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01/17 Martin Luther King Jr’s Birthday (No School)
01/20 End of Quarter
2-Hour (1:20 PM) Early Release for Students
01/21-24 Teacher Workdays/Student Holiday (No School)
01/28 Parent Coffee (2:00-3:00pm, Parent Center)
Topic: Supporting literacy at Home
02/01 Free COVID Vaccine Clinic for ages 5-11
(4:30-7:00pm, Lynbrook ES)
ATES Families,
Thank you for helping us have a great week. As we prepare to observe the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday on Monday, January 17, we are also watching for the potential of winter weather early in the week. We used all of our traditional snow days during last week’s snowstorm. Any future inclement weather days will include virtual learning whenever possible.
We are preparing for a successful inclement weather virtual learning day. Here at ATES, teachers and staff will make sure students have the devices and accessories they need and will go over how to log in to their virtual learning tools. Teachers will let students know what to expect for their classes.
At home, we ask that you do a few simple things that will make an inclement weather virtual learning day run smoothly:
- Make sure students bring their device home Friday and be sure the device is charged ahead of Tuesday.
- Review the Student Technology Readiness Checklist with your child and complete all the at-home readiness steps.
- Remind your child that the inclement weather virtual learning day schedule includes a two-hour delay (Virtual Instruction day is 10:30AM-3:15PM) so they can check their devices and make sure they are able to log in properly.
- Remind your child that attendance will be taken on inclement weather virtual learning days.
During weather events, FCPS must consider power outages, technical connection issues, and whether students have access to devices that they may not have taken home the night before. FCPS will announce a virtual learning day in the weather closure announcement on our website, social media channels, email communications and the local news channels.
Thank you for your help in making sure an inclement weather virtual learning day is a successful one for your child. Enjoy the weekend and we look forward to engaging with our students on Tuesday. If you have questions, please contact your child’s teacher.
Thank you,
Lisa Pilson
Principal
You may wish to voluntarily share your child’s COVID-19 vaccination information with Annandale Terrace ES. However, we do not require your child’s vaccination information and no school employee will ask for your child’s vaccination status. The only exception is student-athletes, who are required to share their vaccination status to participate in their sport or activity.
If you would like to provide us with your child’s vaccination status, please bring your child’s COVID-19 vaccination card or a photocopy of the card to our student registrar, Mr. Vega, in the main office. COVID-19 vaccination documentation contains Protected Health Information and should not be emailed. As always, you are welcome to contact us if you have any questions.
We appreciate and value feedback from our school community. Although we’re just approaching the middle of the school year, we are seeking feedback from our families for the upcoming school year. Our current Title 1 Compact can be viewed HERE on the Annandale Terrace Elementary School Public website. Please take a moment to complete the google form below providing feedback about our Title 1 School/Family Compact by January 28, 2022.
(English Version Survey Template)
(Spanish Version Survey Template )
Annandale Terrace Elementary invites you to participate in our National Family Code Night (Artificial Intelligence Edition), a free live-stream event for our K-5 families. No experience needed! The event has been held in thousands of schools nationwide, and is now provided to our school via a live stream. So, save the date and get ready for a community learning experience the whole family will value and enjoy.
January 25, 2022 at 6:00 PM Eastern
You will join the Livestream at that time at this link: https://www.youtube.com/CSisElementary/live"
Each year, rising kindergarteners and first graders have the opportunity to participate in DLI programs available in French, German, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish offered at Bailey’s ES, Fort Hunt ES, Fox Mill ES, Great Falls ES, Kent Gardens ES, Lake Anne ES, Laurel Ridge ES, London Towne ES, Orange Hunt ES, Powell ES, Ravensworth ES, and Rose Hill ES through a county-wide lottery process. Online registration for this lottery process opens on January 24, 2022. Registration is open to all rising kindergarteners and first graders living in Fairfax County. A SIS account is required to complete the application. If a student is not currently enrolled in FCPS, registration at the base school for the upcoming school year will be required. Please be aware that FCPS does not provide transportation for students who reside outside the attendance area of the DLI schools and a one-time fee of $100 must be paid upon acceptance of an out-of-boundary placement.
In the DLI Program, children spend half of the day learning content (math, science, health, and language arts of the partner language) in a partner language. The other half of the day is spent learning in English focusing on English language arts and social studies. The instructional program follows the Fairfax County Public Schools Program of Studies at each grade level. Students are able to connect the skills learned across both languages through the extensive use of manipulative and concrete hands-on activities. A separate flyer for the details about 2022-23 Dual Language Immersion Registration Information was sent home in Wednesday folder on January 12, 2022.
The Sibshop workshops are for children in grades 2-6 enrolled in Fairfax County Public Schools who have siblings with special needs to:
Meet other siblings in a relaxed, virtual setting.
- Celebrate the many contributions made by brothers and sisters of children with special needs.
- Share sibling experiences and receive peer support.
- Play games and have fun!Monday, January 24, 2022. *School Planning Day – students are not attending school
- Presented by FCPS School Social Work Services Registration is free, however, donations are accepted to support the cost of future Sibshops: Donate Here
- 9 a.m-noon in-person
- 1-2:30 p.m. virtual
Register for SIBSHOPS: An Exciting, In-person, and Virtual Workshop for Brothers and Sisters of Children with Special Needs!
In partnership with Food For Others we are happy to continually offer this program to our families this year. Please fill out the form if you wish to participate.
Every time when you are shopping on Amazon, would you be willing to log on to Smile.Amazon to help our ATES PTA. The registration is very simple and you just need to follow three steps:
- Log on https://smile.amazon.com/
- Type “Annandale Terrace” (Case-sensitive) in the search box and select “Annandale Terrace Elem PTA” to receive donations.
- Then start shopping and every eligible purchase you make at smile.amazon.com will result in a donation to our school’s PTA.
When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you’ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price to our school’s PTA at no additional cost to you. Please help our PTA to fund the future field trips, culture arts assembly, and many more programs, etc. Also please encourage your families to sign up as well.
 Order your Yearbooks Today!
Purchase your 2021-2022 yearbook now at
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Early-bird sale! $16.00 until 04/01/2022. School Code: 13655722
TJ Techstravaganza is a FREE hands-on STEM Fair for students of all ages. The event will take place in-person at TJHSST on May 14, 2022 from 10am-4pm. More information about the event can be found on our website at tjtechstrav.org.
 Click this link to enroll this free on-line class.
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