 Fifth graders enjoy the moon bounce as part of the Summer Reading Celebration last Friday.
Message from the Principal
Thank you to so many of you for attending Back to School Night last week. It is great to be part of such an involved community. The teachers love making connections and sharing about their classrooms. I’m truly proud of our faculty.
Our Woodson Football Feeder Night was a huge success, with a guest appearance by Superintendent Dr. Brabrand. We had so much fun running the field and seeing current and former Wakefield Forest ES students. Check our twitter feed @WakefieldForest for pictures from this annual event.
Positivity Project – Teamwork
Teamwork is the ability and willingness to place overall group success as a higher priority than individual achievement. This strength is associated with naturally positive feelings that accompany being a member of a group: family, team, school, class, or “house” (as in the case of our sixth grade students!).
Upcoming Parent Coffee
Wakefield Forest will host a Family Coffee on Monday, October 7 at 9:00 AM in the library. Our first Family Coffee will be focused on resources available to support families within FCPS. There will also be an opportunity for families to meet our new parent liaison, Miriam Pitchford.
All 32 schools in Region 5 of Fairfax County Public Schools are uniting together to support the humanitarian crisis that has occurred in the Bahamas due to Hurricane Dorian. We have all witnessed the devastation from this deadly storm and we want to be able to help. There are an estimated 18,000 children in crisis, and many children have lost everything they own. We are calling each of our communities to action!
Over the next two weeks, we will be fundraising by using a GoFundMe page. The link is below which also includes a link to a video for more information. All proceeds will go to the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). Our funds will go to water, shelter, food, clothes, backpacks, books, and other school materials.
Please join Region 5 in making a difference. Any amount can be helpful! The fundraiser will run from Wednesday, September 18th to Friday, October 4th.
Please click this link to go to our GoFundMe page: https://www.gofundme.com/sam3qu-hurricane-dorian-relief
Thank you for supporting this cause!
Thursday, September 26
5:00 – 8:00 pm: PTA Restaurant Night at Silver Diner (Merrifield)
Friday, September 27
2:20 – 3:20 pm: Grade 5 and 6 Elective Session I begins
2:20 – 3:20 pm: Kindergarten through Grade 4 Innovation Hour begins
Wednesday, October 2 – National Walk to School Day
2:50 – 3:20 pm: Patrol Officers Meeting
Thursday, October 3
8:30 – 9:30 am: Parent Volunteer Meeting
Friday, October 4
9:30 – 10:30 am: Howling Wolf Fun Run
2:20 – 3:20 pm: Electives/Innovation Hour
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