Being Your Best Bucky
This month we begin our new Deer Park character strength program, Being Your Best Bucky. Self-Control is the character strength for January and students will be engaged in activities, books and discussions to further develop their self-control. Our program will cover four character strengths: Self-Control, Kindness, Teamwork and Perseverance.
Self-control is learning to manage emotions. By learning self-control, kids can make appropriate decisions and handle difficult situations in a way that leads to positive results. Self-control is an essential skill to help us meet our goals, which could be getting along on the playground to holding a job. Self-control can be strengthened through teaching, modeling, practicing and positive reinforcement.
Rocks with Cops
Have you heard of the rock painting movement where kids and adults are hiding painted rocks across the country? The Kindness Rocks Project “encourages people to leave rocks painted with inspiring messages along the path of life.” People are playing hide-and-seek with painted rocks in hopes of spreading kindness and joy to those that discover them. “One message at just the right moment can change someone’s entire day, outlook, life!”
Join us on Saturday, January 18, at the Sully District Station to paint rocks with Cops! Join us anytime between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. We will have supplies but please feel free to bring your own as well.
Make sure to RSVP here: http://bit.ly/rockswithcops2 so we can ensure we have enough rocks!
Paint + Hide + Find + Share = Joy
Any questions, please email Community Outreach Officer Meg Hawkins at Megan.Hawkins@fairfaxcounty.gov.
From the Deer Park PTA
Wednesday, January 15th - Spirit Night Fundraiser
Join us for our next Spirit Night Fundraiser NEXT Wednesday, January 15th at Moe's Southwestern Grill from 5-8pm! Bring in the flyer and our school will receive 20% of each sale!
Moe's Spirit Night Flyer
Family Skate Day at the Manassas,
Skate-N-Fun Zone! Bring the family on Sunday, January 19th from 12pm-5pm and enjoy our Deer Park PTA Fundraiser Event!
$8 Package (pay at the door) includes: Admission & Skate Rental, 4 tokens, 1 pizza slice, & 1 small drink
Family Skate Day flyer
For more PTA upcoming events, information, and membership forms; please visit our website: www.deerparkespta.org
Spotlight on Art
This week you might recognize the artist but she is not quite like the other Spotlight Artists. We are highlighting our artist in residence, Ms. Crabtree! This past weekend, Ms. Crabtree hung her first exhibit at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax, in Oakton VA. The exhibit called, Calling All Angels, is comprised of fifty-three paintings created in the last year. The opening reception is Sunday, January 12th at 12:30. Ms. Crabtree will be there to welcome the community and celebrate her work.
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Deer Park had a thrilling assembly on Tuesday, welcoming the Chinese Acrobats to kick off 2020!
Thank you Deer Park PTA!
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Upcoming Events
January 10 - Crazy Sock/Boot Day
January 16 - 4th & 5th Grade Strings "Informance" 7pm
January 20 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday/No School
January 24 - 2nd Quarter Ends
January 27 - Teacher workday/No School for students
January 28 - Teacher workday/No School for students
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Proximos Eventos
Enero 10 – Dia de calcetines locos/botas
Enero 16 -4to & 5to grado Cuerdas “Informance”
Enero 20 - Martin Luther King, Jr. feriado/No hay clases
Enero 27 – Dia de trabajo para los maestros/ No hay clases
Enero 28 – Dia de trabajo para los maestros/ No hay clases
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Si tienes alguna pregunta o nececitas mas informacion en Español, puedes comunicarte con la Señora Archila por medio de correo electronico darchila@fcps.edu
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