A HUGE thank you to our generous Cooper Community!
The PTO exec board and admin team send a HUGE, HOLIDAY-SIZED THANK YOU to our students, parents, teachers and staff for their generosity during our toy, coat and food drive conducted Monday. We are thrilled to report that we are able to provide:
- 105 toys for the kindergarten classes at our sister school in Falls Church, Pine Springs Elementary
- 22 coats for students at Pine Springs Elementary
- Approximately 1900 canned food items for SHARE of McLean, in addition to the 4650 items collected at LHS during our joint drive, for a total of approximately 6550 items. The canned food drive was such an amazing success that we are in discussions to host another, to help when the food pantry is typically depleted in the Feb/Mar timeframe.
Remind your student to upload their photo to X2Vol in order to receive one hour of service learning credit. Questions about this process should be directed to your student’s Civics teacher, or Ms. Derr (cederr@fcps.edu). Thank you to Jackie Grayer for her assistance in delivering our donations to SHARE.
Drivers Needed: Help deliver Toy Drive gifts to Pine Springs ES
If you can help deliver gifts to Pine Springs ES (7607 Willow Springs Ln, Falls Church) on Monday morning at 9AM, the PTO would love your help! We need 4-5 large SUVs or 6-7 cars to meet and load the cars at Cooper, then drive the gifts to PSES. Please sign up here if you can help!
TOMORROW: Second in a Series: Parent, Admin, PTO Walk n Talk
The second parent Walk n Talk will take place on Friday, December 11th, at 10AM. Meet Assistant Principal Maureen McLoughlin and Director of Student Services Dana Scabis, as well as other parents and PTO Exec Board members, as we casually walk and talk around the track at the back of the campus. To ensure that we adhere to the Community Use guidelines issued by FCPS, please RSVP here if you plan to attend.
Attention Parents of Rising 9th Graders:
Please mark your calendar to attend the January PTO meeting, where Langley HS Principal, Kim Greer, and Director of Student Services, Braden Peterson, will lead a curriculum discussion for our high school-bound 8th graders.
TOMORROW: Last Day of Book Fair
Friday, December 11th is the last day to purchase books via the virtual Book Fair. Access the bookstore here . Contact Leslie Psaltis lmpsaltis@fcps.edu with questions.
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Burritos for Bucks Dining Out Fundraiser: Chipotle
Plan to order dinner from Chipotle in McLean on Tuesday, January 12th! Chipotle will generously donate 20% of the cost of your order to our PTO, and moms and dads take a break from the kitchen. A win all around!
Cooper Directories
Paid PTO members who haven’t yet picked up your Cooper directory, you may do so tomorrow, December 11th, from the front office, and again during the month of January. Don’t forget: members can also access the directory online at atozconnect.com .
Book Discussion Group
Continuing to build on our “Equity at the Center” programming theme, the PTO will sponsor a book discussion group in the late January/ early February timeframe . We will announce the discussion date prior to the beginning of the winter holiday. Two titles have been selected that focus on the themes of our own values and belief systems, and how we can examine them with regards to our work around equity. Please read part or all of one or both books to prepare for our discussion. The selections are:
BlindSpot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald |
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What If I Say the Wrong Thing? by Verna A. Myers |
Calendar at a Glance:
December 21 - January 1: Winter Break
January 4: Classes resume
January 6: PTO General Membership Meeting, 9:30 AM
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