The Principal's Desk!
Greetings Families,
Happy October! We will show school spirit and pride every Thursday and Friday:
- Thursdays we encourage staff, students and families to wear green for the Positivity Project or clothing related to that weeks character trait
- Friday we encourage staff, students and families to wear Daniels Run spirit wear or our school colors of purple and teal. Our PTA is selling spirit wear, you can check out the items here.
Also, our next PTA meeting is Tuesday, October 13th at 7:00 pm. I will continue our questions and answer sessions that we had in August as part of our PTA meetings.
Feel free to call our main office 703-279-8400 or reach out to me directly at cmsmith@fcps.edu if there is anything we can do to help.
Thanks for your support,
Chris Smith
Daniels Run ES Principal
Parent Technology Help Desk: 1-833-921-3277 (833-921-FCPS)
DRES Parent Portal
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FCPS Return To School Resources
Let's Meet Our Staff!
Let's meet our new sixth grade teachers Susie Yoon and Jennifer Zaman!
Susie Yoon
Susie was born and raised in Fairfax County and graduated from West Springfield HS. This is her 7th year of teaching, 5 years in 6th grade (the best grade!) She enjoys gardening, riding bikes, and traveling.
Jennifer Zaman
I was born in Virginia, grew up in South Dakota, and returned to Virginia as an adult. I received my BS in Human Services from South Dakota State University, my MEd in Curriculum and Instruction from George Mason, and completed part of my MEd degree at Oxford University. I have been teaching in FCPS for 16 years, 14 of which have been in 6th grade. I am the mom of three grown children as well as a dog mom. As an empty nester I spend my free time baking, reading, and doing projects around the house. Whenever possible I visit my children and soak up every minute with them. I am very excited to be a part of the Daniels Run ES community and look forward to this year.
Art Supply, Music, and Library Book Distribution
Art Supply Distribution day for 2nd - 6th grade.
Monday, October 5th from 2:00-4:00
Wednesday, October 7th, 4:00-6:00 PM
at the school's front entrance.
If your child does not have these supplies, you may come to pick up these supplies for your child.
- 2nd Grade: Glue Stick.
- 3rd Grade: Crayon, color pencils, and markers
- 4th Grade: Color pencils and scissors, a black marker.
- 5th Grade: Color pencils, Crayon, and glue.
- 6th Grade: Color pencils, Crayon, glue, and scissors
Music
Dear 4th-6th Grade Parents,
Your child will be playing an instrument this year - either the soprano recorder or their band and string instrument.
Monday, October 5th; 12-2pm: MUSIC INSTRUMENT DISTRIBUTION DAY
• Recorders for General Music 4th-6thGraders: If your child does not have a soprano recorder at home, you may come to pick it up on Mon, October 5 between 12-2pm in the Kiss n’ Ride lane.
• Ukulele Club (3rd-6th): If your child has enrolled in ukulele club and need to borrow a ukulele, they can also check out their borrowed ukulele in the Kiss n’ Ride line between 12-2pm, Monday, October 5th
Library
Library curbside pickup days are Mondays (1-4pm) and Wednesdays (4-6pm). Information on how to place books on hold and sign up for a pickup time was emailed from your classroom teacher. You may return books during your checkout time OR you can drop them off in the bin outside the front of the building at any time. If you have any questions about how to get books for your child please email Sheila Brosnan scbrosnan@fcps.edu”
Parenting Classes!
Fairfax County Department of Family Services Parenting Program is offering virtual parenting classes for parents with children between the ages of 5-11. The class will be offered virtually via ZOOM. This class will be held Tuesday evenings from 6:00 – 8:00, beginning October 13, 2020.
Please feel free to contact Debi Hackney at 703.470.3169 or Mary Elizabeth Fleming at 571-595-4937 to register or if you have any questions.
Safe Routes to School-Walking Wednesday!
FCPS Safe Routes to School in collaboration with Fairfax County Park Authority’s Move Your Way and Healthy Strides campaign will be promoting Walking Wednesdays during the 2020-2021 school year to encourage physical activity.
Walking Wednesdays is a county-wide community program designed to promote physical and mental health. FCPS Safe Routes to School in collaboration with Fairfax County Park Authority’s Move Your Way and Healthy Strides campaign encourages students and parents/guardians to take time each Wednesday to walk and connect with friends, neighbors and classmates before the school day and workday begins. Whether your walk takes you around the block, to the bus stop, or to your school, we hope you will find others out walking and can greet one another from a distance.
Walking Wednesdays will kick off on October 7, 2020, which is International Walk to School Day. Coming in November will be Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day on November 18, 2020. More information about Walking Wednesdays can be found at https://www.fcps.edu/resources/safety-and-transportation/transportation-services/safe-routes-school-srts.
Families, neighborhoods or schools can register their participation in International Walk to School Day on October 7, 2020 at http://www.walkbiketoschool.org/registration/
Volunteers needed for VolunteerFest at Daniels Run Elementary!
When: Saturday, Oct. 24, 9:00am-12:00pm
This in-person event supports environmental education. Volunteers will be laying down mulch and weeding the vegetable garden or other grounds beautification projects in the schoolyard habitat at Daniels Run Elementary School.
For more details and to sign up for VolunteerFest, go to: https://volunteerfairfax.civicore.com/index.php?section=volunteerFest&action=main
Bus Route Meal Delivery
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) buses are delivering grab and go meals along some bus routes. School buses will stop at designated intersections to deliver these meals.
All FCPS students (regardless of age) are eligible for free grab and go breakfast and lunch, as well as other county children, under the age of 18. Adults picking up meals for children should let staff know how many children meals they need. Adults may pay $2 for the meals as well.
The service will be available Monday - Friday only. New for this fall: meals for Saturdays and Sundays will be distributed at all sites and on all bus routes each Friday.
PLEASE NOTE: Updates to bus routes are posted each afternoon by 5 pm. Changes will be marked as "new" or "updated". When changes are made, an effective date is posted with the route information.
Arrival times at bus stops may be delayed several minutes due to unexpected issues.
Go Paperless!
The “Go Paperless” option is now available to all ES parents to allow them to only receive online progress reports starting the first quarter of SY 20/21. This will not impact any other mailings from FCPS other than the progress reports for ES students and report cards for secondary students. To take advantage of the paperless options, parents and/or guardians will need to log into ParentVUE, then go to “My Account” and select "Go Paperless" All parents and/or guardians who live with the student and share the same address must have a SIS ParentVUE account and must select the paperless option to prevent mailing of the printed progress reports. The “Go Paperless” option will apply to all their associated students, no matter what school level. If the associated parent and/or guardian has already selected “Go Paperless” for their secondary student, the option will now apply to any ES siblings as well.
Positivity Project!
Next week we will work together to discover the importance of TEAMWORK.
WHAT DOES TEAMWORK MEAN?
You work well as a member of a group or team. You are loyal and sacrifice your individual desires for the greater good.
Check out our Facebook page for questions and ways to explore TEAMWORK next week!
Student Rights and Responsibilities
: Parents and guardians, please review the Student Rights and Responsibilities and related resources at www.fcps.edu/srr. After reviewing the information, fill out the SR&R Parent Acknowledgement Form using this link we have provided. The form must be filled out one time per student.
Parental Consent for Select Digital Resources
At Daniels Run, our teachers will use a variety of digital resources to support student learning and promote communication and collaboration with students and families. Some of the digital resources your child may use this year will require your consent before they can be used. You can find our school’s list of the resources that require parental consent here: https://danielsrunes.fcps.edu/adopteddigitalresources
Included on this page is also a link to a form, https://isweb.fcps.edu/iscontacts/techpermform.cfm?secure where the enrolling parent or guardian will need to indicate whether or not their student is allowed to use the list of digital resources this year. This page also provides more information about how FCPS carefully reviews digital resources for approval and why we must request your consent before using certain tools. We encourage you to complete the parental consent for digital resources form as soon as possible, as your child will not be able to use the digital resources until we have received your permission. Please reach out to your child’s teacher if you have questions or concerns about the digital resources we’ve chosen to use this year.
Public Library Equity Access Pass
As part of the One Fairfax initiative, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, Fairfax County Public Library (FCPL), and FCPS Library Information Services have partnered in the Library Equity Access Pass (LEAP) pilot program.
On October 1, 2020 the LEAP program will go division-wide, providing FCPS PreK-12 students with public library checkout privileges for books automatically, without the need to register for a physical library card. Student names and ID numbers will be provided to FCPL through an automated data download. Families who do not wish to participate can select the opt-out for LEAP in the 2020-21 SR&R document.
Participating in the LEAP program provides:
- The ability to checkout up to three public library books at a time. At any FCPL library branch, students or parents simply share their name and indicated they are an FCPS student. A virtual account exists and identification is not required.
- Lost or overdue books will not be charged a fine or replacement fee. However, only three books can be on a virtual account at a time.
- Checkouts are limited to physical books. eBooks and public library digital resources cannot be accessed through this account. Students are welcome to establish a standard public library card for full access.
The Fairfax County Public Library is open for Express services and offers curbside checkout.
Parent/Student Tech Support Portal
To support families who are working with their children during distance learning, Fairfax County Public Schools is launching a new Parent Technology Help Desk. The number is 1-833-921-3277 (833-921-FCPS). It will be answered by staff 7 a.m.to 11 p.m., seven days a week. If the help desk is unable to solve the issue on the phone with the parent or guardian, they will enter a ticket on the parent’s behalf and the request for help will be transferred to the appropriate FCPS team.
Parents or guardians who need help in a language other than English should let help desk staff know, and a interpreter will join them on the line. (FCPS also has existing parent information phone lines, available in eight different languages, that can assist with general questions about FCPS.)
FCPS has also set up an online portal to allow older students and parents and guardians to request technology help directly.
Get more information about the new Parent Technology Help Desk.
Forms Turn-In
Due to the virtual start for this school year, all forms, required and optional, will have to be completed and submitted electronically. It is more important than ever that parents have their own Parent SIS Account. If you do not yet have an account, you can learn more about how to obtain one at ParentVue New Account Registration
Required Forms:
Emergency Care Form (via WeCare): Emergency Care Form-WeCare
(Please note that weCare@school is a part of FCPS 24-7 Learning : Parent View. In order to log into Parent View it is necessary to have an active SIS Parent Account. Once the SIS Parent Account is created the same log in credentials will also work for FCPS 24-7 Learning : Parent View.)
Health Information Form (to be completed only if student has a health concern). Please return form to anunez@fcps.edu: Health Information Form
Military Connected Students Form (if applicable): Military Connected Students Form
Student Rights & Responsibilities: COMING SOON
Clinic/Health Room Forms (complete as applicable):
Scoliosis Fact Sheet (English): Scoliosis Fact Sheet (English)
Scoliosis Fact Sheet (Spanish): Scoliosis Fact Sheet (Spanish)
Annual Notice of Survey, Records, Curriculum, Privacy & Related Rights
Opt- Out Options (if applicable) :Opt-Out Forms (English)
Webinar Series for Families of English Learners
Supporting School at Home for English Learners
The Virginia Department of Education's (VDOE) English Learner Instruction Program will offer a new series of webinars geared to support families as they prepare for the upcoming school year, specifically supporting learning at home. You can access the webinars through this link https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/VADOE/bulletins/299b9b5
Office Hours - Appointment Only
The Daniels Run office will be open daily. Office hours are daily from 8:30am- 4:00pm, appointment only. Visitors will need to call the main office line, 703-279-8400 to schedule appointment. Thanks!
PTA NEWS!
Order your Daniels Run Spirit Wear Today!
Hey Dragons! Check out the new spirit wear site with tons of fun Daniels Run gear available - t-shirts, sweatshirts, pjs, accessories & more! https://teamlocker.squadlocker.com/#/lockers/dragons-289254?_k=7ivywe
Online Directory Opt-Out
The PTA will be publishing an online directory of our students this fall via our online platform, Memberhub. If you do not wish to be included in the directory, please complete the opt-out form by September 25th. https://forms.gle/jNEPzyyfv1dxpHGt9 (spanish link- https://forms.gle/NnFvTwcpB2Bof3bu9) Any questions can be sent to dresecretary@gmail.com.
Join the PTA
Join by the end of the day today and be entered to win our parent book club book for fall - Mindset! Membership fees are $10 Individual, $18 Family, and $5 Staff. Join online at dres.memberhub.store or by mail (send your contact information and a check to Daniels Run PTA at the school office).
Important Dates
October 12-Indigenous Peoples' Day-Student Holiday
October 13-PTA Meeting 7:00pm
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