Halley Families,
The week of February 4-8 is National School Counseling Week and provides us with an opportunity to thank our two wonderful school counselors, Lisa Ware and Margie Ascierto. Our counselors are preparing students to become lifelong learners and productive members in a global society with a focus on social emotional wellness, academic success, and college and career readiness. Thank you to all of our school counseling professionals in FCPS for the tremendous work they do!
Please take a moment to thank one or both of our counselors by completing this short form (Thank a Counselor).
On the topic of social emotional wellness, we want to provide families a couple updated resources. Our middle and high schools are experiencing a dramatic increase in students vaping and FCPS has updated their resources for students and parents/guardians:
https://www.fcps.edu/vaping and https://www.fcps.edu/resourcesstudent-safety-and-wellnessalcohol-tobacco-and-other-drug-programs/information.
FCPS Fairfax HS is hosting a viewing of “Angst”, a documentary aimed at raising awareness around anxiety among kids and teens, on February 20th at 6:30 pm. The documentary is appropriate for parents/guardians of students in grades K-12 and students over the age of 13.
We are very excited and looking forward to kicking off the Salad Bar at Halley next week! The salad bar will provide students (and staff) with fresh vegetables, fruit, proteins and grains. Please take an opportunity to view this introduction video Salad Bar Intro Video!
Have a great weekend and stay warm!
Dr. Simpkins, Mr. Salerno, and Mrs. Peerman
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This Monday is a Student Holiday
(February 4th)
There is no school for Students.
Halley’s Winter Sock Drive
Jan. 28th-Feb. 15th
NEW socks ONLY!
Please help us Support Lorton Community Action Center!
Classroom SCA representatives will be collecting donations.
Inquire Mrs. Johnston or Mr. Norlin with any questions.
The class with the most donations will earn a pizza party!
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SAVE THE DATE EVENTS:
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February 5, 2019 – PTO Quarterly Meeting at 7:30 – 8:15 p.m.
- Dial (641) 715-3580 - access code: 768555
- agenda includes:
- highlight the budget
- fundraiser money- announce HOW THE MONEY will BE spent
- future activities - hearts for halley, talent night, teacher appreciation week
- afterschool activities UPDATES (chess and spanish language programS)
- HALLEY SCHOOL UPDATES - Principal PEERMAN
- POCs - MAIDA PIGGEE PRESIDENT@HALLEYPTO.COM OR MAYUMI WHITLEY 1stVP@halleypto.com
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February 4-15, 2019 – Hearts for Halley Fundraising Campaign
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April 24, 2019 - Halley Hornet Talent Showcase -ALL talents (singing, dancing, spoken word, instrumental, etc.) are WELCOME!
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May 6-10, 2019 - Teacher Appreciation Week – Parent Volunteers are Needed!
HEARTS FOR HALLEY 2019
Please detach and return this portion, with your donation or check payable to WHES PTO, place it in an envelope and send it to your child’s classroom teacher by February 15th.
Student’s Name: ________________________________________________ Amount:_________________________________
Teacher/Grade: ______________________________________________________________________
Contact the Halley PTO Board:
President: Maida Piggee, president@halleyPTO.com
1st Vice President: Mayumi Whitley, 1stVP@halleyPTO.com
2nd Vice President: Sadaf Maiwand, 2ndVP@halleyPTO.com
Secretary: Maricia Woodham, secretary@halleypto.com
Treasurer: Nikki Haglund, treasurer@halleypto.com
Follow us on Facebook and Twitter! “Like” us on Facebook and
“Follow” us on Twitter @WHalleyESPTO.
- Staff Development Day, Student Holiday, Monday, February 4th
- Winter Concert, 7:00-8:00pm, Gym, Thursday, February 7th
- Washington's Birthday Holiday, Monday, February 18th
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