Brenda Stuart, a Sangster Instructional Assistant, talks to Santa during materials pickup on Monday.
Sangster News You Choose
Two Weeks At a Glance
December 14-18: Wind-Up to Winter Break Virtual Spirit Week
December 14:
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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 - 5:30PM, 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,
Tis the season to be hopeful of what's to come and appreciative of the blessings we do have. I continue to be so thankful for the entire Sangster ES community - students, parents, and staff. It's a joy to be part of a community where we take care of each other and people matter. While we will likely face many challenges and obstacles in days to come, please know that Ms. Redford and I plan to be there every step of the way. Please reach out if you have any questions. We are here to help in any way we can.
Tonight, beginning at 6:00PM, the Fairfax County School Board will be meeting for a scheduled Work Session to share information/updates on several topics including COVID trends across the county, mitigation strategies (to include information about the newly organized FCPS Safety Teams), and a proposed return-to-learn plan from Dr. Brabrand and the leadership team. A lot of important information will be shared, so please tune in if you can.
We are continuing to finalize our master schedules and class lists (and decisions about concurrent learning) and will get that information to you soon. It is also important that you know we do anticipate a bell schedule change as we shift to in-person learning in 2021 due to social distancing constraints on the buses. As communicated before, we expect our new bell schedule to be 10:05AM to 4:50PM. This schedule change will impact both in-person and virtual learners. Stay tuned for more details on this.
Sincerely,
Allison
Acting Principal
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Student Materials Curbside Pickup
5th & 6th Grade
Monday, December 14
3:30PM - 5:30PM, Bus Loop
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On Monday, December 14th from 3:30PM – 5:30PM, Sangster ES will have a contactless, curbside pickup of materials for 5th and 6th 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.
Student Materials Curbside Pickup
KINDERGARTEN
Tuesday, December 15
3:30PM - 5:30PM, Bus Loop
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On Tuesday, December 15th from 3:30PM – 5:30PM, Sangster ES will have a contactless, curbside pickup of materials for Kindergarten 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.
Yearbook 2020-2021 Photo Contributions
If you would like to add photos to the 2020-2021 Sangster Shutterfly Share Site, you will first need to have/make a Shutterfly account (www.Shutterfly.com).
Then you need to access this link to the Google sign up form to share what email you use to sign in to your Shutterfly account. You will be granted access to contribute and upload photos to the Share Site within a few days. There are folders for each grade level; please upload photos into the correct folder. If you have students from multiple grades in one photo, choose the grade level folder of the oldest child. Adding photos to the Share Site does not guarantee that they will be utilized by the Yearbook.
Here is the link to the 2020-2021 Sangster Shutterfly Share Site
Email domishael@fcpsschools.net if you have any questions. Thank you for your help in putting together an awesome yearbook!
December Monthly Classroom Newsletters
Virtual classrooms at Sangster Elementary School are hard at work in December. See all the amazing ways they are learning in this month's newsletters. Monthly Newsletters are posted on the school’s website.
Check them out here: Monthly Newsletters.
Positivity Project
Week of December 6
Other People Mindset
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This week’s Positivity Project focus is the Other People Mindset with an emphasis on knowing that your words and actions affect others. You can ask your student about a time when they have had a positive impact on someone’s life through their words and actions.
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 Character Strength: Self-Control
"Zoomed Out?" Webinar - Offered by the FCPS Parent Resource Center
“Zoomed Out? 5 Strategies to Get Even the Most Reluctant Kids Focused, Engaged, and Motivated: A Webinar for Families”
January 7, 2021 6:30PM - 8:00PM
January 8, 2021 10:00AM – 11:30AM
What’s a parent to do when kids are already unfocused and unmotivated when it comes to virtual learning? Ann Dolin will help “right the ship” so that parenting doesn’t feel like a grind. In this webinar, Ann shares practical, easy-to-implement virtual learning strategies for:
- Tackling the daily power struggle of just getting started
- Helping children to focus during teacher-led instruction
- Dealing with social avoidance (not wanting to be seen and heard in front of peers
- Keeping kids engaged by encouraging them to ask questions and advocate for themselves
- Opening the lines of communication to improve the parent/child relationship
This webinar is presented by Ann Dolin, M.Ed., educational consultant and award-winning author. Ann is the President and Director of Educational Connections, Inc.
Register HERE for" Zoomed Out?" Webinar
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.
Sangster Events Calendar
Subscribe to Sangster’s Events calendar to learn about all the great things happening at Sangster. Sangster Events Calendar.
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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