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December 7th Movie Night 6:30 PM
December 8th 2nd Zumbathon 4-6 pm
December 11th- Family Science Night 6-8 pm and Wonderfest
December 14th 3 Hour Early dismissal
December 14th NEW e-notify emergency messaging system - read article below
December 24th - January 6th - Student Holiday, No School
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 There will be food, fun, friends and the movie The Incredibles 2 at Dogwood ES on Friday, December 7, 2018 at 6:30 pm sponsored by our PTO. Come for a night of family fun.
 If you missed it the first time, brought back by popular demand, we will have a Zumbathon on December 8th at 4 to 6 pm, don't miss it a second time!
 In December, we will be focused on the learner profile attribute of caring. During the three weeks leading up to winter break, our school will be filled with students and teachers discussing and reflecting on what it looks and sounds like to be caring.
As caring individuals we:
*show compassion and respect for others through acts of kindness and service
Here are some ideas to promote the attribute of caring at home:
- After reading a fiction story, ask questions about the character
-”Was someone in the book caring? How do you know?”
-”How did the character feel in the story? Why did they feel that way?
-”Were all the characters in the book caring or just some of them?”
- Work together to think of simple ways that you can help others and the environment
- Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. Discuss how these actions help to take care of our environment
- Model and discuss the caring behavior you would like to see in your child. For example; using kind words, helping people without being asked, holding the door for someone, or being an active listener shows that you care about someone.
Here are some books that can support the conversation about being caring:
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 This holiday season, the best gift you can give your child is a good education. And the best place to get an education is in school. It’s tempting to extend your vacation by a few days, but remember, those days count as absences. Just a few missed days here and there, even if they’re excused absences, can add up to too much lost learning time. So make sure your child is in school every day, right up until vacation starts. Our teachers will be teaching, and our students will be learning.
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 As inquirers, you are often wondering. We are excited to offer an opportunity for you to search for answers to a wondering and share your findings with the Dogwood community.
Wonderfest is being aligned with Dogwood’s Family Science Night, as it will be an evening of discovery! To participate in
Wonderfest, complete the registration form distributed by classroom teachers and available outside of the main office.
Each participant who registers by November 30th will receive a tri-fold project board. All projects will need to be turned in on Monday December 9th to your child’s classroom teacher. Please contact Mrs. Gadley with any questions you may have: jcgadley@fcps.edu http://safeYouTube.net/w/C7tf
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Our 2018-2019 Dogwood Yearbooks are currently on sale for $20 each. They can be purchased at the web site below or using the paper order form that is available in the main office. The yearbook will contain many great photos and memories from this school year. Make sure you get your copy soon!
https://ybpay.lifetouch.com/Order/SelectJob
Yearbook ID: 12464419
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Beginning in October, the school counseling team kicked off the Caring Hearts Campaign! This project will be an ongoing effort to recognize and celebrate students who have shown exceptional acts of caring toward their fellow classmates. Students’ names and caring acts are acknowledged in their classrooms, on the morning announcements, and throughout the halls of Dogwood Elementary School. This is a school-wide project that will continue all throughout the school year and, so far, we have celebrated nearly 150 students who have been caring classmates, Dragons, and friends. Keep it up, Dogwood! Good work! |
Full-Time Level IV (Center Screening Procedures)
Guidelines:
Parents or guardians may refer students in Grade 2 who are not in the screening pool, and students in Grades 3-7 by submitting the Advanced Academic Programs Level IV Referral Form to the school. The referral is due January 10, 2019 5pm. Attn: Stephanie Guffain, AART. We will confirm that it has been received.
Referrals:
The completed form is submitted to the school principal or AART who acknowledges, in writing, receipt of the referral. Do not wait for test scores to arrive before submitting a referral for your student as there will be no referrals for Level IV screening accepted past the January 10th deadline.
Screening Files:
The local school screening committee prepares and submits completed Level IV screening files to be evaluated by the countywide central selection committee. Multiple sources of information are reviewed to determine eligibility for placement in Level IV. Documents included in the screening file are listed below. Parents or guardians are responsible only for those documents specifically noted, to be turned in to the AART by the January 10th deadline.
Fairfax County Public Schools will be moving to a new vendor to provide emergency and essential email, text, and phone notifications beginning December 14, 2018. If you currently receive emergency and essential communications via email, text, or phone, you do not need to do anything as you will continue to receive this information.
Parents and guardians who have included a cellphone number (in the cellphone field) on a student’s emergency care card will receive a text message on December 14 to confirm the account is set up to receive text messages from FCPS. You do not need to do anything when you receive the text message from the new vendor, School Messenger, on December 14th. If you do not receive a text message, please check the contact information listed on your child’s emergency care card in weCare. Your cellphone number must be listed in the cellphone field in order to receive text messages from FCPS.
New this year, parents can enter their student’s cellphone number in weCare so that their student will also receive text messages for delayed openings, school closings, and late bus notifications. The student’s cellphone number will need to be entered in Section 4, under Additional Information. If the student’s cellphone is listed in weCare, they will also receive the text message on December 14.
Emergency and essential information includes:
- Emergency
- Delayed openings/school closings
- Attendance
- Early release
- Buses running late
- Low lunch balance
- Power, telephone, internet outages or facility repairs
- Back to school information
- Important testing dates
If you have recently changed your contact information, please be sure to update the emergency contact information in weCare.
As a reminder, in addition to email and text messages, all FCPS weather delays and openings are also posted on Twitter, Facebook, FCPS website, school websites, and local radio and television broadcasts. Read more about Weather Cancellation Procedures.
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Dogwood Hours:
8:35am: Doors open
Bus riders and walkers enter through the front door and Kiss and Ride students enter through 5. All students go directly to classrooms.
8:50 am: Instruction begins
3:35 pm: Dismissal
Any changes to Dismissal procedures must be communicated before 3 pm.
Attendance phone number: 703-262-3131
Main Office phone number: 703-262-3100
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