PTA News You Choose 2/6

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UPCOMING DATES:

Thurs. 2/9 @ 6pm - Young Authors’ Night @ SLES

Mon. 2/20 - Presidents’ Day - NO SCHOOL

Mon. 2/27 @ 6pm - SLES Spelling Bee

Thurs. 3/2 - 2-hour early release

Fri. 3/3 - School Planning Day - NO SCHOOL

Wed. 3/6 @ 4-6pm - D3 Showcase Auditions

Thurs. 3/7 @ 4-6pm - D3 Showcase Auditions

Thurs. 3/30 @ 7pm - D3 Showcase @ Carl Sandburg MS

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Young Authors’ Night - Thurs. 2/9 from 6 - 7pm @ SLES

Please join the SLES community in A Celebration of Young Authors!

Starting at 6pm, have your students escort you through the hallways and classroom displays, participate in the evening by completing a giant mad lib at the end of Hallway C, suggest a word for the Wondrous Word Wall by Door 4, and write a letter in the Reading Room or a poem in the Library.

As your final activity, stop by the cafeteria for a sweet treat and view photos of young authors at work!

** Desserts and Help NEEDED! Young Authors’ Night Dessert Potluck **

We need help with manning the dessert table! If you can help, please sign up here: https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/987002739732704059/false#/invitation

Questions? Email Kim John volunteers@slpta.org

 

Classroom Spelling Bees! - Mon. 2/9-2/17

Teachers have sent out classroom volunteer sign-ups. Haven’t received it? Here’s the link:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0f49afae2aa3f9c61-2023?useFullSite=true#/

Questions? Please contact our spelling bee chairs, Rebecca Stites & Susannah Foley at spellingbee@slpta.org.

One champion from each classroom bee (grades 1-6) will move on to the School-Wide Bee on 2/27 at 6pm. Send any volunteering questions to community@slpta.org

 

Families as Partners: Special Education Workshop Series Survey

Stratford Landing ES is planning the next workshop for the Families as Partners: Special Education Series, and we are looking for your feedback on what the next workshop should cover.

If you haven’t had a chance to complete the survey yet, please follow this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeTwVK7VR9Xz7KwIIhLV1eug7VsNGxoPFyJ5gCHWtZdX-68-A/viewform

We value your time and input! If you have any questions, please get in touch with our Family Liaison, Andrea Howard, at ahoward@fcps.edu.

 

D3 Showcase Auditions Wed & Thurs. 3/6 & 3/7 @ 4pm

The Dynamic, Diverse Dolphin (D3) Showcase is back! We are calling all singers, story-tellers, poets, magicians, comedians, gymnasts, rappers, dancers, athletes, and anyone with a unique talent to join us for this exciting show. Auditions will be held March 6th and 7th from 4-6 pm. Rehearsal dates will be announced once audition times are confirmed.

Sign up at this link to audition and be a part of this fun event: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzdHdK5AIE-9g2ZmxvnSl5-YLUg4gUTJAj_T6OlptySfUAaQ/viewform

 

The D3 Showcase will be held at Carl Sandburg MS on March 30th at 7:00 PM.

Questions? Please contact Holly Ferris - hdunton2000@yahoo.com.

 

SLES 2022-2023 Yearbook Cover Contest Results

A big thanks to each of our SLES students who submitted their beautiful & creative artwork for this year's yearbook cover contest! We would like to thank our judges, Mr. Magee and Ms. Kim, for their time and effort in carefully reviewing each submission (anonymized prior to judging) and deliberating. In addition, we would like to thank Ms. Snow for helping ensure students could submit their entries while at school. Thanks to their hard work and determination, we get the honor of announcing the results to you this week. 

And the results are (drum roll, please):

School-wide 1st Place: Keiry G.S., 5th Grade

School-wide 2nd Place: Riley C., 6th Grade

School-wide 3rd Place: Leah S., 5th Grade

Top 3 per grade:

6th Grade: Keira P., Sofia D.

5th Grade:  Brynn F., Vivian F., Alexis R.

4th Grade: Henry M., Kensi K., Raya E.

3rd Grade:  Max G., Penelope F.

2nd Grade:  John P.

1st Grade:  Saron T., Scarlett S., Tucker F.