Hunt Valley Calendar
Nov. 1st - End of First Quarter
Nov. 4th & 5th - Student Holidays/Teacher Workdays
Nov. 6th - PTA Meeting 6:30pm - Cafeteria
Nov. 7th - Picture Re-takes
Nov. 11th -Veterans Day Ceremony & Thanksgiving Lunch!
Nov. 27th - 29th - Thanksgiving Break
We are searching for support from our community to be part of a planning
committee to help us organize Hunt Valley’s 50th Anniversary Celebration this year. The committee will be meeting soon, please join us! For more information please contact Lisa Dumond in the office at 703-913-8800 or ladumond@fcps.edu.
 Soar for a Cure - Several of our staff wearing their shirts for Breast Cancer Awareness Month!
The Pyramid Challenge was fantastic! Thanks to all our parent volunteers, 119 student athletes and Hamilton the Hawk for attending! Our HV students placed in the top three in five out of the ten races and Hamilton the Hawk came in 3rd place in the mascot race!
Picture Re-takes
Picture re-takes will be Thursday, Nov. 7th. If you wish to have your student’s picture re-taken, return the original picture packet and have your student give this to the photographer. If you did not purchase a packet and wish to do so on make-up day, please contact the school office for an order form. We will be sending home order forms with those students who were absent on the original picture day.
Annual Veterans Day Ceremony & Thanksgiving Lunch
Nov. 11th, 9:35am. Thanking a Veteran! The Veterans Day Ceremony is Nov.11th (outside in front of the school). The community is welcome to attend as we pay tribute to our Veterans. Several of our military moms, dads. relatives and friends arrive in their uniforms! The Girl Scouts and Boys Scouts will be participating in the Flag Ceremony and the 6th Grade Advanced Band students will be performing a Patriotic song!
Let the office know if you did not receive a Veterans Day Ceremony form called "Thank you for Your Service." Send in your completed forms as fast as you can. All of the forms will be displayed on our hallway bulletin boards! Some of our students will be selected to read their letters during the ceremony! We will let you know in advance.
The Thanksgiving Lunch will also be on Nov. 11th. Parents are encouraged to attend! You may join your child as they come into the cafeteria for lunch. Here is the volunteer sign-up link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080E4BA8AB2EA31-thanksgiving
From The SCA
Dear Hunt Valley Families,
In honor of Veterans Day, if you have a member of the Military or a Veteran in your family, please consider sending in a picture of that person in uniform to Mrs.Garretson. Along with the photo, please print the individual’s full name, rank, years of service if known, and branch of the military. This photo can be in digital form emailed to HuntValleySCAHawks@gmail.com or, in paper form sent to school with your student in an envelope addressed to Mrs. Garretson, SCA Sponsor, Room 209. Pictures are Due by November 1st. If you have any questions, please send us an email.
Sincerely,
Mandy Van Buskirk
SCA President
6th Grade Election Day Bake Sale - Donations Needed
WHEN: Tuesday, November 5, 2019
TIME: 6:00AM – 7:00PM
WHY: To raise funds for the 6th grade promotion party
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
Be creative! Make cakes to sell whole, bake a batch of brownies or cookies to be sold individually, make a few loaves of banana bread, buy some tasty treats at the store.
Out of town! Donate a gift card to a local store to be used to buy sweet treats for the event. Any and all donations are accepted and greatly appreciated.
If each family in 6th grade donates at least a batch of baked goods our bake sale will be an amazing event! Sign Up to Donate a baked good at the following link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0f4faeac2ca6ff2-6thgrade1
Drop off donations on Monday, November 4th beginning at 9am in the conference room across from the front office. Bring them by the bake sale before 6am (there will be people there beginning at 5:30am to set up). If these options don’t work…..contact Julie Whitehouse (carr_julie@hotmail.com) and we can work something out.
Advanced Academic Program Updates
The referral deadline for students who were enrolled in FCPS before January
2019 is January 9th, 2020.
A parent information meeting about how to apply for the Level IV program will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 3rd, 2019 at 6:30pm in the library.
Link to the presentation from our PTA Meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 2nd: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T2d1V0zPdLAIWZ4T4a0egjZ3fazycsmS/view?usp=sharing
Hunt Valley PTA
If you haven't joined the PTA, please consider doing so by visiting https://www.huntvalleypta.org. The PTA helps empower, engage, and educate our students, staff, and families and does not ask families to sell cookie dough, wrapping paper or anything else during the year. They are currently in the middle of their direct donation drive - if the goal is reached, Mr. Fee will be duct taped to the wall! Donate today at https://huntvalleypta.memberhub.com.
The next PTA meeting will be Nov. 6, 6:30, in the cafeteria, with a guest speaker from FCPS discussing the dangers of vaping in our youth.
West Springfield Pyramid Parent Program
We want to give you a heads up about an event on November 13th at West Springfield HS. The elementary and middle school counselors in the pyramid have been working on creating a Pyramid Parent Night on the topic of Anxiety. We will be showing the movie “Angst” and having a panel of mental health experts answer some questions afterwards, as well as a resource fair for parents to get additional information or talk with area therapists.
OPEN Registration for GLOBAL Plus Spanish Classes at HVES
Parents, it's finally here! Registration for GLOBAL Plus after school Spanish classes for grades 1-6 is now open. Classes will begin November 12 for an 8-week session. Cost is $173. A 10% sibling discount is available upon request (Call 703-658-1201).
GLOBAL Plus classes aim to provide students with the foundation and edge in language learning in an increasingly diverse and interconnected world. Capture the optimal time in your child’s life to learn communicative skills in Spanish.
Register for the Spanish class at: http://bit.ly/GLOBALPlus
Course # GP07118-0006 Spanish, Grades 1-3 - Tues 4:15-5:15 (Starting Nov 12) Course # GP07218-0003 Spanish, Grades 4-6 - Tues 4:15-5:15 (Starting Nov 12)
***Kindergarten Spanish will be offered as a winter session in January 2020
For any questions, contact Merry Woo or Iris Stoyanov at globalhuntvalley@gmail.com
Have a great weekend!
Mr. Fee
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