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Monday March 9 - Friday March 13 - CPES Book Fair
Tuesday, March 10 - Book Fair/PTA Family Night
Monday, March 16 - PTA Meeting
Friday, March 27 - Powell Career Fair
Monday, April 6 - Friday, April 10 - Spring Break
Monday, April 13 - Student Holiday/Teacher Workday
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Starting Monday, we'll begin learning about the character strength of social intelligence. Social intelligence means that you are aware of other people’s thoughts and feelings and you understand why they do things. For a 1-page overview, please click here.
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To learn more about it check out the character card linked on our school website. You can find that by clicking here: https://powelles.fcps.edu/about/positivity-project.
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Congratulations to KELLY BAUGH!
Ms. Kelly Baugh, one of our awesome assistant principals here at Colin Powell ES, is 2019-2020 Colin Powell’s Outstanding Leader Winner! She has also earned the honor of being named Centreville Pyramid’s Outstanding Leader. These are such great honors and well deserved for Ms. Baugh, who is an outstanding leader for our school community. Kudos to Ms. Baugh and good luck as she is entering the next round of voting at the regional level
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We are excited for the upcoming Bookworm Central Book Fair, March 9-13. An amazing selection of books is headed our way! At the Book Fair you will find the latest and finest titles for kids, educational games and books of interest to parents. By visiting the teacher wish list board at the Book Fair, you can contribute books to your child's classroom library.
Book Fair Hours:
*Tuesday, March 10 from 12:30-3:30
Open Late 5-8 (please see info below)
*Wednesday, March 11 from 9:30-3:30
*Thursday, March 12 from 9:30-3:30
*Friday, March 13 from 9:30-11:30
Our Family Event will be held Tuesday, March 10 from 5:00pm - 8:00pm. The CPES PTA will also be selling a Korean dinner to families that evening from 5:30-7:30. More information regarding the dinner will be sent out by the PTA. How lucky is that?! Books for the kids and dinner is done!
Can’t make it to the evening event? No problem, the book fair is open to parents during the school day. Come on by! Sorry, we cannot request kids to leave their classrooms while you are here. Surprise them with some amazing books!
We need help during the fair. Please consider signing up to lend a hand. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0d4baca828aa8-bookworm1
Thank you and we will see you at the fair!
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Students read the book Ten Apples Up On Top by Dr. Seuss.
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Then they engineered a structure to help them stack apples as high as they could.
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Congratulations to our master builders! |
Colin Powell Elementary has once again accepted the challenge of helping to find a cure for blood cancer! We are joining schools across the country to make a difference and raise as much money as we can. Over the next three weeks our school will be working to reach a goal of $12,000, and if we reach that goal our principals will have to kiss a pig! If we do reach our goal, our school will have raised $50,000 to date to fight blood cancers and help find treatments for children fighting for their lives all over the world.
Given the fact that this coming week is the book fair, we are encouraging all students and families to focus on online donations through friends and family this week. Go to https://events.lls.org/pages/nca/ColinPowellElementarySchool-2020 to set up your child’s donation page or make an online donation in their name. We have a special school goal of $6,000 in online donations, and if we reach that there will be a special surprise for our school!!
This Friday, March 13th, we will have a Freaky Friday spirit day. Your child can dress like a teacher or like you in a Freaky Friday style swap. The good news is you can participate and dress like them!! Stay tuned for updates next week to see how much progress we have made towards our goal. We know together we can conquer cancer!! If you have any questions, please contact Laura Senturia at lesenturia@fcps.edu.
PLEASE NOTE: As some of our caring Puma families have noticed, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society has started offering prizes for various levels of giving in their elementary school level Pennies for Patients program. At Colin Powell we have always embraced getting students excited about making a difference for others in our spring fundraisers through exciting and interactive classroom and school wide incentives. Several schools in the region have decided to forego the prizes the foundation is offering and focus on raising as much money to go directly towards cancer research as possible. We are pleased to be one of those schools. Please use the boxes to collect donations from friends and family to bring in to school, but kindly disregard the listing of prizes on the back of the box.
We would like to invite parents and community members to participate by joining us as a featured guest at the Powell Career Fair. Career Fair will be held on Friday, March 27, 2020 from 12:45 to 3:15 p.m. Participants will be stationed at tables throughout the gym. Students in grades 3-6 will be attending the fair and visiting the tables. This provides an excellent opportunity to share your role in the working world with our students. Visual aids (posters, equipment, uniforms, etc.) and hands-on materials are extremely helpful when working with elementary school aged children.
If you, or someone you know, would like to participate in Colin Powell’s Career Fair 2020, please complete the form that went home in Tuesday Folders and return it to the School Counseling Office no later than March 13th.
Renee Orlosky & Rachel Lindholm
Professional School Counselors
KROrlosky@fcps.edu & RRLindholm@fcps.edu
FCPS families, staff, students, and community members are invited to attend any of the following Family Engagement Policy open meetings to provide feedback on the draft Family Engagement Policy. Stakeholders can also participate virtually in each of these meetings by using the link and/or number below.
Family Engagement Policy Open Meeting
When: March 12, 2020 (9-10 a.m.)
Where: Lake Anne Elementary School Cafeteria
Family Engagement Policy Open Meeting
When: March 17, 2020 (7-8 p.m.)
Where: Gatehouse Café
Family Engagement Policy Open Meeting
When: March 30, 2020 (7-8 p.m.)
Where: West Potomac High School Auditorium
Link to join virtually
Dial-in information:
1-571-392-7650
Pin: 8210692975
Flyer for the meetings. Translated versions will be coming soon.
To provide input on your child’s class placement for the coming year please submit your request here: https://bit.ly/2SVcfzd. Please submit a different form for each child in your family attending Colin Powell ES. Please refrain from including the name of a teacher on your request. Requests for specific teachers cannot be honored. Requests for the 2020-21 school year will be accepted through May 8, 2020.
Are you someone that would love a little extra money and loves children? Colin Powell ES and Fairfax County are always looking for enthusiastic, engaged, and dedicated substitute teachers. Click here to get more information and for the application process. Feel free to call the office if you want additional information or if you want to be added to our substitute list. Your children and staff thanks you for considering this important role.
News From Your PTA!
March 6 , 2020
PTA Meeting - Monday, 3/16 @ 6:00 PM -- be there or be square! Join us for lots of updates and new information about the exciting spring events we have planned for the kids! Think you can do a bang up job of being on the PTA? Roll up your sleeves and become a board member for the next school year, learn more about our jobs by attending the meeting! Can’t make it because you’re working late or have other time commitments? Catch our livestream on our Facebook page!
PTA Magnets for sale! Show off your commitment to our kids by purchasing your PTA swag! Magnets are $7 each -- available for purchase online (pick up at school, or sent to your student’s teacher), or at the Front/Main Office!
Fill your arms with books and your bellies with delicious food at our Family Night Dinner during this Spring’s Scholastic Book Fair! Down our delicious menu and save yourself a night of cooking. Check out what we’re serving here. Hope to see you there Tuesday, March 10th from 5:30-7:30pm!
Spring Fling is just around the corner! Join us for our annual Spring Fling and spend your Friday with the family and friends at Colin Powell ES on March 27th from 5:30-8:30 PM! Adult admission is free! Purchase your kids’ tickets online today! Have a few moments that day to spare to help make the event great? Volunteer today!
Christina Chae
PTA President
Colin Powell Elementary School PTA
13340 Leland Road, Centreville, VA 20120
Email: president@cpespta.org
Web: www.cpespta.org
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