 Our 6th graders enjoyed their field trip to the National Gallery of Art
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Woodburn Families,
Our Raise a Reader event is one of our favorite annual traditions! Please join us in thanking our guest readers and the PTA for coordinating the event and purchasing a new book for each student. We are readers! Pictures from today's event will be posted on our social media sites.
Next week, we celebrate our love of writing. More details can be found below.
Together We Grow,
Katy & Kelley
Upcoming Events
March 5 - No School for Students, Presidential Primary
March 7 - Writing Celebration at Woodburn, 6:30pm
March 14 - Spring Clubs Begin
March 15 - Bingo Night and PTA Silent Auction
March 22 - 3rd Quarter Ends
March 25-29 - Spring Break
April 1-2 - No School for Students, Teacher Work Days
April 2 - 2024-2025 Kindergarten Orientation, 2:00pm
April 10 - No School for Students
2023-2024 FCPS Calendar
The Fairfax Board of Elections has requested that schools be closed on Tuesday, March 5, to accommodate the administration of the 2024 presidential primary election.
As a result, March 5 will be a school holiday for students and a virtual School Planning Day. Central offices and school offices will remain open. SACC will remain open, as it does on other professional work days.
Wildcat Writing Celebration on March 7th
All families are invited to join us for a writing celebration on Thursday, March 7th. Dinner will be served at 6:30pm and the celebration will begin at 7:00pm. Our students will be sharing their most recently published writing pieces. Students in our upper grades will share their "makes." Student artwork will also line our hallways!
Event Schedule:
6:30-7:00 Pizza in the Cafeteria
7:10-7:30 Writing Celebration #1
7:35-8:00 Writing Celebration #2
Join us on March 15th for our first Silent Auction and BINGO night! Doors open at 6:30. More information below!
Kindergarten Registration
Do you have a child at home who will be five by September 30, 2024? Please start your registration now. If you have any neighbors with little ones, please send this information to them as well. These are the 5 steps you need to take to register your child. If you have questions regarding kindergarten registration, please reach out Ms. Garcia or call our main office at 703-641-8200.
We have seen an increase in cases of head lice at school and want to share treatment and prevention tips.
 
FCPS News
In case you missed it in FCPS This Week, the school division shared updates on the following topics:
- Where FCPS Funding Comes From
- Community Conversation on Fentanyl and Other Drugs
- FCPS Family Engagement Survey Opens
Read FCPS This Week to learn more about these topics. If you are not already receiving the weekly newsletter, please sign up today.
Stress, Trauma & Coping
From the Office of Student Safety & Wellness
The experience of traumatic events shapes us, no matter if they happened during childhood or as an adult. Trauma is an event or series of circumstances that have lasting effects on mental, emotional, physical, social and spiritual well-being. Stress occurs from our minds and bodies identifying an event as physically or emotionally life-threatening. The situation triggers our survival instincts and our natural fight-flight-freeze response. But our minds and bodies cannot sustain being in survival mode for extended periods of time. Sometimes, those who experience high amounts of stress and traumatic situations are unable to process or move past what has happened, and are stuck in a loop.
Childhood trauma manifests in many ways and when carried into adulthood, it can create a cycle of adverse experiences that affect future generations. The effects of traumatic events place a heavy burden on the individual, connected families, and communities. Responses to stress and traumatic experiences are personal. There is an intersection between trauma, coping, and substance misuse. Studies show that about 61% of adults have had at least one adverse childhood experience (ACE) according to the CDC. Trauma prevention and intervention strategies are important. Creating a strategy of helpful coping skills to pull from prepares us to face difficult moments and our levels of resilience and feelings of wellbeing increases also. Here are a few tips to add to your coping strategies:
- Seek mental health and/or substance use treatment
- Identify one or more people you feel safe with who can help to hold you accountable
- Develop, repair, or maintain healthy relationships for internal and external support
- Learn and practice self-regulation skills
- Encourage yourself and others
- Find ways to increase your self-esteem
- Focus on your strengths
- Model healthy behavior when dealing with difficult situations
- Identify your triggers and practice ways to work through them
Resources:
Why Historical Trauma is Critical to Understanding Black Mental Health
Addressing Childhood Trauma Starts with Family Support
Violence Prevention
ACEs and Minorities
For general questions about the FCPS Substance Abuse Prevention Program, please contact the Office of Student Safety & Wellness at: 571.423.4270.
For Further Information & Support:
Anna Teeter
Substance Abuse Prevention Specialist
amteeter@fcps.edu
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