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So much AMAZING learning was on display during our annual 3rd Grade Wax Museum! The students WOWED us all!
March 18 PTA Meeting, 7:00 p.m.
March 28 Spotlight on Student Learning @ Franklin Middle School
April 5th Teacher Workday and student holiday
April 11 Book Fair Family Night & LCES Curriculum Night
April 15-19 Spring Break
May 6-31 SOL testing for students in grades 3-6
May 13 PTA Meeting, 7:00 p.m.
May 27 Memorial Day Holiday. School closed.
May 30 Kindergarten Orientation
June 10 PTA Meeting, 7:00 p.m.
June 13 Last day of school & 3 hour early release
March is “Music In Our Schools Month”! We are celebrating all of the wonderful MUSIC that is happening at Lees Corner! This month in every grade we are singing the song “We Believe in Music.” We have posted pictures on the wall in the main hallway, showing our students in Music class, Band, Chorus, and Strings.
In General Music we are singing, dancing, creating, listening and composing. Our Kindergarteners presented “Three Piggy Opera” to friends and families. In first grade, we are experiencing Jazz music, learning about musicians such as Ella Fitzgerald. In second grade and adapted music we are singing songs and playing pieces on the barred instruments. Third graders are progressing well on their recorders, reading music and learning to play with good tone. Fourth graders are learning all about the music they will hear in their upcoming NSO concert field trip. Fifth graders are working on composition projects, using the names of pies. Sixth Graders this month will be completing their county Music Assessment, which will utilize their music composition skills. WE BELIEVE IN MUSIC at Lees Corner!
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March 21st is World Down Syndrome Day. The date 3/21 is significant as it was selected to represent the trisomy of the 21st chromosome which causes Down Syndrome. Fun, crazy socks have become symbolic of Down Syndrome awareness. The sock initiative was created to get people talking and asking questions about Down Syndrome. There are many organizations today that create crazy socks to raise money and awareness for Down Syndrome. Crazy socks made by our special education students will be on display in the lobby to raise awareness for Down Syndrome!
Students and Staff are invited to wear their own crazy socks on March 21st! Click below to learn more.
https://www.worlddownsyndromeday2.org/about-wdsd
All students will be photographed individually and with their homeroom class group. Do not send money now. Use the background choice form that was sent home on Wednesday to choose your preferred background for the individual portraits and return it to the teachers by picture day. Individual picture packages will be sent home for every student and you only pay for the photos that you want to keep. Class group photos will be included as part as each package. Return unpurchased photos to the school.
Questions? Call Mrs. Nolan at 703-227-3500
Do you want to help out and see the kids all dressed up? We need three all-day volunteers to help out from 8:40 – 3:20 on Thursday, March 21st. In return, Lifetouch will give you a voucher towards the cost of the photos. Now, that's a good deal!!
Please contact Mrs. Nolan in the office at blnolan@fcps.edu if you are available.
Celebrating Family Literacy—Pie Photo Display
Is your family participating in One School, One Book? Are you eating Pie up with a spoon?! We are creating a photo display near our front entrance to celebrate family literacy! If you would like to be included in our display, please take a picture of your family reading Pie OR baking together and send it to bcpoole@fcps.edu. We can’t wait to share your photos!
The STEAM Lab is kindly accepting your donations of cardboard tubes and empty cereal boxes through April 5th. Thank you so much in advance!
~Miss Pivarnik
Fun Fit Friday will resume on Friday, March 22 beginning at 8:10 a.m.! Fun Fit Friday is a run/walk program where students are given a card to keep track of their laps and they receive a foot token each time they complete 30 laps. Parents and younger siblings are welcome to join the students as they walk. If the student participated in the fall, you do NOT need to complete another form.
For all new participants, please complete the attached permission form and return it to the office by March 20th.
Please RSVP here!
Join us for a Chantilly Pyramid community event at Franklin Middle School on Thursday, March 28, 2019 from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. At this event, we will celebrate student learning in the digital age. An opening presentation will be followed by a student/teacher panel, choice sessions, and student/teacher share fair in the gymnasium. Students and teachers will be represented from the various Chantilly pyramid schools. There will be an opportunity to learn more about these topics:
- What student learning looks like in our FCPSOn classrooms.
- How to safeguard student’s health and well-being while using devices for learning.
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Students perspective on learning in the modern classroom.
- The role of the teacher in the modern classroom.
Please RSVP here!
Hello LCES! We are so excited to bring a Scholastic Book Fair to our school just in time for reading some great books over Spring Break! I would like to invite you to help out.
Please take a moment to view our sign-up sheet to see what roles interest you. Spread the word to your friends and invite them to help us have the best Book Fair ever!
If you need to contact me, please use the email address below. Thank you!
Leslie Dunbar ladunbar@fcps.edu
https://volunteer.scholastic.com/?fbclid=IwAR2FAsEHOeXdT4nDz4BkBz0Sl0nvXRFzkNqMEH7w82q5IPCa0GAxaGi87L8#/experience/login/6CZZZHiEo
Mark your calendars with the Book Fair dates & times below.
Open for Browsing
Monday, April 8th: 9:00 am-3:30 pm
Tuesday, April 9th: 9:00 am-3:30 pm
Open for Book Sales
Wednesday, April 10th: 9:00 am-3:30 pm
Thursday, April 11th: 9:00 am-3:30 pm AND 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Friday, April 12th: 9:00-12:00
Order online, use the form that was sent home with your child, or click here to access the form on the school webpage.
To purchase a yearbook online:
Go to www.YBPay.lifetouch.com
Enter Yearbook ID Code: 1470019
Follow the prompts to complete the purchase.
Yearbooks will be distributed during the last week of school.
If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Nolan at blnolan@fcps.edu .
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Evening Performances This Spring |
Below is an overview of music events that are coming up at Lees Corner this Spring. Please check the various Google Classroom sites for more details.
Our students are working hard and we look forward to sharing our music with you!
Wednesday, March 20th – Chorus Concert, 7 pm
Wednesday, April 10th – 6th Grade Musical, “Lion King” 7 pm
Thursday, April 25th – Strings Concert, 7pm
Wednesday, May 1st – Band Spring Concert, 7pm
Wednesday, June 5th – 2nd Grade Musical, 7pm
After reading ‘How Big is a Foot” as part of a measurement unit of study, Kindergarten students traced each other’s feet, then measured and lined them up, from shortest to longest. #makingmeasurementmeaningful
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