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In This Week's Wise Words:
🌟 Principal's Message
🌟 Congratulations to the Shrevewood Outstanding Employee School Level Winners
🌟 Advanced Academics Full Time Screening - DEADLINE December 15
🌟 Assessment Reporting Information
🌟 Inclusive Schools Week- December 5-9
🌟 Marshall HS Tree Sale
🌟 Winter Spirit Week!
🌟 Virtual Snow Days & MiFi Devices
🌟 Band & Chorus Concert
🌟 iReady Winter Testing
🌟 Positivity Project
🌟 FCPS News
🌟 Breakfast & Lunch Reminders
🌟 Attendance
🌟 Save the Date
 Hello Shrevewood Families,
We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving break! There were lots of smiles on Monday morning as we returned to the building from the break. We continue to be grateful for the amazing things that are happening here. Our 2nd graders enjoyed their first field trip to Huntly Meadows Park, while 5th graders explored at Green Spring Gardens. Thank you to all of our parent chaperones who supported these learning experiences.
We are packing the next two weeks before Winter Break with lots of learning and fun activities. We will have a Winter Spirit week during the week of December 12th. More information about the spirit days can be found later in the Newsletter.
Next Thursday, FCPS will be observing Bodhi Day. A blessed Bodhi Day to all who celebrate.
Have a fantastic weekend!
Sincerely,
Joshua DeSmyter, Principal
Katie Vandawalker, Assistant Principal
Thank you to everyone who nominated staff for these awards. We are writing the nomination packets to move our school winners forward to the Marshall Pyramid Level. Any comments and specific examples you would like to share would be appreciated to assist us in writing the nominations.
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Outstanding Operational Employee - Heba Kamel
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Outstanding Professional Employee - Kristen Neumeister
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Outstanding School Based Leader - Katie Vandawalker
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Outstanding Principal - Joshua DeSmyter
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Outstanding Teacher - Kirsten Milhorn
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Outstanding New Teacher - Cristin George
Please send any additional comments and specific examples to our Librarian, Kimberly Adams, at kmadams@fcps.edu by Wednesday, December 7th.
 AAP Referral and Parent Questionnaire links below:
Level IV Referral Form
Parent Questionnaire
We hope you have enjoyed learning about your child’s progress during our 1st quarter conferences. Your child’s teacher shared a variety of assessment information that will also be available to you for your personal records:
- VRKP results for grade K will be sent via U.S. Mail before winter break
- iReady grades 1-3 were sent via U.S. Mail before Thanksgiving
- iReady grades 4-6 will be posted via SIS ParentVUE before winter break
- VGA results for grades 3-6 will be shared before winter break, pending score interpretation guidance from the Virginia Department of Education
At Shrevewood, we believe our children are more than any given test score. Please reach out to your child’s teacher with questions regarding academic progress throughout the school year. You can find more information on assessments here, or by contacting our School Test Coordinator, Katie Vandawalker.
Inclusive Schools Week has celebrated the progress that schools have made in providing a supportive and quality education to an increasingly diverse student population, including students who are marginalized due to disability, gender, socio-economic status, cultural heritage, language preference, and other factors. The week also provides an important opportunity for educators, students, and parents to discuss what else needs to be done in order to ensure that their schools continue to improve their ability to successfully educate all children. This year, the Inclusive Schools Week’s theme is “Unity Within Our Community.”
FCPS has announced updates to its inclement weather procedures for the 2022-23 school year.
Like last year, the first five inclement weather days will be traditional “snow days.” These five days may occur consecutively due to a single weather event or may take place as several individual events.
Once these five days have been taken, FCPS will use the flexibility provided by the General Assembly to have unscheduled virtual learning days, wherever possible, to maintain continuity of learning.
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.
Allowing five days for inclement weather events allows time to plan ahead as best as possible to ensure everything needed to continue to serve our students and families is in place. This includes allowing for pick-up times for devices, clearing parking lots so those devices can be collected, as well as allowing teachers time to reformat their classes for a virtual format.
MiFi (Mobile Hotspot) Check-out
Schools have mobile hotspot devices (MiFi) for checkout to students who have no internet access at home. These MiFis are intended to support school-related activities only, and include internet filtering that prevents recreational uses, including Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming services. If your student needs a MiFi device to complete school work at home, please fill out this Google Form. Our school team will be in touch regarding distribution of these devices.
Our 6th grade Band and 5th and 6th grade Chorus will have their Winter concert on Tuesday, December 13th, at 7:00 p.m. in the gym. Please join us for some music selections that the students have been working hard on to perform. If you have any other questions, please contact Mrs. Thomas, our band teacher, or Mrs. Anuszkiewicz, our Chorus director.
Students in grades 1-6 will participate in the math and reading iReady assessment (also known as the universal screener) for the winter window. More information about the assessment can be found on the FCPS Universal Screener Parent Notification webpage. For questions, please contact your child’s teacher.
Next week in our Positivity Project lessons in Morning Meeting, we will be focusing on the Other People Mindset of Supporting Others When They Struggle. This means when other people are struggling, we do our best to help them out.
Questions that you can discuss with your child include:
- How have you experienced help from others? How did it make you feel?
- What is one way that you can help out someone who is struggling?
“Giving back is as good for you as it is for those you are helping, because giving gives you purpose.” -Goldie Hawn
In case you missed it in FCPS This Week, the school division shared updates on the following topics:
- FCPS Calendar Survey
- How to be involved in the Strategic Plan
- Post-Thanksgiving COVID Testing
- Recommended Changes to Family Life Education Curriculum
Read FCPS This Week to learn more about these topics. If you are not already receiving the weekly newsletter, sign up today.
Breakfast & Lunch Reminders
Attendance
As a reminder, school begins at 9:20 am and ends at 4:05 pm. Please notify us if your child will be absent or late to school. We will have an automated “call-out” at approximately 11 am. for students who were absent without prior notification. If you receive that call, please contact our office the next day.
Here is how you may report your child being absent or late to school:
Attendance Line | 703-645-6666
Main Office | 703-645-6600
ShrevewoodElem.Attendance@fcps.edu
Or the online attendance form:
https://shrevewoodes.fcps.edu/attendance-form
⭐Winter Spirit Week⭐
Monday, December 12 - Friday, December 16
⭐Band and Chorus Winter Concert⭐
Tuesday, December 13, 7:00 pm
⭐Winter Break⭐
Monday, December 19 - Monday, January 2 - No School
⭐Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday⭐
Monday, January 16 - No School
⭐End of the 2nd Quarter⭐
Wednesday, January 25 - 2 hour early release
⭐Teacher Workday⭐
Thursday, January 26 & Friday, January 27 - No school for students
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