 Dear CES friends and families:
Happy December! It's hard to believe that we have wrapped up November and are now only two weeks away from winter break. Please remember that the last day of school before break will be Friday, December 16th.
On Tuesday, December 6th at 6:00pm, we will have a parent pre-view opportunity for upcoming Family Life Education (FLE) lessons. These FLE lessons will be delivered prior to winter break. If you would like to join us for this FLE parent pre-view meeting, you can join us using the following link:
https://myfcpsk12.zoom.us/j/99126166586?from=addon
I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Take care,
Mike Astudillo
Proud Principal
Columbia Elementary School
IEP Palooza and Resources Fair on Saturday!
Please see the flyers below, and at the bottom of this email, and consider joining FCPS families at this wonderful community event taking place on Saturday morning at Annandale High School. See below for more information!
FCPS Honors
Today is the deadline for nominations for FCPS Outstanding Employee Awards! To submit a nomination for a Columbia Elementary Outstanding Employee in one of the categories below, please complete the nomination through this Google Form. You may nominate one employee at our school or multiple employees (one individual may only nominate one employee per category).
All that is required for a preliminary nomination is a paragraph or two about how this employee demonstrates exceptional work in the criteria for that category. The google form link has more information regarding the criteria for each of these awards and the eligibility requirements are below.
Outstanding Teacher
Eligibility: Has at least three years of experience as a teacher (in any school/school district); librarians are included in this category
Outstanding New Teacher
Eligibility: Has up to three years of experience as a teacher (in any school/school district); librarians are included in this category
Outstanding Principal
Eligibility: Has at least three years of experience as a building principal (in any school/school district)
Outstanding New Principal
Eligibility: Has up to three years of experience as a building principal (in any school/school district)
Outstanding Leader
Eligibility: At least one year of experience in their current position as a Schedule-C or School-Based Administrator scale employee (that is not the building principal).
Common positions in this category: Assistant and Associate Principals, Director of Student Activities, Director of Student Services
Outstanding Professional Employee
Eligibility: At least one year experience in current position as a Schedule-B employee or other non-instructional employee in a school that supports school leadership.
Common positions in this category: School-Based Technology Specialist, Technology Support Specialist, Assessment Coach, Career Center Specialist, Instructional Coach, Psychologist, Social Worker, School Counselor, Safety and Security Specialist, Resource Teachers that serve in an administrative role in a school
Outstanding Operational Employee
Eligibility: At least one year of experience in current position as Schedule-A or Classroom Instructional Support Scale employee.
Common positions in this category: Administrative and Office Staff, Safety and Security Assistant, Custodial Staff, Food Service Staff, IA, PHA, PHTA, All Parent Liaisons (regardless of how they are paid)
The deadline to submit a nomination is December 2, 2022.
If you have any questions, please contact Ali Morrison at acmorrison@fcps.edu. Thank you!
FCPS Parent Resource Center
The FCPS Parent Resource Center has many resources available to parents free of charge.
In January they are offering three seminars:
- Neurodiversity: What Do You Mean We are All Neurodiverse?
- Social-Emotional Milestones in Early Childhood
- Morning Meeting and Responsive Advisory Meeting: Building Positive Classroom Communities through Social and Emotional Learning.
You can do the following:
FCPS Centro to Recursos para padres
El Centro de Recursos para Padres de FCPS tiene muchos recursos disponibles para los padres de forma gratuita.
En enero están ofreciendo tres seminarios:
Neurodiversidad: ¿Qué quiere decir con que todos somos neurodiversos?
Hitos socioemocionales en la primera infancia
Reunión matutina y reunión consultiva receptiva: construcción de comunidades positivas en el aula a través del aprendizaje social y emocional.
Ingresa al siguiente enlace para más información:
Columbia Staff Spotlights!
This week’s Columbia Staff Spotlight is Sandy McCargo. Ms. McCargo is our wonderful administrative assistant. Read all about Ms. McCargo!
This week's spotlight is also on Terri Radziewski. Ms. Radziewski is our awesome office assistant. Read all about Ms. Radziewski!
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