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September 17 - October 2 Kindergarten Color Days
September 20th - PTO movie Night
September 25th- Picture Day!
September 30th - October 10th CogAt Testing
October 2nd Walk and Bike to School Day
October 8th - FLE Preview Night at Terraset ES
October 14th - Student Holiday-No School
October 19th - Dragon Fun Run
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As Dogwood Dragons, we are caring, principled, communicators. Students have been learning what it looks like to demonstrate these IB Learner Profile attributes throughout our school building, on our playground, as well as on school buses. Please click here to review the Dogwood Agreements with your child and discuss why these are important for a calm, caring environment that is conducive to learning.
In addition to our Dogwood Agreements, teachers and administrators have reviewed lessons about the Rights and Responsibilities of our Dogwood Dragons. The Student Rights and Responsibilities document explains expectations for student behavior and adult responses to ensure a safe, fair, equitable and supportive school environment. Students brought home a copy of the Student Rights and Responsibilities in their Thursday folders on August 29th. An additional quick guide and parent signature page is also included in the September 12th Thursday folder.
Please read over Student Rights and Responsibilities documents and talk to your child about their role in a safe and rewarding year of learning. Sign and return the Parent Signature Sheet to your child’s teacher acknowledging that you have received the SR&R documents.
 Friday, September 20, 2019
6 pm – Doors open
6:30 pm – Movie Start Time
Admission: $3 per person* or $12 per family
Concessions: Available for purchase
*All children must be accompanied by an adult.
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 We have gone paperless for our Take Home Thursday folders. You can find all flyers on our website in our Dogwood Thursday (e)Folder. Click here and scroll down to announcements. There is always something to look forward to at Dogwood! Make sure you stay connected and follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Have you missed a newsletter? They are stored on our Dogwood ES website too! Click here, scroll down and select Dragon Tales!
Second grade students will be participating in the CogAt testing during September 30, 2019 to October 10, 2019. Students who have not taken the CogAt in grades 3-6 will participate in the assessment.
Student participation in this assessment is important. Please avoid scheduling appointments during this time frame. Thank you!
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) provides a comprehensive, sequential Family Life Education (FLE) program for students in grades kindergarten through grade twelve. Instruction is seen as a partnership among parents and guardians, the school, and the community in supporting the learning essential to the development of strong families, positive relationships, and a healthy community.
Parents/guardians may choose to opt their child out of all or part of the Family Life Education program. Students who are opted out are provided with age-appropriate, nonpunitive alternative health instruction, and every effort is made to foster respect for family choices. If you wish to opt your child out of all or part of FLE for this school year, opt out forms will be included in your child’s back-to-school/orientation packets and are available online for Elementary (K-6) https://www.fcps.edu/academics/elementary-school-academics-k-6/elementary-family-life-education Please fill in the opt-out form and return it to your child’s school prior to Family Life Education instruction.
Detailed grade-level program descriptions are available online at Elementary (K-6).FLE grade level-specific lessons and media that FCPS has streaming rights for are available for parents online in FCPS 24-7 (Blackboard) Parent View https://fcps.blackboard.com/. Account information is available at your local school or online at http://www.fcps.edu/is/instructionaltechnology/247help/parents.shtml. Grade level-specific lessons are also available at the Fairfax County Regional Library in the City of Fairfax (this location does not have media). Grade level-specific lessons and media that is not streamed online are available for review at your child’s school library. Due to copyright permissions, we are unable to stream all media online.
Program questions may be addressed at your child’s school or by contacting Instructional Services at 571-423-4550 or by contacting Elizabeth Payne, Health and Physical Education Coordinator at etpayne@fcps.edu.
You are invited to attend an evening opportunity to preview the Family Life Education media and lessons and to talk with school staff about the program. The meeting will be held on October 8, 2019 at 6pm in the Terraset ES cafeteria. Terraset ES is located at 11411 Ridge Heights Rd, Reston, VA 20191. All program materials and media for all grade levels will be available for your review at this time.
School Calendar
Please consult the 2019-2020 school calendar when making plans for this summer and next school year. The calendar can be found at: https://www.fcps.edu/index.php/calendars/2019-20-standard-school-year-calendar
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Dogwood Hours:
Summer Hours:9:00 am to 2:00 pm
Main Office phone number: 703-262-3100
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