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Dear Families,
What an amazing day Friday was! Dominion Energy sent over ten volunteers to refurbish our outdoor classroom, brightly painted in green and yellow, adding a podium, teaching table and even canopies to provide our students with shade. They trimmed the trees and weeded and mulched our garden beds, making our outdoor classroom with possibility. Purchasing some outdoor seating for our new tent as well, we stand ready to accommodate students in the great outdoors for the final four weeks of school. We are so fortunate to have such amazing community partners – check out the before and after photos below!
   And while Dominion Energy was busy building us a “fort” at school, our students accessing virtual instruction were busy building forts at home, in celebration of the SCA pajama and fort day Friday. Check out a few of the photos that were posted on the CWES PTA Facebook page.
     Warm regards,
Diane Leipzig, Dr. L
CWES will be hosting a summer intervention program for eligible students in rising K through rising seventh grades. This half-day program will run from 9:40 AM to 1:40 PM from July 12 through July 30.
Here is some basic information posted on FCPS (https://www.fcps.edu/academics/summer-learning) about the program:
Each elementary school has summer learning opportunities designed to support students as they develop
- executive functioning skills,
- mathematics skills, and
- language arts skills.
The learning provides an opportunity for students who have been identified due to their academic performance; determined by various criteria. The total number of students that can attend will be impacted by the number of teachers at the school available to work this summer.
Invitations for CWES students in greatest need for this program will be sent to families via eNotify by this Friday, May 21. Please RVSP promptly if you receive an invitation. If any families decline these invitations, we will strive to fill remaining spots with students with less intensive (but still documented) needs. The second wave of invitations will be sent by Friday, May 28.
There is not an application process for this limited CWES summer intervention program. If you are looking for summer programming open to all, here are some camp offerings widely available to students that may be of interest to you, if you are looking for summer programming:
All students will be provided summer practice books.
Summer Practice Books will be mailed home to FCPS students to provide suggested activities for students to support continued learning. Families who have opted-out of paper mailings from the division will only receive digital copies of the Summer Practice Books. Books will be mailed home to families in early June to arrive before the last day of school, June 11, 2021.
Digital versions of books will be emailed to the enrolling parent SIS account in PDF format the week of June 7, 2021. Pre-Kindergarten students will receive one interdisciplinary Summer Practice Book.
Students enrolled in grades K-8 in 2020-21 will receive one Language Arts Practice Book and one Math Practice Book by course enrollment. These books will also include information and guidance about digital tools that can be accessed by students and families to support learning throughout the summer. English Learners and Special Education students may receive additional or customized books. More information can be accessed on the Summer Practice Books public webpage.
On May 3, our wonderful team presented information about our Kindergarten program. If you missed the session, the recording is here:
Dr. L - recording_32
In order to plan for a successful start to the 2021-2022 school year, we would like to learn a bit about their in-person experiences over the past year and a half. If your child is a rising Kindergartener, please fill out this brief survey about their recent social experiences:
https://forms.gle/xBoX9CRCVscHANED7
Please encourage friends and neighbors with Kindergarten-aged children to register with aldecatur@fcps.edu or by clicking the registration link on our website: https://canterburywoodses.fcps.edu/student-services/student-registration
And sign up for a tour of our school to start building excitement for 5-days of in-person school each week next year. These tours are led by our wonderful office staff, available each morning in May at 9:00 AM.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4AAFAC2FA3F8C16-canterbury2
We will be holding an in-person promotion ceremony for our sixth graders in the WOODSON HIGH SCHOOL auditorium on THURSDAY June 10 at 2:30 PM. The larger indoor space at Woodson HS will allow for students and 2 guests each to attend with 3-feet distancing.
We will also have a virtual option for student and guest participation.
Students who ordinarily attend school in-person will be bussed to Woodson for the ceremony. Students accessing virtual instruction are also welcome; families should plan to bring them by 2:15 PM on June 10 to Woodson HS, Door 18.
Students who ordinarily attend school in-person will have the option for being dismissed to families after the ceremony or brought back to CWES in time for dismissal at 4:15.
If your child is a sixth grader, please fill out this Google Form to let us know your sixth grader's plan for participation and dismissal:
https://forms.gle/6yE2hkhdgVEmEAyq6
Promotion day is quickly approaching for our 6th grade students! To celebrate this milestone, we have graduation signs for sale on our PTA website. Signs are $10 and include metal stakes for your yard. Please place orders by Thursday, May 20th. We hope to have everything before Memorial Day if our order is processed quickly. We will share more information regarding pickup once the signs are delivered.
Link to purchase signs: https://cwespta.ptboard.com/formvw?store=1617&form=11
Questions? Contact Regan Kralovec at cwesroomparent@gmail.com
Each year, CWES solicits parent input that we take into consideration as we create classes for next year.
Complete the Parent Input Form for Class Placement for each of your rising CWES students by May 25 to let us know a bit about your child and the type of learning environment in which he/she thrives.
Students who rented IFA (Instruments For All) county band or string instruments must return them to school the week of Monday, May 24th. Parents or students must complete a check-in process with the front office in order to receive credit for the instrument return. Kindly remove all personal items prior to returning. Strings students should carefully remove finger tape. Students who plan to continue with band or strings next year may keep their book.
Students who have borrowed FCPS laptops should return them, along with power cords and Mifis on the following schedule.
- In-person students K-3: Wednesday, June 9
- In-person students 4-6: Thursday, June 10
- Virtual and monitoring students K-6: Monday, June 14
May 31: Memorial Day Holiday
June 8: Election Day--Virtual Day; No in-person classes
June 10 @ 2:30 PM: Sixth Grade Promotion at Woodson HS
June 11: Last Day of School; 2-hour early dismissal
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