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UPCOMING DATES:
2/7 - SLES-Toppers Day
2/15 - Presidents’ Day - NO SCHOOL
2/17@ 7pm - SLES Game Night with Panera
2/18 @ 7pm - Virtual PTA Meeting
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Talent Show VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Do you love theater and producing shows? We need help organizing this year’s Talent Show! Stratford students love our talent show and really enjoy having an opportunity to see classmates shine. This event (planned for April) can’t move forward without more volunteers, including a chair to take charge!
Celebrate Super Bowl LV with SLES-Toppers Day on Sunday, 2/7
Let’s get ready for the big game AND support our Dolphins with SLES-Toppers Day on Super Bowl Sunday! All day Sunday, February 7 (from 11am - midnight) order any item(s) from the Toppers menu and Toppers will give 20% back to the SLES PTA. Use code “SL207” when placing your order.
Visit the PTA website for all the details: https://slpta.org/toppers-super-bowl-feb-2021/
Donate a Pizza to an SLES Family
Would you like to donate a pizza to an SLES family on Super Bowl Sunday? Click here:
https://slpta.org/donations/pizza-donation-feb-2021/.
Questions? Email fundraising@slpta.org. Thank you in advance for your support of Toppers, our fellow SLES families and the PTA!
Pair SLES Game Night & Panera for an Evening of Family Fun - Wed. 2/17 @ 7pm
Join us on Wednesday, February 17 for a (virtual) game of Boggle and dinner from our local Panera cafe as we celebrate our Spelling Bee participants!
Visit the PTA website for all the details: https://slpta.org/game-night-panera-feb-2021/
Questions? Email community@slpta.org or fundraising@slpta.org. Thank you in advance for supporting Panera and our SLES community and fundraising activities!
** Volunteers Needed for Game Night on Wed. 2/17 @ 7pm
We need parents to volunteer as room moderators on February 17th at 7pm!
Sign up here https://signup.com/go/hgSrqrS
SAVE THE DATES: Virtual Spring Fling - March 19-21 - Spearheaded by the 6th Grade Class
Our PTA is pleased to announce that Spring Fling will take place virtually! Mark your calendars on March 19-21 for virtual Spring Fling 2021, featuring the ever-popular (online) Class Basket raffle!!
- Spring Fling is an annual school-wide tradition that takes place in mid-late March. The event normally takes over the entire school to enjoy a two-hour evening family event including a Teacher Treats silent auction, Class Basket raffle, Egg prize raffle, dinner, root beer floats, dancing and overall FUN!! We had to reinvent the event virtually in 2020 - and it will again be a 100% virtual event for 2021.
- As is the tradition, this year's Spring Fling is a school-wide event for all students, staff, teachers and families. Our PTA is making a one-year fundraising exception for this year's Spring Fling: The event will be run by the dedicated 6th grade class co-chairs, Sandy Hodgkinson and Amanda Hood, and a majority of the funds raised during the virtual event will benefit the 6th grade class.
Why the change? In a "normal" school year, 6th grade holds several school-wide fundraisers to help fund their traditional 6th grade events and activities (class picnic, lock-in, t-shirts, class trip, etc). But this year, the class was unable to hold a fall/winter event, bake sale, BINGO night and other fundraising events that would normally have taken place. While they raised some funds during Rock N Fun, it is not enough to give these students some meaningful 6th grade memories, experiences, and keepsakes to commemorate their final year at SLES, which include a possible virtual lock-out, class picnic, graduation activity and class t-shirts.
The 6th grade year at SLES is a special year that students look forward to from kindergarten on. The PTA feels strongly that this year's 6th grade should have the opportunity to coordinate Spring Fling as a class fundraiser. The 6th grade class will also give a gift to SLES, as is another tradition. When their fundraising goal is achieved, all remaining funds will go to the PTA to continue its fundraising mission to support SLES families & staff now, and to plan ahead for when in-person learning returns.
* Please note that next year, we intend to return Spring Fling to the traditional, in-person event at school, with all funds benefiting the overall PTA fundraising goals for that school year.
* You can view more information about the 2020 event on the PTA website (please note we are updating this page for 2021, so check back often): https://slpta.org/sf
* More information will be coming to teachers, room parents and families in the coming weeks regarding how the Class Baskets will be coordinated and created, as well as information about the virtual event itself. Please be sure to read this weekly PTA email (News You Choose), Facebook posts, and the PTA website.
Questions? Please contact fundraising@slpta.org. Many thanks for your support.
Online Chess Classes
The U.S. Chess Center is offering online chess classes. Registration is now open for the spring session of the online chess club. The spring session will begin on February 1, 2021 and end in May. Your family will receive a 50% registration fee discount. The discounted registration fee is $90. Registration website: https://secure.everyaction.com/WPkRHX9EOUWwLuD8tWfAnA2
Registration fee includes:
- Two 30 minute lessons each week: Students will be placed in small lesson groups. The online lessons are facilitated by a live chess teacher, allowing the students to participate interactively in real time.
- Supervised online game play: Students will have the opportunity to play supervised online chess games up to five times per week Mondays through Fridays.
- Elementary Team League: Students may volunteer to represent their school by playing on certain Saturdays.
- Chess club meeting: Brief meetings will be scheduled.
Fort Hunt Little League
Registration is open for youth ages 4-15 for the Spring season. Dugout Swap (no cost clothing/equipment) and scholarships available for eligible players.
www.forthuntlittleleague.org
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