Daniels Run Down-Family Edition, December 07, 2018

Fairfax County Public Schools sent this bulletin at 12/07/2018 04:15 PM EST

December 14th Early Release

A reminder that students will be released three hours early on Friday, December 14th. Students will be dismissed at 12:45.

Community Service Project

The Counseling office and the Innovation Space are collaborating on a 4th grade service project and would appreciate some help. As a way of teaching the 4th grade students about empathy and kindness, Mrs. Robinson polled the 4th graders to ask them what kind of service project they wanted to do—helping animals was the overwhelming choice. Therefore, we have identified Hart Animal Rescue Team and Fancy Cats Animal Rescue as the recipients of homemade dog and cat toys made by our 4th graders in the Innovation Space starting November 19th and wrapping up December 18th.

Ms. Reidenbaugh and Ms. Robinson would love for you to look to see if you have any rope, cord or yarn, old tee shirts or other material, cardboard paper towel tubes, TP cardboard tubes, or cardboard boxes to donate to the cause. We are staying away from metal/aluminum and plastic because, if chewed up, it could hazardous to dogs and cats. Please feel free to send in items with your child or drop them off to the box in the main office.

Thank you for your support!

POSITIVITY PROJECT

Humility:

Developing humility is associated with positive developmental outcomes in individuals. It allows a person to honestly reflect on their abilities and acknowledge how and where they can improve. Humility opens them up to new ideas, advice, and (consequently) abilities that pride, arrogance, or pretentiousness often block. Therefore, humility makes them desired members of a team. Humility, then, is vital to team, community, and societal achievement. Humble groups, composed of humble people, do what’s necessary without making a big deal of it; always remaining focused on what’s next.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7uPo8G9U6FdODhhS1dhTHd3dnc/view

 Positivity Project
Parents Night Out

Need to get some holiday shopping done? Date night?

The FHS SGA Parents’ Night Out is a great opportunity that gives parents a well deserved break by providing child care for children ages 2-12. In the Cafeteria/Auditorium wing of FHS, children will be grouped with others his/her age for a night of games, crafts and fun.

There is a $25 fee per child for Parents' Night Out. All proceeds will go to Fairfax Student Government to pay for future projects and community activities. (Children will be supervised by both FHS Students as well as adults for the duration of PNO.)

If interested, please register by December 10th at: https://goo.gl/forms/XltdCxbz7rGVqjfY2

PTA Updates:

Spirit Night

Thanks to all our Dragon families for making our first few Spirit Nights a great success!

Be sure to save the date for our final spirit night before winter break on

Monday, December 17

4-8pm

Chipotle

9506 Main St Unit 22B Fairfax, VA  22031

Important Dates:

  • Friday, December 14- 3 Hour Early Dismissal
  • Monday, December 17-Band/Orchestra Concert
  • Monday, December 17-PTA Chipotle Spirit Night
  • Thursday, December 20-Winter Chorus Concert
  • Saturday, December 22 - January 6th-Winter Break