A Letter from the Principals
Happy March!
March is a busy month with many opportunities for students and families to come together. We hope you are enjoying participating in our Read-a-Thon. Please take this opportunity to snuggle up with good books and enjoy this time together and read your family favorites. Our Dance Extravaganza is right around the corner, the students have been working hard and are ready to perform on March 13th.
Please come join us at the PTA meeting and stay for a presentation afterwards on how you can support your child with the state standards of learning assessments in grades three through six. We are looking forward to STEM Night and reviewing all of our young scientists' projects. As the student interim reports come home this week, please take a moment to review them with your child and celebrate their growth and help them set a goal for the end of the quarter.
In order to ensure the safety of all our children, please remember to follow our drop off and dismissal procedures. Your child must be picked up or dropped off at our Kiss and Ride line and not from the street, unless you are escorting them into the building and signing them in. We hope to see you at our events this month.
Ms. Rucinski and Mrs. White
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Daylight Savings Time
begins on Sunday, March 8
Don't forget to set your clocks forward one hour on this day!
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Dance Extravaganza
Friday, March 13th
Grade 5 8:45 am – 9:30 am
Grade 6 9:30 am – 10:15 am
Grade 4 10:15 am –11:00 am
Grade 3 12:05 pm – 12:45 pm
Grade 1 12:50 pm – 1:30 pm
Kindergarten 1:30 pm – 2:10 pm
Grade 2 2:20 pm – 3:00 pm
The students have been practicing their rhythm, timing and coordination; learning how to choreograph a dance, folk, line and novelty dances from many countries. Parents are invited to watch, take pictures and participate!
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Lost & Found
is overflowing!
Please have your student check for lost jackets and coats
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Kindergarten & New Registration
2020 - 2021 School Year
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A094CABAE23A2F58-20192020
Children residing in our boundaries who will turn 5 years old on or before September 30, 2020, as well as students in grades 1-6 transferring from Private/Home Schools or moving into our boundaries prior to the start of the new school year may visit our website and select an appointment to register. Appointments are open now and continue throughout the summer.
All information pertaining to registration, including eligibility and forms is outlined in the Sign-Up Genius. See link above.
STEM Night & Science Fair
Thursday, March 26th
The Gunston Science Fair and STEM Night will be held on March 26th from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm. Science Fair registrations should already have been turned in (if students still want to participate, they should submit their registration as soon as possible). There will be concessions for sale, different STEM organizations present, and our Eagles science fair projects will be on display. It is going to be a great event so make sure to mark your calendars! More information about the event is forthcoming so stay tuned!!
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Save these Dates!
(remember to keep an eye on our websites)
Gunston Elementary website
Gunston PTA website
- March 13 - Dance Extravaganza (see schedule above)
- March 19 - PTA meeting & SOL presentation
- March 23 & 24 - Restaurant Nights - Olympians
- March 26- STEM Night and Science Fair
- April 2 - Kindergarten Orientation (4:00 pm-6:00 pm)
- April 13 - Kindergarten Registration (9:00 am - 3:00 pm)
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PTA News & Information |
Read-A-Thon Has Started
Our Read-A-Thon fundraiser, which will raise funds for PTA and encourage our students to get reading, started this week!
The Read-A-Thon is a time for us to help foster a love of reading in our Eagles! Minutes read can be logged electronically via the website noted below. Students can earn prizes for certain minute goals, with an overall goal of 400 minutes during the 2 week challenge.
Our Read-A-Thon is also our PTA's second biggest fundraiser, with a goal of $6,000! We need to raise funds to support important upcoming and ongoing PTA funded things like our reading program, end-of-year recognition event for student government chorus and patrol, staff and teacher appreciation activities, requests for classroom items, our Science Fair and Stem Night, and our fun filled field day!
So please, join us in this challenge! Registration is simple:
- Visit https://www.readformyschool.com/register/
- Select sign up as a student
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Enter the team invite code you received in the Read-A-Thon packet sent home (email GunstonEaglesRead@gmail.com with the name of your student and their teacher if you need your code)
- Start logging minutes and raising funds!
2020-2021 PTA Officers Needed
Our PTA is seeking nominations for President, Vice President, and Secretary for next year’s PTA Board. Without a Board, PTA will not be able to offer all of the events and opportunities that it provides to support our Eagles and enhance their elementary school experience. If you’re interested in serving, please reach out to ptagunston@gmail.com.
Health & Wellness
Tip of the Week
Drinking enough water can have numerous benefits.
Surprisingly, it can boost the number of calories you burn.
Two studies note that it can increase metabolism by 24–30% over 1–1.5 hours. This can amount to 96 additional calories burned if you drink 8.4 cups (2 liters) of water per day
The optimal time to drink it is before meals. One study showed that downing 2.1 cups (500 ml) of water 30 minutes before each meal increased weight loss by 44%.
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PTA meeting 3/19 featuring presentation on SOLs!
Our next PTA meeting will be held at 6pm in the cafeteria. Dinner will be provided and we will have a presentation about SOL testing. Whether your student is facing SOLs this year or in the coming years, please join us to learn more about this important subject!
Restaurant Days at Olympians March 23 & 24
Mark your calendars for PTA's next restaurant event! Olympians family restaurant in Alexandria will be hosting a two day, all day, restaurant fundraiser! Carry out as well as dine in counts. Please plan to visit to help raise funds for our PTA!
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