Sangster News You Choose
Two Weeks At a Glance
December 7:
- 4th Grade Student Materials Curbside Pickup, 3:30PM - 5:30PM, Bus loop
- Last Name L-Z Library Book Curbside Pickup, 4:00PM - 5:00PM, Bus Loop (in front of cafeteria windows)
December 9: DATE CHANGE - PTA Zoom Meeting, 7:00PM.
December 14:
- 5th-6th Grade Student Materials Curbside Pickup, 3:30PM - 5:30PM, Bus Loop
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NO Library Book Pickup
December 15: Kindergarten Student Materials Curbside Pickup, 3:30PM - 5:00PM, Bus Loop
December 16: 2nd Quarter Interims will be emailed to parents. (Note - not all students will be receiving an interim).
December 18: Last day of school before Winter Break
December 21 - January 1: Winter Break
January 4: First day of the 2021 school year.
Virtual Spirit Week for Students and Staff
A Message from Ms. Jankovich
Dear Sangster Families,
As many of you know, every year in Fairfax County Public Schools, teams of administrators, teacher leaders, and other knowledgeable committee members develop a School Improvement and Innovation Plan (SIIP) based on a variety of data points. Teachers and staff play a crucial role in the implementation and monitoring of these school-wide goals. You can find the 2020 – 2021 Sangster SIIP At-A-Glance on our school website by clicking ABOUT in the yellow resources tab at the top and then scrolling to the bottom of the ABOUT US page. For the 2020 – 2021 school year, Sangster has identified three critical areas of need, to include providing all students more opportunities for increased rigor in the area of Language Arts, providing more access to Advanced Academic curriculum resources, and supporting students as they reflect on their strengths and growth areas as critical and creative thinkers (a Portrait of a Graduate skill). While our goals may vary in content, the desired outcome remains the same – providing all students equal opportunities to receive the support and resources they need to continue to thrive in school.
Sangster remains committed to creating an inclusive and equitable environment for all students who walk through our doors (or log on to our classes 😊). We continue to brainstorm and learn how we can achieve our goals from our FCPS colleagues as well as our students and parents. The following resource is just one of many that I will share with you in the coming months. It includes information, suggestions, and discussion prompts for parents and students of all ages (PreK-High School) in exploring concepts of identity, bias, and prejudice.
Beyond the Golden Rule: A Parents’ Guide to preventing and Responding to Prejudice
Again, we appreciate all of the love and support we continue to receive from our parent community.
Sincerely,
Allison
Acting Principal
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Student Materials Curbside Pickup
4th Grade ONLY
Monday, December 7
3:30PM - 5:30PM, Bus Loop
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On Monday, December 7th from 3:30PM – 5:30PM, Sangster ES will have a contactless, curbside pickup of materials for 4th Grade students. This is a rain or shine event. You may only pick up materials belonging to your child/children. Please hold a visible sign with the names of your child/children and homeroom teacher(s). All staff and parents must wear a mask.
LIBRARY BOOK Curbside Pickup
All Grades
Last Name L-Z
Monday, December 7
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4:00PM - 5:00PM, Bus Loop (in front of cafeteria windows)
Attention readers!! Sangster library has regular curbside pickup every other Monday, by student last name.
Holds must be placed in the Destiny Discover online catalog in advance. Complete details and schedules should have been sent by your child's classroom teacher this week. You can also find the information HERE through your student's fcpsschools.net account. Questions? Please reach out to Ms. Oberdick, Sangster's school librarian at neoberdick@fcps.edu.
Grab & Go Meals
NEW December 2nd:
Afternoon Snack and Dinner Meals added
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Delivery to Sangster at 10:56AM - 11:06AM
FCPS Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) offers grab and go meals to all FCPS students Monday-Friday; Saturday meals are included with Friday meal distribution. Adult meals are $2.00.
Changes to food distribution locations/times are posted every Friday on the FCPS website: https://www.fcps.edu/return-school/food
Click here for a searchable map of all food resources in Fairfax County.
Fairfax Meal Kit Delivery - NEW December 2nd
Wednesdays ONLY 8:00AM - 12:30PM
Fairfax Meal Kits contain seven (7) days of breakfast and lunch items packed in bulk. Adults may purchase kits for $28.00. Meals are distributed on Wednesdays only from 8:00AM - 12:30PM, or until supplies are exhausted.
The closest pickup locations to Sangster ES are:
Keene Mill ES: 6310 Bardu Ave, West Springfield
Newington Forest ES: 8001 Newington Forest Ave, Springfield
More information is available online or by calling the Office of Food and Nutrition Services at 703-813-4800.
Positivity Project
Week of November 29
Kindness
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This week’s character strength is Kindness. Kind people think about the needs and feelings of other people, and then act to help those people. Kind people are selfless. That is why a true act of kindness is distinct from helping another person in order to simply gain something for yourself. An individual with the strength of kindness helps others because it’s the right thing to do, not because they expect any reciprocal treatment or gain in reputation.
The site P2 For Families is available for connecting P2 to your home and you can learn more about the site here. Many of the slides are password protected and the password is P2 (case-sensitive).
Next Week’s P2 Focus: The Other People Mindset – Knowing my words and actions affect others
Student Rights and Responsibilities (SR&R)
Due ASAP: Link is for Sangster Students ONLY
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 the link below.
This form must be filled out once for each SANGSTER ES student.
VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: Links are school-specific. The link below is for ONLY Sangster ES students. If you have a student in another FCPS school you must complete the link provided by that school.
Sangster ES Link: FCPS SR&R Parent Acknowledgement Form
News from the PTA
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The new Sangster PTA News You Choose announcement is sent out every Tuesday with information about PTA events and programs.
For more information on PTA activities, please see the “Weekly Email Update” heading on our PTA website: Sangster PTA website
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