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Dear Spring Hill Families,
I see the power of collaboration every day. I see the power when teachers, parents, and students partner together to create a clear vision of what we want our school to be for every child and family that walks through Spring Hill’s doors. Our school is exceptional because of this shared commitment and sense of community. Through our partnership, we will continue Spring Hill’s legacy of academic excellence, innovative instruction, and a caring and collaborative culture.
My admin team and I are ready for our big costume reveal tomorrow! Our annual Fall Parade is tomorrow at 2PM! Unfortunately the forecast for is calling for rain. We will send communication to the community should we need to cancel outdoor activities.
In this issue:
Honoring Veterans
Coat Drive
Fall Festival
Book Fair
Lost & Found
Fall Photo Makeup & Retakes
Report Cards
Family Life Education
Vision & Hearing
MySchoolBucks
Calendar Corrections
Calendar
Sincerely,
Sarah C. Aiello
Proud Principal
Spring Hill Elementary School
We invite all of our parents who have served or who are serving to enjoy a special concert honoring your service to our country. The concert will take place on November 12th in the cafeteria. Families and community members can stay for one or both concerts! Please spread the word!
Please see the schedule below:
2:20-2:40 K-3
2:45-3:05 4-6
 We are looking for gently used or new coats for a local elementary school in Herndon.
Coat sizes are kids small through adult Medium. Ages of children in need are 5-12.
Drop off in the Spring Hill front office.
Deadline for donations; Saturday, November 9th.
We appreciate your support!
Tomorrow, October 31st, at 2:00 p.m. there will be a fall festival parade. Children may wear costumes in the parade. Students may wear their costumes to school, however, if their costume is something that is too large or uncomfortable to wear all day, they will have time to change prior to the parade. We ask that students carry their masks to school and wear them only in the parade. If a mask is part of your child’s costume, please ensure it is not worn on the way to school, as this can impede vision and cause falls.
The parade, from 2:00-3:00 p.m., is for grades K-6. Please do not wear weapons, fake knives, swords, hatchets, gory/bloody costumes or masks. In addition, clown outfits are fine, but scary clown outfits will not be allowed.
The 2019 Book Fair was a huge success! Thank you to all of our amazing “Fall into Books!” volunteers who gave their time to help make it a terrific week. We couldn’t have done it without you!
Nikki Abramson, Gul Naz Ahmad, Jessica Ailani, Karen Allman, Sheri Jafari Alsafi, Suvidha Arrawatia, Jill Ambrose, Betsy Bensten, Josh Brainard, Jill Braunstein, Eveli Chadwell, Justin Chun, Emalie Coen, Elizabeth Davis, Kerry Desai, Lynne Emanuel, Karen Figueroa, Kim Fischer, Erin Fitch, Ethel Glen, Krissy Guidi, Bruno Gusman, Ann Marie Hindley, Elizabeth Huffman, Haley Jo, Melissa Jones, Maria Kelly, Stacy Kerzner, Denys King, Dima Lakkis, Melissa Leach, Sonila Levani, Vaida Lickunas, Kristin Magur, Maryam Malik, Ian McCartney, Jennifer McCarthy, Lori Mills, Lydia Minnis, Nadine Morrison, Amanda Mosher, Nicole Muehr, Sara Nadim, Myriam Nejfelt, Katarzyna Parsee, Susanne Partridge, Stephanie Peebles, Hillary Shipp, Maia Shulman, Alison Smith, Molly Sterbutzel, Tom Sterbutzel, Saya Stokes, Julie Crevar Patterson, Kirsten Thompson, Tammy Thornsbury, Jasmina Vlaisavljevic, Preety Wang, Kayleen Widdifield, Ashley Wood, Neda Zarraby-Yazdani, Madhuri Yeluru, Kathryn Zecca, LI Zhou
A very special thank you to Jessica McMichael and Betsy Bensten for coordinating the Ice Cream Social, Lindsey DeVylder and Kate Ciullo for recruiting our awesome teacher scoopers, organizing classroom visits and giving book talks, Bill Mosher and Jose Heredia Serrano for overseeing our technology needs, Kim Saxenian for spearheading teacher wishlists, and to all of the PTO Exec Board members who went above and beyond to help make sure the week ran smoothly.
Happy reading everyone!
Christina Murphy, Hyoju Chun, Julie Delong, Shannon Durrant, Francis Gilmore, Cindy Merson, Natalie Warren
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If your child is missing any items, please check the cafeteria. Items will be displayed until Friday, November 1st .
After this date, all items will be donated.
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Re-takes and Make-ups will be Thursday, November 7th. This is for new students, those absent on Fall Picture Day and anyone wishing to have there photo re-taken. For retakes, bring your original picture package to the photographer. Order forms can be picked up in front office.
Report Cards will be sent home with students on Monday, November 11th. Parents will be able to view grades in ParentVUE from 6am Saturday November 9th.
Family Life Education Instructional Program Information
Family Life Parent Preview Session
Friday, November 15th,
7:45 am-8:45 am, Computer Lab
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 , Middle School (7-8) https://www.fcps.edu/academics/middle-school-academics-7-8/family-life-education-fle, and High School (9-12) https://www.fcps.edu/academics/high-school-academics-9-12/family-life-education-fle. 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) , Middle School (7-8) , and High School (9-12). 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 teacher or by contacting Instructional Services at 571-423-4550 or by contacting Elizabeth Payne, Health and Physical Education Coordinator at etpayne@fcps.edu.
Vision & Hearing
PARENT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
{NO PREVIOUS TRAINING NECESSARY}
Wednesday, November 6th (in gym)
PLEASE CHOOSE WHICH SESSION:
1st session 8:30am(arrive) until 12:00 noon {kinders only}
2nd session 11:30pm(arrive) until 3:00 p.m. (all 3rd graders & new students}
{please arrive promptly for quick vision instructions}
Please sign up by contacting the clinic:
703-506-3410 OR email KALarkin1@fcps.edu
Pay for Student Fees Online
Dear Parents,
Online payment for student fees and school store items is available through the MySchoolBucks School Store. This online payment service provides a quick and easy way to pay for school-related purchases. You will be able to pay for a variety of school fees using credit/debit cards or electronic checks.
MySchoolBucks provides:
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Convenience - Available 24/7 on the web
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Efficiency - Eliminate the need to write checks and for students to bring money to school
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Flexibility - Make payments using credit/debit cards and electronic checks
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Security - MySchoolBucks adheres to the highest security standards, including PCI and CISP
Enrollment is easy!
- Go to www.MySchoolBucks.com or, to the MySchoolBucks link located on your school’s homepage to establish an account
- Add your students using the name of the school they are attending, and either their student ID or birthdate
- You will receive a confirmation email that your account has been established
- Make purchases with your credit/debit card or electronic checks
- There are no convenience fees for using the online payment system
Customer Service:
Reimbursements or questions about cafeteria and/or lunches, please contact FCPS Food and Nutrition Services at link below:
https://www.fcps.edu/resources/student-safety-and-wellness/food-and-nutrition-programs/prices-lunch-account-prepayments
Our Panther folders have some incorrect dates on the calendar that's on the back of the folder.
Please note the following correction:
Tuesday, March 3rd is the student holiday(School Planning Day), not Friday, March 13th.
Sorry for the confusion!
10/28-01/01
10/31 Fall Parade, 2:00 pm
11/01 1st Grading Period Ends
4th GR Coffee, Lg Pod, 9:00-10:00 am
11/04-11/08
11/04 Student Holiday: School Planning Day
11/05 Student Holiday: Teacher Workday
11/06 Hearing and Vision Screening
11/07 Fall Photo Re-takes & Make-ups, Back Hallway, 9 am -Noon
11/08 Kindergarten Coffee, Lg Pod, 9:00 am -10:00 am
11/11-11/15
11/11 Veteran's Day Concert, Cafeteria, 2:30
11/14 AAP Screening & Identification Session, Cafeteria, 6:30 pm
11/15 Family Life Preview Session, Computer Lab, 7:45-8:45 am
PTO Meeting, Lg Pod, 9-10 am
11/18-11/22
11/18 6th GR FT (Aflaki/Minutoli, Kenely & Smith), Inner Quest: Camp Crowell, 10:45 am-5:45 am
11/22 2nd GR Thanksgiving Play, Cafeteria, 9:15-10:15 am
11/25-11/29
11/25 5th GR FT, Newseum, 930 am-1:00 pm
Kindergarten, Thanksgiving Performance, Cafeteria, 2:30-3:30pm
11/27-11/29 Thanksgiving Break
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