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Powell families,
This week our school had the honor of hosting our superintendent, Dr. Michelle Reid, and Stella Pekarsky, school board member, for a school visit! While we wish had time for them to visit every single classroom, they had the opportunity to spend time in Mrs. Fahey’s and Ms. Kim’s 1st grade immersion classrooms, Ms. Leeder’s enhanced autism classroom, Mrs. Bunch’s 6th grade LL-IV classroom, Mrs. Chung’s 6th grade immersion classroom, and Mrs. Baker’s 5th grade music class. It was an honor to show Dr. Reid and Mrs. Pekarsky the many programs we offer and share what makes our school unique. The true highlight was seeing their smiles as they met and connected with our students and staff!
As you may have heard. Dr. Reid is hosting Community Conversations across the Division to get to know our communities. You are encouraged to mark your calendar the Community Conversation at Centreville High School on October 18th at 6:30pm. Attendees are encouraged to register to attend: https://forms.gle/U2B1DGMY3rnkZs8m6
Your Proud Principals, Ms.Luerssen, Mrs.Song & Mrs.Cho
  
Monday, Sept. 26, is a student holiday/professional work day for teachers. It is also Rosh Hashanah, the two-day celebration of the Jewish New Year. See the complete 2022-23 school year calendar.
Upcoming:
October 26th: In-Person Parent Night
Topic: Full-Time AAP Screening and Eligibility
September
Want to learn about AAP? Take a moment to view our recorded parent presentation using the CPES Parent Schoology site. This recorded presentation allows you to have information at your fingertips about AAP. It provides an overview of AAP and details about how students are matched with the level of AAP service to meet student needs.
On Monday, September 12th, we hosted a virtual Parent Q&A so parents could ask questions and learn. If you still have questions:
- Our Fall Newsletter is a great resource to read and learn about AAP in Fairfax County Public Schools.
- Visit the AAP website to learn more!
- Reach out to the Advanced Academic Resource Teacher, Kathleen Bach, at kmbach@fcps.edu.
October’s Parent Night – October 26th @ 6:00PM
This meeting in October provides specific information about the full-time AAP screening process. We will review what is required from parents, how the school supports the process, and what the screening process entails. We will meet in the Colin Powell Elementary School Library on Monday, October 26th, at 6:00PM. The intended audience is parents/guardians of 2nd-6th graders.
Advanced Academic Resource Teacher (AART)
The AART at Colin Powell Elementary School is Kathleen Bach. If you have any questions about AAP, your child’s services, or screening, please reach out via email at kmbach@fcps.edu. Please be mindful that during the school day Mrs. Bach is frequently with students so please allow 24 hours for a response.
RECEIVING A RESPONSE FOR EVERY STUDENT IS CRITICAL. PLEASE SEE BELOW.
At Colin Powell Elementary School, our teachers will use a variety of digital resources to support student learning and promote communication and collaboration with students and families. Our teachers have been working hard to create engaging and fun activities that build community in our classroom environments for our students. These activities may include the use of digital resources/applications on the first day of school. Some of the digital resources your child may use this year will require your consent before they can be used. You can find our school’s list of the resources that require parental consent here: https://powelles.fcps.edu/adopteddigitalresources Additionally, you can find more information about approved digital resources in FCPS here: https://www.fcps.edu/resources/technology/digital-resources.
Included on this page is also a link to a form where the enrolling parent or guardian will need to indicate whether or not their student is allowed to use the list of digital resources this year. This page also provides more information about how FCPS carefully reviews digital resources for approval and why we must request your consent before using certain tools. We encourage you to complete the parental consent for digital resources form by as soon as possible, as your child will not be able to use the digital resources until we have received your permission. Please reach out to your child’s teacher or Nichole Lansdowne, School-Based Technology Specialist (SBTS), if you have questions or concerns about the digital resources we’ve chosen to use this year.
The consent form consists of the following four steps:
- Parents/guardians access and login to the online form using your child’s student ID number and your parent email or phone number
- Parents/guardians will verify their identify by entering a security code sent to parent’s email address or mobile phone
- Digital signature agreement - Parents/guardians must agree to using a digital signature.
- Parents/guardians respond to the form, either consent to use of all the digital tools on the CPES list or do not give consent to use one or more of the digital tools on the list. If no, please provide comments in the box provided. You will receive a confirmation email once you submit the form.
Friday, September 30th is PICTURE DAY at Colin Powell Elementary School. You can order ahead of time by visiting https://my.lifetouch.com/mylifetouch/#/ (Picture Day ID: EVTRZQ683). These individual pictures will also be used to populate the fabulous 2022-2023 Yearbook.
To provide feedback directly to Ms. Luerssen, please use THIS LINK. Thank you in advance for sharing your thinking.
MEMBERSHIP ASSISTANCE
PTA membership financial assistance available. We've had generous donations come in from our Puma families and staff to assist with PTA memberships this year. For families interested in a PTA membership, please reach out to: membership@cpespta.org or to one of our counselors Rachel Lindholm (rrlindholm@fcps.edu) or Renee Orlosky (krorlosky@fcps.edu). This is available all year.
PTA MEMBERSHIP: Membership is Sweet!
Ice cream party for each class with highest % membership in each grade and EVERY class with 100% membership by this Friday, 9/23/2022
Current Ice Cream Party earners as of 9/20/22
- K -Ms. Bang (59%)
- 1st - Mrs. Fahey (74%)
- 2nd - Ms. Bae (59%)
- 3rd - Ms. Ji (65%)
- 4th - Ms. Alessi (47%)
- 5th - Ms. Kim (67%)
- 6th - Ms. Gant (58%)
Teachers/staff: 74% membership strong!
Puma Families: 35% membership strong!
ALL membership dues go toward school-wide opportunities for students, teachers, and families. This includes support for field trips, after school programs, staff appreciation, and more!
Have you signed up yet? Click here to join https://www.cpespta.org/join
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THANK YOU to all our families, teachers, and staff who have joined CPES PTA this year! We appreciate your support!
 OCT 21st GLOW NIGHT
Save the date! Get your glow on with the Powell Pumas on Oct 21st!
CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS FOR CPES
We are in the throes of planning some extraordinary fall events. The first is approaching in October, GLOW Night! It will be a fun-filled evening with food, games, tons of black lights, neon colors, and music. We are searching for volunteers to man games, help with set up/breakdown, collect resources in advance of the event, sell baked goods and spirit wear, and serve as overall helpers. We will also have a few other in-person events like a Staff Volleyball game and a Parents Night Out. Please fill out the google form for which event you would like to volunteer for, so when sign-ups come out, we can send them to you directly! https://forms.gle/s5D4cJDvc9riVAdWA
ROOM PARENTS
CPES PTA is seeking your Room Parent Contact information. Thank you for volunteering your precious time to your child's classroom this year! In addition to assisting your homeroom teacher, CPES PTA would LOVE to partner with you in our efforts to increase timely communication and awareness with school happenings this year.
Please fill out the following form: Room Parent Contact Form
 If you have any questions/comments, please reach out to the Room Parent Coordinator: Jenn Balam, membership@cpespta.org
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