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It was great to see some of you at the Cooper Pathfinder sessions this week! (7th and new 8th gr only). I enjoyed chatting with you and sharing in our students’ excitement for the new year.
Join the PTO
Help the PTO to support our Cooper Community of students, teachers and staff, and parents! We are especially looking forward to helping Mr. Taylor, our after school activities specialist, expand the after school program he began last year, as well as providing curriculum support, classroom technology, and teacher appreciation events throughout the school year.
To provide the most robust support we need YOU. Please consider joining the PTO if you haven’t already: $25/family, plus a suggested $125 donation per student.
www.pay4schoolstuff.com
Do you have ideas about how the PTO can best engage with you and your student? Let us know here!
Two Early Volunteer Opportunities
Thurs, Aug 18
Do you have a bit of time to help with spirit wear sales and/or the Welcome Back luncheon for teachers and staff on Thurs, Aug 18? We’d love to have you on the team!
Spiritwear: staff the spirit wear sales table for 1.5 hrs and either help with set up or breakdown. Click to here to let us know!
Welcome Back luncheon: can you help our Teacher Appreciation chair with decorations, set up or clean up? Click here to let us know!
Thank you for your time and energy, and continue to monitor our News You Choose newsletters for more volunteer opportunities.
Spriritwear
What better way to feel a part of the Cooper Community than donning Cooper spirit wear? We will be selling all things COOPER both online at Pay4SchoolStuff as well as in person during Pathfinder Program and Family Open House. We have tons of great tshirts, sweatshirts, sweatpants, socks, beanies, car magnets, etc!
Check out prices and styles here:
www.pay4schoolstuff.com
495 NEXT Project Impact on Cooper
The construction phase for VDOT's 495 NEXT project in which existing express lanes are lengthened approximately three miles from Georgetown Pike to the American Legion Bridge is currently underway, and will last until at 2026. VDOT and FCPS continue to work with our Cooper FCPS construction lead as well as Cooper’s admin team to reduce the impact on Cooper, however parents should expect additional delays at times. 495 NEXT expected impact on Cooper MS
Stay on top of the 495 NEXT project and how it may affect the traffic patterns around the school by registering with the 495 NEXT project update service .
Important Dates
Aug 18, 3-6 PM - Family Open House with Spiritwear Sale and Bruster's ice cream for sale
Aug 19, 9-11 - 7th and new 8th grade Student Orientation. Students will be bussed from their feeder elementary schools.
Sept 16, 9:30 AM - First PTO General Membership Meeting, featuring Q&A with Principal Barrow
Stay in Touch
This News You Choose email will be sent out weekly, on Thursdays. Additionally, you can stay on top of what’s going on with the Cooper PTO via these additional avenues:
- Like us on Facebook for regular updates on parent and school events and news
- Check out our web page for more resources, our calendar, updates, and newsletter archives: cooperpto.org
- Come to our monthly general membership meetings
- Stay tuned for Volunteer opportunities!
Calendar at a Glance
August 18 - Family Open House
August 19 - New Student Orientation
August 22 - FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
As always, feel free to contact your PTO Exec Board members:
Stefanie Stayin, President president@cooperpto.org
Ann Bauer, 1st VP membership@cooperpto.org
Julia Lookabill, 2nd VP fundraising@cooperpto.org
Christina Saxon, Corr Sec cooperboard@cooperpto.org
Laura Mattis, Rec Sec cooperboard@cooperpto.org
Mary Lee, Treasurer treasurer@cooperpto.org
Farid Homayounmehr cooperboard@cooperpto.org
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