tuesday envelope
AAP
Dates of Interest
December 19, 5:30-6:30 pm, CWES Library, AAP Level IV Referral
Information Night (how to complete a level IV referral)
January 10th, AAP Level IV referral deadline
 Bullying Prevention Month
This week, check out this Pacer’s video on “Ways to be There” from the parent perspective.
If your child shares with you that they’ve experienced bullying:
- Take the time to actively listen to your child.
- Validate their feelings.
- Help them figure out what to do next. There are lots of great resources, including your child’s School Counselor and the Pacer’s website.
- Help them boost their confidence. If they’re not already, get your child involved in an extracurricular that brings them joy!
If you hear about a bullying situation at school, please encourage your student to come see Ms. Wilson or Ms. Brown for support, or reach out to us yourself at rawilson@fcps.edu or nlbrown@fcps.edu
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Family and Community Engagement Conference:
FACEing the Future Together
Fairfax County Council Parent Teacher Association (CCPTA), in
partnership with Fairfax County Public Schools' Office of Professional Learning
and Family Engagement, seeks to foster increased interaction between parents,
students, educators, school administrators, education advocates, business, and
community leaders to address issues vital to the academic success and well
being of our children.
Family and community engagement (FACE) is at the center of everything
that PTAs accomplish. The goals of family and community engagement are for each
and every child and family in a community to feel as though they are part of a
PTA family, and for that PTA family to be an active part of the community in
which it resides.
We invite you to join us as we launch a new effort to welcome and
encourage all families throughout Fairfax County to become active participants
in their school community.
Saturday, October 20, 2018
8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
6560 Braddock Rd, Alexandria, VA 22312
Let’s FACE the Future Together!
Registration: $10.00
(Includes continental breakfast, lunch and snacks)
Scholarships are available for the conference and can be requested
on the registration form.
Interpreters will be available.
REGISTER NOW or
go to www.fccpta.org
Parents Night Out
Friday, December 7th from 6:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Do you need a night off to go shopping for the holidays, have a
date night or just put your feet up? Then Woodson Parent’s Night Out is for
you! Simply drop your elementary school child off at Woodson High School.
Your child will enjoy a fun-filled evening that will include arts and crafts,
games, a pizza party dinner and a movie. All profits will go to support Woodson
Math Center, a program that provides free peer math tutoring.
Cost: $35 per child. Early Bird Discount (by November 16th)
$30 per child. Family discount: $35 for the first child, $30 for each
additional child.
Registration: Mail
back a completed registration form (2 pages) for each child along with a check
made out to W.T. Woodson HS to Woodson High School c/o Valerie Silver. Online https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y9qKRHP2kHV13sFz4nzk8F5kD5za9_sM/view?usp=sharing
Questions: Email Valerie
Silver at vmsilver@fcps.edu
Mark
Your Calendar
October
25 Picture
make-up day
October
31 Book
Character Day
November 1
Last Day of 1st Quarter
November 5 - 6 Student Holiday, No School
November 12 Veterans Day
Lunch
November
21-23 Thanksgiving Holiday, No School
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