In This Week's Wise Words:
🌟 Shrevewood Staff Spotlight: Heather Gillespie & Riana Dolenz
🌟 Back to School PTA Picnic - Postponed
🌟 Back to School Night Information
🌟 Student Illness Procedures
🌟 Attendance
🌟 Homework Policy
🌟 Kiss & Ride
🌟 Beginning of the Year Forms
🌟 Save the Dates
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Dear Shrevewood Family,
We have had a wonderful start to the year! Thank you for your continued patience and flexibility as we work through first week logistical challenges. We promise to continue communicating necessary updates so that we can make our arrival and dismissal processes as safe and efficient as humanly possible. We have simply loved having children back at school and have truly appreciated how diligent families and students have been wearing their masks. We all want to stay in school and we know how much wearing masks will help!
Unfortunately, due to the weather forecast for this evening, our Back to School Picnic has been postponed to September 10th. More information is below in Wise Words.
Please see important information below about our Virtual Back to School Night on September 2nd. Lots more details coming soon from your child’s teacher.
Sincerely,
Joshua DeSmyter & Katie Vandawalker
Hello Shrevewood, my name is Heather Gillespie. I’m very excited to be starting my 6th year of teaching at Shrevewood in first grade! I am a PBL, technology, and equity focused educator! Outside of the classroom I spend a lot of time with my family and close friends!
My name is Riana Dolenz (she/her) and I am ecstatic to empower students to grow into friendly and caring humans! Originally, I am from Kansas and have a love for sunflowers. I love watching and attending sporting events, especially women’s soccer (Go Spirit and USWNT!). Some other activities I enjoy: cooking for others, spoiling my dog “Remi”, homemaking cards, and watching superhero movies.
This is my 6th year teaching and previously taught in 4th grade. In May, I graduated with my Master’s Degree focusing on Designing Digital Learning in Schools from George Mason University. I am looking forward to building relationships with students, staff, and families within the Shrevewood community.
🍎Shrevewood First Grade Team🍎
Heather Gillespie
Riana Dolenz
Katelyn Strickland
Grace Park
The weather forecast for this evening has a 60% chance of storms and a Flash Flood watch has been issued for our area. Because of this, the PTA has decided to POSTPONE our Back to School Picnic to September 10 from 5:30-7:30PM.
We plan to hold the same, fun event on September 10 with Raffles, DJ, and fun with your Shrevewood friends. Mark your calendar right now!
If you ordered a pizza, we will transfer your purchase to September 10. If you would like to cancel your order, please email ptaboardshrevewood@gmail.com by September 8.
We hope everyone had a great first week back at school and we look forward to being together in a couple of weeks. Please head to our website shrevewoodpta.org to JOIN the PTA and to learn more about what we do. Thank you for your support of Shrevewood!
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Shrevewood will host a virtual Back to School Night on Thursday, September 2nd at 6:00 pm.
Your child’s teacher will send you a Google link to their session. The sessions will be “live” with the teacher and there will be opportunities for questions and answers. All sessions will be recorded and links will be provided to families who are unable to attend the live session.
All classroom teachers will be sending out Google Meet links to their virtual Back to School Night presentations by Tuesday, August 31st. If you do not receive an email from the teacher, please reach out to the teacher and/or the front office.
- If your student is experiencing COVID-like symptoms/illness, please do not send them to school until they are symptom free. In order to return to school, your student must be fever free for 24 hours without fever-reducing medication.
- While at school, students demonstrating any of the following symptoms will be sent home from school: Fever (100.4 or greater) - Chills – Cough – Shortness of breath – Loss of taste/smell – Sore throat – Fatigue – Muscle aches – Runny Nose/Congestion – Stomachache – Diarrhea – Nausea/Vomiting – Headaches. The parent/guardian will be notified and a SICK STUDENT NOTIFICATION and RETURN to SCHOOL FORM will be sent home.
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Unvaccinated students who are identified as a close contact with someone with COVID-19 must remain home for 14 days after their last exposure.
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Fully vaccinated students who are identified as a close contact with someone with COVID-19 must remain home until your vaccination status is verified. Upon verification of vaccination status by the FCHD, and if the student/staff is asymptomatic, they may return to in-person learning and activities once notified by FCPS of their return date.
As a reminder, school begins at 9:20 am and ends at 4:05 pm. Please notify us if your child will be absent or late to school. We will have an automated “call-out” at approximately 4:00 pm for students who were absent without prior notification. If you receive that call, please contact our office the next day.
Here is how you may report your child being absent or late to school:
Attendance Line | 703-645-6666
Main Office | 703-645-6600
ShrevewoodElem.Attendance@fcps.edu
Or the online attendance form:
https://shrevewoodes.fcps.edu/attendance-form
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- Shrevewood is starting a no homework policy for all students this school year.
- Students will be assessed throughout the year in class and should still study and review their classwork to prepare for these assessments.
- We encourage all of our students to continue to read daily.
- Please register using the link below if you are planning to pick your student(s) up at the end of the day at Kiss & Ride. If you have already been assigned a Kiss & Ride number, you will need to still fill out the Google Form.
USE THIS LINK TO REGISTER FOR KISS & RIDE
- Vehicles must be in the Kiss & Ride lane before students exit the vehicle
- School staff must be present before your student can exit the vehicle
- Parents/Guardians must remain in the vehicle during drop-off and pick-up
- Upon arrival in the Kiss and Ride pick up line, please hold up your number for the school staff to visibly see.
Complete Emergency Care Card now Electronically in weCare
In ParentVUE, 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).
⭐Virtual Back to School Night⭐
Thursday, September 2nd, 6:00-7:30 pm
⭐PTA Back to School Picnic⭐
Friday, September 10th, 5:30 - 7:30 pm
⭐Picture Day⭐
Monday, September 13th
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