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🌟 Principal's Message
🌟 Assessment Results
🌟 Thanksgiving Lunch
🌟 Picture Retakes – November 13th
🌟 AAP Information & Referrals
🌟 Calling Veterans and Active Duty Military Members
🌟 Book Character Day – October 31st
🌟 Procedures when you come to join your children for lunch
🌟 Armchair Fundraiser Update
🌟 Impact Aid
🌟 Marshall Pyramid Fall Candy Drive
🌟 🤒 When a Student Should Stay Home From School
🌟 Want to help spruce up where your student plays outside every day?
🌟 The Positivity Project
🌟 Free/Reduced Lunch Applications
🌟 FCPS News
🌟 Save the Date
Dear Shrevewood Families,
This has been another wonderful week filled with engaging lessons within each classroom, fun field trips, and the excitement of possibly dying my hair blue for our students. Our Thanksgiving Day lunch is back by popular demand. We are extremely excited to welcome our families to eat lunch with their child on November 15. If you have not done so already, please RSVP for our Thanksgiving Day lunch. The details to the event are below.
Book Character Day is coming up next week. Students can come to school dressed as their favorite book character on October 31. This is always such a fun day for our staff and students. They get to enjoy fun activities in their classrooms and enjoy the staff dressing up as well. We will send out some pictures next week!
Dia de los Muertos is an opportunity to remember and celebrate the lives of departed loved ones. Next Wednesday, November 1, and Thursday, November 2, are observance days in the FCPS calendar this year. Floris hopes everyone who celebrates finds peace and happiness.
Next Friday, November 3, is the last day of the first quarter and a two-hour early release for all FCPS students. Shrevewood dismissal is at 2:05 p.m. that day.
Have a wonderful warm weekend!
Sincerely,
Joshua DeSmyter, Principal
Katie Vandawalker, Assistant Principal
FCPS will be sharing fall testing report with families:
- iReady results for grades 1-6 will be posted in SIS ParentVUE in late October
- VGA results for grades 3-6 will be sent via U.S. Mail by the end of November
- VKRP results for Kindergarten will be sent via U.S. Mail in early December
 Please RSVP by Friday, 10/27 using this link.
Student meals are $3.25, additional meals for any family members attending can be purchased for $4.75.
CORRECTION: Student meals will be charged to student accounts. Please make sure your child has money on their MySchoolBucks lunch account. Families can pay for their meal ($4.75) with cash or check. We are not able to charge guest meals to the student account.
If you would like to volunteer, please sign up using this link.
Volunteers will be helping with visitor check-in and meal serving. Do not sign up during your child’s lunch block.
If your student was absent or if you purchased an original photo day package and want a retake, your student can retake their photo on Monday, November 13th. Students will need to return their package to the photographer during their session. Legacy will automatically order a package with their retake image.
Thank you to the families who joined us for the AAP Parent Information Sessions on October 18. If you were unable to come to one of the sessions, you may access the information presented in the slides linked here. Slides in Spanish are available in two parts. Spanish part 1 and Spanish part 2.
You may use this link to locate all AAP Forms, including translated referrals for Spanish, Farci, Korean, Chinese, Urdu, and Vietnamese. We have the English forms linked below for easy access.
Here is the AAP Full Time Services Referral Form. The Parent Questionnaire is only necessary when referring for Full Time Services. Only students in 2nd-7th grade may be referred for full time services. AAP Full Time Services referrals are due to April Done no later than December 15th.
Students in K-6th may be referred for Subject Specific Differentiated Services and Part Time Services designated referral form.
Finally, you will also find the AAP Program of Services Chart. This chart provides an overview of the services provided.
If you have further questions about any of this information, please contact April Done at ardone@fcps.edu.
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Veterans Day is right around the corner, and we would love to welcome and celebrate our veterans that are connected to Shrevewood. If you have a veteran or active service member in your family, we want to welcome you to come and read to your child's classroom on Friday, November 10th. Extended family veteran or active service members are also welcome! If you are interested in participating, please sign up using this Google Form no later than Friday, November 3. Thank you for your service.
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Students are welcome to dress up as their favorite book character on Tuesday, October 31st. For safety reasons, students cannot wear masks or bring props with their costume. |
- 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.
The Impact Aid programs and grants are designed to assist local school districts that enroll federally connected students.
The survey will be made available to FCPS families online through Parent Vue beginning October 16, 2023.
After that, families who have not completed the survey will have a printed copy sent home with each child after October 31st and due back by November 17, 2023.
If you are in need of a Parent Vue account, please reach out to Sebastian Brennan, snbrennan@fcps.edu.
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.
We are excited to be ready to paint the Blacktop near the playground with some new and exciting games and activities for all kids to enjoy! We have the stencils and paint---now we need YOU! Put on your painting clothes and come over to spend a couple hours painting with us on November 6 or 7. Middle and High school volunteers are welcome but we ask that they be accompanied by a parent (1 adult for no more than 3 volunteers) to help guide their work.
Head to this Sign Up Genius and spread the word! Please note that we will communicate any weather related challenges via email to any volunteers registered via the Sign Up Genius.
This week our school community will be focusing on the Other People Mindset of Knowing That My Words and Actions Affect Others. Everything that you say and do can affect others -- and your relationships with them.
Everything we do, say, text, tweet, snap, or post can positively or negatively impact other people. Our words and our actions are our choices to make, but they can have ripple effects long after we make them. Words and actions have the power to lift others up or tear them down, but our words and actions also impact ourselves. When a group is comprised of individuals who are thoughtful about their words and actions -- individuals who show respect and consideration for the people around them -- we’re likely to have a happier and healthier culture.
To practice and encourage the character strength of perspective 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:
- Results from Fairfax County Youth Survey
- Become a Tutor!
- End of First Quarter
Read FCPS This Week to learn more about these topics. If you are not already receiving the weekly newsletter, sign up today.
⭐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)
⭐Picture Retakes⭐
Monday, November 13
⭐Thanksgiving Lunch⭐
Wednesday, November 15
⭐Mad Science Fall Assembly⭐
Friday, November 17
⭐Thanksgiving Break (No School)⭐
Wednesday, November 22 - Friday, November 24
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