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Dear Woodburn Families,
We continue to reflect on this past week and how grateful we are for our amazing teachers, staff, and students. The safety of our students and staff remains our number one priority. We take this responsibility very seriously and will do whatever it takes to ensure our school is a safe place for all.
Together We Grow,
Katy and Bridget
Upcoming Events
February 18-25 - Woodburn's Scholastic Book Fair
February 21- Presidents' Day/Student Holiday
February 23 - PTA Clean Kitchen Night at Five Guys
March 1- Raise A Reader Event
March 14-18 - Multicultural Week
March 18 – PTA Movie Night
FCPS 2021-2022 School Year Calendar
Positivity Project
We continue to focus on Love & Love of Learning!
Don’t forget about the P2 for Families website: P2 for Families. The password is P2.
Woodburn Book Fair
We are pleased to announce that our school will be hosting a Scholastic Book Fair from February 18 through February 25 at the Woodburn Library.
The return of the Book Fair will be a familiar and welcome celebration. Volunteers are crucial to the success of this event. We hope that you can offer your time and talents to help students discover the power of books to bring us together.
If you’re available to help us with our upcoming Book Fair, you can sign up here: Book Fair Volunteers.
You are also welcome to contact me via email at mllockwoodgo@fcps.edu.
Volunteers are needed to help with:
- Setting up the Fair (Thursday, February 17 from 10:00-4:00)
- Helping shoppers at the Fair • Cashiering (We especially need volunteers Tuesday, February 22 and Thursday, February 24)
- Packing up the fair
Thanks for considering becoming a volunteer! All volunteers will get a 20% discount on purchases.
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SEL Screener Results
The FCPS Social Emotional Learning Screener results for students in grades 3-6 recently became available. This survey offers valuable information about students' SEL skills, relationships, school environment, and well-being. As a school community, we will use the data to improve and bring attention to student strengths and needs. If you have any questions about your child’s results or would like to be provided with more resources and information, please feel free to reach out to a member of our Student Support Team.
Sage Coury (K-3) sacoury@fcps.edu
Kathleen Gannon (3-6) kcgannon1@fcps.edu
Molly Buchanan (School Social Worker) mbuchanan@fcps.edu
David Glasser (School Psychologist) dmglasser@fcps.edu
Student STEM Opportunities
FCPS is offering STEM and engineering opportunities for students. Find more here: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/VAEDUFCPS/bulletins/30a0682
Kindergarten Registration
Do you have a child at home who will be five by September 30th? Please start your registration now. If you have any neighbors with little ones, please send this information to them as well. These are the 5 steps you need to take to register your child. If you have questions regarding kindergarten registration, please reach out Ms. Garcia or call our main office at 703-641-8200.
Vaccination Status
You may wish to voluntarily share your child’s COVID-19 vaccination information. However, we do not require your child’s vaccination information and no school employee will ask for your child’s vaccination status.
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 Ms. Garcia, our student registrar in the main office.
It’s time to order yearbooks!
The PTA is so excited to be able to offer Woodburn Wildcats the option to purchase a yearbook for this school year. Thanks to Dan Gibson for volunteering to lead this project! You can pre-order your year book here. Or turn in this form. Type in Yearbook ID: 14452222
Congrats to our Yearbook Cover Winners!
We received over 100 entries into Woodburn’s yearbook cover contest. So many talented and creative wildcats! The PTA selected 22 finalists and Mr. Kettler, Ms. Richman, and Ms. Louder, through a blind process, selected three winners:
- Will Sessa (Grade 2, Ms. Allport) – Front cover
- Ellie Siegel (Grade 6, Ms Nadel) – Title page
- Jayna Mitchel (Grade 2, Ms. Allport)- Back cover
You can order your yearbook here.
Clean Kitchen Night @ Five Guys on February 23
Keep your clean and raise money for Woodburn by joining us for dinner at Five Guys on February 23 from 4pm to 8pm. Five Guys is located 8130 Arlington Blvd in Merrifield. No flyers required!
Raise a Reader!
On March 2, the Woodburn PTA in partnership with the school are hosting Raise a Reader!, an event focused on sharing the joy of reading. A special guest reader in each classroom will read a story aloud to students and each Woodburn student will receive a book to take home, purchased by the PTA from Reading is Fundamental. The PTA and school encourage families to read together at home and share photos on social media using the hashtags #woodburnreads and #raiseareader.
Outdoor Movie Night on March 18, Encanto
Woodburn is bringing back Screen on the Green just in time for Spring. Join us for concessions and a 7:00 showing of Encanto. This is a family night and all children must be accompanied by a parent during the entire event. The movie will be shown with Spanish Subtitles. Buy your family ticket here.
PTA Spring Calendar
The PTA updated our Spring Calendar. Mark these dates on your schedule!
March 2 – Raise a Reader
March 18 – Movie Night (Tentative) April 21 – PTA Membership Meeting
April 23 – Earth Day Outdoor Classroom Refresh
April 29 – Spring Dance (Tentative)
May 1st-7th – Teacher Appreciation
May 19th – PTA Membership Meeting
May TBD – Fun Run
June 10th – Last Day of School - Kona Ice Truck
Health & Safety Reminders
Monitoring Your Child's Health
Please continue to you use the FCPS health screening questionnaire to monitor your child's health each day. This will support our efforts to keep all students and staff as safe as possible. If your child has Covid-like symptoms at school, you will be asked to pick them up immediately.
Please use the health screening questionnaire to screen your child for Covid-19 symptoms before sending them to school each day.
COVID-19 Response Flowchart for Families
When a positive COVID-19 case is reported at Woodburn, a collaborative effort to investigate close contacts and determine the appropriate next steps for affected students begins. To help families know what to expect, the process is outlined on the FCPS website.
COVID Case Notification Process
Once a week, either on Friday or the last day of school for the week, school leadership will share an update if there were any COVID-19 positive cases confirmed in the school that week.
Potential close contacts of the positive case that are paused from in-person instruction and activities will continue to receive real time notifications.
The FCPS COVID-19 Health Metrics webpage is updated daily for families who wish to know about cases in real-time.
Where to Find a Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine
FCPS is encouraging all parents whose children are eligible to get vaccinated. We know that vaccination is the way out of this pandemic, and we are asking you to help us continue to make our schools as safe as they possibly can be.
The Fairfax County Health Department’s webpage has resources for finding and scheduling a vaccine appointment. Up-to-date information about vaccination opportunities is available on the FCPS website.
Woodburn School Website
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