In This Week's Wise Words:
🌟 Shrevewood Staff Spotlight: Abigail Zarro & Hailey Nowacek
🌟 Beginning of the Year Forms
🌟 Digital Tools Parental Consent
🌟 Schoology Introduction
🌟 Dr. Brabrand Town Hall Meetings
🌟 Before & After School Clubs
🌟 Breakfast & Lunch Updates
🌟 Class Placement Distribution
🌟 School Supplies
🌟 Save the Dates
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Dear Shrevewood Family,
We hope that this letter finds each of you enjoying the last weeks of your summer break and that you have found time to relax, spend time with family and friends, and perhaps even get in some traveling. We are very much looking forward to reconnecting with each of you and hearing about your adventures!
As a reminder, all students will start school in-person on Monday, August 23. We are excited to see all our students!
As we begin the 2021-2022 school year, our commitment to you is to maintain our efforts on our core beliefs as a school of Family, Excellence, and Relationships. Our school improvement plan is finished, and we are continuing to stay focused on high-quality tier 1 instruction, continuing to develop our strong collaborative learning teams and ensuring that we have a positive, equitable, caring culture at Shrevewood Elementary School. As we continue with the Portrait of a Graduate as our vision for our students in FCPS, we seek innovative ways to develop our students into communicators, collaborators, global citizens, creative and critical thinkers and goal-directed and resilient individuals. We will renew our commitment to high levels of student engagement in the classroom with a focus on the workshop model for reading, writing and math. We are also excited about continuing our efforts as a Positivity Project school. As a Positivity Project school, we will continue to teach our students how to identify, appreciate, and articulate the character strengths in themselves and others.
Today, we welcomed back our entire staff to begin our work together and prepare for our students to come back in-person on August 23. They will be participating in professional development on engaging instruction, relationship building (commitment to connecting with each individual child), and technology fluency.
Below is an outline of the important dates for information about the start to the school year. We look forward to connecting with our families through our in-person open house and virtual Back to School Night September 2.
Wednesday, August 18
Kindergarten Open House @11:00 am in the Shrevewood cafeteria
Thursday, August 19
Open House for grades 1-6 last names starting with A-L @ 11:00am-11:45am
Open House for grades 1-6 last names starting with M-Z @ 12:00pm-12:45pm
Thursday, September 2
6:00pm-7:30pm Virtual Back to School Night
First PTA Meeting Tuesday, September 14
7:00pm-8:00pm in the cafeteria for in-person and we will be offering a virtual option to attend this year as well.
In closing, we are very excited to embark on this new school year together and to fuel our life and work with positive energy! It is our sincere desire to ensure that this school year begins with you having all the support necessary and we bring excellence to all our families. If there are questions or needs that we have not addressed, please do not hesitate to let us know. We look forward to seeing everyone at Open House and Back to School Night!
Sincerely,
Joshua DeSmyter & Katie Vandawalker
Hi! My name is Abigail Zarro. I am 23 years old and graduated from Penn State in 2020. We Are!! This will be my second year teaching. I am originally from Bucks County, PA, but I have decided to move on down to Arlington, VA for the wonderful opportunity to work in FCPS. When I'm not teaching, some of my favorite things to do are exercise, listen to music, and lounge on the beach. I also love to be surrounded by friends! Although I am sad to leave my Kindergarteners and hometown behind in PA, I am overwhelmed with excitement to build new relationships with the students, staff, and parents of the Shrevewood Elementary community 😄
🍎Shrevewood Sixth Grade Team🍎
Abigail Zarro
John Ice
Jessica Carroll
Robin Malave
My name is Hailey Nowacek and I am the new music teacher at Shrevewood ES this year! I am originally from Cleveland, Ohio, and have been making music for as long as I can remember. Some of my favorite things to do include traveling, hiking in National Parks, reading, performing in pit orchestras, petting animals, and making dad jokes. I am so excited to be part of the Shrevewood family and to continue assisting students in finding joy and passion in life and music!
🍎Shrevewood Music Team🍎
Hailey Nowacek
Emily Anuszkiewicz
Complete Emergency Care Card now Electronically in weCare
In ParentVUE, on August 19th, you can access the weCare module to update emergency care information and health information. Each school year parents need to verify the information in weCare for each student. We are required to have this completed at the start of each school year to meet regulations. Forms are due by August 23, 2021.
There are other forms linked below that parents may print and drop off in the main office or send with your child. Questions related to any forms may be directed to our Registrar, Maria Giuliani (mggiuliani@fcps.edu).
At Shrevewood Elementary, our teachers use a variety of digital resources to support student learning and promote communication and collaboration with students and families.
Some of the digital resources your child may use this year will require your consent before they can be used. You can find our school’s list of the resources that require parental consent here.
Included on this page is also a 🔗 link to a form 🔗 where the enrolling parent or guardian will need to indicate whether or not their student is allowed to use the list of digital resources this year. We encourage you to complete the parental consent for digital resources form as soon as possible, as your child will not be able to use the digital resources until we have received your permission.
Please reach out to our School Based Technology Specialist, Kim Paska Negro (kpaska@fcps.edu) if you have any questions. THANK YOU!
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We are excited to share that students, families, and teachers throughout FCPS and in our school community will use Schoology (pronounced /SKOO-luh-jee/) as our learning management system beginning Summer/Fall 2021.
Here is what you need to know now:
• Starting in July 2021, we will not use Blackboard 24-7 Learning or Blackboard
Collaborate Ultra (BBCU)
• Schoology has a connected web conferencing tool, Zoom
• Schoology works with Google Drive
• You need a SIS/ParentVUE account to login to Schoology: http://bit.ly/FCPSSIS
• You can learn more about Schoology: https://www.fcps.edu/schoology
• Parent accounts will be available in mid-August (login information to come soon)
• Students will have a Schoology account by June 18, 2021
o Students will not see any classes until the grading period starts
o Students use their FCPS student ID and password to login to Schoology:https://lms.fcps.edu. Look for the FCPS logo to make sure you are on the correct login page.
Schoology is a learning space that enhances communication, collaboration, and personalized learning for students, teachers, and families. As a parent or guardian, you will be able to use Schoology to view:
• your child's class
• your child’s assignments
• your child’s calendar
• teacher comments, scores, and feedback
We are asking that you:
• Make sure you have registered for a SIS/ParentVUE account:
http://bit.ly/FCPSSIS
• Learn more about Schoology: https://www.fcps.edu/schoology
Look for the next communication about how to login to Schoology coming soon!
Monday, August 16, from 6-7 p.m. (In English) where he will be joined by Dr. Benjamin Schwartz, director of Epidemiology and Population Health at the Fairfax County Health Department. The Town Hall will focus on returning to five full days of in-person instruction for the new school year and layered prevention strategies that will be implemented to help keep students and staff safe. Watch the Town Hall on FCPS’ website or on Cable TV Channel 99 (Verizon Channel 11). Please send your questions in advance to returntoschool@fcps.edu or ask your question live during the event by calling 1-800-231-6359.
Tuesday, August 17, from 6-7 p.m. (In Spanish)
*After viewing the FCPS Town Hall, if you have questions specific to Terraset, please take a minute to fill out this simple google form so that we can get your questions answered and shared with our families.
The PTA is excited to resume before and after school programs through Baroody Camps this Fall. Please complete this survey by August 20th to help us gauge interest and determine what types of programs to offer.
Breakfast and a hot lunch will be offered to ALL students for free. Note that we may request information at the beginning of each week in order to estimate the volume of meals needed ~ stay tuned for more information. Students may purchase some items a la carte. Additional information regarding lunches can be found at this link.
🏫 UPDATE: Due to updates with our Student Information System (SIS), new teachers will not be available in the system until August 13th. Therefore we need to push back the distribution date for class placement. Families will receive their student's class placement via eNotify during the week of August 16th. The information will also be viewable in ParentVue on Thursday, August 19th.
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Check out your student's grade level supply list for this upcoming school year! CLICK HERE to get your student ready. |
⭐Kindergarten Playdates⭐
Sunday, August 15th at 3:30 pm
Saturday, August 21st at 10:00 am
⭐1st Grade Playdate⭐
Sunday, August 1st at 10:00 am
⭐SWES Open House⭐
Kindergarten: Wednesday, August 18, 11-12
Grades 1-6: Thursday, August 19
Last Names A-L: 11:00-11:45
Last Names M-Z: 12:00-12:45
Popsicles will be provided by our PTA at the
conclusion of your designated Open House session.
⭐PTA Back to School Picnic⭐
Friday, August 27, 5:30 - 7:30 pm
⭐Virtual Back to School Night⭐
Thursday, September 2, 6:00-7:30 pm
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