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🌟 Principal's Message
🌟 Advanced Academics News
🌟 STEM Opportunity for Families
🌟 Back to School Night
🌟 First PTA Meeting
🌟 Community Peers Preschool Programs
🌟 Talking Points App
🌟 Shrevewood PTA T-Shirt Order Form
🌟 Back-to-School Picnic | Friday, September 8th
🌟 Cell Phone and Smartwatch Usage at School
🌟 The Positivity Project
🌟 Update Contact Information to Receive Messages from FCPS
🌟 Annual Notice of Survey, Records, Curriculum, Privacy, and Related Rights
🌟 2023-24 Student Rights and Responsibilities
🌟 Parental Permission to Use Digital Resources
🌟 Free/Reduced Lunch Applications
🌟 FCPS News
🌟 Save the Date
Hello Shrevewood Families,
While it is a short week, we have been busy here! Our students and teachers are settling into their routines and prcedures and teachers are actively engaged in delivering high quality instruction.. We are proud of the work and learning that we see all throughout the building.
We have a number of exciting events coming up over the next week including the PTA back to school picnic, our first PTA meeting, and Back to School Night! You can find more information below about each of these events. We look forward to seeing you all soon!
Sincerely,
Joshua DeSmyter, Principal
Katie Vandawalker, Assistant Principal
Please see the AAP Fall Newsletter linked here. The newsletter is in English & translated into Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Urdu, & Vietnamese.
AAP September 2023 Fall Newsletters
Coming Soon! AAP Parent Information Sessions
We will be hosting two sessions on the same day. Both sessions will be In-Person in the Shrevewood ES Cafeteria. The sessions with both cover the Introduction to AAP & Continuum of Available Services & Understanding the Full Time AAP Screening Process.
October 18, 2023 at 9:30-10:30am - Shrevewood Cafeteria
October 18, 2023 at 6:00-7:00pm - Shrevewood Cafeteria
We look forward to seeing you there!
Questions? Contact April Done - Shrevewood Advanced Academic Resource Teacher (AART)
ardone@fcps.edu
Students are invited to participate in STEM FEST, Saturday, October 14, at South County High School
Participate in STEM FEST: Students in kindergarten through eighth grade can participate in robotics demonstrations, coding experiments, and other activities. High school students are invited to volunteer. Visit the STEAMOLOGY website for more information.
Volunteer Information: Visit the STEAMOLOGY website
We look forward to welcoming our parents/guardians on Wednesday, September 13th at 6:00 pm for our Back to School Night. This is an opportunity to meet your child's teachers and learn about classroom routines and the grade level curriculum. The schedule for the evening is listed below:
- 6:00-6:40 Session 1 in classroom or visit the Specialists in the cafeteria
- 6:40-6:50 Transition time, visit and meet the Specialists in the cafeteria
- 6:50-7:30 Session 2 in classroom or visit the Specialists in the cafeteria
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Our first PTA Meeting of the 2023-24 school year will be Tuesday, September 12, at 7 pm in the Shrevewood cafeteria. Zoom links are posted prior to meetings on the PTA website. We are excited to see you there and to kick off the new school year!
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Our neighboring elementary school, Stenwood will have community peers in our preschool program later this fall. The early childhood special education staff members have been investigating the possible opportunities for the students to participate in integration activities with typically developing peers. This will involve teaching preschoolers with delays and without delays in the same classroom. It can provide young children with a more stimulating environment, teach skills for coping with different situations, and provide the opportunity to learn appropriate social skills.
The program will invite a limited number of community preschoolers (2 per class), who are ages 3.5 (by September 30th) to 5 years, to participate in our daily preschool activities.
The children from the community will have the opportunity to make new friends and share experiences with current early childhood special education students. The students will, in turn, benefit from being with community peers who can model appropriate language, motor, and social skills.
All children learn through their play. Intellectual growth occurs in a social context, influenced strongly by the quality of social interactions. The goal of this program is to encourage active learning and promote social interaction and acceptance through shared experiences between the community children and our preschoolers with special needs. Feel free to contact Stenwood Principal Erica Riley, esriley@fcps.edu for further explanation of the program.
If you are interested in having your child considered for this opportunity, please complete the Community Peers Preschool Program Interest and Information Form by Friday, September 15th. Stenwood will host a playdate for interested students in early October. The goal is to have the students start in the class by the end of October. If you know of anyone who may be interested, feel free to forward them this information.
How can I switch from the Family App back to SMS text messages?
Click HERE to learn how to make the switch!
This year, the PTA will provide a free Shrevewood t-shirt for every student. If you did not sign up for a t-shirt at Open House, please use the online order form.
Save the Date for our Back-to-School Picnic on Friday, September 8th, 6-7:30 p.m. at Shrevewood (rain date: Friday, 9/15).
Come enjoy dancing to music from an awesome DJ, the Kona Ice truck, pizza, games, and more!
Pre-order pizza for your family! Pizzas will be distributed at the picnic. Order pizzas here: https://shrevewoodes.memberhub.com/store/items/898361
In accordance with the FCPS SR&R, elementary students are not allowed to use the call/text function on smartwatches during the school day. This policy does include non-instructional times including lunch and recess. If your child is not feeling well, please remind them that they need to tell their teacher, so we can support them in the clinic; they can call you from there. Please do not call, message, or reply to your child on their cell phone or smartwatch during the school day. Below is the language from the SR&R for students in elementary school:
Phones must be silenced and in backpacks for the duration of the school day. Watches that serve a dual purpose (e.g., smart watch) may be worn; however, phone features (e.g., texting, Internet, calls, etc.) are to be off when phone use is prohibited. Students are prohibited from using phones, tablets, and other mobile devices in restrooms and locker rooms, unless there is a medical necessity or emergency. Teachers may allow usage of cell phones for instructional activities where they are the most appropriate tool, however one-to-one FCPS devices should meet most needs. Cell phones may be used on campus only before and after school. The full SR&R document is linked here.
This week our school community will be focusing on the character strength of Open-Mindedness. Open-mindedness means you like to consider new ideas and try new things. You examine things from all sides and don’t jump to conclusions.
Open-mindedness is the willingness to actively search for evidence that goes against one’s favored opinions, plans, or goals. Open-minded individuals are able to weigh all evidence fairly, when it is available. They see the other side and fight the tendency to have a bias for their own views. And, rather than favoring the socially dominant views, they give attention to those that are less dominant.
Open-minded individuals are often good listeners and called upon to provide a balanced viewpoint. Both listening and the ability to deliver reasonable and practical advice are marks of good friends and confidantes. This strength helps individuals form meaningful and lasting relationships.
To practice and encourage the character strength of open-mindedness with your child, please visit the Positivity Project’s P2 for Families (password: P2), where together you will watch a video, read a quote, and talk about the answers to three questions.
Be among the first to know about weather closings, bus delays, and other critical communications from FCPS and our school by providing your cell phone number and email in SIS ParentVUE. Make sure you complete the Emergency Care Form for your child every year and update when necessary.
To update your contact information in ParentVUE, click the “Online Packets” tab in the upper right of the screen. Then select the “Online Verification/Update” form in the drop down menu. Click “Begin Packet.”
Parents who do not have a SIS ParentVUE account continue to have the option to communicate updates via the normal paper process. They can also print and complete a blank Emergency Care Information Form needed for updates and submit it to the front office.
Fairfax County Public Schools wants all parents to understand its policies regarding surveys, records, curriculum, privacy, and related rights.
In its Annual Notice of Survey, Records, Curriculum, Privacy, and Related Rights, and Opt-Out Forms (Annual Notice), FCPS provides explanations of the rights listed above as well as forms that may be used to exercise opt-out choices. Two versions of the Annual Notice are available — a grades K-8 version and a grades 9-12 version. Parents with children at different grade levels should read each applicable version of the Annual Notice, because the notices and opt-out rights vary depending on the student’s grade level.
Get more information and view the 2023-24 Opt-Out Booklets.
FCPS’ Student Rights and Responsibilities document (SR&R) explains expectations for student behavior and adult responses to enhance school safety and to create a fair, equitable, and supportive school environment. In late June, the School Board approved changes to the SR&R for the 2023-24 school year. Updates include a revision of dress code expectations, bystander expectations for students witnessing harmful or unsafe behaviors, bullying, and substance abuse responses. Read Superintendent Dr. Michelle Reid’s letter to families regarding the SR&R.
Parents/caregivers should talk to their child(ren) about expectations for this school year. Also, please log in to SIS ParentVUE and sign to acknowledge your review of the SR&R, or sign and return the signature sheet to your child’s school by Friday, September 29.
Our teachers will use a variety of digital resources to support student learning and promote communication and collaboration with students and families. Some of the digital resources your child may use this year will require your consent before they can be used. Additionally, you can find more information about approved digital resources in FCPS here.
Included on this page is also a link to 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 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 Kaylin Daniels (kldaniels@fcps.edu) if you have questions or concerns about the digital resources we’ve chosen to use this year.
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Breakfast and Lunch
Breakfast will be $1.75. Lunch will be $3.25, milk $0.60. Money can be added to your child(ren)’s accounts using www.myschoolbucks.com. You can also write a check to Shrevewood Food Services and deliver it to our Food Services Manager at Open House. During the school year, you can find the menu for breakfast and lunch at https://fcps.nutrislice.com/menu/shrevewood-elementary
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Free and Reduced-Price Status
Students eligible for free or reduced-price meals will continue to receive these benefits through the end of September. A new application must be filled out each new school year. Forms are available online now: https://www.fcps.edu/resources/student-safety-and-wellness/food-and-nutrition-programs/free-and-reduced-price-meals. Applications are accepted at any time, but we encourage you to apply or renew your application before the end of September. Call (703) 813-4800 if you need help. This must be completed for eligible students to receive free meals.
In case you missed it in FCPS This Week, the school division shared updates on the following topics:
- Important Forms for Caregivers to Complete
- Immunization Reminder
- Free Tutoring Resources
Read FCPS This Week to learn more about these topics. If you are not already receiving the weekly newsletter, sign up today.
⭐PTA Back-to-School Picnic⭐
Friday, September 8, 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
⭐PTA Meeting⭐
Tuesday, September 12, 7:00 p.m.
⭐Back to School Night⭐
Wednesday, September 13, 6:00 p.m.
⭐Yom Kippur Holiday⭐
Monday, September 25
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