Kings Park Tuesday Take Home
Each Tuesday Kings Park ES send a weekly Keep in Touch message. This weekly newsletter highlights important/key school events and announcements. These messages are also archived on our website. In addition, Kings Park also has a TWITTER feed; please follow us @kingsparklions.
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Family Engagement - Tomorrow, Feb 10th
As a reminder, you are invited to join your child's teacher for a parent session focused on supporting students students during independent work time and resources available to support academic learning. Topics include the importance of independent work, digital citizenship and the review of various tech tools and applications used to support learning. Your child's teacher has emailed details.
Sessions will be held virtually after school on Wednesday, February 10th.
- 4:00pm- 4:30pm: Kindergarten and Third Grade
- 4:30pm- 5:00pm: First Grade and Second Grade
Spring Cleaning - Spirit Week Feb 12th-19th
Beginning this Friday, February 12th we will have a spring cleaning spirit week through February 19th. The kick off is this Friday, please see the details below.
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Friday, Feb 12th - Crazy Hair Day - Our workspaces may have gotten crazy, let’s think of what we can do to organize.
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Tuesday, Feb 16th - Detective Day - Find books to return, other materials
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Wednesday, Feb 17th - Stuffed Animal Day - Organize your papers, spruce up your space with a “stuffed friend”
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Thursday, Feb 18th- Wear Purple - Replenish Paper, Pencils, and Possible supplies)
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Friday, Feb 19th- Looking Sharp Day - Look sharp by dressing and sharpening your pencils for the week ahead. At the end of this spring cleaning spirit week, you and your workspace should look sharp too.
New Bell Schedule Reminder: February 16th
On February 16th, Kings Park ES's bell schedule will shift to 9:00am- 3:30pm. Our new schedule will continue to include a schoolwide midday break for lunch and recess from 11:45am-12:45pm.Teachers will communicate specific class and grade level schedules. Please note that as each grade level transitions to in-person learning there will be slight tweaks to the lunch and recess schedule to allow for social distancing. These changes will be communicated to you in advance via your child's teacher.
Career Day
This year Kings Park ES will host a virtual career fair and we would love to have you help spark our students' interest by sharing your career and passions. We are asking for participants to film a short video (3-5min) to share about their career, interesting facts and experiences. Of course bonus points go to those who can make connections to FCPS portrait of a graduate skills; communicator, ethical and global citizen, collaborator, critical and creative thinker, and goal directed and resilient individual.
All videos will be made using Flipgrid and shared Pre-K-3. There will also be an additional opportunity for a virtual live Q&A session with students. Please indicate your desire to participate in one or both of these opportunities via this google form by Feb 10th. For more information, please contact our school counselor Fatima Samha at fsamha@fcps.edu.
Kiss and Ride
In the near future we will begin to welcome students back to Kings Park ES and want to ensure the safe arrival and departure of each child. Kings Park ES has an established area called the Kiss & Ride, which is designed as a safe place for adults in private vehicles to load and unload children. With the cooperation of all drivers the Kiss and Ride is able to provide an efficient and safe transfer of children.
If you are interested in using Kiss and Ride to drop off or pick up your child, please review the attached document and complete the embedded form. Kiss and Ride tags will be mailed home in advance of students returning.
Student Book Bag Distribution
Kings Park staff has been busy creating book bags for students to provide the opportunity to have access to more books to read from home.
Regardless of grade level, families who were unable to pick up your child's book bags at an earlier date, you may come to Kings Park between 8:30am - 3:30pm to pick up Monday- Friday. When picking up your child's book bag, please use the buzzer at the front office. Please note that a face covering or mask is required when picking up materials or visiting KPES.
Tech Tip: IT Parent Portal
If your having technology issues, please call our parent portal or submit a ticket through our IT Portal .. This will ensure you get the issue resolved.
You can also checkout these troubleshooting tips.
KP/KG PTA News
KP/KG PTA Board and Brush Fundraiser
The PTA is excited to host a fundraiser with Board and Brush! Register to pick up a kit on February 12 from 4pm-7pm! Each kit is $30 with proceeds coming back to the PTA. See our website for more information and register!
Upcoming PTA Meetings
Join us for our next PTA meeting, on Thursday, February 18, at 7pm via Zoom. Following the meeting, in honor of Black History Month, please join us for a conversation with Tia Lott, FCPS Educational Specialist for Equity and Cultural Responsiveness, regarding race and diversity, with guidance and resources for how to talk with our children about these topics.
Also, please join us for our March PTA meeting on Thursday, March 18, at 7pm via Zoom. Following the meeting, please join us to hear tips for positive parenting during these difficult times from local, NoVA-based Rachel Bailey. Rachel is a mom, parenting coach, mentor, and therapist, with years of experience teaching positive parenting solutions.
Please see Facebook or our upcoming newsletter for call in information for both of these meetings -- or send an email to kpkgpta@gmail.com with a request for the call in information.
Calendar of Upcoming Events
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Feb 10 Family Engagement Series
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Feb 12 PTA Fundraiser Board and Brush
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Feb 12 - Crazy Hair Day
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Feb 15 President's Day - no school for students
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Feb 16 Detective Day
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Feb 17 Stuffed Animal Day
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Feb 18 Wear Purple
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Feb 18 PTA Meeting
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Feb 19 Looking Sharp Day
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Mar 5 Two-Hour Early Release
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Mar 8 Student Holiday
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Mar 18 PTA Meeting
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Mar 29-Apr 2 Spring Break - no school for students
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Apr 5 Teacher Workday - no school for students
Sincerely,
Dotty Lin
Mrs. Dotty Lin
Principal
Kings Park ES
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