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This week some classrooms and teachers celebrated the 100th day of school. It is hard to believe it has already been 100 days!
This week, February 5-9 is National School Counseling Week. Thank you to Mrs. Jenny Spears and Mrs. Jasmine Polite, our LCES School Counselors! They do so much to support our school community! We had so much fun celebrating them and their work, this week! Learn more about the role of school counselors in FCPS.
Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history. Learn more about the heritage months, celebrations, and traditions celebrated in FCPS. Learn more about Black History month.
Lunar New Year is one of the most important holidays among East and Southeast Asian cultures, including Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean communities, as well as many others.
It is a celebration of the arrival of spring and the beginning of a new year on the lunisolar calendar, which begins on Feb 10, 2024 this year. The number of celebration days with different names varies depending on the country. China’s Lunar New Year is known as the Spring Festival, or Chūnjié in Mandarin, while Koreans call it Seollal and Vietnamese, Tết.
Lunar New Year is a celebration of community. During this time, families gather to eat feasts and practice cultural traditions. Appropriate and welcomed greetings would be “Happy New Year!” or “Wishing you health and prosperity in the New Year.”
Kindness Week is to recognize that simple day-to-day acts of kindness enable our schools, communities, and state to be a kinder, safer, healthier and more inclusive place to live, work, learn and play. Practicing and celebrating kindness is to look for the good, bridge connections across differences, restore hope, and empower people to make our communities strong and resilient.
Lees Corner will join in Virginia Kindness Week by promoting and encouraging various acts of kindness for students to participate throughout the week. We will be highlighting these acts of kindness on our morning news show! We also invite students and staff to participate in our school spirit day on Thursday, February 15th, “Kindness Ties us Together” where everyone can wear some type of bow or tie to represent their involvement in spreading kindness.
Please click here to learn more about Virginia Kindness Week!
We would like to thank the parents who attended our parent coffee on Wednesday, February 7th. As promised, here is the slide deck. If you were unable to attend and have any questions after reviewing please see the last slide for the email addresses of our amazing behavior/wellness team.
February 19: FCPS Holiday (President's Day)
February 20: LCES Family Science Night
In order to make lunchtime as seamless as possible, please make your student or students aware of the following:
- Students please bring water bottles to lunch.
- Students please use the restroom before going to lunch.
- Students please keep hands to self.
Do you have a rising Kindergartner? Lees Corner ES is currently enrolling for the 2024 – 2025 school year.
If you have a child who will be five years old by September 30, 2024, please complete the Kindergarten and New Student Registration form or contact Jill Boddie, Registrar, at jwboddie@fcps.edu or 703-227-3500.
For more information on registration requirements please visit https://www.fcps.edu/registration/kindergarten-registration
General kindergarten information can be found at https://www.fcps.edu/academics/elementary-school-academics-k-6/kindergarten
We would appreciate your assistance in sharing this information with neighbors who have preschool children or who are new to the area.
Be a part of Lees Corner history by designing our 2024 6th Grade basketball game t-shirt! Students from all grades can enter.
One winning design will be selected by the 6th grade class and the winner will receive a free t-shirt!
GUIDELINES:
- Must include the words "Lees Corner" and the year "2024"
- Design is for the front of the t-shirt only
- Avoid fine detail
- If submitting a hand drawing, use pencil or black marker on white paper, no larger than 8.5x11".
- Digital designs are acceptable, and should be printed on 8.5x11" paper to be submitted. Save your digital file.
- Write your name and your teacher's name on the back of your submission.
- Multiple designs may be submitted.
- The final design may have a maximum of two colors.
SUBMIT TO THE SCHOOL OFFICE BY FEB 15, 2024.
Click here to read our latest community newsletter with information on resources to support families.
This edition has information on the following:
- Inova Cares Clinic For Children
- Job Fair
- Chantilly Regional Library Events
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