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🌟 Principal's Message
🌟 AAP Parent Information Sessions
🌟 Procedures when you come to join your children for lunch
🌟 National Bullying Awareness Month
🌟 Portrait of a Graduate Across SWES!
🌟 🤒 When a Student Should Stay Home From School
🌟 STEM Opportunity for Families
🌟 Shrevewood Clothing Drive
🌟 Hispanic Heritage Month
🌟 The Positivity Project
🌟 Free/Reduced Lunch Applications
🌟 FCPS News
🌟 Save the Date
Hello Shrevewood Families,
As we approach the end of the 1st quarter in the next few weeks, we want to remind you about our upcoming parent-teacher conferences. These conferences provide a valuable opportunity for our teachers to discuss your child's progress, share insights, and collaborate with you to ensure their continued success. Teachers will be reaching out, if they have not done so already, to schedule conferences starting on October 23rd. We believe that a strong parent-teacher partnership is vital in supporting your child's education. We look forward to your participation in the upcoming conferences and to working together to help your child achieve their full potential.
In our PTA meeting this week, we had the opportunity to share our School Improvement and Innovation goals which are focused around reading, math, and access and opportunity. We are in process of getting them posted to our school website and will share the specifics when we do so. As a school team, we will continue to reevaluate these goals and share our progress at the end of each quarter with our community.
Sincerely,
Joshua DeSmyter, Principal
Katie Vandawalker, Assistant Principal
- Enter at Door 1 and report to the Main Office.
- Using a government issued photo ID, you must sign-in and receive a visitor sticker.
- Please ensure you are wearing the visitor sticker at all times.
- Report directly to the cafeteria.
- Enjoy lunch with your children.
- Return to the main office to check-out using your sticker.
- Lunch visitors should not go to the classroom or recess, so our daily schedule and routines can continue for our students.
- We ask that you not bring fast food for lunch.
- Please do NOT bring any food to share with other children, due to safety protocols and allergies.
October is National Bullying Awareness Month. Our counselors are focusing their classroom lessons this month around bullying and the role of the bystander. If your child reports being bullied, here are the recommended steps to follow.
 Here you will see the selected Portrait of a Graduate (POG) attributes selected by each SWES grade level. The grade levels also noted the skills they will intentionally integrate in preparation for Presentations of Learning (POL) at the end of the year. The POL is a small group conversation that each student will participate in with their teacher. In this conversation, the student will share their personal growth in one or more skills and reference the evidence they collected throughout the year to prove that growth. They will also share why that growth matters!
Look for these attributes & skills visible inside classrooms and within the hallways of Shrevewood! We hope you will also look for ways to connect some of your home conversations to these attributes and skills.
In the spring, we will have an evening school-wide event to Celebrate our Learning in these attributes and skills. Stay tuned for those details later in the year.
Whether students miss school because of illness or any other reason, missing school leads to learning loss.
Help your student succeed by encouraging them to attend as many days as possible, but do make sure your student stays home if they are sick. Visit FCPS’ website for information on when you should keep your child at home.
If your child has a chronic illness, please notify his/her teacher, so assistance can be provided if needed. Please contact us as soon as you know your child will be absent.
Read more about how families can help form good attendance habits.
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
This week our school community will be focusing on the character strength of Integrity. Integrity means you are honest and speak the truth. You present yourself genuinely and sincerely.
Integrity is doing the right thing when nobody is watching. People with integrity practice what they preach and maintain a consistent pattern of behavior aligned with their values. They have the courage not to follow the crowd if it means going against their beliefs. Integrity is closely aligned with the terms of honesty and authenticity. People with integrity tell the truth and have alignment in their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
Integrity is vital to individual growth. It is correlated with a multitude of psychological well-being measures. Harmony in your feelings, thoughts, and actions makes you better able to personally grow and achieve goals. Authenticity and a lack of pretense make you more likable and trusted by others, meaning your relationships will benefit.
To practice and encourage the character strength of integrity 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.
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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. 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:
- New School Lunch Menu Options
- Know FCPS’ Security Terms
- National Bullying Prevention Month
Read FCPS This Week to learn more about these topics. If you are not already receiving the weekly newsletter, sign up today.
⭐2nd Grade CogAT Testing⭐
Monday, October 16 - Wednesday, October 18
⭐AAP Parent Information Sessions⭐
Wednesday, October 18
9:30 - 10:30 a.m. or 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
⭐4th Grade Field Trip⭐
Thursday, October 19
National Symphony Orchestra at The Kennedy Center
⭐6th Grade Field Trip⭐
Thursday, October 19
Udvar-Hazy Air & Space Museum
⭐1st Grade Field Trip⭐
Thursday, October 26
National Zoo
⭐Mr. Mitchell & Ms. Dollar's Class Field Trip⭐
Thursday, October 26
Cox Farm
⭐Book Character Day⭐
Tuesday, October 31
⭐End of Quarter and 2 Hour Early Release⭐
Friday, November 3
⭐School Planning Day & Teacher Work Day⭐
Monday, November 6 & 7 (No school for students)
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