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UPCOMING DATES:
9/14 - 10/3 - FCPS Virtual Health and Wellness Fair
Wed. 9/30 - Sports Gear Donation Deadline
Thurs. 10/1 @ 7pm - AAP Parent Meeting (virtual)
Mon. 10/5 @ 7pm - New Family Orientation
Mon. 10/12 - NO SCHOOL - Indigenous People's Day
Tues. 10/13 @ 7pm - BINGO Night Online
Thurs. 10/15 @ 7pm - Virtual PTA Meeting
Nov. 13 - 23 - Rock N Run Virtual Fundraising Event
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Fort Hunt University Classes offered to Stratford students for FREE:
Our Stratford Landing Booster Tracy Vitali has provided a number of scholarships for Stratford Landing students to take two Fort Hunt University enrichment programs for free. Check out the Memory Master course and Master Student Club by visiting:
http://www.FortHuntUniversity.com/MasterStudent and http:/www.FortHuntUniversity.com/MemoryMaster - use the code "TracyVitali" in the registration box to avoid paying the $99 registration fee.
Room Parents Wanted!!
Your PTA is asking for 1-2 parent volunteers to help with each classroom this year. Please sign up here, even if you have already spoken to your teacher:
https://forms.gle/DsHVxRkuSUEpQd8a6
Questions? Please email Loren Wells at slesroomparents@gmail.com
SLES PTA Equity Team Seeks Diverse Leadership
The PTA is trying to start an Equity Team and seeking a co-chair. This Equity Team will work to ensure that our community is truly equitable for all our students and families. It is important our PTA leadership reflects the diversity of our families at Stratford Landing.
It is very important to have the voices of our entire community working with our equity team. The PTA believes that voices and leadership from our Black/African American, Hispanic and Asian families will make this team purposeful and meaningful.
Please email Sheena Arting at community@slpta.org by 10/5/2020 if interested in co-chairing this team.
FCPS Health and Wellness Fair (virtual / online) running through Oct 3:
This year we will continue to partner with INOVA and Kaiser Permanente to host the 7th Annual Mental Health and Wellness Conference.
The conference will feature keynote speakers who will address social emotional learning and resiliency.
Virtual sessions are offered September 14th-October 3rd.
Registration and additional information is available on the conference webpage.
"Replay It" Nonprofit seeks donations of gently used sports gear - deadline 9/30
The goal of "Replay It" is to give children in need the opportunity to participate in sports through donations of gently used sports gear. To read more, visit our website (www.replay-it.org)
We have recently launched our first drive! We are partnering with Hearts and Homes for Youth, (www.heartsandhomes.org) an organization based in Maryland dedicated to empowering young survivors in foster homes to make positive life choices and build brighter futures.
How to donate:
- Gather equipment: child-sized sports gear, athletic clothing (preferably youth sizes M, L, XL), and basketballs, footballs, soccer balls, or volleyballs
- Leave a bag of gear to donate on your front porch by Sept. 30
- Text (703)505-9399 or email replayitorg.gmail.com with your address and we will pick it up!
New Family Orientation Monday, 10/5 @ 7pm
When: October 5, 2020 @ 7:00pm
What: An introduction to New SLES Families (and returning are welcome too!) about 'unique to Stratford Landing' fundraisers, where to go for help, and how to get involved with the school, etc. If you miss this one, don’t worry! We will have an orientation for new families each quarter. Bring any questions you have and we'll answer them. We'll also have some time to get to know other new families! Here is the Google Meet Link to join: https://meet.google.com/yru-uzyo-gfi. See you there!
Bingo in a Bag: BINGO Night Online! 10/13 @ 7pm
Please join us for BINGO with a twist - online!
SignUp to Play at https://signup.com/go/YMzQBVm and you will get bingo cards and stampers in a bag.
Drive-up pick up for bags will be Fri. Oct. 9th from 3-6 pm at Gum Springs Community Center. Neighbors are encouraged to pick up for each other. Please send an email ahead to let us know if someone else will be picking up your Bingo Bags: community@slpta.org.
* Pair Bingo with Pizza from Toppers! Order anytime during the day of Oct. 13th and SLES earns 35% of all sales! Use coupon code “SLE1013” at Toppers.com to place your order.
* Volunteers are needed to help pull off this fun family night! Sign up to help here:
https://signup.com/go/hgSrqrS
SLES Face Masks Available for Purchase
SLES face masks are $10 each and come in 2 sizes. Each is three-ply, cotton/polyester blend.
Masks will be available for pickup – address shared individually upon purchase.
Visit the PTA site for more information, sizing and to make your purchase:
https://slpta.org/product/sles-face-masks/
Your SLES face mask purchase supports the PTA and initiatives to serve our students, family and school community.
Thank you for your support!
PTA Meeting- 10/15/2020 @ 7:00 pm
Please join us virtually: meet.google.com/xtt-bjgf-waa
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SAVE THE DATE: Rock ‘n Run – November 13-23
Rock ‘n Run is on! It will be a virtual fundraising event, spanning 10 days. On November 13 it will kick off with a school-wide virtual morning gathering. Daily virtual activities will take place during the school week, and the event will close with a virtual pep rally on Monday, November 23. More details to follow. Mark your calendars!
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS! Email Chrissy Kopple (fundraising@slpta.org) to join in the planning fun. Many hands make light work and we can’t do it without our amazing parent volunteers!
Join the SLES PTA: https://slpta.org/product/sles-pta-membership-2020-2021/
SLES PTA on Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/stratfordlandingpta
Support SLES PTA with Amazon Smile: visit www.smile.amazon.com and please select "Stratford Landing PTA"
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