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November 26 Individual Picture Retakes
November 27-29 Thanksgiving Holidays-School Closed
December 3 Clubs and Activities group pictures
December 3 PTA Meeting, 7:15pm
December 5 Advanced Academics Information Night on the topic of Referrals for Level IV Service in grades 3-8, 7pm, Camelot Library
December 5 Donuts with Grown-ups (K-2), 8:30-9:00am (Grades 3-6 will be held in January.)
December 9 Parent Coffee--topics will include Zones of Regulation, the Positivity Project and Portrait of a Graduate attributes and skills, 8:30am (school-age children may be dropped off in the cafeteria)
December 12 PTA Fundraising Night at Choolaah Restaurant
December 23-January 3 School Closed for Winter Break
FCPS complete 2019-20 school year calendar
Save the Dates: Chorus and Percussion Ensemble Concert-January 16; Band and Strings Concert-January 30
Next week, we continue with the Positivity Project (P2) character strength of GRATITUDE. Gratitude is described by P2 as follows: You are aware of and thankful for good things that happen. For more information, see the Gratitude card, or any other character strength card at https://camelotes.fcps.edu/node/1945.
Book Fair. Our Book Fair is coming soon! The dates are: December 2-December 6. Hours are 12/2- 9-5pm, 12/3- 9-6pm, 12/4- 9-5pm, 12/5 -8-6pm and 12/6 -8-5pm. Students will have an opportunity to visit the Book Fair either with their class or individually during the week of December 2nd. They may bring cash or a check made out to Camelot ES, to make purchases. We will take credit cards from adults attending the book fair. All purchases benefit our school by adding more books to our library and resources for our makerspace. Thank you for your continued support! If you would like to help at the book fair, please sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409094AA8A823A4F49-camelot2.
Falls Church Pyramid Parent Information Event. On December 10th at 6:30pm, Falls Church High School is hosting a session entitled, Healthy Choices: Information Session on Vaping/Drug Use in High Schools. This event is open to all parents from Falls Church, Luther Jackson, and our feeder elementary schools. This session has the following goals: inform parents of the latest drug use information by high school students (including JUULing/ vape devices), communicate the dangers of the various drugs, help parents learn how to identify the latest drug paraphernalia and signs of drug use, and provide tips for communication with children about drug use. The presentation portion of the event will take no more than the first 40 minutes and will be delivered by a panel of school staff, a substance abuse prevention specialist, and a Fairfax County police officer. The rest of the time will be open for Q&A as well as an opportunity for parents to come up and see actual samples of drug paraphernalia (including the latest vaping devices). This is a free event. The event will be in the Falls Church High School cafeteria. Spanish & Vietnamese interpreters will be available. Questions: call Cait Saxton at FCHS, 703-207-4049
Dragons Share. Many thanks to the families who sign up! If you would like to help deliver unopened food items, fruit, and milk from our school cafeteria to Food For Others at 2938 Prosperity Drive on Wednesdays/Fridays, please sign up! You may collect items from the refrigerator (anytime) on your assigned day. Food for Others is open from 9:30am-5pm, Monday through Friday. This is a great opportunity to involve children in providing service to the larger community. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040C4EACAD2DA57-dragons
Our Thursday fliers are available on our website in the Thursday Take Home section: https://camelotes.fcps.edu/node/1908. (No fliers this week.)
PTA Meeting and Be SMART Presentation -- December 3, 7:15pm. Join us for our next PTA and parent presentation. The presentation is on the Be SMART program, which was created as a response to helping parents get informed and think through how to best parent through our crisis of rising gun violence in America. This expressly non-political presentation starts a conversation about this public health crisis and safe gun storage as something we can all do to keep our children, families, and communities safe.
Donuts with Grownups -- December 5th, 8:30 am. Parents/guardians of K-2 students, mark your calendars and come enjoy a donut with your student in the cafeteria before school to start the day off right! (If you can’t make it, your child will be invited to have a donut with their grade level staff members at the same time, so please let your child’s teacher know if they should not have one.) Also, don’t forget to pop into the Book Fair and pick up your student’s favorite books! (Parents/guardians of 3-6 students, we will have another Donuts with Grownups in January for you and your students.)
Picture Day retakes-only one volunteer needed! Receive a $35 voucher that can be used in the future when you volunteer at picture retake day, on Tuesday, November 26th, 9:30-11:30. And if you are really thinking far in advance sign up for Spring Picture Days! Sign up here!
Camelot Cheer is back! Our Camelot Cheer program is open to everyone grades 1-6. The program starts January 8th and will be Wednesday’s 3:55-5:30 pm. More information on the cheer program is included on a flyer in your student’s Thursday folder.
Save the Date - Choolaah Fundraiser 12/12. Please join us on December 12th to help raise money for our school. Dine anytime between 11am and 9pm and 30% of the proceeds will be donated to Camelot PTA if you mention us at checkout.
FUN RUN. We have hit $17,000 which means the students will see the PE coaches will get SLIMED! Date TBD. Help us reach $20,000 by December 6th. The top earning student in each grade gets $50 to Zappos for new running shoes! And 6 raffle prizes per grade - more pledges means more chances to win! Kindergarten is now leading with $3400!
Mark your calendars for our upcoming events:
12/3 PTA Meeting -- Be SMART Presentation
12/5 Donuts with Grownups, K-2nd grade: 8:30 am
12/12 Choolaah Fundraiser
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