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Terra Centre Families,
We celebrated Inclusive Schools this week! Our students participated in challenges such as playing with a new friend at recess, saying good morning to someone new, and giving someone a compliment. They signed an Inclusive Pledge and participated in a “mix it up” activity lunch today. Be sure to ask your child all about it!
We are one week away from Picnics and Paying it Forward on December 14! There is a 3 hour early dismissal that day so students will be dismissed at 12:25 p.m. Donations will be accepted through Monday, December 10! See below for more details.
This is a great opportunity to have lunch with your student. Families are welcome to bring guests. We’ll be having picnics in our classrooms. If you have more than one child at Terra Centre and their schedules overlap, please feel free to bounce between grade levels.
The service learning projects will greatly benefit our local community and provide a meaningful experience for our students. It’s combining all of the great community outreach we normally do this time of year and aligns perfectly the FCPS Portrait of a Graduate.
Please see below for additional updates.
Rebecca Gidoni Maura Pratt
Principal Assistant Principal
Upcoming Dates/Events
Tues, 12/11 Concerts for 5th/6th Strings, 6th Band, 5th/6th Chorus
2:00 Daytime Concert – Terra Centre Gym
2:30 Daytime Concert – Terra Centre Gym
7:00 Evening Concert – Terra Centre Gym
*** Please Note: We were unable to hold our winter concert at Robinson this year so parents and guests are welcome to attend the daytime concerts as we expect a large crowd in the evening.
Fri, 12/14 Picnics and Paying it Forward
FCPS School Planning 3 Hour Early Release-12:25 Dismissal
12/24-1/4 Winter Break – No School
Mon, 1/7 Students Return to School
Thurs, 1/10 AAP Level IV Parent Referrals Due to Main Office by 4:00
Fri, 1/18 FCPS School Planning 3 Hour Early Release-12:25 Dismissal
Mon, 1/21 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday – No School
Thus, 1/24 End of 2nd Quarter
TCES Art Show
Fri, 1/25 Teacher Workday – No School for Students
Mon, 1/28 Beginning of 3rd Quarter
Tues, 1/29 7:00 pm PTA Meeting
Thurs, 1/31 7:00 pm Robinson Pyramid Event (flyer below)– Laurel Ridge ES
Mon, 2/4 FCPS Staff Development Day – No School for Students
Fri, 2/8 PTA Bingo Night
Mon, 2/18 Presidents’ Day Holiday – No School
 Refreshing Our River of Rocks
A group of 21 sixth graders attended an after school art club to refresh some of the painted rocks in TC's rainbow rock river.
Original Works – UPDATE
Original Works orders will be arriving at Terra Centre for distribution to students on December 12 rather than the original December 7 date. Questions or concerns please contact Kristin Bauersfeld, Art Teacher at klbauersfeld@fcps.edu.
e-Notify Emergency Messages Will Be Communicated via New Vendor Beginning December 14
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.
Cold Weather Safety
During this time of year and typical winter days, we often have to consider a number of factors related to student activities held outdoors. We need to look beyond a specific temperature and consider factors such as wind chill, whether the ground is frozen or the sun is shining, how well the children are prepared to play outdoors (jackets, gloves, and hats), what activity the children are participating in, and the length of time to be spent outside.
It is our intention as a school to hold recess during cold spells and our students should come prepared to play outdoors (jackets, gloves, and hats). However, we will limit outdoor activities during National Weather Service (NWS) issued Wind Chill Advisories and Wind Chill Warnings. If we are unable to go outside, classes will hold indoor recess.
Outdoor activity includes: general and physical education classes, recess, and scheduled fire drills. This does not include students walking to and from school, students waiting at bus stops, student patrols or staff related outdoor duties before, during, or after the school day.
AAP Level IV Referrals
The deadline for Advanced Academic Level IV referrals is January 10, 2019 by 4 PM. You can access the referral form through the following link: referral form. If you have questions, please contact our Advanced Academics Resource Teacher, Melanie Jewell, at MCJewell@fcps.edu
 
Inclement Weather and Emergency Closing Plans; Make Arrangements Now in Case of an Unforeseen Schedule Change
Cold and wintry weather has arrived! Due to inclement weather or other emergency situations, it may be necessary to close schools for the entire day, to open schools late, or to close early.
Parents are urged to make arrangements now for the care of their children when schedule changes are made (and to provide for the rare situation when it is necessary to close an individual school because of a power failure or other circumstances). Children should know where to go if a parent will not be home.
FCPS has several schedules set up to deal with inclement weather; these are put into effect when conditions threaten the safety of students and staff members:
- Keep schools closed.
- Open two hours late.
- Close two hours early.
When Fairfax County Public Schools has a schedule change (closing or delay) due to inclement weather or other emergencies, the information is communicated in several ways as soon as the decision is made.
Note: The official @FCPSnews Twitter account (with blue checkmark) is generally the first and fastest mode of communication during emergency weather closings. Other communication channels will be updated as quickly as possible including email, text, website, other social media, and news stations. Please be aware, due to the large volume of emails sent, there will likely be a lag between the time a FCPS Twitter alert is posted and receipt of an email in your inbox.
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