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Hive Happenings Newsletter |
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Please note:
Friday, December 14th, 2018 is a 3-hour early dismissal day!
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REMINDER
12/24/18 - 01/04/2019 Winter Break
(School Office Closed)
Dear Stenwood Families:
Our fifth and sixth graders had a wonderful Battle of the Books this past Friday. I am proud of our students’ initiative to read and become experts regarding so many novels. They also exhibited excellent team work. Congratulations to both Mrs. Meader’s class and Mrs. Shepherd’s class who tied and are the lucky ones bringing home the coveted Stennie trophy!
Message for Parents of Students in Grades 4, 5, and 6--
This winter our school, in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Education and the University of Virginia, is participating in a statewide student school climate survey. The purpose of this survey is to help schools assess their progress in establishing a positive school climate that promotes student learning. I am writing to provide you with information on the student survey. The survey will be completed online using computers at school. The survey does not ask for your child’s name and all answers are anonymous (no one will know how your child answered the survey). Parents will not have access to their child’s survey answers. There is a copy of the survey available at school for your review and is available online at http://www.doe.virginia.gov/support/school-climate/index.shtml.
The survey will ask questions such as how students feel about their school, how students get along with one another and their teachers, how students feel about school rules, their perceptions of their teachers’ willingness to help them, and how they feel about attending school. They will also be asked what kinds of bullying they may have observed at school and whether they have been bullied themselves. The survey is voluntary and your child can decide not to participate. If you do not wish for your child to participate, please notify the school office by telephone by December 21, 2018. Your child will not receive any immediate benefit from participating in the survey, but the survey will help us to maintain a safe, inviting, and supportive learning environment for your child. Thank you for your cooperation in this important study of school climate.
Sincerely,
Principal Dammeyer
Assistant Principal Riley
Interim Principal Worek
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.
Buy your yearbook today!
Simply go to yearbookforever.com and enter our school name. Yearbooks are sold online this year; they can be purchased for $16.25 using a credit card, debit card or PayPal account. |
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Friendly reminder: During special AM & PM school-wide events at Stenwood, we will request permission for our families to park within the surrounding neighborhoods. |
AAP News and Notes:
REFERRALS FOR FULL-TIME AAP LEVEL IV (Grades 2 - 7) are due by January 10, 2019 at the base-school. No late referrals will be accepted!
Forms and more information are available on the AAP Website: AAP Forms
Contact Mrs. Spinelli, AART, if you require any further information.
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Upcoming Events |
12/14 - 3 hour Early Release - 12:25 p.m.
12/18 - Winter Concert - 7:00 p.m.
12/24-1/4 - Winter Break (School Office Closed)
1/18 - 3 hour Early Release - 12:25 p.m.
1/21 - Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday / No School
1/23 - Grades 4, 5 and 6, Geography Bee
1/24 - PTA Sponsored Children's Science Ctr Night
1/25 - Teacher Workday / No School
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