Crossfield News - 4/26/22

  Upcoming Dates:

April 27 - Community Renovation Meeting-Virtual- 7pm

April 28 - 1st Grade Show @ Crossfield

April 29 - Crossfield vs.Navy Basketball Game @ South Lakes HS

May 2-6 - Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week

May 10 & 11 - Muffins with Misses

BASKETBALL GAME AND BLUE-OUT THIS FRIDAY! Join us this FRIDAY, April 29th to cheer on our Crossfield Rockets in the staff and student basketball game against Navy Elementary at South Lakes High School!  Doors open at 5:45. We invite all Crossfield students to wear BLUE to school on Friday for the Pep Rally.   Advance tickets and swag sales have been extended!  Order here until Thursday 4/28 at midnight and pick up at the door on the night of the game.  Tickets are $5 individual/$16 family four pack in advance/$7 at the door. Discount family packs will not be available at the door. All advance sale items placed before April 26th will be delivered for classroom distribution on Thursday.   Game day volunteers are still needed.  Please sign up here to help.  Go Rockets!

School Renovation Meeting

Representatives from FCPS Design and Construction will present Crossfield School renovation plans to the community on Wednesday, April 27, at 7:00pm.

You may access this virtual presentation using this link.

Let's Stock the Staff Lounge & Recess Volunteer Sign-Up! Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week (TSAW) is coming on May 2-6, and we need your help. We are stocking the staff lounge for TSAW with their favorites and more, as well as giving teachers an extra mid-week break by having parent volunteers monitor recess on Wednesday, May 4. Click here to donate and volunteer today! For any questions, email michelle.timberlake@crossfieldpto.org

Muffins with Misses May 10 & 11 Save the date! We hope you can join your child before school on May 10th or 11th for our annual Muffins with Misses breakfast.  Beverages and muffins will be served, sponsored by the Crossfield PTO. Please RSVP here, no later than 6 May. Dudes - we need your help!  Please Sign Up Here to help serve our students & misses!

Outdoor Class Lunches: Spring Volunteer Sign-Up! Our outdoor class lunches are back starting the week of April 11 (right after spring break)! We need two (2) parent volunteers, per class, per day to make this a success again. Click here to sign-up today! For any questions, email michelle.timberlake@crossfieldpto.org.

Rachel Carson Chess Club Hosts Ukraine Charity Tournament

The Rachel Carson Chess Club would like to invite you to the Ukraine Charity Chess Tournament. Please see the attached flyer.

Date: May 14, 2022 Time: 10 AM to 4 PM Location: Rachel Carson Middle School All the event proceeds will be donated to UNICEF USA to help the children of Ukraine. For registration and more information, please visit https://ukrainechesscharityrcms.webador.com/

Can you please share this information within the Crossfield ES community? It would help greatly to reach our fundraising goal.

Let us know if you have any questions.

Thank you,

The RCMS Chess Team

SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING SCREENER

Students at Crossfield will participate in the SEL screener April 12-May 6, 2022. More information, including a short video about the SEL screener in FCPS and the screener questions, can be found on the SEL Screener webpage.  Students in grades 3-6 will fill out the screener themselves.  K-2 teachers will complete the screener for their students.  If you do not want your student to take part in the SEL screener, please return the this opt-out form to the school.  (If you opted-out your child earlier this year, you do not need to send the form in again.) Please contact Crossfield’s school counselor/test coordinator, Lea Fadden, with questions.

ATTENTION 6TH GRADE PARENTS

Effective July 1, 2021 all students entering 7th grade will be required to receive one dose of each of the following immunizations prior to the beginning of school:  Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis booster (Tdap), and Meningococcal vaccine (MenACWY). Seventh grade students cannot begin school in August without proper documentation.  Please contact Kristy Kim our Registrar with questions at 703-295-1100.  

Standards of Learning (SOL) Testing

Students at Crossfield will be taking SOLs May 11-May 19.  Please see the detailed schedule below to find your student’s assigned testing dates.  For more information about these important assessments, view the official SOL notification letter and the FCPS SOL page and/or VDOE SOL page. 

If you know your student will be absent on an SOL day, please contact Lea Fadden (Crossfield’s test coordinator) to pre-arrange an alternate testing date.

Common Sense, the national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping kids and families thrive in a world of media and technology, has re-recognized Crossfield as a Common Sense School.

Crossfield has demonstrated its commitment to taking a whole-community approach to preparing its students to think critically and use technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate while preparing them for the perils that exist in the online realm, such as plagiarism, loss of privacy, and cyberbullying. With the right support, kids can take ownership of their digital lives, engage with real issues, and change their communities for the better. The recognition acknowledges our school's commitment to creating a culture of digital citizenship. 

"We applaud the faculty and staff of Crossfield for embracing digital citizenship as an important part of their students' education," said Kelly Mendoza, vice president of education programs at Common Sense Education. "Crossfield deserves high praise for giving its students the foundational skills they need to compete and succeed in the 21st-century workplace and participate ethically in society at large." 

Crossfield has been using Common Sense Education's innovative and research-based digital citizenship resources, which were created in collaboration with researchers from Project Zero, led by Howard Gardner at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and are grounded in the real issues students and teachers face. The resources teach students, educators, and parents tangible skills related to internet safety, protecting online reputations and personal privacy, media balance, managing online relationships, and media literacy. The free K–12 curriculum is used in classrooms across all 50 states, in more than 80,000 schools by more than 1,00,000 educators.

"We're honored to be recognized as a Common Sense School," said Mr. Granieri. "By preparing our students to use technology safely and responsibly, we are providing them an opportunity to build lifelong habits to help them succeed in a tech-driven world."

 LATE ARRIVAL?

EARLY RELEASE?  ABSENCE?

Please use our preferred method of reporting for a late arrival, early release or absence by going to the Crossfield Website and clicking on the blue ATTENDANCE box.  This process automatically notifies everyone in the front office of the change.  The front office is responsible for accurate attendance reporting and upon receipt of this online submission they will forward the information to the teacher.  Following this procedure reduces your wait time when you come to pick up your child and the number of automated calls from the county. Thank you!

Change in Transportation?

If you would like to report a change in your child's method of transportation for the day please use our online "Change in Transportation" form.  This type of reporting streamlines the process.  Our front office will respond to your submission to confirm receipt and cc your child's teacher.   Go to the Crossfield Website and click on the blue attendance box, then click on the "Looking to Submit a Change in Transportation" box.  

FCPS Cares Program The FCPS CARES Program is an opportunity for parents, staff, and community members to recognize FCPS employees for going above and beyond to help others and show they care. We invite you to submit your story so we can acknowledge the good work of FCPS employees. Watch this video to learn more

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