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Upcoming Events
- April 3-7 - Spring Break
- April 13 - 2 Hour Early Release
- April 19 - Spring Pictures
- April 19 - AAP Orientation
- April 21 - Holiday
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🌷As a reminder, April 3-7 is spring break. Schools and school offices will be closed. We wish our students and teachers a happy and restful Spring Break! Students will return to school on Monday, April 10, 2023. See the complete 2022-23 school year calendar. |
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As we head into Spring Break, please make sure to come pick up any remaining lost and found items.
The lost and found rack will remain outside the school until Friday after-school. Please encourage your student to look for items before or after school today and tomorrow.
Anything that remains will be collected and donated after Spring Break.
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2022-2023 Yearbook Orders
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Order your yearbook today at:
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Spring Picture Day
Full Time (Level IV) APP Center Orientation
Full Time placement eligibility notifications will come out soon!
Full Time Eligible AAP students in rising 3-6th grade and their Families are encouraged to attend Sangster’s Full Time AAP Center Orientation on Wednesday, April 19th at 6:30 p.m. in the Sangster Cafeteria.
You will learn more about what the program as to offer, hear from students in the program, and take a tour of the school.
Questions? Please contact our Advanced Academic Resource Teacher, Linda Biberaj, at lbiberaj@fcps.edu. Hope to see you there!
April is Month of the Military Child – Spirit Week
Sangster will be celebrating Military Child Month in April in several ways this year. Please join us in celebrating the month of the military child by participating in our April 17 – 20 spirit week!
Update Your Emergency Care Information
 Fairfax County Public Schools provides weCare@school (weCare), an emergency care information system, to parents/caregivers who have registered for their own parent account.
Log In - ParentVue
weCare helps manage emergency medical information by allowing parents/caregivers to enter and update their children’s medical data online at their convenience. That contact information automatically enrolls parents/caregivers to receive critical updates from the district and their child’s school through the eNotify system. FCPS uses eNotify to communicate emergency, transportation, attendance, weather closing and delay, and essential outreach messages. Messages are sent by email, text, and occasionally by phone.
Learn more about updating your emergency care information.
Congratulations Odyssey of the Mind teams!
Sangster once again rocked the Odyssey of the Mind creative problem solving Regional Tournament yesterday! This was the first in-person tournament held in Virginia in the past 4 years, so it was especially exciting for many of our newer teams that had never been to an in-person tournament before. It was wonderful to see all the teams compete, and it was an especially exciting awards ceremony last night—out of Sangster's 17 total teams, over two-thirds ranked in the top 3 spots in their divisions, and a total of 5 teams placed first and are advancing on to the Virginia State Tournament next month!
Here are the results:
Problem 1, Pirates and Treasure -- Division I
- ***1st Place: Sangster Team E (Coaches Smith/Navarro)--3rd-4th grades
- 3rd Place (tie): Sangster Team F (Coaches Sundy/Hussain)--5th grade AND Sangster/Cherry Run Team D (Coaches Robinson/Chau/Das)--3rd-4th grades
Problem 2, Because iCan -- Division I
- 2nd place: Sangster Team A (Coaches Reed/Taylor)--1st grade
Problem 2, Because iCan -- Division II
- ***1st place: Sangster Team A (Coaches Johnson/Sackett)--6th grade
Problem 3, The Walls of Troy -- Division I
- 2nd place: Sangster Team B (Coaches Miller/Mara/Song)--3rd grade
Problem 4, Where's the Structure -- Division I
- 2nd place: Sangster Team A (Coaches Chan/Riekse)--5th grade
Problem 4, Where's the Structure -- Division II
- ***1st place: Sangster/Cherry Run Team A (Coaches Belachew/Shin)--6th grade
Problem 5, The Most Dramatic Problem Ever!!! -- Division I
- ***1st place: Sangster Team C (Coaches Nguyen/Hersh)--5th grade
- 3rd place: Sangster Team B (Coach Lo)--1st-2nd grades
Problem 5, The Most Dramatic Problem Ever!!! -- Division II
- ***1st place: Sangster Team A (Coaches O'Hanlon/Holmes)--4th-6th grades
A Message from the Cafeteria Manager
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If your student would like to purchase a la carte items at lunch, such as bottled water, through their My School Bucks account, please email the Cafeteria Manager begrandepere@fcps.edu to give consent. Please include the following in your email:
- Student's name
- Student's ID
- Grade
- Teacher Name
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 We are starting to make preparations for the 2023-24 academic year. Children who will be five (5) years old on or before September 30, 2023 are eligible to attend kindergarten next fall. If you have a child who will attend kindergarten at Sangster next school year, please complete this survey and return it to the school via email to: SangsterElem.Registration@fcps.edu
Registration information will be provided to all families who complete and return this survey.
Please spread the word to your neighbors who don’t already have a child at Sangster. Feel free to pass this form along, or have neighbors with rising kindergarteners call the office at 703-644-8200 for more information.
It's an easy five-step process for parents wanting to register their child for kindergarten:
- Determine eligibility.
- Identify your local school.
- Gather documents.
- Fill out forms.
- Schedule an appointment.
Read more about the registration process.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Jackie Fant - jfant@fcps.edu
Positivity Project - Week of March 27, 2023
This week’s character strength is Fairness. This means that you believe that all people have value. You approach situations with an unbiased mindset and treat everyone with respect. For individuals, cultivating the character strength of fairness is correlated with highly desirable developmental outcomes. It helps people to become trustworthy friends and responsible citizens.
The site P2 For Families is available for connecting P2 to your home and you can learn more about the site here. Many of the slides are password protected and the password is P2 (case-sensitive).
Focus for the week of April 10, 2023: Other People Mindset- Appreciation of Beauty and Excellence
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 FCPS Webinars
Have you checked out the hundreds of video FCPS Parent Resource Center offers? Their webinars cover an arrange of topics! From managing home and life balance to special education. FCPS Parent Resource Center Webinars
IEP Webinars
Register for IEP Updates: A Webinar for Families
Here are three additional IEP-related webinars available on the PRC YouTube channel:
The 2023 FCPS Special Education Conference will take place virtually on Saturday, April 29th. Please share the attached flyer with your families. More information is available at www.fcps.edu/Special-Education-Conference.
SIBSHOPS: An Exciting, In-person Workshop for Brothers and Sisters of Children with Special Needs!
The Sibshop workshops are for children in grades 2-6 enrolled in Fairfax County Public Schools who have siblings with special needs to:
- Meet other siblings in a relaxed setting.
- Celebrate the many contributions made by brothers and sisters of children with special needs.
- Share sibling experiences and receive peer support.
- Play games and have fun!
Friday, April 14, 2023 9:00am - 12:00pm at Providence Community Center
Presented by FCPS School Social Work Services
Register for SIBSHOPS: An Exciting, In-person Workshop for Brothers and Sisters of Children with Special Needs!
For Military Families
There is a special FCPS Padlet for military families. Check out Military Families Padlet for a one stop location of resources.
FCPS Military Family Webinars
FCPS has a series of webinars covering frequent challenges of military families and how to support them at home through school transitions and more. FCPS Military Families Webinar
Are you moving soon? Is your family experiencing a deployment? Reach out to our Family Liaison for support with your upcoming move or supports for your student during deployment.
Stacy Huisman, Family Liaison
dshuisman@gmail.com
  Kindergarten Orientation was a success!
A big thank you goes out to our Kinder teachers, specialists, administration, and support staff. All your hard work is greatly appreciated. We have some very excited new Falcons coming in for next school year!
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