Upcoming Dates:
Friday, Feb. 14 - Crossfield Gives Back
Monday, Feb. 17 - Schools Closed/Washington's Birthday/Presidents' Day
Friday, Feb. 21 - Crossfield Talent Show 6-8:30 P.M.
Monday, Feb. 24 - 6th Gr. (Edwards/Heffron) National Portrait Gallery Field Trip
Tuesday, Feb. 25 - 6th Gr. (MacRae/Vu) National Portrait Gallery Field Trip
Tuesday, Feb. 25 - Oakton Pyramid Digitial Citizenship Expo at Crossfield ES at 6:30 P.M.
Tuesday, March 3 - Student Holiday
Monday, March 16 - Friday, March 20 - Spring Book Fair
Friday, April 3 - End of Third Quarter
Monday, April 6 - Friday, April 10 - Spring Break
Monday, April 13 - Student Holiday
Monday, April 13 - Rising Kindergarten Orientation @ 9:30 A.M.
NOTE: WIDA ACCESS (assessment for English Learners) will be given to eligible students between January 21 - March 12, 2020
CROSSFIELD PRESCHOOLERS ENJOYING OUR NICE WEATHER EARLIER THIS WEEK!
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4th Annual Oakton Pyramid Digital Citizenship Expo!
Crossfield ES will be hosting a Digital Citizenship Expo on Tuesday, February 25. Join us from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. If you are interested in coming, please fill out this parent interest form.
There will be child care for children ages 5-10 years old.
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Predicting a Super Bowl Winner
Thomas/Pleasant Buddies enjoyed a Reward for correctly predicting the Super Bowl winner! Lollipops and games builds peer relationships and collaborative skills, we took it a step further by building a favorite tootsie pop graph!
Crossfield Gives Back, February 14
On Friday, February 14th, we will be participating in “Crossfield Gives Back"— a day of giving where all students will prepare, sort and pack over 500 weekend food packs of snacks and meals for food insecure students across Fairfax County. These packs will be distributed by Food for Others.
Over the next few weeks, our 6th graders will be sharing information on food insecurity through poster campaigns and on the WCES morning news. Teachers will be discussing food insecurity with their classes at morning meetings. Please ask your students about those discussions and what their class is doing to give back.
We are asking for the help of our Crossfield Community in providing the foods for these packs (oatmeal, granola bars, etc). You can sign up to donate food and to help our students with their day of giving here: https://tinyurl.com/giveback20
Please share this link for food donations far and wide (neighborhoods, churches, local friends and family). This is an ambitious effort, but we know we can do it. Let’s show the love, Crossfield! Together, we can help fellow students in our community.
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Kindergarten Registration
Crossfield ES is accepting rising kindergarten student registrations for the 2020-2021 school year.
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Registration is by appointment only. Please call 703.295.1117 to schedule a date and time with our registrar, Mrs. Kathy Theis.
- Registration packets can be picked up from the school office or can be downloaded by clicking here.
- The enrolling parent should bring completed registration forms, required documentation, and their rising kindergarten child with them to register. We would like to have most of our rising kindergarteners registered before orientation (April 13, 2020 at 9:30 A.M.)
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Panther Preview
Calling rising 7th graders who will be attending Langston Hughes MS. We'd like to invite you to join us at Langston Hughes Middle School for our annual Panther Preview on August 10th and 11th. Students will be introduced to middle school life. They will learn about what it means to be a Langston Hughes Panther, discover how to navigate the new building, review the secrets to academic success, meet key staff members, and make friends. The preview will take place from 8-12 both days. Transportation information will be shared in advance. To register go to https://tinyurl.com/yx82pnjx
Please contact Brian Plancich, assistant principal if you have any additional questions @ baplancich@fcps.edu
Spring Box Tops for Education
Our Spring Box Tops for Education submission is right around the corner. Every Box Top earns the school free money.
What can you do to help?
1. Continue to scan your receipts within 14 days of purchase! So far this school year, we have earned over $620 between scanned and clipped Box Tops.
2.Send your traditional clipped Box Tops into school on the Box Tops sheet in this week’s Tuesday folder or place them in a baggie with your teacher’s name on it by Tuesday February 11th. Please include all Box Tops which expire before 11/1/2020!
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"Stay Healthy. Wash Your Hands!"
Fairfax County School Health Promotion
Germs are everywhere! Washing your hands is the best way to stop germs from spreading. When kids come in contact with germs, they can become sick just by touching their eyes, nose, or mouth. Once they are ill, it is usually just a matter of time before the rest of the family gets sick. When your family is healthy, you don’t need to worry about missing school, work, or other activities.
For effective handwashing, follow these simple steps: wet, lather, scrub for 20 seconds, rinse, dry. It takes time for children to build handwashing skills. Your child may need reminders when to wash their hands, like after using the restroom, playing outside, coughing, sneezing, or before eating. When taught early, handwashing can become a lifelong healthy habit. Children learn by modeling behaviors of adults. When you make handwashing part of your routine, you set an example for your children to follow.
Resource Corner:
https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/health/handwashing
https://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/materials.html
Podcasts: https://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/podcasts.html
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